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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Monday once again urged infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci to visit the U.S.-Mexico border to determine whether Biden administration policies are undercutting the nation’s herculanean efforts to control the spread of COVID-19. Graham published his letter to U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Fauci on […]

The New South Wales Coalition is expecting a loss in the upcoming by-election following Upper Hunter National MP Michael Johnsen’s resignation. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that the Liberal-National Coalition would need a “miracle” to win the seat previously filled by Johnsen. Deputy Premier John Barilaro called for Johnsen’s immediate resignation and suspension from the National

The Morrison government has cautioned that increasing Australia’s minimum wage this year could constrain small business recovery and employment. “Higher labor costs during this challenging period could present a major constraint to small business recovery and may dampen employment in the sector,” the government noted in a submission (pdf) to the Fair Work Commission’s annual

Editors of a student-run newspaper in an Australian university have been slammed for their decision to withdraw an article detailing two academics’ ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to the current “escalating Sinophobia” in society. University of Sydney’s Honi Soit newspaper released a story on March 31 claiming two professors from its engineering

The lasting impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could be detrimental to some students, says a University of California–Irvine (UCI) professor. Mark Warschauer, UCI professor of education and informatics, said the consequences of shifting to a virtual environment for K–12 students—which all Orange County public districts have done at some point since the lockdowns began March 2020—are wide-ranging. Remote learning

A man suspected of fatally shooting four people in Orange, California, remains unconscious in the hospital, forcing law officials to delay his scheduled April 5 arraignment. “We are patiently waiting for him to be conscious,” Vania Tovar, who lost her father and sister in the shootings, told The Epoch Times. “They will be checking every

Commentary Spring has finally arrived here in rural New England, the air crisp and fresh, the skies blue. The annual promise of renewal, symbolized by a glorious Easter Sunday, washes away the gloom of winter as new life bursts from the ground. How sad it is, then—how demoralizing—to see our fellow citizens in the sunshine

Major League Baseball (MLB) decided to move their All-Star Game out of Georgia in order to protest the state’s new election law. Ironically, this came just a day after they expanded their business in China. Meanwhile, it was just reported that the personal details of more than 500 million Facebook users were found to be

Queensland Parliament has passed new sexual consent laws that require people to consent or reject a sexual act verbally. This means that silence or intoxication can no longer imply agreement was given for sexual relations. Under the new law, which had bipartisan support, consent can also be withdrawn by words or actions during the act

The Australian government should take the Taiwan issue to the United Nations for a vote as a circuit breaker to smother any potential military conflict in the Taiwan Strait, according to a diplomacy expert. “I think Australia could lead the charge to call Beijing’s bluff by bringing the issue before the United Nations,” Joseph Siracusa,