The UK government has once again delayed the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on imports from the European Union, citing risks of disruption at a time of rising costs of living. The government has dropped plans to restrict imports of chilled meats from the EU and to impose further checks on plant and animal products,…
UK Delays Post-Brexit Checks on EU Import for 4th Time to Avoid Disruptions
A State Department Report on Organ Harvesting That the CCP Could Love
For each of the last 26 years, the State Department has briefly mentioned the egregious practice of forced organ harvesting in China in its congressionally-mandated annual international human rights reports. This year’s chapter on China creates a new sub-section, titled “Organ Harvesting,” which held the promise for, finally, some solid coverage of the mountain of…
NATO Must Ensure ‘Democracies Like Taiwan’ Can Defend Themselves: UK Foreign Secretary
April 28, 2022
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Democracies such as Taiwan must be able to defend themselves, the UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Wednesday as she called for a “reboot” of the free world’s approach to global security. In a keynote speech at the Easter Banquet in the City of London, the British foreign secretary said the post-war global order “has failed Ukraine,”…
HSI Fell 769 Points Below the 20,000 Mark Amid US Interest Rate Hike and China’s Pandemic
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index (HSI) opened low at 353 points on April 25 before falling further and further to the 20,000 mark. The U.S. interest rate hike intensified. The Dow plunged 981 points on April 22; Asian stocks collapsed on April 25; the HSI fell 769 points, down about 3.7 percent. The day’s high…
Canadian Blood Services to End ‘Blood Ban,’ Bring in Behaviour-Based Screening
Canadian Blood Services says Health Canada has approved its request to end the policy that restricts men who have sex with men from donating blood for three months. Canadian Blood Services asked Health Canada to allow it to scrap questions about gender or sexuality, basing screening on higher-risk sexual behaviour such as anal sex instead. It says starting no later than Sept. 30,…
Delta Hospice Society Says Mayor’s Call to Redirect Charity Funds ‘Chilling’
Delta Hospice Society (DHS) president Angelina Ireland is calling the actions of Delta’s mayor “chilling” after he urged B.C. Premier John Horgan to redirect private funds from the society’s thrift shop to a hospice facility formerly run by the charity. DHS found itself in controversy last year following a provincial directive to require provincially-funded hospices…
Los Angeles City Council Confirms Fire Chief Salary
The Los Angeles Fire Department’s (LAFD) new chief Kristin Crowley, who was sworn into the position last month, will have an annual base salary of about $367,000—nearly 8 percent higher than her predecessor. The LA City Council unanimously approved Crowley’s annual salary April 26, which was recommended by Mayor Eric Garcetti. Garcetti nominated Crowley—a 22-year…
Learn How to Use Excel like a Pro for Only $35
Sponsored Content via StackCommerce If you’re a regular computer user, you’ve likely played around with Microsoft Excel to draft a budget, fix schedules, create to-do lists, or execute projects at work. But tinkering with spreadsheets involves more than just formatting cells and rearranging columns and rows. The highly-revered software has a litany of functions that…
Texas Border Agents Discover 40 Illegal Immigrants Packed Inside Metal Box
April 28, 2022
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Agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol in Texas recently disrupted multiple human smuggling events, including one in which several migrants were transported in a metal box. On April 26, the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint agents inspected a truck pulling a flatbed trailer carrying several large metal boxes. On one of the boxes,…
Thoughts on Abstinence & Celibacy
April 28, 2022
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I keep getting asked about this, so I give my answer in this video. To summarize, I don’t really have an opinion on whether or not people should experiment with abstinence. It’s entirely up to the individual. However, I HAVE noticed that people approach it in different ways, some with much more success than others….
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