Chinese-Language Epoch Times Website Hit by Massive Cyberattack
The website remained available to readers worldwide and no readers’ or subscribers’ personal information was accessed.
LIVE @2:30 PM Sept. 22: CECC Holds Hearing on CCP’s Repression of Targeted Prisoners, Families, and Communities
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) holds a hearing at 2:30 p.m. ET on Sept. 22 on people imprisoned and persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the families and religious communities working for their freedom, and the regime’s retaliation toward those who speak out on their behalf. Witnesses: Pastor Ezra Jin, just released after […]
Prosecutors Drop Allegation Against Alan Jones Involving 17-Year-Old Boy
Three people told the court they didn't witness the alleged offence.
Chinese Yuan Hits 4-Year High Ahead of Trump–Xi Meeting
A stronger yuan raises the foreign price of Chinese goods as the United States and Europe press Beijing over its large trade surplus and reliance on exports.
Conrad Black: Greenland Deal Is Good News for the Western Alliance
Commentary The announcement of agreed terms for an arrangement between Denmark, Greenland, and the United States is unambiguously good news for the Western Alliance. All the bluster about the United States resorting to force to protect its own national security if the Danes and Greenlanders (who are partially but imprecisely self‑governing) rejected its claim to safeguard NATO’s—and particularly America’s—interests in the Arctic and in Greenland’s potentially important strategic mineral resources was absurd. It is not entirely clear to what extent Greenland is self-governing, but it has been evolving majestically in that direction over a very protracted schedule. After a Norse background, Greenland became a Danish colony and the Danes imposed their language on the overwhelming ethnic group on the island: the Greenlandic Inuit....
Bessent Says Iranian Airlines Will Shut Down Amid Sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on all remaining Iranian airlines earlier this month.
Some in NATO Trying to Turn Ukraine War Into Conflict Between Alliance and Russia, Says Slovak PM
NATO maintains it is a defensive alliance that operates on its deterrence and defense posture.
EU, Canada, US Can Work Jointly to Curb Trade Deficit With China Despite Brussels’s Invitation to Ottawa, Analysts Say
Besides trade tools, political leverage and unity among Western allies would be crucial in countering China’s economic expansion, experts said.
More Chinese Political Figures Could Be Purged at Key Meeting, Taiwanese Official Warns
Taiwan's China-policy official warned that more Chinese officials could be removed as Xi Jinping tightens political control and military pressure mounts.
Oil Prices Tumble Under $100 per Barrel as Trump Hints at Reopening Talks With Iran
Saudi Arabia applauded the announcement of possible negotiations.
StubHub Canada Fined $20K Under Ticket Cap Law, Company to Appeal Penalty
The Ontario government has fined ticket reseller StubHub Canada Ltd. $20,000 under a recent law that caps the sale of seats at face value. The province’s Consumer Beware List on Monday showed a $10,000 fine for allegedly making a ticket available for sale above face value and another $10,000 for allegedly facilitating a transaction without [...]
BC Minister Popham Won’t Run for a Sixth Term, Deepening Snap Election Speculation
B.C. cabinet minister Lana Popham says she won’t run for a sixth term, deepening speculation about a snap election being called. Popham’s announcement follows the resignation of Opposition B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay on Sunday. Popham, the current minister for agriculture, says in a written statement provided by the B.C. NDP caucus that her decision…
Diesel hit a record $6.
Diesel hit a record $6.51/gal nationally today. That matters because diesel moves goods and runs the heavy equipment you need to build things. Hard to get excited about reindustrializing the country ...
Health Canada Warns Counterfeit Laser Hair-Removal Device Could Pose Health Risks
Health Canada has issued a warning about counterfeit laser hair removal and therapy devices being sold to clinics in Canada, cautioning that the products could pose “serious health risks” because their safety and effectiveness are unknown. The federal health agency said the counterfeit devices are being sold under the “Soprano” brand. Genuine Soprano devices are […]
BC Political Figures React to Findlay’s Resignation as Provincial Conservative Leader
Current and former B.C. Conservatives are reacting to Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s Sept. 20 resignation as party leader, calling for the party to unite as it faces the prospect of a snap election. Federal Conservative MP Aaron Gunn, who helped revive the B.C. Conservative Party before entering federal politics, said the recent events in the party have been “very disheartening” and thanked Findlay for her service. “The last few weeks have been very disheartening, both as a conservative in British Columbia and, more specifically, as someone who dedicated so much time and energy to growing the conservative movement and the Conservative Party in B.C.,” Gunn posted on social media on Sept. 20....
Calgary Man Loses Appeal After Lawyer Disqualified as Likely Witness
A Calgary man has lost his appeal of a court decision disqualifying his lawyer from representing him because the lawyer is likely to be called as a witness in the proceedings. A trio of judges with the Alberta Court of Appeal issued its decision on Sept. 17, dismissing Mike Terrigno’s appeal of a King’s Bench […]
1 in 6 French Fuel Stations Runs Short as Diesel Prices Soar
Left-wing groups signaled support for another yellow vests-style protest wave as diesel prices start to bite.
Xi's BRICS Message Offers Little New Substance as India Resists an Anti-US Bloc: Experts
Analysts say Beijing seeks to use BRICS as a counterweight to the United States and the West, but its members pursue different agendas and lack mutual trust.
Alberta Households Led Canada in Average Consumption Spending: StatCan
Statistics Canada revised its national household spending dataset for 2023 to reflect an updated demographic calibration.
Russia Rebukes Le Pen, Bardella Over Claims Moscow Intimidating France
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, 'Russia therefore poses no threat whatsoever; it threatens no one and blackmails no one.'
