Saturday, December 29, 2018

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  Niskanen Center



  • Niskanen explores the strategic and national security case in favor of refugee resettlement, and how the U.S. can harness private sector support to improve refugee resettlement...
  • In the spirit of moderation, we have attempted to learn from and incorporate what is best in competing ideological traditions. We hope that the new synthesis we offer can help move...

    • At a time when the president of the United States views many of those same companies as his political enemies — and is groping around for any tool to punish them — it is disappointing...

    Competitive Enterprise Institute



  • Regarding George Melloan’s “The Yellow Jackets Are Right About Green Policies” (op-ed, Dec. 17): Neither President Clinton nor Vice President Gore was willing to affix his...
  • Divisive hot-button issues are distracting public attention from policy reforms that could make everyone better off by expanding the economy. One of these is regulatory reform...

    • This April, something remarkable happened in Washington D.C. The acting head of a federal agency told Congress that the agency he directs “is far too powerful,” has “precious...

  • A few dozen boat people desperate to reach our shores are met with hostility. Where is compassion?Sometimes you can smell the stench of racism before you are actually upon it. As a child...
  • The most compelling television at Christmas featured the 80s superstars and their reunion showChristmas television’s reheated leftovers – a Strictly special here, a Bake...

    • How stained glass, swimming and strawberry tarts provided much-needed respite from a tumultuous 12 monthsNearly a year ago, on the last day of 2017, my wife and I had walked only a few...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • U.S. President Donald Trump sought to deflect blame for the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody by claiming they were "very sick" when they arrived...
  • A Canadian convicted of drug trafficking in China faces the possibility of more serious charges after a court ordered a new trial amid tensions over Canada's arrest of a Chinese technology...

    • Two teenagers are facing multiple charges after allegedly throwing a rock that went through a pregnant woman's windshield in Guelph, Ont., on Friday night...

      Tallbloke's Talkshop



  • All the climate propaganda is getting to some people it seems. In this case they’re not taking any chances – the ‘hills’ they are heading for turn out to be in ‘some parts as...
  • People are being sold an unachievable, impossible fantasy of fuel-free energy with massive and ever-rising costs, that can never work anyway. Climate extremists, like other hucksters...

    • If they applied the same rules to the railways there might not be many freight trains around. The Richter scale doesn’t even rate tremors below magnitude 1, and describes those between...

  • Bollywood and politics have to listen to and deliver to the same person - the moviegoer who is the voter.
  • Bhai kuch bhi bol sakta hai. But birthday boy Salman Khan can only dish it out, he can’t take it.

    • The rule has been there for a long time, so those who are crying themselves hoarse are merely going for the hype.

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  • The new framework allows consumers to select and pay only for the channels they wish to view.

    • The South Korean tech giant is likely to launch up to four smartphones in the Galaxy M series,M10, M20, M30 and M40, the sources told IANS.

  • The New Horizons flyby of Ultima Thule is expected to help scientists better understand what conditions were like when our solar system formed billions of years ago.  ...
  • The US space agency retired its space shuttle program in 2011 and has relied on Russian vehicles since then to go to the ISS.

    • The ice sheet in this region is melting at its fastest rate and continued global warming will further accelerate the thawing process.

  • General (retd) Musharraf, 75, was Pakistan's president between 2001 and 2008, before resigning to avoid impeachment.
  • Campaigning for Bangladesh`s general election at the weekend ended on Friday after weeks of violence, mainly against workers and officials from an opposition alliance, that has...

    • Ahmed said that the huge amount of money recovered from two locations in Dhaka was part of a conspiracy aimed to influence voters.

  • Here are some of the top events from around the world that created a buzz in the year 2018.
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    • Out of nine miners, five were declared dead while three were lifted to safety and search operation to rescue the last miner is in progress.

  • Through his `Mann Ki Baat`, PM Modi has reached out to millions across the country, shared the views and opinions of the citizens and lauded their contribution in nation-building...
  • The agency, however, did not state in what context Michel had made these references during interrogation.

    • UPSC exam calendar 2019 was released on its official website: upsc.gov.in.

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • Voters in Democratic Republic of Congo head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election that could lead to the country's first democratic transfer of power but has been marred...
  • REUTERS: A Hilton hotel in Portland, Oregon fired a security guard and a manager after a black guest captured them on video calling the police to report him for trespassing after he...

    • US President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed opposition Democrats for the death of two immigrant children in US custody, comments set to heighten tensions as the second week of a government...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • BEIJING: China is set to mark the Year of the Pig with a film starring Peppa Pig, the popular British cartoon character that fell foul with its censors earlier this year. A government...
  • SHANGHAI: A Chinese space probe is moving into position to land on the dark side of the moon for the first time, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday (Dec 30), a mission...

    • Bangladesh went to the polls on Sunday after violence-plagued campaigning, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking a third straight term in a face-off against an opposition whose...

  • The Jason Momoa vehicle could potentially be 2018’s biggest grosser for Warner Bros.
  • BEIJING: China is set to mark the Year of the Pig with a film starring Peppa Pig, the popular British cartoon character that fell foul with its censors earlier this year. A government...

  • SHANGHAI: A Chinese space probe is moving into position to land on the dark side of the moon for the first time, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday (Dec 30), a mission...

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