Niskanen Center
AEI’s Unconvincing Defense of Work Requirements
18 hours agoAEI's Rachidi and Doar respond to Ed Dolan on work requirements. The post AEI’s Unconvincing Defense of Work Requirements appeared first on Niskanen Center...
How the Federalist Society Changed the Supreme Court Vetting Process
2 days agoWe already know that Brett Kavanaugh will be a strong conservative on the Supreme Court, just like Neil Gorsuch, but not because of confirmation hearing vetting. The post How the Federalist...
Niskanen Files Comments on Behalf of Property Owners Trying to Keep Their Land
2 days agoLast week, the Niskanen Center filed comments with the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (“FERC”) about the Commission’s more egregious efforts to prevent property...
Competitive Enterprise Institute
PRO: More Realistic Fuel Economy Rule Would Cut Traffic Fatalities and Lower Car Prices
19 hours agoThe Trump Administration has proposed to halt the steady increases in auto fuel economy standards that were part of backroom deals made by the Obama administration with California...
Washington's War on Air Conditioning
19 hours agoWashington, D.C., is a heavily air-conditioned city. Summers here are hot and very humid, and each workday, an army of politicians and bureaucrats makes the trek from air-conditioned...
CEI: Proposed Changes to CAFE Standards are Good News for Consumers
20 hours agoToday, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency released proposed revisions to future fuel economy standards set under the Obama Administration...
Opinion | The Guardian
Here is the one way to end Theresa May’s Brexit gridlock | Steve Richards
5 hours agoAnother referendum could satisfy all sides – if it offered just two optionsAmid the Brexit fog there is at least clarity on one point. Theresa May is trapped. There is no parliamentary...
Are we losing the art of telephone conversation? | Zoe Williams
5 hours agoPhones are increasingly being used for anything but their original purpose – having a chat with a friendStatistics illustrating our addiction to our smartphones come out quite...
I was humiliated on TalkRadio for talking about my rape | Nichi Hodgson
3 hours agoJames Whale had the chance to let listeners hear why sexual consent is so important – but resorted to victim-blamingIn January I was sexually assaulted. On Tuesday, I was interrogated...
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS
Chronically ill man releases audio of hospital staff offering assisted death
8 hours agoAn Ontario man suffering from an incurable neurological disease has provided CTV News with audio recordings that he says are proof that hospital staff offered him medically assisted...
German tourist shot in head while driving in rural Alberta
13 hours agoAlberta RCMP are investigating the possibility of road rage after a German tourist was shot in the head while driving down a rural Alberta highway.
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa wins 1st post-Mugabe election
20 hours agoZimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa won election Friday with just over 50 per cent of the ballots as the ruling party maintained control of the government...
Tallbloke's Talkshop
Why is Heathrow so hot?
a day agoIn the report ‘hottest day ever’ must mean ‘since the weather station was installed’, but we’re used to this kind of excitable exaggeration in BBC climate reporting. At...
Frivolous climate change lawsuits could leave cities in ruin
2 days agoWhether it’s budget cuts or ‘ruin’, the financial consequences of using the courts to promote their so-called climate policies have so far not been as desired by the US city...
Life Without Oil Is Not As Simple As You May Think
3 days agoOriginally posted on American Elephants: Use Control + to enlarge.
Catallaxy Files
Melbourne by the Maps
34 minutes agoSpartacus is not from Melbourne, but is currently planning a trip there. Got the flights worked out. Got the accommodation worked out. But while working out the transport from...
David Leyonhjelm guest post on the right to die
3 hours agoIn my previous life as a veterinarian I lost count of the number of domestic animals I euthanised. I had no qualms about this; in each case the decision to take life was made to end unacceptable...
In the name of socialism
3 hours agoFollow I Am Spartacus on Twitter at @Ey_am_Spartacus Subscribe to the Sparta-Blog at eyamspartacus.wordpress.com
Zee News :Zee News - Blog
Bollywood's patriotic formula is stale and boring, it is time to reinvent it
21 hours agoEverything in desh bhakti genre since then is honourable but bland. We've seen the sportive spirit wrapped in the Indian flag over and over again.
Damn India's cities, running them is not glamourous enough for our politicians
a day agoOur political masters are interested only in things that are exciting, and not doing things right.
National Register of Citizens must move ahead, opposition to it is for parochial gains
2 days agoThe opposition to the NRC is opportunistic and is coming from politicians who have repeatedly raised the illegal immigrant issue.
Zee News :Technology News
Google releasing Android P this month?
35 minutes agoGoogle rolled out updates to the Android P Beta 2 in June this year.
People clueless as UIDAI helpline number enters their phonebooks
2 hours agoUIDAI helpline number got into people's phonebooks without their consent.
Motorola Moto Z3 with 5G MotoMod launched: Price, specs and more
4 hours agoThe Moto Z3 features a 6 inch Max Vision Full HD+ OLED display with an expansive 18:9 aspect ratio.
Zee News :Zee News - Health
Daily exercise may cut heart attack risk even in polluted areas: Study
13 days agoModerate cycling for four or more hours per week cut risk for recurrent heart attack by 31 per cent.
Passive smoking dangerous for pregnant women, causes stillbirths
13 days agoAn analysis revealed that in Armenia, Indonesia, Jordan, Bangladesh and Nepal more than 50% of pregnant women reported exposure to household secondhand smoke...
CT scans may increase brain cancer risk
14 days agoCT scans are sometimes used to identify conditions associated with an increased tumour risk.
Zee News :Sci-Tech
Energy-intensive Bitcoin transactions pose environmental threat
2 days agoBitcoin and similar blockchain technologies consume more electricity than entire nations may prevent the world from achieving the climate change mitigation targets under the...
Four massive rips in Earth's mantle under Tibetian plateau causing deadliest earthquakes
2 days ago"The continental collision between the Indian and Asian tectonic plates shaped the landscape of East Asia, producing some of the deadliest earthquakes in the world."...
NASA releases satellite image of California shrouded in smoke due to deadly wildfire
3 days agoThis natural-color satellite image of smoke in California was collected by the Aqua satellite on July 29, 2018. Actively burning areas, detected by thermal bands, are...
Zee News :South asia
If I get invitation, I will go to Pakistan: Kapil Dev on Imran Khan's oath ceremony
a day agoKapil Dev, however, added that if he has got the invitation to visit the neighbouring country he will definitely go, considering the Indian government's approval...
'Busy' Aamir Khan says Imran Khan yet to invite him for oath-taking ceremony
a day agoFormer Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev and Navjot Singh Sidhu have also been invited by the actor-turned-politician for his swearing-in ceremony...
Imran Khan to take oath in President House, says party leaders
a day agoParty sources said that apart from the formation of the governments, issues like where he should take the oath or live as Prime Minister have also been discussed. "It was decided...
Zee News :World
Imran Khan's biggest problem? Billions of dollars needed to pay debt worth billions
37 minutes agoThe work ahead for Pakistan's charismatic PM-elect is winding and one that could throw an endless stream of economic bouncers on a thorny political pitch...
He was a good kid but people brainwashed him: mother of Osama Bin Laden
an hour agoIn an interview with The Guardian, Laden's mother said the path he chose was not Osama's fault. "He somehow lost his way."
Riyadh-Mumbai Jet Airways flight aborts take-off after pilot finds object on runway
5 hours agoThe flight 9W523 had a total of 149 people on board, including 142 guests and 7 crew members. The B737-800 aircraft has been safely evacuated. There has been no reports of injuries...
Zee News :India National
Nitish Kumar breaks silence on Muzaffarpur sexual assault incident, promises severe punishment
in 9 hoursThe chief minister also said that he is ashamed of the Muzaffarpur incident. He assured that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is investigating the matter. CM Nitish Kumar...
Social media communication hub policy withdrawn: Centre tells Supreme Court
in 8 hoursThe proposal to create a Social Media Communication Hub has been withdrawn, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday.
Indian agencies told Antigua no adverse report against Choksi: Reports
in 8 hoursIndian agencies told Antigua there was no adverse information against Mehul Choksi when the Caribbean country did its background check on the fugitive billionaire before granting...
Channel NewsAsia World News
Fearless Sombra, the cocaine-sniffing bane of drug traffickers
2 hours agoSombra works for a crack anti-narcotics police squad in Colombia's capital Bogota, has helped recover millions of dollars in illegal drugs, and like many of her colleagues, has faced...
'Lucky to be alive': Climber found just in time on deadly NZ mountain
4 hours agoA climber trapped for seven days in freezing conditions on a New Zealand mountain has been found in the nick of time, with rescuers saying he was unlikely to have survived another night...
Costa Rica seizes two tons of cocaine from 'low-profile' boat
5 hours agoSAN JOSE: Law enforcement officials in Costa Rica said on Thursday they had recovered two tons of cocaine from a low-profile boat found about 80 nautical miles off the coast, one of...
Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
Indian mothers campaign to end breastfeeding stigma
an hour agoClutching his elephant toy, Avyaan?s conversation is pretty much limited to a happy gurgle, but the nine-month-old might be about to go down in history for helping make breastfeeding...
'Spycam porn' sparks record protests in South Korea
2 hours agoEven a record heatwave will not keep Claire Lee from joining tens of thousands of South Korean women at a mass protest Saturday against secretly-filmed spycam pornography -- as anger...
Extreme makeover: Fukushima nuclear plant tries image overhaul
2 hours agoCall it an extreme makeover: In Japan's Fukushima, officials are attempting what might seem impossible, an image overhaul at the site of the worst nuclear meltdown in decades...
Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
142 arrested in 11-day islandwide drug bust: CNB
10 minutes agoSINGAPORE: A total of 142 suspected drug offenders were arrested after an 11-day islandwide drug bust that ended on Friday (Aug 3). The operation by the Central Narcotics Bureau...
Tennis: Weeping Murray wins marathon, rips ATP event for 3am finish
35 minutes agoWASHINGTON: A tearful Andy Murray advanced to the ATP Washington Open quarter-finals in a three-hour marathon ending at 3am (3pm, Singapore time) on Friday (Aug 3), then ripped organizers...
Holland Village car park to close on Aug 13 for development works
15 minutes agoSINGAPORE: From Aug 13, Holland Village's main car park serving the hot dining enclave will make way for works on a mixed-use development, which is set to complete within seven...
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