Month: March 2023

Unused Parking Spaces Costing Australians Billions

Australians are being overcharged up to $6 billion (US$4.01 billion) for car spaces they don’t use, worsening housing affordability and parking availability. A new study from RMIT University has found unbundling parking from new apartments could save people who don’t own cars tens of thousands of dollars and free up parking spots for those who…


120 Subvariants of COVID-19 Discovered in China; Next Wave in May or June: Expert

China is bracing for another COVID-19 wave after health workers recently discovered 120 new subvariants. While the West has mostly begun to move on from the pandemic, China could be hunkering back down. This comes as Beijing scraps production of its domestic vaccines, due to low efficacy rates. What does the looming wave mean for…


Renowned Human Rights Judge to Lead Australian Federal Court

Distinguished human rights figure Justice Debra Mortimer will become the first woman to head the Federal Court. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus was confident Justice Mortimer would contribute significantly to the justice system, as he announced the appointment on March 31. “She is widely recognised for her intellectual capacity and judicial leadership,” Dreyfus said. Justice Mortimer will…


California Kills Series of Bills Increasing Sentencing for Fentanyl Dealers

Despite bi-partisan support targeting fentanyl distribution, California legislators ended discussion this week on bills in Assembly and Senate committees to strengthen enforcement for dealers and manufacturers. “We are in the middle of an epidemic, and these lawmakers have to take it seriously,” Pamela Smith told The Epoch Times March 30 in reaction to the stalled…


UPDATE: Trump Indicted on 34 Charges, Here’s What They Mean | Facts Matter

Late Thursday night, the 45th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, was officially indicted by a Manhattan grand jury. This makes Trump the first president to be impeached twice, the first president to be raided by the FBI, the first president to be wiretapped before taking office, the first president to be banned…


Online Influencer Who Posted Hillary Clinton Meme Found Guilty of Interfering in 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


Man Who Posted Hillary Clinton Meme Found Guilty of Interfering in 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


Pro-Trump Influencer Found Guilty of Using Memes to Interfere With 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


Trump Attorney Says Former President Facing ‘Trumped Up’ Charges Ahead of April 4 Arraignment

The Manhattan district attorney’s case against former President Donald Trump has “absolutely no legal basis,” according to one of Trump’s attorneys, Jesse Binnall. In a March 31 interview with Steve Lance of NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister outlet, Binnall, who is not representing Trump in the New York matter, said that the official charges against…


MP Han Dong Serves Global News With Libel Notice Over Foreign Interference Report

A lawyer for Han Dong has served Global News and its parent company Corus Entertainment with a libel notice after the media outlet published an allegation the Toronto MP spoke to a Chinese diplomat about delaying the release of two Canadians. Lawyer Mark Polley says he is demanding that Global News make a “full apology…