A young father introduced his infant daughter to an 86-year-old widower and the resulting relationship has been mutually life-changing. In a moving moment captured on video, Floyd, who lost his wife recently, meets baby Brinley Kindle for the first time. Brinley’s father, Camerin, 22, brought the baby to visit Floyd at an Idaho assisted-living facility…
Dad Visits Widower, 86, With Infant Daughter to Brighten His Days, Now They’ve an ‘Unbreakable Bond’
Kentucky Legislature Passes 15-Week Abortion Ban, Sends to Governor’s Desk
Kentucky lawmakers on Tuesday night passed a legislative package that includes banning abortions after 15 weeks, sending it to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk. The omnibus House Bill 3 was cleared from the Senate gallery during a debate earlier in the day, and won final passage hours later in the House. It followed Senate action that inserted the…
From Soft Socialism to Soft Totalitarianism
Commentary At a breakfast meeting in Toronto with the late George Jonas—an author of keen insight and perspicacity—I asked him what it was like to live under totalitarian rule in Hungary before escaping to Canada in 1956? I will never forget what he said: “I thought I was fleeing a disease. But … it followed…
Some Russian Units Pull Out of Ukraine After Moscow’s Pledge to Cut Operations
British intelligence said Wednesday that some Russian units facing big losses have returned home or went to neighboring Belarus, while Western officials expressed doubt about Moscow’s pledge to scale down military operations around Kyiv and Chernihiv. “Russian units suffering heavy losses have been forced to return to Belarus and Russia to reorganize and resupply,” Britain’s Ministry of…
Toyota, Honda Defy Parts Shortage in February Global Production
TOKYO—Parts supply disruptions continued to affect Japanese automakers’ global production for February but the results released on Wednesday showed a clear contrast among them, with Toyota and Honda out in front. Toyota Motor Corp. said its group, including Daihatsu and Hino Motors Ltd., produced 884,528 vehicles globally for the month, an increase of almost of…
Shanghai Residents Struggle to Obtain Food and Medicine as Citywide Lockdown Continues
For many living in Shanghai, the city’s tough quarantine measures are proving to be unbearable as they struggle to cope with life without enough basic necessities such as food and medication. Wan Wenying, 56, a resident of Shanghai’s Baoshan district, told The Epoch Times on March 29 that she was short on food after local…
US on Track to Hit 1 Million Illegal Immigrant Encounters so Far This Year: Border Patrol
The United States is on track to reach more than 1 million illegal alien encounters so far in the fiscal year 2022, the head of the Border Patrol, Raul Ortiz, said on March 29. “Probably in the next two or three days we’ll get over a million encounters or apprehensions along the southwest border,” Ortiz said at the…
War, Inflation Hit Euro Zone Recovery Hopes
PARIS—France and Germany saw bigger than expected drops in consumer confidence this month as rising inflation and concern about the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took their toll, surveys showed on Tuesday. The European Central Bank insists the euro zone can avoid recession, but the collapse in consumer morale in its two top economies…
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Mozart With Afghan Refugees in Portugal
LISBON, Portugal—Celebrated U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in the Portuguese capital Lisbon on Tuesday for a performance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Ma joined young Afghan and Portuguese musicians on a small stage at the National Conservatory, where the refugees who arrived last December are studying. “The…
Nielsen Shares Jump as It Accepts Takeover at 60 Percent Premium
An Elliott Management Corp. and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. led consortium agreed to acquire Nielsen Holdings PLC. for $28 a share. The all-cash transaction valued Nielsen at $16 billion, including debt. The offer price implied a 60 percent premium over Nielsen’s unaffected stock price as of March 11, before market speculation regarding a potential takeover. Nielsen shares closed at…
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