Month: April 2023

House Oversight Hearing on ‘The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2’

April 26, 2023
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The House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the American Federation of Teachers, Ms. Randi Weingarten at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 26.  …

LIVE NOW: House Oversight Hearing on ‘The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2’

April 26, 2023
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The House Oversight Committee holds a hearing on The Consequences of School Closures, Part 2: The President of the American Federation of Teachers, Ms. Randi Weingarten at 2:00 p.m. ET on April 26.  …

Green Energy Transition Will Keep Inflation High, Norway’s Oil Fund Chief Warns

April 26, 2023
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Climate change will keep inflation stubbornly high and result in low investment returns for an extended period, said Nicolai Tangen, the head of Norway’s $1.3 trillion oil fund. Tangen told the Financial Times on April 25 that “inflation is going to be tough to get down,” alluding to a multitude of factors, such as rising…

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Appeals Court Panel Rejects Federal Bump Stock Ban

April 26, 2023
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A federal appeals court has rejected an interpretation of law offered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that bump stock devices should be considered machinegun parts and should, therefore, be banned. Bump stocks are devices that replace the standard stock of a semiautomatic rifle, resting against the user’s shoulder and incorporating…

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Anthony Williams Runs for Middletown District School Board

April 26, 2023
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Anthony Williams, a public school educator and a father of three, told The Epoch Times that he is running for Middletown District school board to change it for the better. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Williams grew up in a single-family household and lost his mother when he was in middle school—an experience that built his…

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More Canadians Ask for Help to Get out of Sudan: Joly

April 26, 2023
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About 50 additional Canadians were evacuated out of Sudan in the last day, but even more have added their names to a list seeking help to flee, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Wednesday. That means about 150 Canadians and permanent residents have now been helped to get out of the country after violence broke…

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Germany: Van Carrying 29 Syrians Flees, Hits Police Car

April 26, 2023
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BERLIN—A van carrying 29 people from Syria pushed a patrol car off the road as officers tried to stop the vehicle near Germany’s border with Poland, police said Wednesday. No one was hurt. Off-duty officers noticed the van weaving through traffic and nearly causing an accident near Goerlitz on Tuesday evening, federal police said in…

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IN-DEPTH: China Is Subverting the UN; How Can the US Respond?

April 26, 2023
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China’s manipulation of United Nations (U.N.) institutions, platforms, and practices for its foreign policy objectives in recent years has increasingly come into the spotlight. Experts have also been concerned that until the United States redraws its policy goals at the U.N. and asserts its leadership, China will increasingly violate, modify, and control it in its pursuit…

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Afghan Gang Jailed in France for Smuggling Illegal Immigrants to UK in Small Boats

April 26, 2023
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The ringleaders of an Afghan organised crime group have been convicted and jailed in France for smuggling illegal immigrants through the English Channel to the UK in small boats. A total of nine men, all Afghan nationals, were convicted of immigration and organised crime offences on April 21 following a trial in Paris, according to…

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Biden Hosts Joint Press Conference With South Korean President

April 26, 2023
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U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a joint press conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at 12:30 p.m. ET on April 26 at the White House. …