Month: September 2021

Alabama House Bill Proposes Vaccine Injury Protection for Employees

If an individual was injured by an employer-mandated COVID-19 vaccine, a proposed Alabama bill will give the employee the right to take legal action against their employer. Though House Bill 16 was drafted earlier in the year, Alabama state Rep. Tommy Hanes, a Republican sponsor of the bill, told The Epoch Times that it has…


Australian PM Repeats Call to Investigate Origins of CCP Virus at UN

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday repeated calls for an independent investigation into the origins of the CCP virus to the United National General Assembly in a pre-recorded address in New York. Morrison said efforts to prevent future pandemics remain, and pushed for “accelerated efforts” to identify how the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly…


Soaring Gas Prices Ripple Through Heavy Industry, Supply Chains

LONDON—Global record high natural gas prices are pushing some energy-intensive companies to curtail production in a trend that is adding to disruptions to global supply chains in some sectors such as food and could result in higher costs being passed on to their customers. Some companies, including steel producers, fertilizer manufacturers, and glass makers, have…


Tasmania to Reopen Border to Most States in Mid-October

Australia’s smallest state has announced its plan to welcome travellers from states and territories with a low risk of COVID-19 from mid-October. Within a month, people coming from across the country, except from the state of Victoria, will be allowed to enter Tasmania, Premier Peter Gutwein said on Friday. “We won’t open up to the…


NTD Expands Its Service in Washington and San Francisco

NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister media, has expanded its service in Washington by partnering with local TV station WJAL. NTD has also added a new 24/7 channel on Comcast in San Francisco. The new launch makes NTD available to nearly 4 million additional cable subscribers. NTD currently broadcasts 24/7 on WJAL’s primary channel 68.1. WJAL…


Canadians Held in China Coming Home Following Huawei CFO’s Release

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are on their way back to Canada, the country’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a news conference on the evening of Sept. 24. Trudeau said the two men, who have been imprisoned in China since December 2018, boarded a plane with Canada’s ambassador Dominic Barton enroute to Canada…


Canadians Kovrig & Spavor Coming Back to Canada Following Meng’s Release

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are on their way back to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a news conference on the evening of Sept. 24. Trudeau said the two Canadians, who have been imprisoned in China since December 2018, are on a plane with Canadian ambassador Dominic Barton, and will arrive on…


Van Nuys Church Vandalized by Masked Suspect With Baseball Bat

Eight windows of the St. Peter Armenian Apostolic Church in Van Nuys, California, were smashed by a masked suspect with a baseball bat in the early morning hours on Sept. 23. Fr. Shnork Demirjian, the church’s parish priest, said the vandalism induced fear and a sense of insecurity in people of faith and should be…


Saturday, September 25, 2021: Epoch Crossword

‘Censor’s target’, ‘Dueling equipment’, ‘Creep’, ‘Seemingly forever’, and ‘Wasn’t vigilant’ are some of the clues in this crossword puzzle from the April 3, 2020 edition of The Epoch Times newspaper. Weekends and national holidays will have past puzzles since the newspaper does not have new puzzles on these days.  


Saturday, September 25, 2021: Epoch Sudoku

Medium Some benefits of playing Sudoku may include reducing anxiety and stress, and improving concentration, problem-solving skills, logical thinking, and memory.