Month: February 2023

Brooklyn Parade Spotlights Beijing’s Attack on Faith on American Soil

NEW YORK—Hundreds of Falun Gong adherents paraded down the streets of Brooklyn’s Chinatown area to highlight communist China’s abuses, including its actions targeting residents on U.S. soil. A week earlier, David Fang, a Falun Gong practitioner, was attacked by a pro-Beijing man at an information booth in New York’s Flushing neighborhood. The assault left minor…


Hundreds Parade Down Brooklyn to Spotlight Beijing’s Attack on Faith

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.—Hundreds of Falun Gong adherents paraded down the streets of Brooklyn’s Chinatown area to highlight communist China’s abuses, including its actions targeting residents on U.S. soil. A week earlier, David Fang, a Falun Gong practitioner, was attacked by a pro-Beijing man at an information booth in New York’s Flushing. The assault left…


Flood Buyback Could Have Happened Quicker: Senator

The emergency management minister has admitted a buyback scheme for houses damaged in last year’s Lismore floods should have been moving faster. As the federal government announced new multi-million dollar disaster recovery funding one year on from the devastating deluge, Senator Murray Watt said he wanted to see more houses being taken up in the…


On the Claims of ‘Inaccuracies’ in Leaked Documents About Chinese Interference: Don’t Shoot the Messenger

Commentary We live in an amazing information age. For the first time in human civilization, anyone—well anyone with access to the internet—can find out just about anything about any topic. A few words typed into a search engine, hit enter, click on a link, and voila! Instant knowledge. Of course it is not as easy…


Tenured Professor Files Grievance Against Penn Law School Dean

Tenured Law professor Amy Wax at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, one of the country’s top law schools, filed a grievance against her Dean Theodore Ruger on Jan. 16, 2023, asking the university to end Ruger’s charges and proposed sanctions to revoke Wax’s tenure with the university. June 23, 2022, Ruger wrote to…


UK Expands Ban on Transgender Criminals in Female Prisons in England and Wales

The UK government has extended the scope of its rules banning some transgender criminals from female prisons in England and Wales, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has announced. Raab announced in October that trans women who have male genitalia or have committed sexual offences will not be held in women’s prisons. On Sunday he confirmed that…


Duck Hunting Season Given Green Light in Southern Australia Despite Calls for Ban

Recreational duck hunting season will go ahead in the southern Australian state of Victoria despite repeated calls for it to be banned. Victoria’s Game Management Authority (GMA) confirmed on Feb. 24 the 2023 duck hunting season arrangements. The 2023 duck hunting season will be from April 26 to May 30, with a limit of four…


Film Review: ‘Heart of a Champion’: Great for Kids, Parents, Much Less so

PG |  1h 26 m | Family, Drama, High School | February 21, 2023 “Heart of a Champion,” much like “National Velvet,” is a totally-made-for-kids, sweet little drama for young tween girls who like horses. Which covers quite a wide spectrum of young girls. In the lead is a 14-year-old girl named Charlie (YaYa Gosselin) who’s got a…


Prime Minister Hopeful Poilievre Makes Election Promises to Axe Carbon Tax, Cap Government Spending

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will axe the carbon tax and will cap government spending with a new dollar-for-dollar law if he is elected prime minister in the next federal election. “Politicians need laws to limit their spending. They need to be disciplined by law or they will spend irresponsibly,” said Poilievre. “It’s time that politicians…


Try These Healthy Foods to Boost Your Immunity and Avoid Repeated COVID-19 Infection

With the continuous mutation of COVID-19 variants, protection generated by a previous bout may not be able to counter new virus strains. How can you avoid the risk of repeated infection? In an interview with “Health 1+1,”  Dr. Dawei Guo, director of Fu Yuan Chinese Medicine Clinic in Taiwan, shared how to supplement daily nutrition…