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  Niskanen Center


  • This season of debates might produce a television star, but voters' initial instincts may be hard to change. The post How Presidential Debates Influence Voters appeared first on...

  • Immigration Policy Brief: The ‘Law and Order Visa’

    4 days ago
  • How the U-Visa Unites Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities for Public Safety The post Immigration Policy Brief: The ‘Law and Order Visa’ appeared first on Niskanen Center...

  • When will Republicans face demographic reality?

    8 days ago

    • The GOP’s long-term future likely depends on its ability to reinvent itself as a big-tent party. The post When will Republicans face demographic reality? appeared first on Niskanen...

    Competitive Enterprise Institute



  • A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report argues that airport authorities nationwide should be empowered to make their own decisions about how best to finance infrastructure...

  • CBS-Viacom Merger Good Sign for Competition in the Multimedia Marketplace

    3 days ago
  • Viacom and CBS today announced a merger that would combine the two entertainment companies into a single entity more able to compete with companies like Disney and NBCUniversal...

  • CEI Experts: Delay on China Tariffs Shows Real Burden Is on Consumers

    3 days ago

    • On news today that the US Trade Representative will delay new tariffs on some consumer items until Dec. 15, as well as exclude some products from tariffs. Competitive...

      Opinion | The Guardian



  • Everyone has a pitch – but whether it’s Caroline Lucas’s all-female reboot or Jo Swinson’s Ken Clarke vehicle, they’re dudsThree years on from the Brexit vote, what best...

  • There’s an idea that could transform Britain – but Brexit won’t let it be heard | Jonathan Freedland

    3 hours ago
  • A British thinker’s remarkable new approach to public services is attracting global interest. But Whitehall isn’t listeningAgainst some stiff competition, one of the worst...

  • By dismissing Corbyn’s overtures, the Lib Dems are showing their true colours | Owen Jones

    6 hours ago

    • It’s telling that Jo Swinson was happier propping up David Cameron for five years than the Labour leader for five weeksIf your signature policy – indeed, only visible political...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • Security video captured the moment a London, Ont., house explosion startled a group of people enjoying a late night dip in a hot tub. All but 10 homes near the explosion site have been...

  • Canadian woman escapes 'random attack' that killed Australian fiance in New Zealand

    10 hours ago
  • A 32-year-old Canadian woman has managed to escape a 'random attack' in New Zealand that left her Australian fiance dead.

  • 'Call 911': Watch the moment house in Ont. exploded

    7 hours ago

    • Security video captured the moment a London, Ont., house explosion startled a group of people enjoying a late night dip in a hot tub. All but 10 homes near the explosion site have been...

      Tallbloke's Talkshop



  • The rotting leaves didn’t help, says ScienceAlert. Neither did the local tractors. Solar panels should be angled towards the Sun anyway, but that kills the whole road idea. In July...

  • Energy firm Cuadrilla resumes fracking

    a day ago
  • Another attempt to convince a so-far reluctant UK government that shale gas work is far from being the pantomime villain that protesters want them to imagine it is. Insisting that...

  • The latest travesty in ‘consensus enforcement’

    a day ago

    • Originally posted on Climate Etc.: The latest travesty in consensus ‘enforcement’, published by Nature. There is a new paper published in Nature, entitled Discrepancies in...

    Zee News :Zee News - Blog


    • The two of Saif Ali Khan's kids love the camera.

    Zee News :Technology News



  • It is not yet known if any other service by the Internet giant such as Google Drive or YouTube was affected by the disruption.

  • Be careful while installing remote desktop app

    10 hours ago
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) earlier this year even alerted banks and payment systems operators against use of such applications.

  • iPhone users may soon tell Siri to play Spotify: Report

    10 hours ago

    • Google's Assistant and Amazon Alexa work with Spotify but Siri does not.

    Zee News :Sci-Tech



  • A giant asteroid, moving at a speed of 18 kilometres per second, will whiz past Earth in August 2019.

  • ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 leaves earth's orbit, enters lunar transfer trajectory

    3 days ago
  • Chandrayaan-2 will now approach the Moon on August 20 and finally land near the south pole of the moon on September 7.

  • NASA discovers planet that could sustain life

    7 days ago

    • If the planet has a dense atmosphere, which will take future studies to determine, it could trap enough heat to warm the planet and allow liquid water on its surface, added Kossakowski...

    Zee News :World



  • Trump is due to visit Copenhagen in September and the Arctic will be on the agenda during meetings with the prime ministers of Denmark and Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory...

  • US warns of serious consequences to crew of Iranian oil tanker for assisting terrorist organisation

    13 hours ago
  • The US cautioned that the crewmembers of vessels assisting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) may be ineligible for visas or admission to the US under the terrorism-related...

  • UNSC to hold closed-door consultation on Kashmir issue on August 16 at China's behest

    14 hours ago

    • The meeting, scheduled to be held at 7:30 pm, will be attended by UNSC members. 

    Zee News :India National



  • Former Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley continued to remain in a critical condition and was put on life support at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)...

  • India rebukes Pakistan, demands it stop terror, reteriates Kashmir an internal matter after UNSC meet

    in 10 hours
  • "Our national position was and remains that matters related to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution are entirely an internal matter of India," Syed Akbaruddin said...

  • PM Narendra Modi to visit Bhutan on August 17; here is his full schedule

    in 10 hours

    • On August 17, PM Modi will arrive at the Paro International Airport which shall be followed by him heading to the Semtokha Dzong.

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that Mexico does not want the El Paso shooter who killed 22 people -- targeting Mexicans -- to be executed, and will seek to extradite...

  • Iran tanker shifts position but still at anchor off Gibraltar

    an hour ago
  • GIBRALTAR: An Iranian tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West shifted position on Friday (Aug 16), but its anchor was still down off Gibraltar and it was unclear if...

  • Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic heart valves win FDA approval for expanded use

    2 hours ago

    • REUTERS: Heart valve systems from Edwards Lifesciences Corp and Medtronic Plc have been approved for use in a condition that restricts blood flow from the heart in patients at low-risk...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • Actresses Eva Longoria, America Ferrara and more than 200 other Latino artists and civil rights leaders on Friday penned a letter of support to the Latino community in the United States...

  • US advances sale of F-16 fighters to Taiwan

    3 hours ago
  • The White House has advanced a proposal to sell $8 billion worth of advanced F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, a move that would likely anger strategic rival Beijing, a senior US senator...

  • Schools, telephone lines to be opened in Kashmir after lockdown

    3 hours ago

    • Authorities will begin restoring some telephone lines in Indian Kashmir from Friday night, including in the main city of Srinagar where afternoon prayers went peacefully amid heavy...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • Australia's Ashleigh Barty engineered her second comeback in as many days Friday with the top seed overhauling Maria Sakkari 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 at the WTA Cincinnati Masters...

  • Mexico does not want El Paso shooter executed

    an hour ago
  • President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that Mexico does not want the El Paso shooter who killed 22 people -- targeting Mexicans -- to be executed, and will seek to extradite...

  • Iran tanker shifts position but still at anchor off Gibraltar

    an hour ago

    • GIBRALTAR: An Iranian tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West shifted position on Friday (Aug 16), but its anchor was still down off Gibraltar and it was unclear if...

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