Tuesday, April 09, 2019

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  Niskanen Center



  • Quick hits on place-based visas, Central American aid, and USCIS processing. The post Weekly Brief: Three Migration Takeaways appeared first on Niskanen Center...
  • In February, the Department of Homeland Security submitted a regulation to the Office of Management […] The post How DHS Threatens to Trap Highly Skilled Women at Home appeared...

    • You’re on a road to nowhere and you have important places to go The post An Open Letter to Green New Dealers appeared first on Niskanen Center.

  • View Full Document as PDF Introduction On behalf of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (“CEI”), I respectfully submit these comments to the Surface Transportation Board...
  • The Competitive Enterprise Institute is running an online-video ad campaign in Tallahassee to educate Florida taxpayers about legislation to end a longtime subsidy handed out...

    • The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), joined by 36 organizations and more than 100 individuals, sent a letter today to President Trump expressing strong support for the proposed...

  • Whether it’s taking on Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, Germany’s AfD or Italy’s Matteo Salvini, this is one and the same struggleJohn Bull has been having a breakdown, and he’s...
  • New UK legislation to control the wild west of the digital world is overdue, and tech corporations must take more responsibility“No one in the world has done this before,” Jeremy...

    • As we wait for the EU to decide on a Brexit delay, the national mood has turned poisonousThe mood has turned nastier since I first visited the Big Help Project food bank in Knowsley, Merseyside...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • Israeli voters were deciding Tuesday whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains in office after a decade in power as they cast ballots in a national election that has become...
  • The 2019 federal election is "very likely" going to be the target of foreign cyber interference, with voters being the most likely targets of this anticipated meddling, a new report...

    • Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power in southern Quebec after the region was hit freezing rain and strong winds.

      Tallbloke's Talkshop



  • In Part 1 the period of time in question was 13 lunar tropical years (LTY). Here we show how this relates to the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction and other significant periods. 13 LTY = 169...
  • It’s not clear how vehicles that have passed the mandatory annual ‘MoT’ test, which includes an emissions check, can then be selectively penalised for causing air pollution...

    • We’re told “The physics is literally the same” for the Earth’s rain and the Sun’s plasma showers, except that on the Sun the scale is much bigger than the entire Earth. It’s...

    Zee News :Zee News - Blog



  • Voters' indifference to casting vote is a profligacy nation can no more afford.
  • Rahul Gandhi may win a pawn in Kerala, but lose a rook and a bishop in Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh.

    • More and more films are saying the ends justify the means.

    Zee News :Technology News



  • In India, Apple`s iPhones are up against the more competitive pricing of rival handsets from South Korea`s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and China`s OnePlus...
  • Trai directed telecom service providers to share with it number of subscribers at the end of each month who have availed the segmented offer.

    • Taiwanese industrial major Wistron already assembles iPhone 6S in the country.

  • Eleven million deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets. The United States ranked 43rd, while Britain was 23rd, China 140th and India 118th...
  • A "fireball" is an exceptionally bright meteor that is visible over a wide area. Fireball events are fairly common and are recorded in the NASA Center for Near Earth Object Studies...

    • While NASA did not identify a specific person, it confirmed that women are at the forefront of the US space agency's upcoming plans.

  • 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.

    • Last month, Pakistan's military spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said that only JF-17 was used against India on February 27.

  • Without an extension, Britain is due to leave the EU at 2200 GMT on Friday, without a deal to cushion the economic shock.
  • Scores of supporters clapped in support of the nine defendants including a law professor, two lawmakers and former student activists.

    • The ruling is slated to take effect on Friday, according to the order by U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco. The preliminary injunction will apply nationwide...

  • Here are the live updates of Lok Sabha Election 2019:
  • As politicians woo people from all sections of society this polls season, a forgotten lot continues to live a life of oblivion and abjectness -- the widows of Vrindavan...

    • 15 candidates are in the fray for the lone Lok Sabha seat.

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • A German museum handed over the remains of an Aboriginal ancestral king to Australia Tuesday in the first of three such ceremonies across Germany this month in what Canberra called...
  • NUR-SULTAN: Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday (Apr 9) called a snap election for June as the Central Asian nation seeks a new leader following the shock resignation...

    • INCHEON: More than a quarter of a century after the first of her three abortions - illegal in South Korea - Lim is still haunted by her sense of shame. She was 24 and had a boyfriend...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • PUTRAJAYA: Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, will be charged in court for corruption on Wednesday (Apr 10) over the solar project for rural...
  • NUR-SULTAN: Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday (Apr 9) called a snap election for June as the Central Asian nation seeks a new leader following the shock resignation...

    • PUTRAJAYA: Malaysians will be able to use their MyDebit ATM cards in Singapore from the third quarter of this year. This was announced in a joint statement by Malaysian Prime Minister...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • A German museum handed over the remains of an Aboriginal ancestral king to Australia Tuesday in the first of three such ceremonies across Germany this month in what Canberra called...
  • PUTRAJAYA: Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, will be charged in court for corruption on Wednesday (Apr 10) over the solar project for rural...



  • SINGAPORE: A koi fish tank installed on the outside steps of a Tampines flat will have to be removed as it is considered an unauthorised fixture built on common property, the Housing...

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