Category: pandemic

More Than $6.4 Billion in US Pandemic Aid Sent Abroad, Including China

Some 2,000 foreign contractors and nonprofits in 177 countries received more than $6.4 billion in United States’ federal pandemic response assistance between the spring of 2020 and the fall of 2021, according to a report by the U.S. Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC). Most of the “prime recipients” are based…


More Than $6.4 Billion in U.S. Pandemic Aid Sent Abroad, Inspector General Finds

Some 2,000 foreign contractors and nonprofits in 177 countries received more than $6.4 billion in United States’ federal pandemic response assistance between the spring of 2020 and the fall of 2021, according to a report by the U.S. Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC). Most of the “prime recipients” are based…


Exclusive: Ron DeSantis on States’ Constitutional Powers to Protect Individual Rights

While some states—primarily those under politically left-leaning administrations—continue to enforce strict mandates two years into the pandemic, states such as Florida have maintained relative autonomy in economic and social freedoms. In an interview with The Epoch Times, conducted earlier this month by e-mail, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed his state’s policies and his approach to keeping…


Poll Suggests Some Canadians Are Feeling Brighter About the Economy, Own Finances

OTTAWA—A new poll suggests some Canadians are feeling more upbeat about the state of the domestic economy and their own pocketbooks, though not quite as positive as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual Leger survey of economic confidence found that nearly two in every five respondents rated the economy as being good or…


‘Abusive Intolerance’: Lawmakers Denounce Beijing’s Jailing of 11 Who Shared Pandemic Photos With The Epoch Times

Lawmakers and advocates have rebuked the sentencing of the 11 Chinese citizens imprisoned by Chinese authorities after they supplied materials to The Epoch Times shedding light on the toll of the pandemic in China. The 11, who are all adherents of the persecuted spiritual group Falun Gong, took photos to document life in the early…


San Francisco Bay Area Doctors Petition to End COVID-19 Restrictions

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—In an open letter and petition to California Governor Gavin Newsom and other state officials, a group of Bay Area doctors called for an end to COVID-19 restrictions. They say the strict policies are harming professional and personal lives, and children also need normalcy in schools again. They called on officials to “acknowledge…


COVID Pandemic Crippling India’s Tourism Industry

JAIPUR, India—The travel and tourism industry in the world’s second-most populous country is in crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a crippling blow to the industry, which accounts for around nine per cent of India’s gross domestic product (GDP). India’s GDP in 2020 was estimated at $2.66 trillion, according to the Confederation of Indian Industry…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Jan. 24)

The Pentagon is putting 8,000 troops on high alert for deployment as the State Department orders the families of embassy staff to leave Ukraine, influential-but-censored health experts meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss some of the biggest pandemic issues, and a new report says the United Nations is providing cash debit cards to migrants heading to the United…


Port Congestion Worsens as Omicron Variant Exacerbates Global Supply Chain Crisis

Omicron outbreaks have exacerbated shipping congestion across the globe, with major Chinese and U.S. ports affected. Experts forecast that supply chain bottlenecks will continue into at least the second half of this year. With a fresh wave of COVID-19 outbreaks spreading in China, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials have launched mass lockdowns and testing, driven…


Time to Update Our Pandemic Plan

“Marcus Welby, M.D.” was a popular TV show that first aired in 1969 and ran until 1976. Robert Young portrayed this ever-lovable, caring, and compassionate general practitioner who drove a Chevy Impala (later Chrysler sedans) to make house calls. He had a young physician as his assistant, Dr. Steven Kiley, played by James Brolin (Josh…