Tag: International

Journalist Deaths Jumped 50 Percent in 2022, Led by Ukraine, Mexico

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Killings of journalists around the world jumped by 50 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, driven largely by attacks in Ukraine, Mexico, and Haiti. According to a report Tuesday by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 67 news media workers were killed worldwide in 2022, the highest number…


Socceroos Star Awer Mabil Feels Love After Recieving Young Australian of the Year Award

Buoyed by receiving the Young Australian of the Year award, Socceroos winger Awer Mabil hopes he can bring greater awareness to the plight of refugees as he looks to rediscover his love for football at a new club, Sparta Prague. Mabil arrived in the Czech capital earlier this month, reuniting with his former coach Brian…


Cost of Living Is ‘Number 1’ Priority, Newly Sworn in NZ PM Says as Inflation Remains at 7.2 Percent

An increasing number of New Zealand families are feeling the pinch from the rising cost of living, as the inflation rate remained at a near three-decade high in the three months to December. Stats NZ revealed the annual inflation rate in the December quarter remained stubbornly high at 7.2 percent. This was driven by housing…


Is the West Too Gullible When It Comes to China

Commentary The controversy over Prince Harry wearing a Nazi uniform to a party was repeated recently when a 40-year-old prominent Australian politician, Dominic Perrottet, revealed that he had worn a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday party. A newspaper reader wondered if people would be so outraged if someone had worn a Mao uniform. A…


Wellington Airport Bookstore Sells Xi Jinping’s Political Theories At Premium Place

Books written by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping are being sold at an excellent spot in the airport bookstore in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital. Multiple copies of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China Volume Four” are on prominent display at the forefront shelf of a bookstore, a photo circulating on social media shows….


Turkey Puts Brakes on Nordic NATO Bids, Citing ‘Act of Provocation’

Turkey appears to have thrown cold water on a joint bid by Sweden and Finland to become members of the Western NATO alliance. On Jan. 23, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden could “no longer expect” Turkish support for its NATO accession efforts. As a NATO member, Turkey wields veto power over bids by…


LIVE 1:45 PM ET: Astronauts Briefing Before the Launch of Crew Dragon to the ISS

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg hold a briefing at 1:45 p.m. ET on Jan. 25, joined by UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev before the next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Astronauts Briefing Before the Launch of Crew Dragon to the ISS

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg hold a briefing at 1:45 p.m. ET on Jan. 25, joined by UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev before the next Crew Dragon mission to the International Space Station. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Biden Delivers Speech on Supporting Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on continued support for Ukraine at noon ET on Jan. 25. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Biden Delivers Remarks on Supporting Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on continued support for Ukraine at noon ET on Jan. 25. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …