Month: September 2021

Federal Workers Sue Biden Admin Over COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates

A group of federal workers and contractors filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over COVID-19 vaccination mandates that were announced earlier this month by President Joe Biden. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Washington district court, is asking a court to declare unlawful Biden’s executive order and a Department of Defense memorandum in August mandating all…


China Promotes IVF to Combat Rising Infertility Rates in its Aging Population

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) introduced the “three-child policy” in May, local governments started various incentives to encourage people to have more children, including the use of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Analysts believe that the CCP would go as far as using technological means to increase China’s birthrate in an aging population. On Sept….


3 Dead as Gangsters Posed as Lawyers Open Fire Inside Delhi Courtroom

Gunmen dressed as lawyers started shooting inside a courtroom in the capital of India on Friday, killing a suspected gang leader and also injuring several others, police said. The two assailants involved in the incident allegedly belonged to a rival gang of 30-year-old Jitender Gogi, a notorious New Delhi gangster who was facing murder charges….


Double Amputee Lost His Legs at Age 6—But Then He Became an Athlete, a Mechanic, and a Dad

Kacey McAllister was just 6 years old when tragedy struck, and forever changed the direction of his life. While visiting relatives in Utah, the boy and his parents, from Wyoming, were crossing a road when he heard his parents tell him, “There’s two cars coming and a truck,” he later recalled. After the two cars…


Sen. Chuck Grassley to Seek Eighth Term

One of the longest-serving U.S. senators is running for re-election, he announced Friday. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will seek an eighth term. Grassley, 88, has been in office since 1981. “Serving Iowans in the United States Senate is a tremendous honor. I’m working as hard as ever for the people of Iowa and there’s more…


Some Results Hang on Just a Handful of Votes, as Mail Ballot Count Continues

OTTAWA—Recounts are expected in a clutch of close-run ridings, where a handful of votes separates the victor from the loser, according to election experts. As the counting of mail-in ballots continued in many ridings across the country on Thursday, a few races remained too close to call. In most ridings in Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic…


Treasury Acted ‘Entirely Appropriately’ Amidst Lobbying by Former Prime Minister: Sunak

The Chancellor has insisted the Treasury acted “entirely appropriately” in its handling of David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of Greensill Capital. Rishi Sunak said the issue “did not take up a very significant part of my time” or that of officials but it was “right to listen to Greensill’s initial proposal.” Cameron lobbied for the…


Lifting International Travel Restrictions Will Boost US Economy: Commerce Chief

WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Thursday that the decision by the Biden administration to lift international travel restrictions in early November will be a boost to the U.S. economy, especially for tourist destinations like New York and for business travel. Raimondo said the decision announced Monday to allow fully vaccinated foreign nationals to…


UK Climate Protesters Warned of ‘Serious Consequences’ as Ex-paralympian Jailed

A judge has warned protesters who disrupt people’s lives they “will face serious consequences” as he jailed a former Paralympic athlete who superglued himself to the roof of a British Airways plane. Judge Gregory Perrins said Extinction Rebellion activist James Brown, 56, who has been registered blind since birth, “cynically used” his disability and put…


Japan CPI Halts 12-Month Decline, Still Well Below BOJ Target

TOKYO—Japan’s core consumer prices halted a 12-month run of declines in August, bolstered by higher energy costs and the impact of a tourism campaign, bringing some relief to central bank efforts to push inflation towards its elusive 2 percent target. Nationwide prices were flat compared with a year earlier, due to a tug of war…