A thrifty couple who saved a deposit of 50,000 pounds (approx. US$70,000) during the lockdown using some very detailed spreadsheets are celebrating buying their first home. Louise and Mike Zanier were left disappointed after they were forced to pull out of a house sale when their mortgage lender stopped accepting 5 percent deposits at the beginning…
Couple Who Tripled Their Mortgage Deposit During the Lockdown Buy a New House
Trump ‘Very Seriously’ Considering 2024 Run, Plans to Help GOP in 2022
Former President Donald Trump is focused on helping Republicans flip the House of Representatives in 2022 but is also mulling another presidential run two years later, he said in an interview broadcast late Monday. “We are going to help with the House. I think we have a really good chance. I’m working with everybody, including…
Wife Has to Remind Husband Every Morning That They’re in Love Due to Rare Condition
A doting wife has to remind her husband every single morning that they’re in love due to a rare condition that causes memory loss. Christopher Robin Turner, 36, says his life imitates rom-com “50 First Dates” as he suffers from narcolepsy—which causes vivid dreams called hypnagogic hallucinations and memory loss—first thing in the morning. His…
Girl, 7, Shot Dead in a Chicago McDonald’s Drive Thru
A seven-year-old girl was shot dead and her father seriously injured after at least one person opened fire on a car at a McDonald’s in Chicago on Sunday afternoon. Jontae Adams and his daughter, Jaslyn, were in a car in a McDonald’s parking lot in the Homan Square neighborhood when they were shot at around…
Timeless Wisdom: John Adams, the ‘Boston Massacre,’ and George Floyd
Commentary “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” So said John Adams at the trial of the British soldiers involved in what, more than two centuries later, we continue to call “The Boston Massacre.” But…
Man, 74, Gets to Hold the Hand of His Wife in Care Home for the First Time in 8 Months
An elderly husband finally got the chance to hold the hand of his wife of 54 years after only being able to see her through the window of a care home for eight months. Terry Megeary, 74, said he cried when he shared the tender moment with Lynne in a care home in Hull, East…
MPs Say UK Should Send Aircraft Carrier Through Taiwan Strait
The UK should send its aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait amid increasing tension in the area, according to some British MPs. However, experts have mixed views on how significant the gesture would be. A British carrier is set to be deployed late next month to the Indo-Pacific region as part of a UK-led freedom of navigation…
Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Protect US Workers From China’s ‘Unfair Trade Practices’
Two U.S. senators on April 16 unveiled a bipartisan proposal that seeks to strengthen domestic trade remedy laws and protect U.S. workers from what they called China’s “unfair trade practices.” Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced the Eliminating Global Market Distortions to Protect American Jobs Act, saying in a statement that strengthening U.S….
Senators Unveil Bipartisan Bill to Protect American Workers From China’s ‘Unfair Trade Practices’
A pair of U.S. senators on April 16 unveiled a bipartisan bill aimed at strengthening domestic trade remedy laws and protecting American workers from what they called China’s “unfair trade practices.” Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) introduced the Eliminating Global Market Distortions to Protect American Jobs Act, saying in a press release…
Former Chinese Professor Recalls the Largest Peaceful Appeal by People of Faith That Changed the Lives of Millions
This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the April 25 appeal, the largest peaceful appeal in China after the Tiananmen Square Protest in 1989. On April 25, 1999, over 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the Appeals Office of the State Council in Beijing to ask the authorities to release fellow practitioners who had been…
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