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China recently issued conflicting sets of data for the number of cell phone and landline users in the country. But the data all reflect a net loss of millions of cell phone users, leading some to speculate whether the decline was due to the economic downturn, pandemic-related deaths, or something else all together. Today, nearly every Chinese person needs a cell phone to commute into major cities. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities mandate citizens to input their health information into a cellphone app, which then generates a QR code that determines a person’s risk of getting the disease and...

Are you ready for one of “the great scientific adventures of the coming decades”? Construction of the largest and most complex radio telescope network in the world officially began today in what is being described as a “historic moment for radio astronomy.” Designed to help astronomers answer some of astronomy’s most fundamental questions, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) was today given the go-ahead at its first council meeting at its headquarters at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire in the UK. Jodrell Bank is home to the Lovell Telescope, the world’s third-largest steerable radio telescope. SKA is going to cost $2.2 billion—and...

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Lisa Haba, a partner of Haba Law Firm based in Florida, told The Epoch Times that Twitter refused to take down sexual exploitation videos of her client even after her client showed Twitter the proof that he’s a minor, and that Twitter “certainly was profiting off the exploitation of [her client].”The Haba Law Firm, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law Center, and the Matiasic Firm jointly filed a federal lawsuit against Twitter on Jan. 20, 2021.Haba told the story of her client during an interview with Jan Jekielek, host of Epoch Times’ American Thought Leaders program.John Doe, Haba’s client,...

Heavy rains followed by an extended drought, an increase in local consumption and a drop in the number of marijuana farmers have caused a shortage in the island’s famed but largely illegal market that experts say is the worst they’ve seen. “It’s a cultural embarrassment,” said Triston Thompson, chief opportunity explorer for Tacaya, a consulting and brokerage firm for the country’s nascent legal cannabis industry.

When Mary Chater’s husband, the Rumpole of the Bailey actor Julian Curry, died last June, a friend recommended that she should read the speech in King John in which the widowed Constance laments the loss of her young son. “ ‘Grief fills the room up of my absent child/Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me’,” quotes Chater who, like her husband, is a former RSC actor. “ ‘My life, my joy, my food, my all the world’. I’ve never read or said out loud words that so chimed with my emotions, especially immediately after Julian died. I...

China accounted for about 51 percent of counterfeit or substandard COVID-19-related products seized by U.S. customs officials from October 2019 to Sept. 30 last year, according to a newly-released report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Among the products seized by U.S. customs officials were over 12.7 million counterfeit masks, 177,356 COVID-19 test kits prohibited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and 38,098 FDA-prohibited chloroquine tablets. The effectiveness of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine and its closely-related chloroquine in treating symptoms of COVID-19, which is caused by the CCP virus (commonly known as the novel coronavirus), is...

Amid reports of vaccine shortages occurring around the world, a new study (pdf) suggests that people who have already had COVID-19 should get only one shot of the mRNA vaccine to avoid possible unnecessary adverse reactions and free up supplies for those who need it more.The study, which hasn’t been peer-reviewed, evaluated vaccine reactions after receiving the first dose in 231 individuals—83 with a past infection of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus and 148 who had never had an infection.Researchers found that both groups equally reported experiencing pain, swelling, and redness at the injection site at the time of...

Residents in the Midwest are bracing for a 'flash freeze' set to send temperatures plummeting as low as -35 degrees Fahrenheit (-37 Celsius). The severe cold snap will be caused by a polar vortex pushing arctic winds down into the US, where all 50 states - even Hawaii - are expected to experience below freezing temperatures next Monday. More than 212 million Americans will affected by the bitterly cold conditions, CNN reports. However, the icy weather will be at its most extreme in the Midwest, where preparations are already in place to close schools and roads for fear of fatalities....

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), and Tom Carper (D., Del.) were the only senators to oppose a bipartisan resolution in favor of making Jerusalem the permanent home for the U.S. embassy in Israel. The Senate overwhelmingly voted Thursday night in favor of keeping the U.S. embassy in Israel’s capital city. The 97-3 vote came as part of an amendment offered to a massive budgetary bill passed in an overnight session of the Senate. The amendment, introduced by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.), allocated money in the bill to maintain the embassy in Jerusalem, effectively preventing the...

Mike Lindell released a new documentary today where he lists the material instances of fraud in the 2020 Presidential election. This effort was a culmination of the work of many individuals who wanted to expose the fraud in the 2020 election for President of the United States. Mike Lindell, famous for his life story and passion for his company “My Pillow” and a good friend of President Trump, released a documentary today surrounding the 2020 election. In the documentary, Lindell spent millions in an effort to get out the truth about the 2020 election. Embedded below is a copy of...

The Senate wrestled with dozens of amendments to the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill in a session that lasted all night. In the end, after 41 votes, Vice President Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to pass the stimulus measure. The “vote-a-rama” considered amendments designed to make Democrats look bad and, in a couple of instances, bipartisan support for some issues won the day.Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) offered an amendment to prevent an increase in the $15 an hour minimum wage during the pandemic. While the measure passed with the help of Democrats, the increase may be restored in the final...

Three people died Wednesday in rural Washington County after a man forced his way into a home and tried to steal a vehicle, authorities said. Authorities originally announced two people, including the suspect, had died during the incident, but a late Wednesday evening press release from the Washington County Sheriff's Office reported a third person had also been killed of an apparent gunshot wound. Someone at the home called 911 about 2:50 p.m. from the 8100 block of Forest View Road in the Town of Kewaskum and said the suspect forced his way inside and was "demanding the keys to...

Check out the rating Snopes is giving stories that point out AOC's lie about nearly dying at the Capitol Feb 4th, 2021 11:55 amFeb 4thRemember how millions watched AOC do an Instagram livestream where she re-enacted the horrors of the Capitol riot earlier this month, breaking down on camera as she talked about her brush with certain death?Remember how the story broke that AOC wasn't even in the Capitol at the time of the riot, and how the "mob" coming for her were actually law enforcement sent to keep her safe?Remember how she's actively accusing Sen. Ted Cruz and...

A man has been arrested after he was able to make his way to the flight line at Joint Base Andrews and enter a military aircraft a day before President Biden was set to depart the base for Delaware, the Air Force said. The base said the man, who has not yet been publicly identified, was detained on Thursday by security and interviewed with the help of the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations. It did not appear that he had any ties to extremist groups, but he did have warrants out for his arrest. He was turned...

Full press conference from this afternoon CLICK ABOVE ARTICLE LINK FOR THE VIDEO OF HER PRESS CONFERENCE Rep. @mtgreenee doesn't care about today's vote.Why? 1, she plans to use the free time to push for more House conservatives. 2, she plans to work with DJT's emerging enterprise.Plus, folks back home are with her in $$ and politics 👇https://t.co/uRsWev8m4l pic.twitter.com/1g92eIPlyp— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) February 4, 2021

WASHINGTON—Democrats moved forward with a $1.9 trillion relief plan by approving a budget outline for the proposal, which President Biden indicated Friday wasn’t likely to include a $15 federal minimum wage favored by many on the left. Mr. Biden said in an interview on CBS News that he believes parliamentary rules in the Senate will prevent Democrats from raising the minimum wage as part of the aid bill. Democrats are pursuing a process called reconciliation that will allow them to pass the legislation along party lines but limits the policy provisions that are eligible to be included. “Well, apparently, that’s...

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Susan Sarandon says President Biden and the Democrats are pulling a 'bait and switch' by promising $2,000 stimulus checks then sending out $1,400 to Americans. 'Where are the $2K checks you promised? At a time when only 39% of Americans could afford a $1,000 emergency & over 15 million have lost employer-sponsored health insurance, the diff between $1,400 & $2K is a matter of survival,' she tweeted. Biden's administration initially promised $2,000 per check to Americans. In December, $600 checks went out under the final stimulus from Trump.