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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

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English: Narendra Modi in Press Conference (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

WIRED

The Race to Secure Voting Tech Gets an Urgent Jumpstart
The full report is out from this summer's Defcon voting machine hack. And while there's been some progress in securing America's elections, experts...
How a Heavy Lift Ship Rescued the Damaged USS John S McCain
After a collision at sea, the USS John S McCain needed a ride home from the MV Treasure.
Why the Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Porgs in the 'Last Jedi' Trailer
Meet this season's BB-8. Twitter can't get enough of him.

NYT > Home Page

Europe Edition: Catalonia, Harvey Weinstein, California: Your Wednesday Briefing
Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
Wildfires Burn Out of Control Across Northern California; 17 Are Dead
The two biggest and most destructive fires consumed more than 52,000 acres in Napa and Sonoma Counties, the heart of wine country.
‘Everything Was Incinerated’: Scenes From One Community Wrecked by the Santa Rosa Fire
Household items were so deformed by the fires in Northern California it was sometimes difficult to know what they had been before.

India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti

The concept of 'living will': Key points
The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to examine the concept of a 'living will,' more than six years after passive euthanasia was accepted as a...
TN cabinet okays Seventh Pay Commission recommendations, raises liquor prices
here will be 20% hike in the salaries of government employees and teachers.
Rural development should be outcome based not output based: PM Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday batted for an outcome-based approach for rural development and said that "the country has sufficient...

BBC News - UK

Brexit: UK to wait until 'last moment' to spend on 'no deal' plan
Philip Hammond says he will prepare in a "timely" manner but won't spend money before it is needed.
No energy bill price cap this winter, Ofgem says
A further one million customers will benefit from a limit on bills, but a wider cap will be delayed.
Van crashes into Maulden thatched cottage front door
The vehicle is thought to have crossed a grass verge and gone through a hedge before hitting the cottage.

National Geographic News

Reuters: World News

UK's Hammond rejects call to fund plans for 'no deal' Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Philip Hammond rejected calls on Wednesday to start spending on plans for a "no deal" Brexit as a way to...
U.S. flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President...
How a businessman struck a deal with Islamic State to help Assad feed Syrians
RAQQA/DUBAI (Reuters) - While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was accusing the West of turning a blind eye to Islamic State smuggling, a member of...

SPACE.com

'Alien: Covenant' Crew Parties Ahead of Cryosleep in 'Prologue' Video
Meet the crew of the “Covenant” colonization ship in this “Last Supper” prologue to the film.
Spaceflight Purchase Electron Launch for Medium-Inclination Payloads
Spaceflight, a company that arranges launches for small satellites, announced May 17 is it purchasing a launch from Rocket Lab for payloads seeking...
A Cloud 'Tide' Fills the Grand Canyon in Gorgeous Time-Lapse Video
Time-lapse images recently captured an incredible sight — a "tide" of clouds rolling in to fill up the Grand Canyon.

CBC | Canada News

Sears Canada wants court's permission to liquidate all remaining stores
Sears Canada says it plans to seek court approval to begin liquidation of all its remaining stores...
Chaos inside the Phoenix pay centres — Is anyone's pay right?
Workers inside pay offices across the country say the litany of problems with Phoenix software —...
'Truth-telling helped us': Residential school survivor's family hopes others will preserve testimony
Residential school survivor Ted Quewezance and his daughter are encouraging tens of thousands of...

Yahoo News - Top Stories

W.Va. Sen. Capito’s difficult journey to ‘no’
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Tuesday she was against the current version of the Senate GOP health care bill. In an exchange that was...
Cardinal Pell Makes Statement Following Announcement of Charges
Cardinal George Pell spoke of his innocence and said he is looking forward to having his day in court after Australian authorities charged him with...
Trump’s lawyers fail to follow through on threats to Comey
President Trump’s lawyers, after rethinking their legal strategy, have shelved plans for now to file complaints accusing former FBI Director James...

CNN.com - Top Stories

Zero rain and strong winds today are expected to hamper firefighters' efforts to battle the deadly blazes
Wildfires raging across Northern California have killed at least 17 people, as hundreds of firefighters battle the flames and keep thousands of...
Wildfires devour area the size of a football field every 3 seconds
More than a dozen wildfires are scorching Northern California, aided by the state's epic drought, low humidity and high winds. Here's some...
Man in coma after burns, daughter's whereabouts unknown
As firefighters battle deadly wildfires across Northern California, families are frantically searching for missing loved ones.

WSJ.com: What's News US

Wall Street Journal Reporter Sentenced to Prison by Turkish Court
A Turkish court sentenced Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak to two years and one month in prison Tuesday, declaring her guilty of engaging in terrorist...
Finally, More Women Are Asking for Raises. But There's a Catch.
They find they pay a price for getting what they want.
Wall Street Journal Reporter Sentenced to Prison by Turkish Court
A Turkish court sentenced Journal reporter Ayla Albayrak to two years and one month in prison Tuesday, declaring her guilty of engaging in terrorist...

Sydney Morning Herald RSS News Headlines

Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.
Incident that led to death of helicopter pilot in Antarctica preventable, inquest hears
The man in charge at an Antarctic base when a helicopter pilot died believed the incident was preventable.
More than 90,000 Honda car owners driving with faulty Takata airbags
More than 90,000 Honda cars with potentially deadly airbags are still on the road.

The Times of India

Actor Anupam Kher appointed FTII chairman
Veteran actor Anupam Kher was on Wednesday named the new Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune.
Probe blames heavy rain for Elphinstone stampede
According to the report, the stampede was caused by heavy rains which forced people outside at the ticket counters to rush to the already jammed...
Small asteroid set to pass by Earth on Thursday
The asteroid designated 2012 TC4 is estimated to be 15 to 30 meters in size. Orbit prediction experts say the asteroid poses no risk of impact with...

UK news | The Guardian

Ofgem extends energy price cap to 1m more vulnerable customers
Regulator takes interim step towards Theresa May’s plan for wider cap, which is unlikely to take effect until next winterA million more households...
Care homes could become most common place to die by 2040
Experts estimate that 76% of all deaths in England and Wales will occur in care facilities, hospices and at home by 2040Care homes could overtake...
Egg safety – we've cracked it, food watchdog tells Britons
Pregnant women, infants and elderly people told it is now safe for them to eat runny or even raw British eggsPregnant women, babies and elderly people...

Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis

Chicago’s soda tax fizzles after two months, dealing a blow to the anti-soda movement
The tax — the country’s largest on the books — had been plagued by legal challenges, implementation glitches and a...
Allegations of harassment, rape pile up against Weinstein as Paltrow, Jolie and other stars come forward
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, already suspected of decades of sexual harassment, faced accusations that he raped three women. Separately, actresses...
Weinstein’s wife leaving him amid sexual harassment accusations

NBC News Top Stories

Trump Wanted Tenfold Nuclear Increase, Surprising Military
President Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal in a meeting with military leaders this summer.
The Real Fuel Behind the Western Fires: Human Activity
Scientists generally agree that man-made climate change has exacerbated the drought and high temperatures that are fueling California's deadly...
Raging Wildfires Caught Sleeping Californians by Surprise
Authorities on Tuesday continued to struggle with containing at least 17 firestorms raging simultaneously across the state's celebrated wine country.

PCWorld

Toshiba TR200 review: Another slow TLC SSD
The whole idea behind Triple-Level Cell (3-bit/TLC) NAND is to put more stuff into less space for less cash. It’s succeeded at the former, but the...
TP-Link KC120 Kasa Cam review: All the essentials in an affordably priced security camera
This security camera delivers crystal-clear video, sound and motion detection, and integration with Amazon's Echo Show smart speaker and display.
What is two-factor authentication, and which 2FA apps are best?
The age of widespread fingerprint and face-scanning authentication is almost here. Yet even in the age of Apple’s Face ID and Windows 10’s Hello,...

11 October - igoogle portal - Home

English: Cameron, LA, January 11, 2006 - A worker for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sorting and organizing barrels of hazardous waste materials collected in Cameron and delivered to this site. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Scooter Schaefer
Scooter Schaefer is the Director of Digital Marketing at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He is a graduate of George Mason University and a...
Overnight Energy: EPA to Propose Clean Power Plan Repeal
The Hill covers the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt announced Monday that the formal...
Oil and Spectrum Rights Models Offer a Clue
Thomas W. Hazlett’s “How Politics Stalls Wireless Innovation” (op-ed, Oct. 2) outlines the irrationality of the current political mismanagement of the...

Opinion | The Guardian

Why prostitution should never be legalised | Julie Bindel
Decriminalisation of the sex trade benefits pimps and brothel-owners, not women. Abolition is the only progressive solutionAsk the question “What...
Why do we expect Theresa May to lie about Brexit? | David Shariatmadari
The PM has come under fire for not pretending she’d vote leave in a re-run of the EU referendum. The backlash is a sad indictment of our political...
I am the woman in the 'racist Dove ad'. I am not a victim | Lola Ogunyemi
When Dove offered me the chance to be the face of a new body wash campaign, I jumped. I had no idea I would become the unwitting poster child for...

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS

Trudeau's Trump plan: Find 'common ground'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will sit down with U.S. President Donald Trump today to seek common ground as uncertainty looms over the future of...
Message massage: feds wrestled with infrastructure bank narrative, too
Before its controversial tax proposals triggered a bitter war of words this summer, Finance Minister Bill Morneau's department was waging a similar...
Canadian in NYC terror trial met with Omar Khadr's lawyer in prison
A Canadian teen who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges in connection with a plot to attack New York City landmarks has met in prison with...

Tallbloke's Talkshop

Conservationists take nine flights a year, despite knowing danger to environment, study shows
All talk and very little action it seems – so what are these ‘fully informed’ conservationists conserving? This Telegraph report gets funnier as it...
Weather causes ‘lowest’ European wine output since WWII
Image credit: winesandvines.com Whatever happens with local or regional weather – hot, cold, wet, dry – if it’s anything out of the ordinary, it must...
Trump administration to terminate Obama’s climate plan
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt It’s hard to miss an undercurrent of dislike for this new but expected US policy in the...

Catallaxy Files

What an apt analogy
A story about the ATO and a so-called tax gap caught my eye this morning: The Australian Taxation Office is confident it can squeeze more out of...
Wednesday Forum: October 11, 2017
Will the Victorian judiciary apologise?
Remember earlier in the year? Three Turnbull government ministers yesterday withdrew their most contentious criticisms of the Victorian judiciary’s...

Zee News :Zee News - Blog

Ram Rahim and the UN gaffe
The United Nations’ warm invite to jailed self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh would have also taken him by surprise, assuming that he doesn't...
The 'fugitive' Indian tycoon
Strange, isn't it? There are selected number of people in our country who enjoy wealth like an average class enjoys food at home. Wish I had that...
Salman Khan's Bigg Boss 11 - Favourite contestant, film debut and more: 'Jallad' Chintan Gangar gets candid
It's October already and another exciting season of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's popular reality show Bigg Boss is taking the television...

Zee News :Technology News

Email users at highest risk of cyber threats
Spam rate which was on a slow but steady decline since 2011 is beginning to rise now.
Microsoft to bring digital assistant Cortana in Skype
Users will be able to start a private chat with Microsoft Cortana in Skype and the assistant will give them quick suggestions while responding to...
Twitter launches Happening Now feature for new users
The new feature is similar to Twitter Moments.

Zee News :Zee News - Health

Epidural painkillers do not slow labour, says study
Findings suggest that long-held practice of reducing or stopping an epidural in later stages of labor could be "out of date and misguided.”
Why does durian stink? Scientists reveal one of nature's smelliest secrets
The odour, scientists said, helps the fruit serve an essential purpose in the wild – it attracts animals to consume it and then disperse the seeds.
World Obesity Day: How parents can help their kids avoid becoming overweight
Childood obesity puts children at risk of developing serious health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart diseases later in life....

Zee News :Sci-Tech

NASA astronauts successfully complete second of three spacewalks for ISS repair
Second of three spacewalks came to an end after 6 hours 26 minutes.
Small asteroid to zoom past Earth on Thursday, says NASA
The asteroid is estimated to be 15 to 30 metres in size, and according to orbit prediction experts, it poses no risk of impact with Earth.
Where does Mars get its sand from? This is probably where its produced
The grains of sand that make up sand dunes on Earth and Mars have a hazardous existence because of the way that they travel.

Zee News :South asia

Locals warned to stay away as Japanese volcano erupts
Mount Shinmoedake in southern Japan erupted for the first time in six years on Wednesday.
Communist Party of China to hold key meeting, set agendas
The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Wednesday will hold a key meeting that will lay the foundation for the party's upcoming 19th National...
Nawaz Sharif's sons likely to skip anti-corruption court hearing
Nawaz Sharif's two sons Hussain and Hassan left for London to be with their mother, Kulsoom, who is battling throat cancer.

Zee News :World

US sacks top Navy commanders after deadly warship collision
The US Navy on Wednesday sacked two top commanders from a warship that was involved in a deadly collision with a tanker off Singapore, citing a "loss...
Locals warned to stay away as Japanese volcano erupts
Mount Shinmoedake in southern Japan erupted for the first time in six years on Wednesday.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Kim promotes 'executed' ex-girlfriend to top job
The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un`s former pop-star girlfriend, who was falsely rumoured to be executed after creating a sex-tape, has been...

Zee News :India National

Anupam Kher is the new FTII Chairman, succeeds Gajendra Chauhan
Anupam Kher also held the post of chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification and the National School of Drama in India.
Pakistan building tunnels to store its nuclear weapons, just 750 km from Delhi
The site is reportedly coming up in Mianwali, which is 350-km from Amritsar and 750-km from Delhi.
Ram Gopal Varma`s next film is about NTR and Lakshmi Parvathi, the marriage that shook Andhra Pradesh
Ram Gopal Varma is going to do it again. He has announced another film project centred around a controversial figure in the political landscape of...

Channel NewsAsia World News

Black model who appeared in Dove ad says it was not racist
LONDON: A black model who appeared in a Dove advert denounced as racist by many social media users has defended the clip, saying that far from...
Turkey says hopes US will lift decision on visa embargo soon
ANKARA: Turkey hopes the United States will lift its decision on suspending visa services soon, the spokesman for the ruling AK Party said on...
Spain denounces Catalan leader's 'trickery'
PARIS: Spain's foreign minister on Wednesday (Oct 11) accused Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont of "trickery" after he suspended his declaration of...

Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

China says US violated its sovereignty in South China Sea
BEIJING: China said on Wednesday that the United States had violated its sovereignty and security, after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands...
Murdered North Korean Kim Jong Nam had US$100,000 in backpack, police witness says
The half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was carrying US$100,000 in cash in his backpack at the time of his murder, the police officer...
Army in 'systematic' bid to drive Rohingya from Myanmar: UN
GENEVA: Myanmar's "systematic" crackdown on the Rohingya has been designed to permanently eliminate the minority Muslim community from their home in...

Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

Bali’s drone adventurers plan epic flight over Mt Agung’s crater
A network of drone adventurers prepares an epic flight to the crater of Mount Agung in Bali before the volcano’s likely eruption. Channel NewsAsia’s...
Black model who appeared in Dove ad says it was not racist
LONDON: A black model who appeared in a Dove advert denounced as racist by many social media users has defended the clip, saying that far from...
China says US violated its sovereignty in South China Sea
BEIJING: China said on Wednesday that the United States had violated its sovereignty and security, after a U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands...

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.
Adam Gilchrist says Jason Behrendorff is Ashes ready if called upon
Jason Behrendorff has launched his Ashes his campaign with a stellar performance against India.
Giants Netball to play one game at AIS Arena in 2018 Super Netball season
Giants Netball will only play one game at AIS Arena next season, after two this year.

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.
Adam Gilchrist says Jason Behrendorff is Ashes ready if called upon
Jason Behrendorff has launched his Ashes his campaign with a stellar performance against India.
Giants Netball to play one game at AIS Arena in 2018 Super Netball season
Giants Netball will only play one game at AIS Arena next season, after two this year.

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Today's cartoons: The illustrated news
The news of the day as interpreted in the work of our award-winning cartoonists.
Soccer shows Australians a funny truth about our place in the world
Soccer teaches us a valuable lesson in the relativity of life.
Column 8
Loose stones travel slowly.

The Sydney Morning Herald articles

Man in shark costume falls foul of Austria's new burqa ban
And he is not the only victim of police who have strictly applied the new law.
Australian Joshua Baker held in Bali over alleged possession of sedative, marijuana
An Australian man is being detained by Bali police after marijuana mixed with tobacco and the sedative medication Diazepam was allegedly found in his...
North Korean hackers stole western military plans, politician says
The military is still unable to catalogue nearly 80 per cent of the 235 gigabytes of leaked data.