Taiwan Opens Phoenix Office as Arizona Ties Expand
Gov. Katie Hobbs and other Arizona officials welcomed Taiwan’s new Phoenix office despite repeated efforts by China’s Los Angeles consulate to stop it.
As Chinese Documentary Targets Burma Scam Centers, Others Point to CCP Role in Fraud
The crime syndicates in Southeast Asia received support from Beijing and engaged in its transnational repression operations, an insider said.
Day in Photos: Paris Student Protests, Nobel Physics Prize, and Camel Racing Season
A glimpse into the world through the lens of photography.
Scientist Who Hunts Mysterious Ghost Particles in the Antarctic Ice Wins Nobel Prize for Physics
Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics.
China Eliminates Hundreds of Rural Banks as Bad Loans Weigh on Small Lenders
China’s rural banks are disappearing as independent institutions amid high bad-loan levels and a government push to reduce and restructure smaller lenders.
Canada’s Health Agency Says It’s Monitoring the Situation After Russian Lab Worker Dies of Unknown Illness
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it is monitoring the death of a Russian laboratory worker from an unknown illness and has identified no risks to Canada. A PHAC spokesperson said in an Oct. 6 email to The Epoch Times that the agency was aware of the illness and death of a 28-year-old [...]
Thousands of Alberta Referendum Mail-In Ballots Rejected Due to Errors: Elections Alberta
More than 3,000 mail-in ballots for Alberta’s provincial referendum have been rejected as invalid due to errors, according to Elections Alberta. Ballots that have been found invalid include those with missing declaration forms or errors or problems with identification, according to the agency, which noted there is still time to submit the correct information via email.
Veteran Games Founder Lodges Complaint Over Use of Footage in ABC’s Four Corners Episode
Heston Russell claimed the ABC aired archival footage from the games as part of an investigation into allegations he said were unrelated to the event.
Was Quebec’s PQ Victory a Vote for Separation or Change?
The Parti Québécois has returned to power in Quebec for the first time in more than a decade. While the party didn’t win a majority and the incumbent CAQ was shut out of the legislature, which could point to a desire for change rather than an endorsement of separation, the PQ nevertheless received the largest [...]
256,000 Join Protests Across France Marked by Far-Left Chants, Clashes With Police Over School Conditions
Protesters in Paris chanted anti-police and far-left slogans as police made 488 arrests nationwide. Trump blamed mass migration and Islam for the unrest.
Google, OpenAI Say US Law Lets Them Train AI on Australian Content Without Seeking Permission
Big Tech firms also faced questions from MPs about the amount of tax they pay locally.
Hegseth to Welcome USS Abraham Lincoln Back After Long Middle East Deployment
Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao said the sailors assigned to the strike group showed ‘exceptional resolve under demanding conditions.’
Fréchette Resigns as CAQ Leader After Governing Party Strikes Out in Quebec Election
Christine Fréchette says she has given in her resignation as leader of Quebec’s governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), following the Oct. 5 provincial election in which her party failed to gain a single seat. The Parti Québécois (PQ) will form a minority government after winning 59 seats in the Quebec election, five short of the [...]
How One Nation Plans to Make Victoria ‘The Toughest State on Crime’
One Nation believes that police, courts and prisons must all be strengthened together, while promising greater support for officers and frontline workers.
Anthony Furey: Galloway Case Shows That Facts Do Matter When It Comes to Sexual Assault Accusations
Commentary It was hard to say who the sympathetic hero was by the end of the Julia Roberts film “After the Hunt.” Released last year, the film was billed as a psychological thriller about a professor (Roberts) caught up in a sexual abuse scandal involving one of her students and another professor. The petty politics [...]
The Long Road to Official Party Status for Duhaime’s Quebec Conservatives
Éric Duhaime led the Conservative Party of Quebec to a historic breakthrough in the Oct. 5 provincial election, securing official party status in the National Assembly for the first time in more than nine decades. Duhaime’s party went from no seats won in the last election to 19, comfortably clearing the 12-seat threshold needed to […]
France, Germany Push for EU Rapid-Response Trade Tool With Likely Focus on China
BRUSSELS/BERLIN—France and Germany have proposed that the European Union reinforce its economy by enacting a new rapid-action measure to strike back against countries that harm it, with China the most likely focus of their proposal. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, 10 days […]
Foreign Influence Commissioner Acknowledges Number of Registrations Are Far Below Initial Estimates
Canada’s foreign influence commissioner says he expects registrations under the new registry to increase in the coming months, after a Conservative MP said fewer than 1 percent of the 2,422 registrations estimated by Public Safety Canada have been made so far. “As the information becomes better known, I expect that as individuals understand more about [...]
Illegal Immigrant Jailed Over Planned Knife Attack on Israeli Embassy in UK
Abdullah Sabah Albadri, 34, tried to climb over the gates of the Israeli embassy in London on April 28, 2025, but was stopped by police.
Trump Plans Call With Putin to Discuss Possible Pneumonic Plague Case
A top Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Russia would welcome any assistance if needed.