Month: July 2022

Shinzo Abe’s Suspected Assassin to Undergo Psychiatric Evaluation: Media

TOKYO—The suspected assassin of Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will undergo psychiatric evaluation until later this year, Japanese media reported on Saturday. Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 41-year-old, has been identified by police as the suspect who approached Abe at a campaign speech on a street corner on July 8 and opened fire with a…


‘Close to My Heart’ From 1951: Adopted Joy

I love discovering new movies I can recommend to readers of The Epoch Times. With the powerful leading couple of Ray Milland and Gene Tierney, plus an interesting premise, I was expecting it to be good. However, I wasn’t expecting it to be so timely. Milland and Tierney star as Brad and Midge Sheridan, a…


Justice Kagan: ‘Dangerous’ If Supreme Court Loses Public Confidence

Associate Justice Elena Kagan is warning against the Supreme Court not taking heed of the public after the court struck down Roe v. Wade. Speaking in public on July 21 for the first time since the court’s momentous ruling in June, Kagan stressed the importance of the justices staying in their proper roles as judges…


Global Campaign Aims to Break Silence Around COVID Vaccine Injuries

The founders of a new online campaign — #CanWeTalkAboutIt — hope to break the culture of silence around COVID-19 vaccine injuries by encouraging people injured by the vaccines to share their personal stories. Launched last month with a live online “Let’s Talk” webcast, #CanWeTalkAboutIt brings together the vaccine-injured with medical experts willing to speak out about the risks…


Iceland Nature Drone Film | Simple Happiness Episode 11

Relax for 80 minutes and let your worries be replaced by stunning aerial views from some of Iceland’s most beautiful and iconic locations, paired with a brand new meditation piano musical masterpiece. This nature video can be used to relax, sleep, meditate, do yoga, study, work, read, and more. Iceland, a Nordic island nation, is…


Japan Nuclear Regulator Approves Releasing Treated Fukushima Water Into Sea

Japan’s nuclear regulators on Friday approved a plan to release treated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, giving Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) permission to construct discharge facilities. TEPCO said it planned to release treated water to a coastal facility, where it will be diluted with seawater and then sent through…


Judicial Watch Sues Secret Service Over Hunter Biden’s Records

Advocacy group Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleging that the agency is slow-rolling a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to turn over records tied to President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Judicial Watch filed the FOIA suit against DHS on July 17 at the U.S. District Court for…


Dive Photographer Explores Haunting Sunken Battleship-Reef With Schools of Fish off Thai Island

There’s something about a shipwreck that seems frozen in time. Photographer Guntaphat Pokasasipun’s underwater pictures of the sunken HTMS Chang have a beautifully eerie quality that makes it seem ageless. He credits the wreck with being one of the largest, most complete dive sites in Thailand. “It sank on November 22, 2012, and quickly turned…


January 6 Defendant Dies by Suicide While Awaiting Sentencing

A man from Pennsylvania awaiting his sentencing for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 breach died on July 20. Mark R. Aungst, 47, of South Williamsport, was declared to have committed suicide by Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr., according to PennLive. A gas field well service technician by trade, Aungst is survived…


January 6 Accused Dies by Suicide While Awaiting Sentencing

A man from Lycoming County awaiting his sentencing for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 breach died on July 20. Mark R. Aungst, 47, of South Williamsport, was declared to have committed suicide by Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr., according to PennLive. A gas field well service technician by trade, Aungst is…