Month: January 2023

Shanghai Conservatory of Music Releases 8 Consecutive Obituaries

At least eight professors and staff members of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music died due to a COVID spike that started in December last year and continued into January 2023. The deaths included three Chinese Communist Party (CCP) branch secretaries. On Jan. 24, Sha Hankun, a former deputy secretary of the party branch and deputy…


Countries Tighten Entry Restrictions in Response to China’s COVID Surge

China opened its borders earlier this month, and as outbound travel resumes—despite a surge of COVID-19 infections—the move has triggered broad concerns. Many countries are tightening restrictions on entry for Chinese tourists to prevent them from bringing the virus into their lands. A flare-up of infections and deaths hit China after the Chinese Communist Party…


Democrats Seek to Turn Deep-Red Mississippi Blue by Flipping Governor’s Seat

Democratic organizations, activists, and lawmakers believe they can defeat the Republican incumbent in the 2023 Mississippi gubernatorial election due to multiple controversies haunting the governor. “Governor Tate Reeves has failed the people of Mississippi. Under his watch, cronyism is running rampant and taxpayers are facing the largest public corruption scandal in state history, while good…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Pride of the Yankees’: Lou Gehrig’s Humble Greatness

Not Rated | 2 h 8 min | Drama, Biopic | 1943 One of Hollywood’s all-time greats, Gary Cooper, was born in 1901. One of America’s all-time baseball greats, Lou Gehrig, was born just two years later, in 1903. Both loved the outdoors; Gehrig, hitting his heart out as first baseman for the Yankees, and…


Pentagon Holds Briefing After the Announcement of Tanks for Ukraine

U.S. Department of Defense deputy spokesperson Sabrina Singh holds a news briefing the day after the Biden administration announced it would send tanks to Ukraine. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Florida Democrat Files Bill to Block Parental Rights Law That Opponents Say Keeps Children From ‘Ideas’

The “Children’s Bill of Rights Act” filed by a Florida Democrat could potentially strip away a parent’s right to stop their child from accessing sexually explicit material, or gender, or racial literature. House Bill 217, filed on Jan. 17 by Michele Rayner-Goolsby (D), appears to be the Left’s answer to the Parental Rights in Education…


UK Government Urged to Stop Housing Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in Hotels

The UK government is facing renewed pressure from campaigners to stop housing underage immigrants in hotels after some children were reportedly abducted. More than 100 charities, including children’s charities Barnardo’s and NSPCC, signed an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, calling for an immediate end to the practice, according to campaign coordinator End Child Prostitution and…


Ex-pq Legislator Harold LeBel Sentenced to Eight Months in Jail for Sex Assault

Former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel was sentenced on Thursday to eight months in jail after being found guilty in November of sexually assaulting a woman at his condo in 2017. Quebec Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur accepted the joint sentencing recommendation from the prosecution and defence at the courthouse in Rimouski, Que., about 320…


No More Expensing Home Internet Bills to Taxpayers, Pierre Poilievre’s Caucus Told

Members of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative caucus have been told they are no longer allowed to charge taxpayers for home internet services. A breakdown of recent expenses shows 31 Tory MPs have charged taxpayers for home internet services for either themselves or staff. That information was first reported by the National Post. The MPs include former…


Impersonators Posing as Homeowners Linked to 32 Fraud Cases in Ontario and BC

Mortgage and title fraudsters who impersonate homeowners and tenants have targeted at least 32 properties in Ontario and British Columbia, investigators and official warnings suggest. Insurance investigator Brian King, president and CEO of King International Advisory Group, said his firm had received 30 such claims in Ontario. They include six instances of “total title fraud”…