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Competitive Enterprise Institute

Senate Confirms Second Trump Nominee to Labor Board
The Hill discusses the confirmation of William Emanuel to the National Labor Relations Board with Trey Kovacs. The Senate confirmed President Trump’s...
Senate Confirms Trump's Last Labor Board Nominee
InsideSources discusses the confirmation of William Emanuel to the National Labor Relations Board with Trey Kovacs. President Donald Trump had his...
How Congress Can Use an Obscure Law From the 1880s to Limit Wasteful Government Contracts
Reason covers the release of Bureaucratic Dark Matter by Robert J. Hanrahan Jr. When the U.S. Army got caught spending $76 million on video games,...

Opinion | The Guardian

What makes a great Labour leader? | Rachel Holmes
Attlee, Wilson, Blair: these are the figures Corbyn will be judged against. And he has urgent lessons to learn from each of themThe 11-year-old...
Brexit Tories opened the door to revolution. Corbynites walked through
The right created a situation where anything seems possible, but they may come to regret that. Labour have been the chief beneficiariesAt a rally on...
Don’t let the rich get even richer on the assets we all share | George Monbiot
It’s time for communities to seize back control of resources upon which their prosperity dependsAre you a statist or a free marketeer? Do you believe...

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS

Former B.C. Legion president says he was fired for suspending 8 in harassment case
A former president of the Royal Canadian Legion’s BC/Yukon Command says he was fired after he suspended eight people for allegedly harassing a female...
U.S. rules against Bombardier in dispute with Boeing
The U.S. Department of Commerce has clobbered aerospace giant Bombardier with a hefty 219 per cent countervailing duty on the sale of its CS100...
Trudeau to travel to Mexico, U.S. as NAFTA talks continue
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Mexico and the United States next month, as NAFTA talks continue amid fears a new deal won’t be reached...

Tallbloke's Talkshop

Dyson to make electric cars from 2020
Electric car charging station [credit: Wikipedia] It will have to be better than the last British attempt by an inventor, which was classed as a...
Australia’s ‘Green’ Dream Turns Political Nightmare: Coalition Backbench in Revolt Against Renewables
. . Renewable energy wars seem to be getting ever fiercer in Australian political circles. STOP THESE THINGS If history offers any lessons to our...
Scottish Power says UK will need to boost capacity
Image credit: BBC Scotland In the world of wishful thinking, everyone will drive wind-powered electric cars and run their homes entirely on...

Catallaxy Files

A Conga Line of Gladys Kravitzs
Today must be Spartacus’ day of reflection. Everything seems to hark back to his misspent youth. Again, a long long time ago, in a galaxy far, far...
Capitalism and ignorance
From Three wild speculations from amateur quantitative macrohistory but there is nothing wild about the diagram other than how ignorant most people...
The Canberra Principle
A long long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Spartacus was an economics student at the University of NSW. It was a different time then. A time...

Zee News :Zee News - Blog

Durga in a Salon, Ganesha Eating Meat: Good Lord! Not Exactly
Today is Mahashasthi and community Durga Pujo celebrations - the most important four days in a year on a Bengali’s calendar begin in earnest today.
India vs Australia 2017: From top-order debate to possible brain-fade episode 2
Team India once again begin their home season and this time they start of their proceedings against Steve Smith-led Australia in a limited-over...
After seven years, Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal sweep all four Grand Slams in a year
In fact, going by numbers, since 2003 Wimbledon, 58 Grand Slams have been played. Federer bagged 19 while Nadal has 16 to his name – total standing...

Zee News :Technology News

IMC 2017: High taxes, spectrum cost, IUC cut impacting industry, complain old telcos
Vittal observed that though mergers and acquisitions are in place, the pace at which these are executed by the government is "very low".
New Honor with 4 cameras, bezel-less display soon in India
The trend of bezel-less displays started earlier this year with the launch of smartphones such as Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ and LG G6.
Microsoft Office 2019 to be released in 2018
The release will include perpetual versions of the Office apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and servers including Exchange,...

Zee News :Zee News - Health

Know your body: Seven menstrual symptoms that are not normal
The following symptoms will make it easier for you to break it down and help you understand what's normal and what isn't.
Number of concussion cases on the rise among US teens, says study
Concussions, also known as minor head trauma or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is the most common type of traumatic brain injury.
Serum Institute’s vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis safe, efficient
The results demonstrated by ROTASIIL in India appear generally comparable to the performance of RotaTeq and Rotarix in Bangladesh and in some African...

Zee News :Sci-Tech

NASA's OSIRIS-REx captures Earth in all its glory while on its way to Bennu – See pic
While whizzing past our home planet, the MapCam camera on the spacecraft looked towards Earth to capture a color composite image, which NASA has now...
New Horizons: Origins of Pluto's giant blades of ice decoded
They are one of the most puzzling feature types on Pluto, and it now appears the blades are related to Pluto’s complex climate and geological...
Panda habitat shrinking, becoming more fragmented: Study
Researchers, including those from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, studied how the panda's habitat changed over the last four decades.

Zee News :South asia

Rockets fired at Kabul's international airport as US' Jim Mattis lands in Afghanistan
Several rockets were fired at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport on Wednesday.
US Treasury sanctions banks, representatives linked to North Korea
The US Department of Treasury on Tuesday issued sanctions on eight banks and 26 individuals linked to North Korea's financial networks in response to...
Iraq threatens to impose flight ban on Kurdistan
Iraq on Tuesday gave the leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan 72 hours to hand over control of airports in the autonomous region or face a ban on international...

Zee News :World

Donald Trump candidate loses Alabama GOP primary runoff
US President Donald Trump's pick for Alabama's Senate race has lost the state's Republican primary to a firebrand Christian conservative.
Rockets fired at Kabul's international airport as US' Jim Mattis lands in Afghanistan
Several rockets were fired at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport on Wednesday.
Moscow dismisses UN allegations of human rights violations in Crimea: Ifax
Moscow considers United Nations allegations of human rights violations committed by Russia in Crimea to be "groundless", the Interfax news agency...

Zee News :India National

Jyotiraditya Scindia will lead Congress in Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath
Former Union minister Kamal Nath and senior Congress leader has put an end to speculation over Jyotiraditya Scindia leading the party in the run up to...
Book on life of PM Narendra Modi launched in Washington
A coffee table book on the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was globally launched here and presented to several American lawmakers.
Varun Gandhi has Nehru ideologies, misfit in BJP: Digvijaya Singh
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday attempted to take a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by backing its MP Varun Gandhi's stand on...

Channel NewsAsia World News

Islamic State attacks Iraqi forces west of Baghdad, killing at least seven, security sources say
BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants attacked on Wednesday several positions held by Iraqi forces in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, killing at least 7...
Moscow dismisses UN allegations of human rights violations in Crimea - Ifax
MOSCOW: Moscow considers United Nations allegations of human rights violations committed by Russia in Crimea to be "groundless", the Interfax news...
Indonesia ready to divert tourists as Bali volcano rumbles
Indonesian authorities are on standby to divert flights destined for the holiday island of Bali as increasingly frequent tremors from a rumbling...

Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

Malaysian gets dressing down for wearing shorts
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian man has been reprimanded by Islamic authorities for "indecent dressing" after he was caught wearing shorts in public on the...
China says military means not an option to resolve Korea situation
China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the North Korean nuclear issue should be resolved through dialogue, and that military means were not...
Samsung scion Jay Y. Lee set to begin appeal
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Thursday will begin an appeal of his five-year jail term for corruption, in a case highlighting South...

Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

US Defense Secretary Mattis and NATO chief Stoltenberg in Kabul
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Afghanistan Wednesday, the first member of Donald Trump?s cabinet to visit the war-torn country since he...
Rockets explode at Kabul airport after Mattis arrives in Afghanistan; no casualties- police
Several rockets exploded in and around Kabul airport on Wednesday hours after U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in the Afghan capital on an...
British banker to appeal conviction over HK double murders
HONG KONG: Former British banker Rurik Jutting, who was jailed for life in Hong Kong last year for the gruesome murders of two Indonesian women he...

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

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The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.
ACT Brumbies coach Dan McKellar backs Ben Hyne to comeback better after knee injury
Ben Hyne is facing a long stint on the sideline after scans confirmed he suffered a major knee injury.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says gas crisis averted, but states are to blame for high costs
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says an imminent crisis in the availability of gas has been averted, but consumers in Victoria and NSW will continue...

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says gas crisis averted, but states are to blame for high costs
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says an imminent crisis in the availability of gas has been averted, but consumers in Victoria and NSW will continue...
University of Sydney turns to crowdfunding to save its 'uni 2 beyond' initiative
An initiative at the University of Sydney aimed at helping those with intellectual disabilities has turned to the public for help.

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Malcolm Turnbull knows better than to meddle in the Narrabri CSG process
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has again attempted to find a quick and dirty fix to the looming domestic gas energy crisis by calling on the NSW...
Suicide prevention: we can't leave prevention efforts to just gut feeling
As director of Australia's largest suicide prevention trial, I approach late September each year with a rising sense of trepidation.
If you have one of these you're more likely to divorce
Sullen exchanges and broken curfews are part of life for parents of teenagers, but could this period also be a stress-test for parents’ marriages?

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Yingluck Shinawatra, former Thai PM, found guilty, sentenced to prison
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, has been found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison.
'Climbers did that': Mount Agung is angry, says priest of rumbling volcano
Jaya's priest said Mount Agung - the largest and most sacred mountain in Bali - is wrathful because the "bule" (white people) had sex and menstruated...
Donald Trump's and Republicans' inability to scrap and replace Obamacare a failure of both
On Tuesday Trump took one in the groin as his promise to 'repeal and replace' Obamacare was torched in yet another social injustice protest, this time...

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Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
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Grand final chance for Jesse Bromwich to seal his journey to redemption
The hardest part for Jesse Bromwich was pulling up out the front of his young son's school. And that is saying something because having to confront...
Records set to tumble as south-east Queensland nears peak of hot weather
One record could be broken twice in the same week and three others look set to tumble as temperatures were expected to rise once again.

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