Sunday, January 06, 2019

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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...

  • View Full Document as PDF In Janus v. AFSCME, this Court recognized the importance of this issue in its holding that the certification of an exclusive representative to speak for public...
  • The sound of small-business storefronts slamming closed could replace bright, ringing sounds of the holiday season as state minimum wage laws were phased in last month and in 2019...

    • In two years, President Trump has doubled tariffs in the United States. Allies and adversaries alike have reciprocated, and the economic effects are already visible, with growth...

  • James Graham’s Brexit drama foregrounds the crucial role of Dominic Cummings. But there was more to it than thatRight on cue, as the witching hour of Brexit closes in, we are offered...
  • Democrat Kamala Harris embodies the driving force behind the party’s electoral surge. She may be their best bet for 2020Life, as Donald Trump has known it for the last two years...

    • Their delusional thinking finally exposed, the Brexiteers have pivoted. Don’t let this cuddly-sounding rebrand fool youHere we go again. As we return, haggard and hungover...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • "Green Book" is the winner of the best film comedy or musical Golden Globe Award.
  • Research shows intensive physiotherapy can help stroke victims with locked-in syndrome learn to walk again.

    • The mother of a Quebec woman who is missing in Burkina Faso said she’s very hopeful authorities will find her and her boyfriend “alive and well.”...

  • Originally posted on STOP THESE THINGS: The meme has it that wind and solar are all about slashing CO2 emissions, whereas that pathetic pair are just a colossal moneymaking scam. Apart...
  • Why not just drop the fuel taxes and have every private car user pay mileage fees, maybe based on vehicle weight? Since electric vehicles use no gasoline, their drivers pay no gasoline...

    • It’s known, or at least believed, that transit times of some ocean waters can be as long as 1,000 years. The researchers are well aware that this exceeds the time since some well-known...

  • The deeper game of electoral chess will see community leaders play a major role in shaping alliances and coalitions.
  • 'Waiting' is a core behavioural issue and one of the unfair expectations that Indians heap on government institutions.

    • Padmavat, Pari, Raazi, Veere Di Wedding... women dominated many of the hits in 2018.

    Zee News :Technology News



  • The Nokia 106 has a battery that comes with up to 15.7 hours talk time and up to 21 days of standby time.
  • The company grew to a new high on the back of its successful Redmi 5A and Redmi Note 5 Pro series and refreshed Redmi 6/A/Pro portfolio.

    • Users need to first create a group with the contacts they wish to video chat with on the platform and then they can start a call with all at the same time...

  • The food grown in space could be crucial to sustain the crew in future deep space missions.
  • The lake, which measures nearly 62 square miles, was discovered more than a decade ago through satellite images but has never before been explored.

    • Data from NASA`s New Horizons spacecraft is yielding scientific discoveries daily.

  • The family of the temple's owner was also attacked by a group of eight to nine people in Batra village.
  • In 2015, the world's most populous country ended its one-child policy in a bid to tackle the problems

    • The aerial bomb has been developed by China's defence industry giant – NORINCO.

  • Bolton, on a trip to Israel and Turkey, said he would stress in talks with Turkish officials, including President Tayyip Erdogan, that Kurdish forces must be protected...
  • The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initially put the magnitude of the quake at 5.9 but revised this later to 5.5.

    • The Northern Irish party that props up May`s minority government called on her to stand firm in demanding that the EU changes its "poison" backstop provision on Ireland`s post-Brexit...

  • Priya Dutt has cited factions within the Mumbai unit of the Congress party as the reason for her decision.
  • Uttar Pradesh Police has asked all devotees visiting Prayagraj during Kumbh Mela to keep their identity cards handy.

    • Uttarakhand continued to shiver under an intense cold wave as snowfall continued intermittently in the hill tracts on Monday, officials said.

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • Mehdi Nemmouche stands accused of carrying out Europe's first attack by an Islamist fighter returning from the war in Syria.
  • BEIJING: US negotiators on Monday (Jan 7) headed into talks with Chinese counterparts as the two countries seek a deal to end a trade war that has raised fears of global economic turmoil...

    • BRUSSELS: A jury will be chosen on Monday (Jan 7) for the trial of a Frenchman accused of shooting dead four people at the Jewish museum in Brussels in 2014 following his return from Syria...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • A Saudi woman being held at Bangkok airport on Monday appealed for asylum and for other passengers to help protest her looming deportation, in desperate tweets from the hotel room...
  • HONG KONG: On a mountain slope overlooking Hong Kong, Giovanni Lam waits for the right gust of wind to send him soaring skywards, one of a growing number of paragliders using flight...

    • Tokyo police are investigating the suicide of an officer in charge of traffic control near the scene of a New Year's Eve car ramming attack that injured nine people, police and media...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • CBS News President David Rhodes is stepping down and Susan Zirinsky, a senior executive producer, will assume the president's role from March 1, according to a company statement...
  • A Saudi woman being held at Bangkok airport on Monday appealed for asylum and for other passengers to help protest her looming deportation, in desperate tweets from the hotel room...

    • HONG KONG: On a mountain slope overlooking Hong Kong, Giovanni Lam waits for the right gust of wind to send him soaring skywards, one of a growing number of paragliders using flight...

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