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EDMONTON—A student accused of a deadly attack at an Edmonton-area school has been charged with first-degree murder. Dylan Thomas Pountney, 19, was to appear in Edmonton court Tuesday morning. RCMP said he remained in custody. Police said a 17-year-old female student was violently assaulted Monday morning in a classroom at Christ the King School in […]

Commentary Sandor Mecs was a child when his family lived in the town of Szentendre, Hungary. Today, it’s a picturesque town 20 miles north of Budapest that is lined with winding cobblestone streets, colorful centuries-old homes, cottages, and churches. It’s a tourism center with its flourishing museums, charm, and proximity to the capital. While the

Messaging from human smugglers that the U.S.-Mexico border is open is spreading wider than claims from President Joe Biden’s administration that the border is not open, a top administration official said Tuesday. “The smugglers are agile and quick and word of mouth gets through, and they are exploiting people’s hope and desperation,” Roberta Jacobson said

VARANASI—Last year as the bilateral relations between India and China reached their abysmal low after a bloody conflict in Galwan, the silk industry of India reiterated its call for a ban on silk imports and illegal silk dumping from China, saying this was an effort to destroy the indigenous Indian industry. China is the largest

Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, warned the Biden administration it “better refrain from causing a stink” if “it wants to sleep in peace for the coming four years.” Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), issued a statement on Monday criticizing the

In February, I was browsing the shelves of our local secondhand bookstore, looking for birthday gifts for two grandchildren, when I came across Hermann Hagedorn’s “The Book of Courage.” This 90-year-old collection of biographies for young people salutes luminaries as diverse as Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, David Livingstone, Mahatma Gandhi, and Queen Elizabeth I. Here,

A single-engine airplane crashed into an SUV while it was driving in Florida on Monday, killing two people aboard the small plane and a young boy who was inside the vehicle, according to officials. The fiery incident was captured on a Ring security camera installed at a nearby home, showing the moment the airplane crashed

Virgin Voyages, the cruise line founded by billionaire business magnate Richard Branson, will require all crew and passengers to get a CCP virus vaccine, the company said. Tom McAlpin, CEO of Virgin Voyages, said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times that the company’s goal is to provide “the safest travel experience, which means

Over 100 medical staff at a hospital in Harbin city were quarantined after a nurse tested positive for COVID-19, but local authorities attempted to conceal the situation, a trusted source told The Epoch Times. According to documents obtained by the publication, authorities require hospitals to follow strict guidelines in dealing with COVID-19 infections. But one

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he does not plan for now to visit the southern border of the United States amid a surge in illegal immigrants. Asked before boarding Marine One in Washington whether he has plans to visit the border, Biden told reporters: “Not at the moment.” Biden was scheduled to fly