Thursday, June 27, 2019

27 June - iGoogle Portal - Tab 4


  • Will Wilkinson, Niskanen's Vice President for Research, offers a surprising new account of polarization and populism as segregating side-effects of urbanization in this major...
  • Does a carbon tax result in a fair bargain for Americans, or does paying to pollute impose unfair costs on consumers? The post Carbon Taxation: A Cost-Effective Tool To Reduce The Risks...

    • The case for Universal Catastrophic Coverage as the best framework for bipartisan health care reform. The post New Report — Universal Catastrophic Coverage: Principles for Bipartisan...

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  • The editorial “House gets it mostly right on labor law” misses the mark. The primary provision of the bill that the Globe finds sensible — allowing unions to “charge nonmembers...
  • The U.S. Supreme Court today handed down its decision in Kisor v. Wilkie, a case that centered on the principle of Auer deference, the precedent that courts should defer to agencies’...

    • Senate lawmakers Mark Warner (D-VA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) have a new bill to force Big Tech firms (like Facebook, Google, and Amazon) to calculate the value of all data they collect...

  • Elderly people are left home alone dying needlessly because of austerity. It’s time to tax Britain’s soaring property wealthSocial care services are in freefall, with tens...
  • A new campaign seeks to close the gap in the law that allows too many workplaces to treat such abuse as a sad inevitabilityMost of us understand how our physical wellbeing is protected...

    • Whether you side with the bookie or the unfortunate customer reveals what kind of person you are If I had to pick my favourite irrational fear – behind falling into open manholes...

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  • A report says two Chinese fighter jets buzzed a Canadian warship operating in international waters in the East China Sea at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Ottawa...
  • The board of directors of Transat AT Inc. has approved a takeover offer by Air Canada valued at $520 million.

    • An Ontario woman says Air Canada crew members told her to wait on a plane after it landed and they would help her de-board, but never returned to provide that assistance...

  • These UN delegates won’t want to hear about the latest paper from Professor Zharkova et al, which forecasts a natural rise in global temperatures until 2600 that is much higher than...
  • An important new solar paper by Prof Valentina Zharkova and co-authors S. J. Shepherd, S. I. Zharkov & E. Popova  published in ‘Nature’ has incorporated the solar-planetary...

    • Originally posted on PA Pundits - International: By Larry Bell ~ Those who believe in the existence of adequate non-fossil alternatives essential to achieve a “carbon-neutral”...

  • The old logic of caste equations may not hold, and Mayawati may be trying to test that theory.
  • No Indian films at Cannes this year, but our stars were there for sure.

    • India is not just rising in power, but also in terms of self-confidence in its Dharmic civilisation.

  • Honor had launched Honor 20 series smartphones on Android Pie platform in India after US ban came into effect.
  • LG announced the introduction of three devices under its W series, which would be available online in partnership with Amazon.In, as it aims to sell about one million units by December-end...

    • Just like Instagram, WhatsApp's status Stories let users post images, text and videos on your profile that disappear after 24 hours.

  • So what does this discovery means? Interstellar space is filled with these soccer-shaped molecules which can shed light on the mysterious contents of the universe and how planets...
  • The mission, dubbed Space Test Program 2 (STP-2), is the third for the Falcon Heavy rocket, which SpaceX describes as the most powerful launch system in the world...

    • 'Earth is special. It's the only place in the universe that we know contains life,' said NASA.
    • At the very local level, people who critique CPEC are often labelled as terrorists, said researcher Shamila Chaudhary, who served in the previous Obama Administration...

  •  Addressing the Indian diaspora in the Japanese city of Kobe, PM Modi said Japan has played an important role in India's economic development.
  • The flight was AI 191 travelling from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) to Newark in the United States of America.

    • In the first interceot the Typhoon escorted a Russian military Antonov An-12 transport aircraft on June 25 and a few hours later on the same day, the Euofighters were once again airborne...

  • The three proverbial principles, "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil", comes from the three famous monkeys from 17th century Japan.
  •  The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has turned down a request from the office of former PM Dr Manmohan Singh for retaining his 14-member staff for the smooth functioning of his office...

    • It may be recalled that a bill was passed in Maharashtra on November 30 last year proposing 16% reservation in education and government jobs for the Marathas...

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • BRUSSELS: Europeans were safer from jihadist attacks last year than at any point since Islamic State set up its caliphate in 2014, but a number of foiled attacks including plots to...
  • DETMOLD, Germany: Three suspects appeared in court in Germany on Thursday (Jun 27) to answer charges of child sex assault spanning decades that shocked the nation when it was uncovered...

    • Europeans braced Thursday for the expected peak of a sweltering heatwave that has sent temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, with schools in France closing and wildfires...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • BEIJING: Huawei employees have teamed up with Chinese military scientists to carry out research, a collaboration that challenges the telecom giant's assertion that it has no ties...
  • A boat carrying Australian tourists was attacked by a gang armed with rifles and machetes off the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, authorities said on Thursday...

    • At least sixteen people were facing the death penalty in a trial that started Thursday over the gruesome death of a young Bangladeshi woman that sparked protests and government promises...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • WASHINGTON: The US House and Senate will try to resolve their conflicting versions of an emergency funding bill on Thursday to address worsening humanitarian conditions for migrant...
  • NEW DELHI: Seven climbers killed on India's second highest mountain last month were roped together when an avalanche struck, an official said Thursday (Jun 27). Their bodies were...

    • Facebook Inc on Thursday released the findings from its consultations with outside experts into its content review process, providing a glimpse into how its plans for a proposed...

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