Retail in 2025: A Roller Coaster Year—What’s Next in 2026
People shop at Macy’s in New York City on Nov. 13‚ 2024.Samira Bouaou/The Epoch TimesThe retail industry experienced significant volatility in 2025‚ as elevated inflation‚ a weakening labor market‚…
12/27/2025 11:00
Pill Forms of Wegovy and Zepbound Are Expected To Increase Weight-Loss Market‚ but High Costs Are a Concern
The weight loss medication war is entering a new phase as federal health regulators have given approval to Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk to launch a pill form of the weight-loss treatment in the United States.…
12/27/2025 10:10
AI Scores Poorly on Articulating Christian Values‚ Reports Tech Firm Measuring Support for Human Flourishing
An artificial intelligence model owned by Chinese firm Alibaba Cloud outperformed eight of its Western brethren in a test of fidelity to Christian faith principles‚ according to a recent study that suggests…
12/27/2025 10:00
Poland Scrambles Fighter Jets on Christmas Day as Russian Reconnaissance Plane Nears Airspace
By Gloria OgbonnaPoland placed its air defense forces on high alert on Christmas Day after detecting a Russian reconnaissance aircraft operating close to Polish airspace‚ prompting the rapid deployment…
12/27/2025 08:35
Deadly Attacks on Mosques Shake Syria and Nigeria as Extremists Strike During Prayers
By Gloria OgbonnaDeadly bombings targeted mosques in both Syria and Nigeria this week‚ leaving dozens of worshippers dead or wounded in coordinated acts of terror designed to inflict maximum casualties.…
12/27/2025 08:33
Quibbles and Brits: Jimmy Kimmel Tells UK Viewers That America’s a Hotbed of Fascism Under Trump
While we were celebrating Christmas‚ late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was lying to viewers in the United Kingdom about President Donald Trump and our freedoms. Kimmel claimed America was in the grip of fascism…
12/27/2025 08:05
A Vibe Shift and the Long March Back Through the Institutions
The other day‚ Robert P. George‚ one of the world’s foremost intellectuals (and a conservative at that)‚ reposted an old thread on Twitter/X‚ specifically to note how dramatically the culture has shifted…
12/27/2025 08:00
Bonfire of the Vanity Fair: A Cautionary Tale
The left hates President Trump. They loathe all who support him. They view those in his administration as criminal accomplices in the destruction of “our democracy.” Consequently‚ administration officials…
12/27/2025 08:00
LEIF LARSON: American Economy Needs GROWTH Act
Warren Buffet was asked how long he preferred to hold stocks that he bought for Berkshire Hathaway. His answer was succinct: forever. Buy good companies and hold on forever. As they grow‚ you earn paper…
12/27/2025 07:36
Snowstorm Grounds Holiday Travelers at JFK
What should have been a busy return home after Christmas instead turned into an overnight ordeal for hundreds of travelers stuck inside John F. Kennedy International Airport as a powerful snowstorm barreled…
12/27/2025 06:41
Tiny Pacific Island Featured on ‘Survivor’ Agrees to Take US Deportees for $7.5 Million
A remote Pacific island nation better known to many Americans as a former backdrop for reality television is stepping into a global immigration spotlight. According to the New York Post‚ Palau‚ a country…
12/27/2025 06:28
Thailand‚ Cambodia Agree on Cease-Fire to End Border Clashes
Smoke rises following what Thailand said was airstrikes carried out in Cambodia along a disputed border area‚ in Preah Netr Preah‚ Banteay Meanchey Province‚ Cambodia‚ in this screen grab taken from a…
12/27/2025 06:17
Tucker Carlson Talks the West‚ Collective Punishment‚ and Antisemitism
[View Article at Source]The American Conservative sat down with the talk host after his turn at AmFest. The post Tucker Carlson Talks the West‚ Collective Punishment‚ and Antisemitism appeared first on…
12/27/2025 06:05
Washington May Need to Deal With a Nuclear Japan
[View Article at Source]Governments throughout East Asia and the rest of the international system are increasingly agitated about media reports alleging that an anonymous source in the office of Japanese…
12/27/2025 06:03
South Korea Prosecutor Seeks 10-year Jail Term for Ex-president Yoonerm for Ex-president Yoon‚ Yonhap Says
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul‚ South Korea‚ on July 9‚ 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/PoolSEOUL—South…
12/27/2025 05:59
Man Dead‚ 2 Police Officers Hurt in Shooting During Custody Exchange in North Carolina
A roll of police tape is left on the windshield of Los Angeles County sheriff's vehicle in the parking lot of its training academy in Whittier‚ Calif.‚ on Nov. 16‚ 2022. Jae C. Hong/AP PhotoMINT HILL‚…
12/27/2025 05:59
Israel Becomes First Country to Formally Recognise Somaliland as Independent State
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (not pictured) after a trilateral…
12/27/2025 05:58
White House to Present Plans for Trump’s East Wing Ballroom in January
Viewed from the observation level of the Washington Monument‚ demolition work continues where the East Wing once stood at the White House in Washington‚ DC‚ on on Dec. 8‚ 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty…
12/27/2025 05:55
White House Press Secretary Reveals Pregnancy With 2nd Child
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at the White House on Dec. 1‚ 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed Friday that she is expecting…
12/27/2025 05:39
Terror Plot Exposed: Somali-Backed Jihadist Planned to Crash Plane into Atlanta High-Rise
A huge story happened in Atlanta most Americans probably never heard about.JUST IN: Kenyan man Cholo Abdi Abdullah sentence to two consecutive life terms for plotting 9/11 style attack on behalf of the…