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The suicide of Chinese organ transplant specialist Zang Yunjin has drawn attention to a questionable “Qingdao model” of human organ transplantation. Zang, 57, head of the Organ Transplantation Center at the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, killed himself by jumping off a high building on Feb. 26, a source told the Chinese-language Epoch Times around […]

The amount of fentanyl seized while coming through the southern border during the first 5 months of fiscal year 2021 is already higher than all of fiscal year 2020, according to the latest statistics from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP has seized more than 5,000 pounds of fentanyl since Oct. 1, 2020, said acting

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will hold a mass vaccination clinic next week in the Rio Grande Valley to vaccinate Border Patrol agents in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott and National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) Brandon Judd said in a joint statement on Friday. Abbott and Judd said that agents had been left vulnerable and exposed

China’s Ant Group Chief Executive Officer Simon Hu has unexpectedly resigned amid a regulatory-driven overhaul of the financial technology giant’s business, the first top management exit since a scuppered $37 billion initial public offering. Hu, who was named chief executive of the Alibaba Group Holding affiliate in 2019, will be replaced by company veteran and

BEIJING—China’s market regulator said on Friday it had fined 12 companies related to 10 deals that violated anti-monopoly rules. The companies included Baidu Inc., Tencent Holdings, Didi Chuxing, SoftBank, and a ByteDance-backed firm, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said in a statement on Friday. The companies were fined 500,000 yuan ($77,000) each for

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that every Canadian who wants a vaccine will receive one by September. “Everyone who wants to get vaccinated will be vaccinated by September,” Trudeau said during a press conference on COVID-19, the disease the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus causes. He added that Canada will receive 1 million doses

Historic unemployment but small businesses apparently can’t find workers. NTD talks to the National Federation of Independent Business about the situation. Big Tech is in the spotlight again. Journalists testified at a house hearing today, about how social media platforms are taking advantage of their dominance in the news industry. Lithium supply low as electric

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) clarified on March 11 regarding an earlier notice they sent to Catholics, recommending the choice of alternatives over the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines due to their use of “abortion-derived cell lines in their development, production, and confirmatory testing.” “This Note was published in response to

Italy’s new Premier Mario Draghi has pledged to triple the number of daily vaccinations administered daily throughout the country as CCP virus cases rise and restrictions for Easter weekend tighten as many hospitals across the country warn they’re running out of ICU beds. The government decided at a Cabinet meeting the entire nation will be under

The Scottish Parliament has passed a controversial bill on so-called hate crimes despite concerns about its impact on freedom of speech. The bill was passed on Thursday by 82 votes to 32. It was supported by the Scottish National Party (SNP), Labour, and the Liberal Democrats. Only the Scottish Conservatives voted against it. Scotland’s regional