Sunday, September 01, 2019

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  Niskanen Center




  • The MGO will help design, develop, and implement the major gift program and related events, and will be responsible for managing and cultivating relationships with prospects to...
  • Restrictions on municipal broadband are keeping fiber networks in the dark. The post Enabling the Smart City – How Can the Public Sector Light Up Dark Fiber? appeared first on Niskanen...

    • Americans mistrust services provided by the public sector, even though they increasingly rely on government programs. Matt Grossmann interviews two political scientists about...

  • The Competitive Enterprise Institute today announced it sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler, demanding a response to CEI’s November...
  • View Full Document as PDF The Honorable Andrew Wheeler Administrator United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20460 Re: Request for Correction Number 19001...

    • The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) today released a new video making the case for a new Department of Energy (DOE) regulation allowing faster dishwashers and encouraging...

  • The parliamentary showdown this week will also be a battle for the soul of the Conservative partySpace analogies are commonplace in 10 Downing Street these days. Boris Johnson has...
  • The popularity of subjects such as English literature has fallen dramatically. As a new school year begins, it’s time for a rethinkA new school year is about to begin. This means...

    • To achieve no-deal Brexit, Boris Johnson has exploited the weakness of our democracyRepresentative democracy is never easy. It’s been obvious for decades that the eight-word...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, its 185 mph (297 km/h) winds ripping off roofs and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered...
  • The Canadian government is urging Canadians to avoid all travel to the Bahamas and avoid all non-essential travel to Florida as Hurricane Dorian, a dangerous Category 5 storm, intensifies...

    • Air Canada says a flight from Shanghai to Vancouver was diverted to Tokyo's Narita International Airport after a crack developed in one of the pilot's windows...

  • Beware energy firms bearing obsolete smart meters – or even up-to-date ones in many cases. Their record so far looks dismal. New research suggests the number of people having issues...
  • Originally posted on Spaceweather.com: August 30, 2019: You never know what you might see in the wake of a big storm. On Aug. 25th, Chinese astrophotographer Chao Shen of Shaoxing...

    • —– UPDATE 1st Sept.: Dorian is now reported to be a Category 5 storm as it strikes the Bahamas. —– After an unusually quiet start to the Atlantic hurricane season, things have...
    • India has been in a state of dejection and self-denial over Kashmir since Independence.

  • Organizations are experiencing a shortage of professionals to handle new threats.
  • In terms of specifications, the Samsung Galaxy Fold features a 7.3-inch primary flexible AMOLED display and a secondary 4.6-inch screen.

    • Only around a quarter of the top Android models are updated to the latest OS version, said a whitepaper titled "Software and Security Updates: The Missing Link for Smartphones" by...

  • NASA and International Astronomical Union's official stand state Pluto is a dwarf planet.  
  • The orbit manoeuvre began at 9.04 am and took 1190 seconds (approx 19.83 minutes) to complete. The orbit achieved is 179 km x 1412 km distance said ISRO. ...

    • The prototype, dubbed Starhopper, slowly rose about 500 feet (152m) off its launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, and propelled itself some 650 feet (198m) eastward onto an adjacent...

  • Kulbhushan Jadhav, 49, was kidnapped from Balochistan by Pakistani security forces in March of 2016 on false allegations that he was an Indian spy. 
  • Hurricane Dorian became the strongest storm in modern records to hit the northwestern Bahamas and is expected to pound the islands with up to two days of torrential rain, high waves...

    • A major argument broke out between India and Pakistan delegates inside the Maldives Parliament on Sunday after Pakistani delegates raised the Kashmir issue on a forum that was on...

  • The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a 12-hour bandh in West Bengal's Barrackpore constituency on Monday to protest against the alleged attack on its MP Arjun Singh from...
  • Kulbhushan Jadhav, 49, was kidnapped from Balochistan by Pakistani security forces in March of 2016 on false allegations that he was an Indian spy. 

    • The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday said that people excluded from National Register of Citizens (NRC) have not become "stateless" or will be termed as "foreigner" and...

  • Little sleep and 80-hour weeks do not make you a productive thinker, says the Financial Times' Pilita Clark.
  • ROME: Italy's premier-designate Giuseppe Conte said on Sunday (Sep 1) he would present his new coalition cabinet by midweek at the latest, as he races to resolve the political crisis...

    • MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador brushed off problems including a stagnant economy and spiralling violence to insist on Sunday (Sep 1) in his first state...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • HONG KONG: Hong Kong braced for more disruption on Monday (Sep 2) with calls for a general strike and university students threatening a boycott of classes after a weekend featuring...
  • MANILA: Nine people were killed when an air-ambulance plane crashed at a resort area near the Philippine capital on Sunday (Sep 1), sparking a fierce blaze and sending terrified locals...

    • MANILA,: Philippine boxing champion Manny Pacquiao launched his very own cryptocurrency on Sunday (Sep 1) at a free concert in Manila, where he serenaded more than 2,000 fans to drum...

  • BUENOS AIRES: The International Monetary Fund said it will stand by Argentina after the government authorised currency controls on Sunday (Sep 1) in an about-face by President Mauricio...
  • TOKYO: Japan's curbs on exports of high-tech materials to South Korea could backfire in the long run, eroding its dominance over a key link in the global chip supply chain, suppliers...

    • SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, Sept 1: Four-times Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel found himself in the unfamiliar position of playing rear gunner to young Ferrari team mate...

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