Dementia is a disease that affects the functioning of the brain. It can have a severe impact on a person’s cognitive and behavioral response, reducing his or her ability to lead a normal life.
Hu Naiwen, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physician at…

By Leo Babauta
The boy awoke one morning to a startling discovery — that everything he believed was not the truth. He realized that the way he’d been seeing things was only one way of seeing things. His view of things was not absolute but tentative.
What…

By Leo Babauta
I’ve noticed that most of us let ourselves be driven by our resistance to something difficult, scary, unknown.
We take on a hard task — creating something, for example — and then we feel some kind of resistance. Or maybe it feels like overwhelm.…

A German MP, Sevim Dagdelen, has called for a US troop pullout from Germany, demanding an end to Berlin’s "subservience" to Washington

Europe would face “unimaginable challenges” in supporting Kiev if Washington reduces its support after election next year, Berlin has said

The abbot of Ukraine’s most prominent Orthodox monastery, Metropolitan Pavel, has been placed under house arrest for two months

Syria’s air defenses have been activated in response to a wave of “Israeli aggression” for the third night in four days, according to SANA

Commentary
The view that COVID-19 lockdowns were draconian and often tyrannical is gaining strength throughout the world. For example, Human Rights Watch has accused the UK government of setting aside “human rights for the sake of political expediency” and…

Commentary
The culture of Europe is culture. The culture of America is business.
This year, the Vienna Philharmonic performed in Berkeley’s Zellerbach Auditorium.  Characteristic of the world’s great orchestras, the musicians and conductor were absolutely…

Japan will impose export restrictions on 23 semiconductor manufacturing equipment, the government said on Friday, amid an ongoing spat between the United States and China over chip technology.
The export control measures will take effect in July and cover…

America has come a long way to take action on communist China’s forced organ harvesting on prisoners of conscience, first reported by The Epoch Times over 15 years ago.
On March 27, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to punish the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…

TAIPEI—Nine Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line on Friday carrying out combat readiness patrols, Taiwan’s defense ministry said, days after Beijing threatened retaliation if President Tsai Ing-wen meets U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.…

Japan and China have established a direct military hotline to prevent maritime and air clashes as tensions grow over competing territorial claims in the East China Sea.
Both nations announced the setting up the confidential communications line on Friday…

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent 18 aircraft and four naval vessels toward Taiwan on Saturday, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said, as Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited the island’s Central American allies.
Taiwan’s military detected the Chinese…

The Credit Suisse acquisition deal damages banking industry credibility, lowers investor confidence






News Analysis
Amid low investor confidence due to recent bank failures in the United States and Switzerland, Chinese state-owned media reported that…