Home construction saw a better-than-expected rebound in August after a contraction a month earlier, though the strength was all on the back of sharp gains in apartment building, while the single-family house sector saw declines. Housing starts in the United States rose 3.9 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.615 million…
Apartment Building Construction Rises Sharply in August; Single-Family Housing Declines
Driver Fatally Stabbed by Passenger in Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif.—A driver was stabbed to death by a passenger inside a car in Long Beach today. Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officers were dispatched at about 12:15 p.m. to the intersection of East Louise Street and Linden Avenue on reports of a traffic collision and found the wounded man lying in the driveway…
European Union Undergoing a Comprehensive Transformation of China Policy
Commentary The European Union (EU) has made substantial changes in China policy, and the European Parliament further outlined a new EU strategy on China on September 16. This new EU strategy on China aims at continuing talks with the Chinese regime about global challenges like climate change and health crises while raising concerns over the…
India Seizes $2.7 Billion Afghan Heroin Haul Amid Kabul Takeover Chaos
AHMEDABAD—Indian officials said on Tuesday they had seized nearly three tons of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated 200 billion rupees ($2.72 billion) amid the chaos following last month’s takeover of the country by the Taliban. Afghanistan is the world’s biggest illicit opiate supplier, but since taking power, the Islamist Taliban have said they…
LA City Attorney, Mayoral Candidate Calls For Doubling Size Of City Council
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said Monday as part of his mayoral campaign that the Los Angeles City Council should be doubled in size, with each council member receiving half of their $223,829 salary. “By cutting council districts in half, council members will be much closer to the communities they serve and know…
Investors Tune in as Universal Leaps on Market Debut
Universal Music Group’s shares leapt more than a third in their stock market debut on Tuesday as investors bet a boom in music streaming still has a long way to run. The world’s biggest music label, which represents musicians and song catalogs from Billie Eilish to The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, saw its market…
The CCP’s Arms Race With the US Will Lead to Its Collapse: Analysts
News Analysis Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been curbing Big Tech companies as well as entertainment celebrities, fining them or forcing them to donate towards what it calls “common prosperity.” The Chinese edition of The Epoch Times has recently invited China experts to analyze the real meaning behind the CCP’s moves, and they believe this…
The CCP’s Arms Race With the US Will Lead to Its Collapse: Analysis
News Analysis Recently, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been curbing Big Tech companies as well as entertainment celebrities, fining them or forcing them to donate towards what it calls “common prosperity.” The Chinese edition of The Epoch Times has recently invited China experts to analyze the real meaning behind the CCP’s moves, and they believe this…
UK Charges 3rd Russian Over Nerve Agent Attack in Salisbury
British police said on Tuesday a third Russian had been charged in connection with the 2018 Novichok attack on former double agent Sergei Skripal in the English city of Salisbury. Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious, slumped on a public bench in Salisbury in March 2018. They and police officer Nick Bailey, who…
2 Die When Man Jumps Off Building, Lands on Another Man
YONKERS, N.Y.—A distraught man jumped off the roof of a New York apartment building and landed on another man 12 stories below, killing both of them, police said. A 25-year-old man jumped from an apartment building in Yonkers on Monday evening, Yonkers police said. He landed on the roof of a concrete parking garage and…
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