Month: April 2021

NTD Business Full Broadcast (April 20)

Apple unveils a slew of new products at its first event this year. What are the new products, and what new features do they offer? NTD gives you a closer look. Millennials are the student debt generation, and a majority believe their loans weren’t worth it. A new survey shows some depressing findings. European Banks are…


Former B.C. Premier Christy Clark Testifies at Money Laundering Inquiry

VANCOUVER—Former premier Christy Clark told British Columbia’s inquiry into money laundering today that she first heard from sources within government in 2015 about a spike in suspicious cash entering casinos. Clark told the Cullen commission that the spike in reports may also have followed increased training among staff tasked with monitoring casinos, but she was…


Experts Warn CCP Using Huawei, Other Chinese Institutions for Espionage, House Committee Hears

Experts from Canada, the United States, and New Zealand warned of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using companies such as Huawei to infiltrate and control key sector in Western countries, a House of Commons committee heard on Monday. Carolyn Bartholomew, chair of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, told the House Special…


Teaching Children History: Q&A With John De Gree, founder of The Classical Historian

Ensuring our children are given a solid education in history is becoming an ever-pressing issue. I recently asked John De Gree, founder of the history curriculum company, The Classical Historian, about his thoughts on and tips for teaching history. Here’s what he said. The Epoch Times: What inspired you to dedicate yourself to teaching history?…


California Looks to Edible Waste Recovery to Feed Hungry

Cities throughout California are gearing up to meet goals for reducing organic waste, and especially edible waste. The goals were set for the coming years by a 2016 state law. The state aims to reduce organic waste in landfills by 75 percent by 2025, and save food from going to the landfill—a 20 percent reduction…


Xi Jinping Plays a Good Hand of Cards Poorly Through Major Miscalculations

Robert Louis Stevenson, a 19th-century Scottish novelist, said, “Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.” Xi Jinping, the top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader, has just done the opposite. In recent years, Xi has made misjudgments on a series of major issues, resulting in him turning…


Jury Reaches Verdict in Trial of Derek Chauvin

Jurors have decided on a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. “A verdict has been reached and will be read in open court between 3:30-4:00 p.m.,” according to a notice posted by the Hennepin County court. Minnesota is in the Central time zone. Jurors began sequestering on Monday to decide…


Book Review: ‘Too Long Ago’ by David Pietrusza

On the cover of “Too Long Ago,” there is a black-and-white photo of the happiest 4-year old boy you can imagine, holding his great-uncle’s hand at the latter’s bar in Amsterdam, New York. That boy is now the deservedly heralded presidential author and biographer, David Pietrusza. Today, Pietrusza’s default facial expression is “business somber” (he…


Video: Jurors Hand out Verdict to Derek Chauvin

Jurors have decided on a verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. “A verdict has been reached and will be read in open court between 3:30-4:00 p.m.,” according to a notice posted by the Hennepin County court.


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