Saturday, September 05, 2020

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  • Today the Securities and Exchange Commission announced action to liberalize so-called accredited investor regulation. John Berlau, a longtime proponent of such reform, praised...
  • It’s almost the middle of August, and many parents still have little idea if their kids will be able to go to school in a few weeks. If schools are unable to reopen, it will be one of...
    • The rideshare company Uber is threatening to end its operations in California entirely if the Golden State forces the company to classify all its drivers as employees rather than...
  • Addressing prospective fiscal risks requires adopting an equally forward-looking strategic orientation. The post Announcing the Niskanen Center’s New Fiscal Policy Initiative...
  • The Niskanen Center offers a potential replacement for the ACA. Here are some comparisons of the UCC approach with the sketchier proposals offered by the Democratic and Republican...
    • The fact that this recession is impacting men and women differently from past recessions could also have broader consequences for families and the trajectory of the economic recovery...
  • Trump, Johnson and their kind are a far greater danger to our cherished freedomsI once believed that you should fight the extreme right and extreme left “at the same time and for the...
  • A new study shows what women really look for as ideal parent materialMen who have put on lockdown weight, rejoice – women have a positive opinion about it. Researchers from the University...
    • The star was the first to welcome the abolition of male and female awards at the Berlin film festivalIt is rare that a move being described as “eminently sensible” is newsworthy...

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  • A memorial is continuing to grow outside an Oshawa home where a father and three children were shot to death early Friday morning by a suspect identified by police as an uninvited relative...
  • Ontario reported 169 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, marking the highest daily case count since the end of July.
    • U.S. President Donald Trump suggested to his supporters on Friday night that if they vote by mail they should also attempt to vote in person as a way to check that their vote is counted...

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  • This scheme trumpeted: “Since July 2018 all of the electricity we supply to our customers is 100% green*. Whichever tariff you take from us all of the electricity we provide is certified...
  • Shockingly – for some – nature’s ocean carbon cycle is functioning quite well, despite constant attempts by feckless humans to undermine it [/sarc]. Time to revisit those...
    • Habitual climate miserablists should take a look around at the real world now and again. This year’s poor UK wheat harvest, reported by the BBC with a ‘climate change’ tag, looks...

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  • The Google Pixel 5 recently appeared on AI Benchmark and the listing confirms that it is powered by the SD765G SoC. The presence of the SD765G inside the device reveals that it will...
  • Facebook took down the pages as part of efforts to remove "violent social militias" from its social networks. As of earlier this week, the Patriot Prayer page had nearly 45,000 followers...
    • The Reels Tab is a new tab in the navigation bar which will replace the Explore tab in Instagram.
  • The last time asteroid 2011 ES4 flew by the Earth was visible from ground for four days. 
  • NASA scientists have predicted that the asteroid "2018VP1" with a diameter of 0.002 km (about 6.5 feet) will pass near Earth one day before the 2020 US election, reports the CNN...
    • Rich in gold and other precious metals, the 16 Psyche is situated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and measures some 200 km (130 miles).
  • Thirteen people, including a child, died after they sustained burn injuries.
  • Twelve worshippers including a boy died and dozens of others suffered serious burn injuries after air conditioners of a mosque burst on Friday night in Bangladesh`s central Narayanganj...
    • The Center for Strategic and International Studies said the images it published on its website of North Korea`s Sinpo shipyard showed several vessels within a secure boat basin...
  • Javadekar said the National Education Policy has been formulated after extensive consultations.
  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday arrived in Tehran where he will meet his Iranian counterpart and discuss bilateral defence ties, a day after he urged the Persian Gulf countries...
    • "This road is ready except for a 30-kilometre stretch. Now the Army can use this road. The importance of this road is that the Army can save almost 5-6 hours in transit from Manali to Leh,"...

      Channel NewsAsia World News

  • Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would not take President Donald Trump's word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine...
  • France denied the European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier was about to be sidelined by EU leaders in a bid to break the deadlock in trade talks, as reported by British newspaper...
    • A documentary following Greta Thunberg and her journey from Swedish schoolgirl to global climate activist accurately portrays her as a "shy nerd", the teenager said as the film premiered...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

  • A fire-stricken oil tanker was pushed further away from Sri Lanka's coast and into deeper waters on Saturday, rescuers said, after successfully containing the blaze during a 36-hour...
  • ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has long positioned himself as a global internet entrepreneur, largely eschewing Chinese government involvement, but U.S. demands to sell his crown...
    • Hundreds of high school students demonstrated in Bangkok on Saturday to demand reform of an education system they say is outdated in the latest of more than a month of anti-authority...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

  • DUBAI: Iranian state television aired a video on Saturday in which a champion wrestler facing two death sentences appeared to confess to killing a water company security guard during...
  • Formula One had declared the party over, at least for engine modes, but Mercedes and six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton danced on anyway at Monza on Saturday...
    • Democratic U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said she would not take President Donald Trump's word alone on any potential coronavirus vaccine...

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