Month: September 2021

Election Day: Trudeau Wants Vaccination for All; O’Toole Warns About Trudeau’s Track Record

Hot-topic issues like the pandemic and vaccination, skyrocketing house prices, and indigenous reconciliation have driven the debate these past few weeks in the federal election campaign, and today voters will choose what matters most to them and who they think will actually deliver on their promises. Party leaders concluded their campaigning on Sept. 19 with…


NYC Teachers Union Calls for Weekly COVID-19 Testing for Children Younger Than 12

New York City’s teachers union is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to intensify COVID-19 testing efforts on children younger than 12 years old, who aren’t yet eligible to be vaccinated. In a letter to the mayor, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew argued that the city should restore its previous testing frequency….


NYC Teachers Union Calls for Weekly COVID-19 Testing for Children Under 12

New York City’ teachers union is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to intensify the COVID-19 testing efforts on children under age 12, who are not yet eligible to be vaccinated. In a letter to the mayor, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) president, Michael Mulgrew, argued that the city should restore its previous testing…


Homebuilder Confidence Edges up After Recent Plunge to 13-Month Low

Homebuilder confidence inched up in September after falling to its lowest reading in 13 months in August, though optimism was capped by hiring difficulties and building material supply chain issues, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). Sentiment among single-family homebuilders edged up by one point to a reading of 76 in September, according…


Hong Kong Police Arrest Members of Student Group

HONG KONG—Hong Kong national security police arrested three members of the political organization Student Politicism on Monday. The three were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to incite subversion, according to Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the police national security division. They are accused of using social media and setting up street booths to disseminate messages…


Hong Kong Police on Arrests of Student Group

HONG KONG—Hong Kong national security police arrested three members of the political organization Student Politicism on Monday. The three were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to incite subversion, according to Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the police national security division. They are accused of using social media and setting up street booths to disseminate messages…


Hong Kong Police on Arrests at Student Group

HONG KONG—Hong Kong national security police arrested three members of the political organization Student Politicism on Monday. The three were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to incite subversion, according to Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of the police national security division. They are accused of using social media and setting up street booths to disseminate messages…


RNC Opens Asian Pacific American Community Center in Gwinnett County, Ga.

BERKELEY LAKE, Ga.—The Republican National Committee (RNC) opened a new Asian Pacific American Community Center (APACC) in Berkeley Lake, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 17. This is the RNC’s first APACC in Georgia, and the third such office in the whole country. Some of the speakers included David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party,…


Wall Street Opens In Red, as Economic Recovery Worries and China’s Property Bubble Troubles Roil Markets

Wall Street’s main indexes tumbled at opening bell Monday, as concerns about the pace of economic recovery, mixed with fears about financial contagion from China’s Evergrande troubles, put selling pressure on risk assets. At opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 125.16 points, or 0.36 percent, to 34,459.72. The S&P 500 opened lower by…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Sept. 20)

The Biden administration begins deportation flights to Haiti,  as an illegal immigrant crisis brews in Texas. And the United States is blocking the Mexican border at one town to try to stop more migrants from coming in. Hundreds of protesters turned out in Washington D.C. They’re asking for equal treatment of non-violent protesters on January…