Month: February 2022

Russian Troops Enter Ukraine’s 2nd Largest City of Kharkiv

KYIV, Ukraine—Street fighting broke out early Sunday in Kharkiv as Russian troops pushed into Ukraine’s second-largest city, according to a regional official, following a wave of attacks elsewhere targeting airfields and fuel facilities that appeared to mark a new phase of an invasion that has been slowed by fierce resistance. The U.S. and EU responded…


Hong Kong’s COVID-19 Infections Continue to Soar, Medical System on Verge of Collapsing

Hong Kong’s COVID-19 outbreak continues to rapidly worsen, with infected cases exceeding 10,000 per day two days in a row. With the city following China’s zero-COVID-19 policy and many concerned residents testing positive for the virus, the city’s medical system and facilities are reaching their limit. Doctors say that while most patients have mild or…


US Consumer Spending Jumps by 2.1 Percent in January, Beating Predictions

U.S. consumer spending rose by 2.1 percent in January, despite mounting price pressures, annual inflation rates rising to a 40 year high, and Americans dealing with the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, according to a Feb. 25 report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The numbers are a major improvement from December 2021, as…


US Consumer Spending Jumps 2.1 Percent in January, Beating Predictions

U.S. consumer spending rose by 2.1 percent in January, despite mounting price pressures, annual inflation rates at a forty year high, and as Americans dealt with the spread of the Omicron variant, according to the Feb. 25 report by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The numbers are a major improvement from December 2021, as spending…


Mass Evacuations in Queensland as Flooding Claims 6th Life

A sixth person has died in southeast Queensland’s worst floods in a decade, which have triggered the evacuation of hundreds of people and cut off towns and suburbs. The region is being pummelled by multiple severe thunderstorms from a low-pressure trough which has been sitting over the state’s southeast for six days. The Australian Bureau…


Mass Evacuations in Queensland as Flooding Claims 5th Life

A fifth person has died in southeast Queensland’s worst floods in a decade, which have triggered the evacuation of hundreds of people and cut off towns and suburbs. The region is being pummelled by multiple severe thunderstorms from a low-pressure trough which has been sitting over the state’s southeast for five days. The Australian Bureau…


Russia Must Pay Heavy Price: Australian PM

Scott Morrison has warned Russia has to pay a heavy price for its invasion of the Ukraine and Australia will seek to provide what he described as “lethal aid” through NATO. The United States, Britain, Europe and Canada have blocked Russian access to the SWIFT international payment system as part of another round of sanctions, a…


Post Pandemic, Shen Yun Is an Opportunity for People to Come Together

PHILADELPHIA—The Westphal family of five love the world of art and so when Shen Yun Performing Arts arrived at the Merriam Theater in Philadelphia, they were excited to attend. “I think it’s a wonderful performance and there is a lot of energy. [The dancers] are fantastic, the choreography is great, [and] the colors are awesome,”…


Chief of Staff to Senior Executive Blown Away By Beauty in Shen Yun

LAS VEGAS—It is a rare gem when an experience can leave one feeling uplifted. Although popular entertainment can certainly provide a distraction, it isn’t like Shen Yun Performing Arts, a performance that leaves many audience members feeling lighter and brighter. “This just lifts up your spirit overall, just makes you look forward to seeing the…


Shen Yun ‘The Most Beautiful Spectacle I’ve Ever Seen’

CINCINNATI, Ohio—For JP Davies, Shen Yun Performing Arts was “the most beautiful spectacle” he has ever seen. “Everything about it was wonderful,” he said after seeing the performance at the Aronoff Center for the Arts in Cincinnati on Feb. 26. Based in New York, Shen Yun aims to revive China’s culture that has been all but…