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  • A review of The Once and Future Worker The post Oren Cass’s Labor Theory of Value appeared first on Niskanen Center.
  • Be it resolved: Universal catastrophic coverage is a reasonable path to universal and affordable health care. The post Ed Dolan and Chris Pope Debate the Future of Health Care Reform...

    • In the latest episode of the Political Research Digest Podcast, we talk about early interpretations of 2018 as a referendum on Trump and why we simplify election results with stories...

  • View Full Document as PDF Dear Speaker Ryan, Majority Leader McCarthy, and Chairman Brady, We, the undersigned organizations, write to strongly object once again to any effort to...
  • General Motors announced on Monday it will be laying off 14,700 workers, closing five factories, and discontinuing several car models. This has caused some soul-searching...

    • This week, the United States Senate is expected to vote on President Trump’s nominee to head the powerful Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. CEI financial policy experts...

  • Respect for human rights is at the heart of the EU’s ethos. Together, we need to fight all forms of discriminationRacial discrimination is now “commonplace” across 12 European...
  • A no-deal nightmare beckons, and a second referendum won’t solve things. It’s clear we need to extend article 50For all the talk of a deal over leaving Europe, there is no deal on...

    • Despite ‘project hysteria’ headlines, stark economists’ warnings on May’s deal and no deal seem to be sinking in with MPsWho’s afraid of a governor of the Bank of England?...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • A police officer was critically injured Thursday in a shooting incident that Ontario's police watchdog said involved two members of the Niagara regional police...
  • Canada is "on track" to sign the renegotiated North American free trade pact on Friday, according to Canada's foreign affairs minister.

    • Police say they have discovered the remains of Thelma Krull, a Winnipeg woman who disappeared while out for a walk more than three years ago.

      Tallbloke's Talkshop



  • As one researcher said of the Chinese government: “Tracking vehicles is one of the main focuses of their mass surveillance.” People anywhere can already be tracked via mobile...
  • This story appeared two weeks ago, and is by no means the first to suggest the arrival of the new solar cycle. But now the claims are getting louder and the telltale sunspots bigger. Looks...

    • Originally posted on CO2 is Life: https://youtu.be/QXuqZcVB0Gk Six Years Ago Obama Promised to Buy a Chevy Volt. Now It Is Dead General Motors announced Monday that it would cease...

  • The story on the ground. Watch and listen to this if you don’t watch anything else today.
  • Anything that is taken up by the left sooner or later becomes destructive and divisive. Christian charity becomes the welfare state and “social justice”. Etc. No wonder some...

    • Social justice warriors love progressive policies that disadvantage the rich for the (possible) benefit of the poor. (Interesting thought, how often do the poor suffer as well in...

  • Crass political speeches are self-inflicted wounds on the republic that promises freedom, justice and other such noble virtues of public order.
  • I have been given a mandate to counter the falsehood and myth being propagated against Sanatana Dharma in a peaceful, brave and inclusive manner.

    • Those looking to destabilise India keep coming up with new ways to derail the country.

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  • The phone will be available in the country on December 10.
  • Murillo was renowned for his independent spirit in painting.

    • Globally, over 1,500 institutions and more than 10,000 educators have joined "AWS Educate" to accelerate their journey towards helping the young generation acquire Cloud skills...

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  • The research examined: acetaminophen or paracetamol is a common pain reliever that itself is the culprit of liver damage.
  • Lack of education leads patients to hallucinate post surgery consuming opioids to heal pain; results poorer quality of life and dependence following back surgery...

    • The University of Munich discovered that our brain performs best while our bodies are active and less in sedentary.

  • SAFAR has said that air quality of the national capital is expected to "significantly deteriorate" on Sunday (December 2) due to a decline in temperature...
  • The collaboration with AWS will allow Lockheed Martin to deliver robust ground communications that will unlock new benefits for environmental research, scientific studies, security...

    • The 28 banks represent over $17 trillion in combined assets and nine of their CEOs attended the launch, the UNEP said.

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  • The proposed underwater tunnel will be a part of the 77-km Yong-Zhou Railway plan to boost tourism and create a two-hour-commute zone within Zhejiang province...
  • The new Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged into the Java Sea on October 29, killing all 189 people on board.

    • The blast occurred near Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry Co Ltd. in Zhangjiakou.

  • Differences over Ukraine, as well as Moscow's role in the civil war in Syria, have been an irritant in US-Russian relations for years.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Argentina's capital of Buenos Aires to attend the G-20 summit

    • Pakistan's foreign minister says India has refused to engage with his country despite Imran Khan's call for peace. He makes no mention of terrorism.

  • The AIIMS administration has issued a warning to an assistant professor who was found guilty of "unacceptable behaviour" towards a head of the department, saying the incident caused...
  • The soldiers have said that cases registered against them would serve to demoralise security personnel - military and para-military.

    • The Supreme Court said it would first consider whether the government has the power to divest the CBI director of his duties.

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  • REUTERS: Three fragments of rocks retrieved from the moon by a Soviet space mission in 1970 were sold for US$855,000 at a New York auction on Thursday. Sotheby's auction house said...
  • OTTAWA: Another Canadian diplomat in Havana has been diagnosed with a mysterious brain trauma that in 2016 started afflicting Canadian and US officials in the Cuban capital, a...

    • BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's plane, headed for the G20 summit in Argentina, made an emergency landing in Cologne on Thursday (Nov 29) due to a technical problem, the...

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  • PARIS: A senior French civil servant, Benoit Quennedey, has been charged with spying for North Korea, a judicial source said on Thursday (Nov 29). Quennedey, a senior administrator...
  • SANTIAGO: Chile's government on Thursday said it would ask a judge to preventively detain four ex-police officers involved in the controversial shooting death of an indigenous...

    • LONDON: A Japan Airlines pilot was jailed for 10 months on Thursday (Nov 29) after being caught 10 times over the alcohol limit shortly before take-off from London Heathrow Airport...

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  • NEW YORK: After rising the last three sessions, Wall Street fell modestly on Thursday (Nov 29) ahead of key US-China trade talks at this weekend's G-20 meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial...
  • HP Inc , which houses the hardware business of former Hewlett-Packard Co, reported quarterly revenue that beat analysts' estimates, driven by growth in its personal systems that...



  • The Trump administration, which has had sometimes strained relations with high-technology companies, will meet with top tech executives next week for a roundtable discussion...

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