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Zelo Street

• Partygate Pisses On Bozo’s Firework

  No matter that he rocked up in Kyiv after Ursula von der Leyen, alleged Prime Minister Alexander Boris de

• Oh Tommy Tommy - SUMMONED

  While he tucks in to another feed down the local Toby Carvery - there has to be one restaurant chain that

• Spectator French Fash Fave FLOPS

  Yesterday, the French electorate went to the polls in the first of two rounds of voting which will decide

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Politics : NPR

• Biden accuses Putin of committing a 'genocide' in Ukraine

  Speaking about easing restrictions on higher-ethanol gasoline amid spiking fuel costs, Biden said prices

• Gov. DeSantis takes over congressional redistricting in Florida

  Florida's legislature says instead of drawing new maps for congressional districts, it will cede the

• Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 12)

  A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Dani Dyer on her toughest moments as a parent, and the benefits of being a

  The Love Island star is the new ambassador for the BBC’s Tiny Happy People. By Lauren Taylor.

• As Britney Spears ‘announces pregnancy’, what is perinatal depression and

  It can occur during pregnancy and up to a year after the baby is born.

• Historic Irish Civil War photograph expected to sell for €800

  It shows Free State soldiers searching a property on the eve of the Civil War in June 1922.

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Body of woman (80s) found following Donegal house fire

  Gardaí are investigating all the circumstances surrounding the fatal house fire this afternoon

• Green Party NI considering ‘legal options’ over BBC election coverage

  The BBC said it has a ‘careful and detailed process’ for determining party coverage during elections

• Gardaí investigate if Sligo man met attacker online as murder probe

  Aidan Mofitt, aged in his late 30s, was a Fine Gael activist who worked in the property sector

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memeorandum

• Nicholas Kristof's Botched Rescue Mission (Olivia Nuzzi/New York

  Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine : Nicholas Kristof's Botched Rescue Mission … By the time I

• Chuck Grassley Says He Won't Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act (Amie

  Amie Rivers / Iowa Starting Line : Chuck Grassley Says He Won't Vote to Repeal Affordable Care Act

• Republicans and Putin 'in lockstep' for blaming inflation on Biden,

  Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner : Republicans and Putin ‘in lockstep’ for blaming

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The Hayride

• SADOW: Woke EPA Prepares To Bully Louisiana Chemical Industry

  Here comes the punch to Louisiana telegraphed a couple of months ago, by an Environmental Protection Agency

• MARSH MAN MASSON: BIG Speckled Trout On Topwater Baits!

  John McQueen spends nearly every day of his life targeting trophy speckled trout with hard-plastic lures

• RAYMOND: What Really Happened At Lakeside Christian Academy

  Editor’s Note: this is a guest post from John Raymond, a pastor in Slidell and the headmaster at

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• 2022 federal budget organizational responses and analysis

  Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our  Alternative

• Reaction to the 2022 federal budget

  Federal budget makes inroads into dental care; Missed opportunity on pharmacare and long-term care There&

• Canada should reject compromise proposal on TRIPS waiver in its present

  Le français suit. Canadian organizations concerned with vaccine equity and the TRIPS waiver negotiations

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Times of India

• ABVP, Left clash in JNU on Ram Navami; 15 students taken to Safdarjung

  Violent clashes broke out between two student groups on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on

• BrahMos unit chief, others may face action over ‘misfire’

  The Commanding Officer (CO) of the BrahMos unit, which “accidentally fired” the supersonic cruise missile

• Despite differences on Ukraine, PM Modi, President Biden focus on

  A diplomatic version of irresistible force meeting immovable object played out in the virtual meeting

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

• 5 pull chain, get down from train, are run over by another one

• HC: CBI to probe rape-death linked to TMC neta's son

• SC stays Hardik's conviction in 2015 rioting case

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | Digital Vibes: Parliament clears Zweli Mkhize, says he did not

  Parliament's joint committee on ethics and members' interests has cleared former health minister

• News24.com | Load shedding now confirmed for Wednesday, Thursday

  Any further deterioration in generation capacity may require even more load shedding, Eskom warned.

• News24.com | Pirates defender Paseka Mako rushed to hospital after

  Orlando Pirates defender Paseka Mako was rushed to hospital after colliding with goalkeeper Richard Ofori

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News24 Voices

• News24.com | Murry Hunter | Don't impose new health policy until we

  With the state of disaster over, Murray Hunter questions what will happen to the ambitious, if chaotic

• News24.com | OPINION | Marlise Richter and Yanga Nokhepheyi: There can be

  Access to information in a pandemic should be automatic, not a prolonged fight for disclosure, write

• News24.com | Joe Kitchen | Raging against the machine

  Joe Kitchen feels the strong pull of nostalgia after he comes across an old typerwiter in his dressing room

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | Dozens dead after gunmen ransack central Nigerian villages

  Gunmen have killed over 100 people after ransacking a group of villages in central Nigeria, local sources

• News24.com | 'Tigrayans don't die easily, shoot again'

  Survivors' stories are contained in a report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International titled

• News24.com | Millions of Somalis at risk of famine: UN agencies

  Millions of people in Somalia are at risk of famine, with young children the most vulnerable to the

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• Biden: Russia war amounts to ‘genocide’ and Putin trying to ‘wipe out

  The US president said it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia’s conduct met the international

• Manhunt after gunman opens fire at New York subway station

  At least 29 people were injured in the incident at Brooklyn’s 36th Street station.

• Ukraine secret service says it has arrested top Putin ally

  President Volodymyr Zelenskiy published a photo of a tired-looking and handcuffed Viktor Medvedchuk, who

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WebMD Health

• 2 New Omicron Subvariants Being Tracked

  The World Health Organization is analyzing a few dozen cases of two new subvariants of the Omicron strain

• FDA Warns of Websites Selling Adderall Illegally

  The FDA and Drug Enforcement Administration have issued joint warnings to online pharmacies they say are

• Philadelphia to Require Masks Again in Public Indoor Spaces

  The city of Philadelphia reinstated its indoor face mask mandate on Monday, Citing an increase in COVID-19

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Science Blog

• MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program awards third annual seed grants

• Rhesus monkeys can perceive their own heartbeat

• The power of kindness in improving brain health

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Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent Journalism

• Chuck Grassley says he won't vote to repeal Obamacare — but adds he

  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) signaled a Republican shift on health care policy during a town hall meeting in

• Alabama elementary principal suspended after threatening to 'throat

  On Tuesday, The Daily Beast reported that an elementary school principal in Town Creek, Alabama has been

• Mississippi Gov. deems April as Confederate Heritage Month

  Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) is designating the month of April to celebrate Confederate heritage; a

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• Palaeontologists Find Mystery ‘Relic’ Bird Fossil At St Bathans

  An ancient bird recently discovered at New Zealand’s most significant fossil site for land-dwelling animals

• New Research Centre Aims To Help Reduce Risk Of Covid-19 Transmission

  The newly established Indoor Air Quality Research Centre (IAQRC) brings together expertise from seven

• Emergency Management Sector To Benefit From Researchers’ Natural Hazard

  Leading researchers will team up to share their knowledge on Aotearoa’s tsunami and earthquake risk with

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The Science of Doom

• Models and Rainfall – VII – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI RCP4.5

  In VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared vs history we looked at how each model thought

• Models and Rainfall – VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared we compared four models among themselves for two future

• Models and Rainfall – V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In the last article we looked at a comparison between Miroc (Japanese climate mode) and MPI (German climate

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Seeing the Forest

• Check Yourself For Confirmation Bias

  I think we should all be aware that confirmation bias is a real thing. The US has done terrible things

• Sanctions On Russian Oligarchs Won’t Work But Sanctions On Russia’s Economy

  Sanctions on Russia’s oligarchs won’t work. The idea is that imposing sanctions of Putin’

• Arnold

  I hope everyone has seen this. I haven’t given a “Blog Hero Award” for a while, but…

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The Slog

• France: a choice made clear – Raw Nationalism v Naked Dystopia

  Eerie silences in the French Election campaign

• Presidentielle: why the French connection is of truly global significance

  A journey of connection from Mariupol in the Ukraine all the way to Round 1 of the French Presidential

• What next?

  Soldarity against evil need not involve goosestepping thought control

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Universe Today

• Two Rockets at Cape Canaveral

  The NASA Artemis I mission and the Axiom Mission 1 were photographed side by side on Launch Complex 39s

• Martian Astronauts Will Create Fuel by Having a Shower

  A team of Spanish researchers, with support from the ESA, are working on a system that will allow

• Because of Extreme Drought, Lake Powell is Barely a Lake Anymore

  The two largest reservoirs in the United States are now at their lowest levels since they were first

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Whistleblower Network News

• OSHA Seeking Input on Improvements to Whistleblower Program with a Focus on

  On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will

• House Bill Offers Fixes to AML Whistleblower Program

  In January 2021, the passage of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act of 2020 established the AML Whistleblower

• OSHA Orders Trucking Company to Pay Back Wages and Damages to Two Employees

  Two employees of Transdev Services, Inc., a San Jose trucking company, will receive over $145,000 in back

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Andy Worthington

• “Guantánamo Diary Revisited”: Online Screening of New Documentary as a

  Promoting the online screening, next week, of "Guantánamo Diary Revisited", John Goetz's new

• Two Radio Shows: I Discuss Guantánamo with Buz Eisenberg and Misty Winston

  Promoting two recent radio interviews about Guantánamo - with former Guantánamo attorney Buz Eisenberg on

• Sufyian Barhoumi Sent Home From Guantánamo to Algeria Nearly Five and a

  Celebrating the release from Guantánamo of Sufyian Barhoumi, an Algerian who was approved for release

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