Thursday, April 18, 2019

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  • The Niskanen Center is searching for qualified interns to support our our government affairs staff […] The post Upcoming Deadline: Niskanen’s Summer 2019 Government Affairs...
  • This is the second panel from “Beyond Left and Right: Moderation in an Era of […] The post Moderation as a Political Strategy: What Are the Lessons from History? appeared first...

    • The recently terminated program deserves a second shot — just like the vulnerable asylum seekers who will benefit. The post Restore the Family Case Management Program for Asylum...

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  • Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that antitrust enforcement staff at the Department of Justice have told T-Mobile and Sprint the proposed merger between the two companies...
  • View Full Document as PDF Dear Acting Director Vought: On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to oppose promulgation of Obama-era regulations regarding the employment-based...

    • View Full Document as PDF Dear Mr. McDavit and Ms. Moyer: Introduction Pacific Legal Foundation, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, and Washington...

  • The Bank of England governor spoke the language that the City would understand, but governments also need to embrace new ideas to help shift the dialMark Carney got right to the heart...
  • This is a crucial chance to show politicians how we feel now about leaving Europe. The turnout must be hugeIn just five weeks’ time, Britain will have a referendum on Brexit. This...

    • A new survey shows how poverty is increasingly affecting British pupils’ education, robbing them of their futuresA survey by the National Education Union (NEU) this week found...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • After a bitter four-week campaign, Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party has unseated Rachel Notley and the NDP in Alberta’s provincial election. Here’s what it could...
  • Former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party has won a majority in Alberta’s provincial election, unseating Rachel Notley and ushering in a return...

    • Three teens are each facing a first-degree murder charge after a 17-year-old boy was found dead in a car that appeared to have left the road in Hamilton, Ont...

  • H/T The GWPF. A database listing $4.2 billion worth of grants represents a small fraction of the total financial investment and is just the tip of the iceberg, says the Institute for...
  • Originally posted on American Elephants: Climate change is an urgent topic of discussion among politicians, journalists and celebrities, but actual climate scientists are not...

    • A headline at Phys.org today reads: ‘Astronomers discover third planet in the Kepler-47 circumbinary system’ The report starts: ‘Astronomers have discovered a third planet...

  • The alleged victim is being outshouted by those who are trying to curry favour.
  • What an election! Politicians are grappling each other with words, and the Supreme Court is taunting the Election Commission.

    • Rahul Gandhi may win a pawn in Kerala, but lose a rook and a bishop in Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh.

  • By clicking on the doodle, users are redirected to a page explaining the process of how voting takes place. It also gives details about how voters can find out how to take part in the voting...
  • However, Facebook did not specify the cause or scope of the outages.

    • Hashtags, including #FacebookDown, #whatsappdown and #instagramdown are trending globally on Twitter.

  • AIRS (Atmospheric Infra-Red Sounder) shows Earth's surface has been warming up 'more quickly than previously thought' in the past 15 years.
  • Located outside of our solar system, the new 'Earth' size world is likely rocky and circles very close to its star, completing one orbit in just under eight days, says NASA...

    • Providing a potential resource for future explorations, NASA on Monday revealed that water is released on the Moon during meteor showers.

  • The statement came hours after the Indian Air Force on Monday released radar images as part of its "irrefutable evidence" to assert that it shot down an F-16 fighter jet of Pakistan...
  • In an intriguing statement, Pakistan said it will not "accept" abrogation of Article 370 in Indian Constitution which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir...

    • The spokesperson said currently there are 347 Pakistani prisoners in India and 537 Indian prisoners in Pakistan.

  • Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China considers its own, lies near the junction of two tectonic plates and is prone to earthquakes.
  • At least 14 passengers were on Thursday offloaded from a bus and shot dead on the spot by terrorists on the Makran coastal highway at Ormara in Balochistan. Most of those killed belong...

    • The weapon has a "peculiar mode of guiding flight" and "a powerful warhead", the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.

  • Here are the live updates of Lok Sabha Election Campaign 2019:
  • Raipur is one of 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh and will cast vote in the third phase of the election this year - on April 23...

    • Janjgir (also called the Janjgir-Champa constituency) is one of 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh and will cast vote in the third phase of the...

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • WELLINGTON: One of New Zealand's highest ranking military officers was Thursday (Apr 18) found guilty of trying to secretly film people in the toilet at the country's embassy in...
  • Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called on Middle East states on Thursday to "drive back Zionism", in an Army Day tirade against the Islamic republic's archfoe Israel...

    • SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday (Apr 18) demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, accusing him of...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • Japanese Emperor Akihito made his last pilgrimage to the country's holiest Shinto shrine on Thursday, as people lined the route to catch a glimpse of the 85-year-old ahead of his abdication...
  • A peaceful polling day was embraced by many quarters as voters showed enthusiasm in exercising their democratic rights.

    • SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday (Apr 18) demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from stalled nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, accusing him of...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • Samsung announced Thursday it will inspect units of its highly anticipated folding smartphone after some reviewers reported screen damage.
  • T-Mobile US Inc's US$26 billion deal to buy Sprint Inc banked on changes in wireless technology and media streaming to win U.S. antitrust approval, but the bet now looks precarious...

    • WELLINGTON: One of New Zealand's highest ranking military officers was Thursday (Apr 18) found guilty of trying to secretly film people in the toilet at the country's embassy in...

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