Wednesday, March 06, 2019

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  • Ensuring that nuclear power remains a key part of the decarbonization of the power sector will enable the United States to achieve greater emissions-reduction targets at relatively...
  • Amazon’s headquarters decisions are drawing attention to economic development incentive programs designed to bring businesses and jobs to states and localities. Why do states...

    • The President is subverting Congress’s Constitutional authority to direct spending and is commandeering the will of the Republican party. The post Statement to Republicans...



  • It is hard to find anything in Washington more inefficient than an efficiency standard for home appliances. Each standard can require more than 30 bureaucratic steps and generate...
  • Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will roll out a new piece of legislation aimed at reversing the FCC’s decision to repeal so-called “net neutrality” rules imposed by the Obama...

    • View Full Document as PDF Chairman Neal, Ranking Member Brady, and Members of the Committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify before you today. My name is Marc Scribner...



  • Investing in youth services, mental health and schools for all children could end the terrible scourge of knife crimeWhile researching my book about all the young people and teens...
  • The next phase of Brexit talks will define our future, but we have yet to grasp their scale and complexityIn his novel The Stone Raft, the Portuguese writer José Saramago imagines...

    • They talk about decisive action, but anti-Muslim prejudice in the Conservative party goes right to the topConservatives are doubtless congratulating themselves for acting swiftly...



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  • Gerald Butts, the former principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, says he is confident that 'nothing happened' outside the normal scope of government business in regards...
  • Comparing the testimonies provided by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Gerald Butts on the SNC-Lavalin affair.

    • Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick and Deputy Minister for Justice Nathalie Drouin are testifying before the House Justice Committee on the SNC-Lavalin scandal, which centres...
    " the BBC want us to believe all the oil and gas is made from melted down dinosaurs and plankton? You couldn’t make it up. Oh, they did."
    Abiotic Theory There is an alternative theory about the formation of oil and gas deposits that could change estimates of potential future oil reserves. According to this theory, oil is not a fossil fuel at all, but was formed deep in the Earth's crust from inorganic materials.



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  • Many other stars have agreed to avoid kissing on screen after getting married.
  • Is there a conspiracy behind the peace campaign?

    • No more tolerance for terror. No more protection for separatists. Full integration of Kashmir into India.



  • Apart from Apple, other major tech giants are also trying their hands on advanced AR/VR technologies.
  • The Redmi Note 7 Pro will be available starting on March 13.

    • The device comes with a super AMOLED 6.4 inh FHD+ infinity-U display.



  • The patient became the second man in the world to be cleared of AIDS virus. 
  • As the Sun streams protons to the Moon, they found, those particles interact with electrons in the lunar surface, making hydrogen (H) atoms.




  • Pakistan on Wednesday intensified its ongoing crackdown against the banned organisations and took control of several seminaries and assets belonging to Mumbai terror attack mastermind...
  • Sohae is also the site Pyongyang used as a test stand to fire some of its rocket engines on the ground.

    • A motion has been submitted in Pakistan’s National Assembly Secretariat seeking the Nobel Peace Prize for PM Imran Khan 



  • Abizaid called for accountability for the murder of Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, and support for human rights, but repeatedly stressed the importance of Washington-Riyadh ties...
  • Scottish police said they had carried out a controlled explosion on a package sent to the University of Glasgow

    • Netanyahu and fellow rightists have cast themselves as blockers of any initiative to cede territory to the Palestinians. 



  • The Indian Army on Wednesday also issued a stern warning to Pakistan against targeting civilians along the LoC, saying any further provocation or misadventure by it will have "dire...
  • The arrest of Rauf Asghar sends a clear message that Pakistan has buckled under India's pressure because Rauf is only next to Masood Azhar in Jaish's hierarchy.  ...

    • The award was conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi.



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  • WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Mar 6) that trade talks with China were moving along well and predicted either a "good deal" or no deal between the world's...
  • WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday (Mar 6) for closed-door testimony to the US House of Representatives...

    • WASHINGTON: US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday (Mar 6) defended the government's position that the country faces a dire crisis due to...



  • Two US think tanks and South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported that work was underway to restore part of North Korea's Sohae Satellite Launching Station...
  • NEW DELHI: India's top lawyer told the Supreme Court on Wednesday (Mar 6) it may file a criminal case against The Hindu newspaper under India's Official Secrets Act for publishing...

    • WASHINGTON: Washington's North Korea envoy Stephen Biegun was to meet on Wednesday (Mar 6) with officials from Japan and South Korea to discuss the outcome of the Hanoi summit last...



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  • Allergan Plc said on Wednesday its experimental add-on treatment for major depressive disorder failed to meet the main goals of three late-stage studies...
  • WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Mar 6) that trade talks with China were moving along well and predicted either a "good deal" or no deal between the world's...

    • The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it would no longer flunk banks based on operational or risk management lapses during its annual health check of the country's domestic banks...

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