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DAMASCUS, Syria—Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president’s office said Monday, with both having only mild symptoms of the illness. In a statement, Assad’s office said the first couple did PCR tests after they experienced minor symptoms consistent with the COVID-19 illness. It said Assad, 55, and […]

The mayor pro tem of a Northern California city resigned after he pleaded guilty to election fraud, according to local reports last week. Crescent City Mayor Pro Tem Alex Campbell entered the plea to making a false declaration of candidacy in Del Norte County’s Superior Court, according to the city’s clerk’s office, as reported by local news

WASHINGTON—More than 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp.’s email software, a person familiar with the U.S. government’s response said on March 5. The hacking has already reached more places than all of the tainted code downloaded from SolarWinds Corp., the company at the

Britain’s broadcasting regulator Ofcom on Monday imposed financial penalties on Chinese state broadcaster CGTN for airing forced confessions and biased coverage of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. CGTN, or China Global Television Network, is an international English-language satellite news channel owned by the Chinese regime and directly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ofcom

WASHINGTON—Borrowing by Americans fell in January for the first time in five months, as the use of credit cards fell to the lowest level in four years, offsetting gains in auto loans and student loans. The Federal Reserve reported on March 5 that consumer borrowing fell by $1.3 billion in January, the first decrease since

The Supreme Court on Monday morning dismissed a Nov. 3 election-related case filed by defamation lawyer Lin Wood. The high court did not issue a comment as it denied Wood’s case (pdf), saying, “The petitions of writs of mandamus are denied.” Wood filed several third-party cases to challenge the results of last year’s election. Wood

The family of the woman shot dead inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 is considering filing a lawsuit against the officer who shot her. The lawsuit would allege constitutional violations, Terrell Roberts, a lawyer for Ashli Babbitt’s family, told The Epoch Times, including excessive use of force. “That will be filed against the officer,

The Supreme Court dismissed former President Donald Trump’s final remaining challenge to the 2020 presidential election results this morning, a lawsuit challenging the results in the state of Wisconsin. Also on March 8, the high court declined to hear an emergency petition for mandamus brought by pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood who on Dec. 30,

VARANASI—Every day scores of beggars line the banks of the river Ganges in the city of Varanasi where pilgrims pour in from around India to cremate their loved ones, perform the rituals of life and death, or visit the ancient temples that dwell in the world’s longest continuously inhabited city. The city is the parliamentary

Former President Donald Trump was seen outside his Trump Tower building on New York City’s 5th Avenue on Sunday night, according to photos published by several news outlets. The trip to the Trump Tower marks Trump’s first trip to New York City since he left office. Trump was seen pulling up to the building at