France, Italy Are Latest NATO Allies To Break Ranks, Block US Military Flights For Iran War

China's Provinces Show Evidence Of Financial Pressure And The Economy's Imbalances Authored by Milton Ezrati via The Epoch Times, Some 28 provinces and separate jurisdictions increasingly have had to turn to Beijing for help closing budget gaps, according to China's Ministry of Finance. People walk next to a screen with a stocks indicator in the Jing'an district in Shanghai, China, on April 7, 2025. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images It is not unusual for Beijing to have to chip in. It gets the lion's share of the country's tax revenues. But the growing...

Federal Court Blocks Abortion Drug Mifepristone From Being Sent Via Mail Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, Americans won’t be able to receive abortion drug mifepristone in the mail, according to a temporary ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court on May 1. “FDA conceded it had failed to adequately study whether remotely prescribing mifepristone is safe,” the three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled on Friday. The decision will block the drug from being shipped via mail until the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can ensure the drugs are “safe and...

Washington is considering a smaller military footprint in the Middle East after the Iran war.  The Washington Post reports speaking with eight officials who said that the extensive damage to US bases in the Middle East caused by Iran has given the White House a once-in-a-generation opportunity to pull back US forces from the Middle […]