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Zelo Street

• Murdoch Press STILL LOSING MONEY

• Question Time Ranter IDENTIFIED

• Top Six - February 23

Politics : NPR

• Up Next In 2020 Race: South Carolina's Primary

  The state's primary is on Saturday as the race gets tighter. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports on

• Sunday Politics Recap: Nevada Results, Looking Ahead To The Next Democratic

  We look at the results coming out of the Nevada caucuses, Russia's attempts to interfere in Sen. Bernie

• Voting In California's Primary When You Have No Party Preference Gets

  A key group of voters in California are those who don't identify with a political party. But the state&

Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Escaped pet snake found in London airing cupboard

  The snake, believed to be an escaped pet, has not been claimed by anyone and now could be rehomed by the

• 'She is like a little koala bear': One of Ireland's tiniest

  One of Ireland's tiniest calves has arrived into the world - measuring just over a foot high.

• 7 signs you’re even more unfit than you thought you were

  Sigh.

Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Gardaí investigating after man's body found in drain

  Gardaí in Donegal are investigating after the body of a 37-year-old man was found in a drain

• Appeal to taxi driver after crash kills 16-year-old girl

  Gardaí investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl in a car crash in Cork City last Wednesday

• Gardaí paid €1.6m for policing events like matches and concerts

  An Garda Síochána received more than €1.6 million from promoters and organisers to

memeorandum

• Wall Street Journal reporters protest 'sick man' headline in Wall

  Paul Farhi / Washington Post : Wall Street Journal reporters protest ‘sick man’ headline in

• CBS News poll: In South Carolina, Biden's lead narrows, with Sanders

  Jennifer De Pinto / CBS News : CBS News poll: In South Carolina, Biden's lead narrows, with Sanders

• Same Goal, Different Playbook: Why Russia Would Support Trump and Sanders (

  David E. Sanger / New York Times : Same Goal, Different Playbook: Why Russia Would Support Trump and

The Hayride

• Leading cause of death worldwide isn’t climate change …

  According to a report produced by Worldometers.info, the leading cause of death worldwide of human beings

• Two years ago this month: Billy Graham’s last message [video]

  Two years ago yesterday, February 21, the world lost the great evangelist Billy Graham. His last message he

• What the Bible Says About Self-Defense

  Following every public school shooting in America, Christians have held vigils and prayed with the families

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• Ongoing CCPA analysis of Ontario education funding

  CCPA's Ontario office is closely following ongoing changes to education funding in the province. The

• Cuts to Mantioba's Social Housing Stock since 2016

  As is the case in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, housing advocates have long argued that the best way

• Our take on BC Budget 2020

  Overall, with BC Budget 2020 the government is not making full use of the fiscal room BC has to make

Times of India

• Pro-Pakistan slogan: Amulya Leona's house vandalised in Karnataka's

• Congress again in turmoil, Shashi Tharoor wants election for party

• GSI rejects mining official's claim of 3,000-tonne gold deposits in UP&

India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump to be accorded traditional welcome

  The five-star hotel, symbolised by the distinctive logo of hands folded in the traditional 'Namaste'

• Ask Donald Trump if extraditing 19 lakh people from Assam is possible

  Addressing a meet here against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the former Minister, citing the BJP's

• PM-Kisan scheme to turn one tomorrow without West Bengal on board, state

  The Centre’s flagship ‘income support’ scheme (PM-Kisan) will on Monday complete one year of its launch

News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | EFF hasn't seen a resignation letter from Mandisa Mashego,

  Although the EFF is adamant that it has not received a resignation letter from its Gauteng leader Mandisa

• Sport24.co.za | Proteas tie up T20 series with thrilling win over Australia

  The Proteas have beaten Australia in the second T20 International in what was a thrilling encounter at St

• News24.com | Tazne’s ‘killer’ abused his own son so badly that the child

  Moyhdine Pangarker, the man who allegedly abducted and murdered eight-year old Tazne van Wyk abused his own

News24 Voices

• News24.com | Dan Kriek: The 1913 Land Act, apartheid was devastating, now

  If the agricultural sector ever bought into the polarising push-back by conservative Afrikaner

• News24.com | Friday Briefing: FW de Klerk's comments have caused a

  The EFF's second national people's assembly taking place at Nasrec in Johannesburg from Friday will

• News24.com | Antjie Krog: FW de Klerk never had any moral intention, and he

  For FW de Klerk political reforms and reconciliation was never about moral intention, but always about

News24 Africa

• News24.com | Togo counts votes as challenger claims 'fraud'

  Togo tallied ballots after a key challenger insisted he could cause a shock upset despite what he claimed

• News24.com | Lesotho’s prime minister leaves country in the dark

  Lesotho’s embattled prime minister, Tom Thabane, has once again left the tiny kingdom in suspense.

• News24.com | ‘Africa at risk, given its fragile health systems’ - WHO

  The World Health Organization has warned that the African health systems is ill-equipped to respond to the 

World: BreakingNews.ie

• Trump expresses optimism for US peace deal with Taliban

  The two sides announced a truce, which took effect last Friday, earlier this month.

• Trump says he was not told about Russian efforts to help Sanders

  The US president was speaking to reporters before leaving on a trip to India.

• Julian Assange ‘harassed’ by prison cell search ahead of hearing, says

  Assange is awaiting the start of a full extradition hearing at Woolwich Crown Court in England on Monday.

TASS

• Eight Russians evacuated from Diamond Princess return home

  Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that they will be quarantined for 14 days in Kazan

• US’ allegations about Russia’s spreading misinformation about coronavirus

  US Department of State thinks that Russia is behind proliferation of misinformation about the coronavirus

• Humanitarian situation in Syria improves after liberation of Damascus

  Officers of the Russian reconciliation center conducted patrol missions along four routes in the Aleppo, al

WebMD Health

• Can Men Dine Their Way to Higher Sperm Counts?

  Median sperm counts were highest among men who ate a healthy diet (167 million), followed by the vegetarian

• Drug Company Perks Spur Doctors' Prescriptions

  More than 20% of Medicare Part D expenses on brand-name medications came from doctors who received an

• Hidden Dangers of Ultraprocessed Foods

  Unless you make all your food at home from scratch -- and even then -- processed food is practically

WhoWhatWhy

• The Primary Process Is Killing Democracy

  Reading Time: 9 minutes Nearly every part of the current primary process defeats the purpose of finding

• You’re Not a Crook — Trump Pardons Those Who Are Like Him

  Reading Time: < 1 minute President Donald Trump never thinks he does anything wrong. That explains why

• Out of Thin Air — Breakthrough Tech Uses Water Vapor to Generate

  Reading Time: 4 minutes Can a new technology that generates electricity from water vapor help combat

Science Blog

• Finding the Root to Treat Aging through Dieting

  Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School believe they discovered a new way in which diet

• More Information Doesn’t Necessarily Help People Make Better Decisions

  Turns Out There Is Such a Thing as TMI Making everyday decisions seems easy enough. People know basic

• Why do whales migrate? They return to the tropics to shed their skin

  Whales undertake some of the longest migrations on earth, often swimming many thousands of miles, over many

Raw Story

• Chris Wallace grills Pence aide on Russia attacks: ‘You can’t say it didn’t

  Fox News host Chris Wallace called out Marc Short, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, after he insisted

• GOP lawmakers melt down after Maryland AP history class teacher uses

  According to a report from the Washington Times, Maryland Republicans are up in arms after an AP history

• Stop praising anti-Trump evangelicals: Their embrace of authoritarianism is

  At this critical moment for American democracy our media landscape is doing a poor job in its coverage of

Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• 'On A Knife Edge': Experts Warn Great Barrier Reef Could See 3rd

  Australian scientists and conservationists warned in the Guardian Thursday that the Great Barrier Reef

• PriceSpy Research Suggests New Samsung Handsets Are Not As Popular As They

  As anticipation builds surrounding the imminent release of Samsung’s latest handset, the Samsung Galaxy S20

• Renée Walker Resigns From EQC

  Earthquake Commission Chief Executive Sid Miller this afternoon announced the resignation of Renée Walker,

The Science of Doom

• Opinions and Perspectives – 9 – Pattern Effects

  The IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5) from 2013 shows the range of results that climate models produce for

• Opinions and Perspectives – 8 – Pattern Effects Primer

  For people with maths, physics and chemistry (and biology) backgrounds non-linear processes are familiar

• Opinions and Perspectives – 7 – Global Temperature Change from Doubling CO2

  How much will global temperature rise if we double CO2 from pre-industrial levels? Based on current

Seeing the Forest

• Fascists Eat Donuts

  From 2003, Make these donuts with extra grease. This batch is for the chief of police. Does anyone remember

• It’s Intimidation, Not “Moderation”

  The Nation has a great piece by By Guy T. Saperstein and Joe Cirincione, titled, Americans Want Jobs, Not

• Wut?

  For no particular reason, a bagpipe version of Eight Miles High by Rufus Harley. Inspired by John Coltrane

The Slog

• CRASH 2, COVID19, & VIRAL MEDIA NEUROSIS: Are they connected?

  A SLOG WEEKEND ESSAY SPECIAL Our main news stories at the minute offer thinking people a chance to […

• At the End of the Day

  Lies, damned lies, & Remainers   This is part of an official EU press release today about how

• Marbles, Elgin, for the use of

  Having last week courted a London mayor who long ago lost his marbles, Basher Barnier’s latest

Top Documentary Films

• ABBA: Thank You for the Music

  The only thing more impressive than

• Secrets of the Stone Age

  A beautifully produced two-part

• The Plastic Problem

  Over 9 billion metric tons of plastic

Universe Today

• Dust Devils Have Left Dark Streaks All Over This Martian Crater

  There may be no life on Mars, but there’s still a lot going on there. The Martian surface is home to

• Nutrient-Poor and Energy-Starved. How Life Might Survive at the Extremes in

  Our growing understanding of extremophiles here on Earth has opened up new possibilities in astrobiology

• How Interferometry Works, and Why it’s so Powerful for Astronomy

  When astronomers talk about an optical telescope, they often mention the size of its mirror. That’s

Front Line Whistleblower News

• Pelosi Names First Director for Office of Whistleblower Ombudsman

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the first director for the newly established House Office of

• New Rates Set for False Claims Act Whistleblower Cases

  The U.S. Department of Commerce has published new rates for the civil penalties payable in False Claims Act

• It’s time to build a movement for stronger whistleblower protections

  Now that the impeachment of President Trump and Senate trial has come to a close, it is time for those of

Andy Worthington

• Humanizing the Silenced and Maligned: Guantánamo Prisoner Art at CUNY Law

  My report about a powerful new exhibition of Guantánamo prisoners' artwork that has just opened at CUNY

• A Call for the Mainstream Media to Defend Press Freedom and to Oppose the

  With one week to go until the start of the US extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, I

• Good News! Former Guantánamo Prisoners Released from UAE to Afghanistan

  My report on the good news that three Afghan nationals and former Guantánamo prisoners, who were sent to