Month: January 2022

Archaeologist Extracts Extravagant Swedish Shipwreck From 1600s With 64 Cannons From Baltic Sea

For more than three centuries, a nearly intact shipwreck lay preserved in time on the seafloor of Stockholm harbor. When she was pulled from the ocean one spring morning in 1961, news of her recovery broke around the world. This wasn’t just any shipwreck, though. The 220-foot former flagship, the Vasa, built for King Gustav…


US Mask Producers See Decline in Sales as Free N95s Are Made Available for Americans

Many U.S. residents will be able to find free masks at local retailers, pharmacies, and community health centers over the next few weeks following the federal government’s deployment of 400 million N95 masks to the general public from the Strategic National Stockpile. Two days after the Biden administration launched the program on Jan. 19, large…


US Lawmakers Seek to Strip IOC of Tax-Exempt Status for Awarding Games to Beijing

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) is seeking to strip the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of its tax-exempt status in the United States for turning a blind eye to genocide and other atrocities committed by the Chinese regime. “Beijing is the last place we should be hosting an Olympics,” Waltz told NTD’s “Capitol Report,” pointing to how…


US Lawmaker Seeks to Strip IOC of Tax-Exempt Status for Awarding Games to Beijing

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) is seeking to strip the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of its tax-exempt status in the United States for turning a blind eye to genocide and other atrocities committed by the Chinese regime. “Beijing is the last place we should be hosting an Olympics,” Waltz told NTD’s “Capitol Report” in a recent…


US Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Strip Olympic Committee of Tax-Exempt Status

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) is seeking to strip the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of its tax-exempt status in the United States for turning a blind eye to genocide and other atrocities committed by the Chinese regime. “Beijing is the last place we should be hosting an Olympics,” Waltz told NTD’s “Capitol Report” in a recent…


US Reviewing Sanctions Against Russia ‘The Likes of Which We Have Not Looked at Before’: Pentagon

The United States will impose on Russia sanctions and economic consequences “the likes of which we have not looked at before,” if President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, the U.S. Department of Defense’s top spokesman said on Sunday. “I think we’ve been very clear with Mr. Putin about the economic consequences that could come his way and…


Sen. Durbin Says Republicans Will Meet With Biden’s Supreme Court Pick and ‘Get to Know Them’

Republicans will be able to meet with President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court and “get to know them,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has said. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Durbin also noted that he is “hopeful” that whoever is nominated to the position will receive bipartisan support. “I’m reaching out to…


Indian Forces Kill Top Commander of Terrorist Group in Kashmir, One Officer Dead

Indian forces have killed a top commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Islamist terrorist group and four other terrorists in India-administered Kashmir, police said on Sunday. “We had launched two separate operations on the basis of inputs about the presence of militants in these areas last night. Five militants, including JeM commander, Zahid Wani, and a…


$500 Before and After School Care Vouchers for NSW Primary School Students

Australian parents and carers of primary school students who use before and after school care (BASC) services in the state of New South Wales (NSW) will be able to redeem a $500 voucher that will cover the gap fees. Premier Dominic Perrottet said BASC services were incredibly important as families returned to work and students…


Tennis-Peng Shuai T-shirt Campaign Resumes on Finals Day at Melbourne Park

MELBOURNE—Activists made the most of the reversal of an earlier ban by giving away hundreds of T-shirts bearing the question “Where is Peng Shuai?” on women’s final day at the Australian Open on Saturday. The T-shirts, highlighting concerns about the Chinese tennis player, were confiscated by security last weekend but tournament chief Craig Tiley on…