Niskanen Center
Pompeo Foreshadows Problems with Europe 4 days ago
The first problem will be the Iran deal. The post Pompeo Foreshadows Problems with Europe appeared first on Niskanen Center.
Episode 13: Are Red and Blue States Making Red and Blue Policies? 6 days ago
The Niskanen Center’s Political Research Digest features up-and-coming researchers delivering fresh insights on the big trends driving American politics today. The post Episode...
The Political Landscape Is Not Even Close to Being What You Think 6 days ago
The political fundamentals that put Donald Trump in the White House are still as strong as ever. The post The Political Landscape Is Not Even Close to Being What You Think appeared first...
Competitive Enterprise Institute
CEI Appeals Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Settlement 11 hours ago
The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness (CEI) filed its opening brief in an appeal of the settlement in In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust...
CEI Joins Coalition Praising EPA, DOT for Steps to CAFE Standard Reform 13 hours ago
View Full Document as PDF Dear Secretary Chao and Administrator Pruitt: We are writing to thank you for your principled leadership on numerous issues, but most especially on federal...
CEI Commends EPA for Reviewing CAFE Rules 13 hours ago
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the result of its mid-term evaluation. As a result of the EPA’s review and analysis, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt...
Opinion | The Guardian
Winnie Mandela was loved and loathed, but she earned her place in history | Ralph Mathekga 13 hours ago
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How will we cope when the last middle-class man slumps to the ground? 15 hours ago
To hear the likes of Niall Ferguson, he is part of an endangered species. A strange new phenomenon seems to have struck him and his media chums: victim-envyThe last male northern white...
The Gaza march is a wake-up call to the world | Tareq Baconi 17 hours ago
A planned peaceful protest ended in the deaths of 16 Palestinians. The international community can no longer ignore Israel’s intransigenceOn Friday, Palestinians in the Gaza...
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TSX falls, Dow dives as China tariffs rattle investors a day ago
Toronto's main stock index joined U.S. markets in a downward swing Monday as Chinese tariff action rattled investors after the holiday weekend.
Canada should show willingness to take in Rohingya refugees: Rae report 6 hours ago
Ottawa’s special envoy to Myanmar will release a report Tuesday urging Canada to welcome Rohingya refugees and implement sanctions against those responsible for the southeast...
Aeroplan apologizes for controversial survey, poll-maker defends 'bold' questions 17 hours ago
The Aeroplan rewards program is apologizing for an online survey that asked questions on controversial topics. But the president of the firm behind the survey insists that 'bold'...
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Policymakers! Listen up! 15 hours ago
I was trained as an engineer and then did a degree in the History and philosophy of science. I know how to calculate forces, I understand thermodynamics and radiative theory and I don’t...
Shipping faces demands to cut CO2 21 hours ago
Another day, another issue for trace gas obsessed climate worriers who want a ‘clean-up’. We’re informed that ‘Campaigners say huge improvements in CO2 emissions from...
‘Renewables Are Cheap’ Myth Busted: Full Cost of Wind & Solar Simply Staggering 2 days ago
Originally posted on STOP THESE THINGS: South Australia is renowned as a renewable energy ‘superpower’: by some strange coincidence, it’s also renowned for having the highest...
Catallaxy Files
PDT 50% approval! 17 hours ago
SPRING SHOCK: TRUMP HITS 50% APPROVAL And from Powerline: Trump is now more popular than Obama. Media hostility to President Trump has been unremitting since he secured the Republican...
Lindsay Shepherd crosses over a day ago
Lindsay Shepherd was the young Teaching Assistant caught between the Moloch of the modern left and a three minute video of Jordan Peterson which she showed in her classroom on communications...
Multimillionaire moochers a day ago
An important link tuned up on the Dupert Darwall thread courtesy of Empire 5.5. The green aristocracy exists at the pleasure of green nobility and there is currently no greater green...
Zee News :Zee News - Blog
Siem Reap: 4 temples you shouldn’t miss 3 hours ago
Siem Reap is an ancient town and the cultural capital of Cambodia. The city, which is located in the north-west of the country, is considered such a mainstay of their heritage that its...
The rise of an illiberal India: What the logjam in Parliament shows us 4 days ago
This is the age of decibel and drama. Gone are the days when the eloquence of oratory and the cogency of arguments were lauded in Parliament.
Brutally Basic Bollywood: Communalising Bollywood is absurd: Hey Ram, let Aamir Khan play Krishna 7 days ago
Bollywood has never been communal. Did we hear Hanuman ji complain about Salman Khan in Bajrangi Bhaijaan?
Zee News :Technology News
Facebook needs 'a few years' to fix problems: Mark Zuckerberg an hour ago
Zuckerberg maintained that one of Facebook's problems was that it was idealistic.
Xiaomi Redmi 5 up for sale on Amazon: All you want to know 3 hours ago
Jio users can get Rs 2,200 instant cashback and 100GB additional 4G data.
Google doodle salutes Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay – activist, social reformer and freedom fighter 7 hours ago
Because of her, National School of Drama, Sangeet Natak Akademi, Central Cottage Industries Emporium and the Crafts Council of India came into existence. ...
Zee News :Zee News - Health
Legal marijuana could help offset US opioid crisis: Study 2 hours ago
Researchers have proposed that legalising marijuana for medicinal use could help offset the US' opioid epidemic, according to two studies.
Here's how you can combat heat with cucumber 3 hours ago
From detoxifying your body to preventing dehydration to helping say bye-bye to summer woes, cucumber makes you healthy and enhances your beauty, say experts...
Red meat linked to higher colon cancer risk 20 hours ago
Having a diet free from red meat can help women reduce the risk of a type of colon cancer, suggests new research.
Zee News :Sci-Tech
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope uncovers 'Icarus', the farthest star ever seen 2 hours ago
The Hubble Space Telescope of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered the farthest star ever seen, named Icarus.The enormous blue star is located...
SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 rocket in resupply mission to space station 3 hours ago
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft- the private spaceflight company's 14th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space...
Signs of alien life? Study finds clouds of Venus may have answers 7 hours ago
Several probes to Venus have shown that the temperature and pressure conditions in the lower and middle portions of the Venusian atmosphere - altitudes between 40 and 60 kilometres...
Zee News :South asia
In crackdown against LeT, US adds its political front Milli Muslim League to terror list 7 hours ago
The MML has been added to US list of terror groups, the State and the Treasury Departments said on Monday.
Seven Palestinians killed, hundreds injured in Gaza clashes 4 days ago
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death toll and according to reports 550 Palestinians were injured.
I always wanted to come back and live without fear: Malala Yousafzai on emotional return to Pakistan 5 days ago
Nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai was given a rousing welcome upon her return to Pakistan on Thursday.
Zee News :World
Indian companies dramatically reduced H1B visa filing: US media an hour ago
The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise...
Indian yoga instructor convicted for molesting woman in Singapore 2 hours ago
Rakesh Kumar Prasad was sentenced to a nine-month jail term along with a fine of 1,000 Singapore dollar by the court but granted a bail of 16,000 Singapore dollar pending appeal...
US designates Hafiz Saeed's party as foreign terrorist outfit 2 hours ago
Seven members of the MML's central leadership body have also been designated as foreign terrorists.
Zee News :India National
CBSE not to conduct re-test for Class 10 board Maths paper in 10 hours
''This was being done in the paramount interest of students,'' said Anil Swarup, Education Secretary, Government of India.
Attorney General says emergency-like situation in country, urges SC to review ruling on SC/ST Act in 10 hours
Attorney General KK Venugopal today told the Supreme Court that its March 20 ruling has led to an emergency-like situation in the country.
Withdraw fake news guidelines issued for journalists, directs PM Modi in 10 hours
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had on Monday issued guidelines for accreditation of journalists to regulate fake news.
Channel NewsAsia World News
More than 40,000 people returned to Syria's Ghouta - agencies 3 minutes ago
MOSCOW: Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that more than 40,000 civilians who had fled Syria's eastern Ghouta have returned, Interfax agency reported. The government offensive...
In rare comment, PetroVietnam says South China Sea tension to hurt offshore operations an hour ago
Tension in the South China Sea will hurt PetroVietnam's offshore exploration and exploitation activities this year, the state-run oil and gas group said on Tuesday, weeks after...
China says it hopes US-North Korea summit can avoid 'disruptive factors' 2 hours ago
China hopes that a planned meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States can advance smoothly, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Tuesday...
Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News
China denies detaining underground bishop 28 minutes ago
BEIJING: A Chinese religious affairs official on Tuesday (Apr 3) denied that authorities briefly detained an underground bishop last week, after the Vatican poured water on Beijing's...
Pakistan's Milli Muslim League placed on US foreign terrorist list 33 minutes ago
The United States placed Pakistan's Milli Muslim League political party on its list of foreign terrorist organisations on Monday, linking it with militants that the United States...
In rare comment, PetroVietnam says South China Sea tension to hurt offshore operations an hour ago
Tension in the South China Sea will hurt PetroVietnam's offshore exploration and exploitation activities this year, the state-run oil and gas group said on Tuesday, weeks after...
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Para-swimmer Pascoe to carry New Zealand flag in opening ceremony 7 minutes ago
GOLD COAST: Para-swimmer Sophie Pascoe will carry New Zealand's flag at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on Wednesday (Apr 4). The 25-year-old is New Zealand's most successful...
China denies detaining underground bishop 12 minutes ago
BEIJING: A Chinese religious affairs official on Tuesday (Apr 3) denied that authorities briefly detained an underground bishop last week, after the Vatican poured water on Beijing's...
Pakistan's Milli Muslim League placed on US foreign terrorist list 33 minutes ago
The United States placed Pakistan's Milli Muslim League political party on its list of foreign terrorist organisations on Monday, linking it with militants that the United States...
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A violent crime, a brutal police response 4 minutes ago
The young man robbed a chemist and attacked bystanders. He deserved to be punished. But did he deserve this?
RSPCA appeals for information after puppies dumped in WA bush 6 minutes ago
“These puppies were given no chance. Whoever dumped them did so knowing that they would almost certainly die alone in the bush."
Nine ban to serve as a warning to media ahead of Commonwealth Games 27 minutes ago
It comes as the Nine Network faces a nervous wait to find out if its Games ban will be lifted on the first day of competition.
The Sydney Morning Herald articles
'Basically impossible': Indonesia unlikely to ban Facebook despite threat 20 minutes ago
An Indonesia minister warns Facebook could be banned, while Malaysia targets 'fake news' in the lead up to a crucial election.
World of Photos - April 4, 2018 21 minutes ago
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.
China insists selecting Catholic bishops no breach of religious rights an hour ago
China wants to restrict the Vatican's ability to appoint bishops in China as they try to heal their long rift.
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White House, Red Menace? Trump inviting Putin to D.C. is 'naive at best.' His timing is probably worse 8 minutes ago
In a proposition certain to raise the darkest of suspicions, Donald Trump last month invited the Russian leader to the White House during a phone call that experts say risks opening...
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A CBC analysis of federal inmate deaths has found that drug-related fatalities nearly doubled between 2010 and 2016. Some provinces have given the responsibility for inmate health...
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All Things Considered : NPR
What's Behind President Trump's Latest Focus On Illegal Immigration 11 hours ago
The idea that President Trump wants to crack down on illegal immigration is hardly a new one and now he says Democrats are to blame for the failure to reach a deal on the status of DACA recipients...
Deputy WH Press Secretary Discusses President Trump's Stance On DACA 11 hours ago
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What Chinese Tariffs Targeting American Crops Will Mean For Farmers 11 hours ago
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33% of parents unaware of content of sex education classes 6 minutes ago
More than one in three parents do not know what their children are learning in sex education classes, they have told school inspectors.
Dublin City Council fined nine buskers €75 each for playing too loud in 2017 9 minutes ago
Nine buskers in Dublin City Centre were ordered to pay over €600 in fines last year.
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Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
Para-swimmer Pascoe to carry New Zealand flag in opening ceremony 10 minutes ago
GOLD COAST: Para-swimmer Sophie Pascoe will carry New Zealand's flag at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on Wednesday (Apr 4). The 25-year-old is New Zealand's most successful...
China denies detaining underground bishop 16 minutes ago
BEIJING: A Chinese religious affairs official on Tuesday (Apr 3) denied that authorities briefly detained an underground bishop last week, after the Vatican poured water on Beijing's...
Pakistan's Milli Muslim League placed on US foreign terrorist list 37 minutes ago
The United States placed Pakistan's Milli Muslim League political party on its list of foreign terrorist organisations on Monday, linking it with militants that the United States...
WhoWhatWhy
Voter Suppression in Application of Voter Fraud Laws? 18 hours ago
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Are Judges and Juries Done Believing Everything the FBI Says? 21 hours ago
Since 9/11, the FBI has had little trouble winning prosecutions against anyone it says is a “terrorist.” That might be changing. The post Are Judges and Juries Done Believing...
Payvand Iran News
Iran State Railway Chief Resigns, 3 Arrested After Train Crash Kills 44 a year ago
Three railway staff have been detained after a deadly train collision took place in Iran's north-central province of Semnan on Friday. The accident happened when a passenger train...
Iran non-oil exports to Iraq stand at $6.2B, including $2.2B of agricultural products a year ago
Ebrahim Rezazadeh on Sunday highlighted the importance of Iraq's market for exporting Iranian products, adding ";since 2005, our exports to Iraq has increased 17 times, which is...
Russia May Use Iran's Hamadan Base if Admiral Kuznetsov Moves Away From Syria a year ago
Russia could use Iran's Hamadan airbase in case the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier used for anti-terror strikes in Syria moves away from the Syrian borders for a new mission...
Science@NASA Headline News
Groundbreaking X-ray Optics will Enable Future Observatories 17 hours ago
This blog post originated in the 2016 Science Mission Directorate Technology Highlights Report (20 MB PDF). Technology Development An X-ray telescope is characterized...
Understanding the Outer Reaches of Earth's Atmosphere 4 days ago
Video Length: 3:38The ionosphere is where Earth's atmosphere gives way to space, and two new NASA missions will work together to uncover its secrets. Read this story Video Links: Understanding...
‘Marsquakes’ Could Shake Up Planetary Science 5 days ago
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars. That's when NASA will send the first robotic lander dedicated to exploring the planet's subsurface...
How to of the Day
How to Cancel an Appointment 8 hours ago
Whether it’s because of an unexpected delay, travel issues, or a schedule mix-up, canceling plans is sometimes inevitable. Breaking the news to the person you are missing an appointment...
How to Dance the Jitterbug 16 hours ago
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How to Take Action to Solve the Water Crisis a day ago
Access to clean water is a global concern; currently there are many areas in the world that face clean water shortages. The number of people this affects each year is expected to rise...
LobeLog
Will the Real Pakistan Stand Up, Please? 11 hours ago
by James M. Dorsey Two headlines this month beg the question US officials have been grappling with for more than a decade: Will the real Pakistan stand up, please? Pakistan’s The...
Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal 16 hours ago
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Inauspicious Anniversaries and Lessons Unlearned 21 hours ago
by Emile Nakhleh This year, American policymakers and regimes across the Middle East face three inauspicious anniversaries, which continue to bedevil this country and the region...
Democracy Now!
Starvation Wages Are a "Crime": Lessons from MLK & 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike, 50 Years Later 19 hours ago
This week, commemorations are being held to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights leader and peace activist was gunned down...
Massacre in Gaza: Israeli Forces Open Fire on Palestinians, Killing 18, Wounding As Many As 1,700 20 hours ago
At least 18 Palestinians have died in Gaza after Israeli forces opened fire Friday on a protest near the Gaza Strip's eastern border with Israel. As many as 1,700 Palestinians were...
Headlines for April 2, 2018 20 hours ago
Israeli Troops Fire on Gaza Protesters, Killing 18 and Wounding 1,700, Trump Declares DACA Dead, Demands Border Wall, Trump Calls for Immigration Crackdown as Migrant Caravan Heads...
News : NPR
Bench Player Carries Villanova To Second Title In Three Years Over Michigan 4 hours ago
Sophomore Donte DiVincenzo scored 31 points as the Wildcats, sporting the nation's most powerful offense, overcame a slow start to blow past the Wolverines 79-62...
After Violence Erupts In Kashmir, Disputed Region Shutters Storefronts In Strike 5 hours ago
Raids on militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir became full gun battles last weekend, leaving at least 20 people dead. Pakistani leaders condemned the violence...
The Scarcity Trap: Why We Keep Digging When We're Stuck In A Hole 7 hours ago
Have you ever noticed that when something important is missing in your life, your brain can only seem to focus on that missing thing? Two researchers have dubbed this phenomenon "scarcity."...
WebMD Health
Could Medical Pot Help Curb the Opioid Crisis? 12 hours ago
Opioid prescriptions tend to decrease in U.S. states that adopt medical marijuana laws or legalize recreational use of pot, two different research teams have concluded...
Early Periods May Heighten Obesity Risk Later 14 hours ago
Researchers at Imperial College London analyzed data from hundreds of thousands of women in the United Kingdom. They said their findings add to evidence linking onset of puberty...
Seeking Better Sleep Under a Weighted Blanket 16 hours ago
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Budget 2018: The Most Disappointing Budget Ever 19 days ago
Premier Pallister’s Trump-esque statement that budget 2018 was going to be the “best budget ever” has fallen a bit flat. Instead of a bold plan to deal with climate change, poverty...
2018 Federal Budget Analysis 2 months ago
Watch this space for response and analysis of the federal budget from CCPA staff and our Alternative Federal Budget partners. More information will be added as it is available...
CED in Manitoba - The Video 2 months ago
Community Economic Development in Manitoba - nudging capitalism out of the way?
CNN.com - Top Stories
The deputy attorney general gave the go-ahead to special counsel Robert Mueller in a 2017 memo an hour ago
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told special counsel Robert Mueller in a classified August 2, 2017, memo that he should investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's...
WSJ: Special counsel looking into Roger Stone's ties to WikiLeaks 2 hours ago
Roger Stone's potential ties to WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing...
The Mueller investigation: Who could be next? 2 hours ago
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for business documents, according to a CNN source.
Political Mojo | Mother Jones
2014 Donald Trump Landed a Sick Burn on 2017 Donald Trump a year ago
Update, May 4, 2017: This is relevant AGAIN because today, May 4, is also a Thursday and the GOP is again supposed to vote for the American Health Care Act. FAST FACTS ABOUT TODAY, MARCH...
President Obama Just Surprised Joe Biden With the Presidential Medal of Freedom a year ago
President Obama just awarded Vice-President Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Though he knew Obama was going to honor him, Biden apparently didn't know he was going to receive...
Donald Trump Will Make His Son-In-Law A Senior White House Advisor, Which May Be Illegal a year ago
In November, Kevin Drum warned that liberals needed to start paying more attention to Jared Kushner. Looks like he was right: BREAKING: Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will be...
memeorandum
Studies: Democratic politicians represent middle-class voters. GOP politicians don't. (Dylan Matthews/Vox) 3 hours ago
Dylan Matthews / Vox:Studies: Democratic politicians represent middle-class voters. GOP politicians don't. — Political scientists are finding an alarming pattern. ...
Sinclair Chairman Claims Entire Print Media Has 'No Credibility' (Olivia Nuzzi/New York Magazine) 3 hours ago
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Trump leads Kasich, Flake among likely NH GOP voters (Brett Samuels/The Hill) 4 hours ago
Brett Samuels / The Hill:Trump leads Kasich, Flake among likely NH GOP voters — leads a pair of potential Republican challengers in a theoretical 2020 New Hampshire primary...
The Register
For some reason, you lot love 'em. So here are the many ThinkPads of 2018 4 minutes ago
We make sense of the range For some Reg readers there's only One True Laptop, and it's the ThinkPad. Yes, still.…
Microsoft reinventing Massive Arrays of Idle Disks for Azure, 'cos IBM tape ain't enough 37 minutes ago
Redmond claims to be world’s biggest tape user, but wants a faster alternative for AI data Microsoft is working on a new class of disk-based storage appliance for its Azure cloud...
Tech’s big lie: Relations between capital and labor don't matter 2 hours ago
IBM shafting fifty-somethings shows business-as-usual hasn't been disrupted At a riotous final concert at San Francisco’s Winterland auditorium, The Sex Pistols’ frontman...
BBC News - Technology
Facebook's Zuckerberg fires back at Apple's Tim Cook 14 hours ago
Mark Zuckerberg says it is "extremely glib" to suggest Facebook does not care about its users.
AI 'poses less risk to jobs than feared' says OECD 16 hours ago
Far fewer jobs are at high risk of being lost than had previously been claimed, says an OECD study.
Tesla rebuked by death crash investigators a day ago
The agency probing a fatal crash says it is "unhappy" the firm made public details of the collision.
Further
We Are All the Easter Bunny 13 hours ago
By Abby Zimet, Staff WriterAs to be expected, the annual White House Easter Egg Roll was David-Lynch-level bizarro: Next to a stunned Easter Bunny and before thousands of kids gathered...
Pot/Kettle: This Is Extremely Dangerous to A Democracy 2 days ago
By Abby Zimet, Staff WriterFor an unsettling portent of what an authoritarian media looks like, check out the newly surfaced video compilation of dozens of well-coiffed, witless...
Earthly Messenger: The 15 Faces of Bowie, Sort Of 6 days ago
By Abby Zimet, Staff WriterA bronze, strange statue of David Bowie, billed as the world’s first such testament to the rock icon, was just unveiled in the English town where he debuted...
ForceChange
Reject Acts of Brutal Violence Against Peaceful Students 5 hours ago
Thousands of students were violently attacked by police forces as they peacefully demonstrated against sexual harassment. Sign the petition to urge the United Nations and international...
Demand Clean Car Standards Be Reinstated 6 hours ago
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to roll back historic clean car standards that have been wildly successful. Demand that Scott Pruitt stop treating the environment...
Bring Back Animal Welfare Rules for Organic Products 6 hours ago
Animals whose meat can be sold as organic can continue to be kept in unacceptable conditions of overcrowded confinement, as the Trump administration announced it will get rid of rules...
News24 Top Stories
News24.com | Six mine workers die after their bus is set alight an hour ago
Six mine workers have died and 28 others were injured after the bus they were travelling in was set alight outside Driekop in Limpopo, police have said...
News24.com | LIVE: Tributes pour in as life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is remembered an hour ago
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who first emerged as the dignified anti-apartheid struggle figure and then came to represent the liberation movement’s worst excesses, has died...
News24.com | Parktown Boys' teacher to be held accountable for alleged racist rant 40 minutes ago
The Gauteng education department has said it would make sure that a Parktown Boys' High School teacher is held accountable for an alleged racist rant.
Science: Current Issue
Structure of the nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B reveals mechanism of memory-enhancing molecule 5 days ago
Regulation by the integrated stress response (ISR) converges on the phosphorylation of translation initiation factor eIF2 in response to a variety of stresses. Phosphorylation...
Response to Comment on "Enhanced water permeability and tunable ion selectivity in subnanometer carbon nanotube porins" 5 days ago
Horner and Pohl argue that high water transport rates reported for carbon nanotube porins (CNTPs) originate from leakage at the nanotube-bilayer interface. Our results and new...
Unexplained Mysteries
Brain implants could make telepathy a reality 18 hours ago
A leading surgeon believes that we will gain the ability to read each other's minds within as little as 20 years. It might sound like something out of...
Baby dies after being snatched by a monkey 20 hours ago
Police in India are searching for a monkey that carried off and killed a small child in the eastern state of Orissa. The horrifying incident occurred...
Tiangong-1 space station crashes into the sea a day ago
The out-of-control space station has finally come down in the Pacific Ocean after months of uncertainty. Originally launched back in 2011, China's pro...
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Network Front | The Guardian
Jeremy Corbyn criticised for attending radical Jewish event 2 hours ago
Labour leader attended meeting of Jewdas, which is at odds with mainstream Jewish groups over alleged antisemitism in the partyJeremy Corbyn has been criticised for attending a...
Tuesday briefing: Corbyn walks into fresh antisemitism row 3 hours ago
Labour leader attends radical Jewish group’s event ... fatal London shooting brings fresh concern … Hislop mansplains why female politicians don’t guest host Good morning...
Women too modest to host Have I Got News For You, Hislop claims 9 hours ago
BBC show’s team captains say low number of guest slots given to female politicians is because they refuse to appearThe dearth of female politicians appearing as guest hosts of Have...
SPACE.com
After Tiangong-1, What Are the Next Big Pieces of Space Junk to Crash to Earth? a day ago
The Chinese experimental space station Tiangong-1 fell to Earth on Sunday (April 1). But hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk still circle Earth, and a few of them will crash...
Mission Ctrl-P: HP Launches New Zero-G Printer for the Space Station a day ago
The astronauts residing on the International Space Station have a slew of state-of-the-art scientific instruments and cutting-edge tech, from DNA sequencers to robot assistants...
Used SpaceX Dragon Launches NASA Cargo to Space Station on Pre-flown Rocket a day ago
SpaceX launched a used Dragon cargo spacecraft on a return trip to the International Space Station today (April 2) on a Falcon 9 rocket that has also been to space before...
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Nar conducts another interesting campaign 9 minutes ago
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Indonesian city declares emergency after oil spill 9 minutes ago
Indonesia has declared a state of emergency around a port on Borneo island, officials said on Tuesday, after a large oil spill and fire killed four people at the weekend...
China steps up crackdown on online asset management sector 12 minutes ago
China’s central bank has launched a two-month-long examination into online asset managers
Google Cloud Platform Blog
Google Cloud using P4Runtime to build smart networks a day ago
By Jim Wanderer, Engineering Director and Amin Vahdat, Google Fellow Data networks are difficult to design, build and manage, and often don’t work as well as we would like. Here...
How to run Windows Containers on Compute Engine a day ago
By Mete Atamel, Developer Advocate Container virtualization is a rapidly evolving technology that can simplify how you deploy and manage distributed applications. When people...
How to export logs from Stackdriver Logging: new solution documentation 4 days ago
By Charles Baer, Solutions Architect Stackdriver Logging is broadly integrated with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), offering rich logging information about GCP services and how...
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Outlook Blogs
It's Football Season: Five Matches You Shouldn't Miss In February 2 years ago
With the European football season coming thick and fast, here are five matches to look forward...
You Fit Right Here: Obama Tells Muslims-Americans At Baltimore Mosque 2 years ago
During a visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, his first to a mosque in the United States...
"Siri, Do You Ever Get Things Wrong?" 2 years ago
The new TV ads for Apple’s iPhone6 are built around Siri, the voice-activated program...
The Hayride
THE FIX IS IN: Are JBE And Republican “Moderates” Conspiring To Defund TOPS In The Regular Session? 10 hours ago
A wicked plan is being created during backroom meetings on the 4th floor of the State Capitol. The Governor and a small group of moderates in the Louisiana House are putting together...
JOHNSON: How To Explain The 2nd Amendment To Your Teen 14 hours ago
Editor’s Note: A guest post from Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), a husband, father of four, and constitutional law attorney who serves on the Judiciary and Natural Resources...
SICK: Parkland Shooter Cruz Receiving Fan Mail and Money from Admirers 16 hours ago
Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz is “getting flooded with fan mail from young women and men who profess love and support for the teen killer of 17 people,” the Miami Herald reports...
Lifehacker
The Shockingly Great DropMix Music Mixing Card Game Is Back On Sale [Update: Now $50!] 12 hours ago
Update: If you missed this deal a few weeks ago, this is back down to $50.Read more...
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The 10 Best Deals of April 2, 2018 11 hours ago
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more...
Pesticide Action Network
Celebrating farmworkers 6 days ago
This week, we join farmworkers and farmworker advocates around the country in celebrating progress towards eliminating a long legacy of injustice. It’s National Farmworker...
Farmworker Awareness Week: Immigration 6 days ago
To commemorate National Farmworker Awareness Week (March 24-31, 2018), our partners at Farmworker Justice are writing blogs that touch on different aspects of farmworkers’...
Transparency Anyone? 7 days ago
New half-mile buffer zones put into place around schools are a solid step forward in protecting California children from pesticide drift. However, a huge loophole exists in the execution...
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Jimmy Carter calls Trump's decision to hire Bolton 'a disaster for our country' 7 days ago
The former president, who has traveled to North Korea, expresses hope for the planned White House summit with Pyongyang.
Dow rebounds by 669 points, its best day since 2008, as trade war fears ease in stock market 7 days ago
Signs of negotiations between China and U.S. calm worries over major tariff fight.
Instagram or Swimsuit Issue?: Kelly Ripa rocks a string bikini at 47 7 days ago
Husband Mark Consuelos captioned wife Kelly Ripa's bikini shot, “Sultry Sundays with the sexy one are my fave."
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'The wars will never stop' - millions flee bloodshed as Congo falls apart 4 hours ago
Starving and sick, people living in the Democratic Republic of Congo are caught in a bloody cycle of violence and political turmoilJustin Kapitu is dying. He does not know it yet, and...
Revealed: Facebook hate speech exploded in Myanmar during Rohingya crisis 8 hours ago
Analyst says: ‘I really don’t know how Zuckerberg and co sleep at night’ after evidence emerges of a spike in posts inciting violenceHate speech exploded on Facebook at the...
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies aged 81 16 hours ago
South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of Nelson Mandela became mired in controversyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela, a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle in South...
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University Of Illinois Attempts To Trademark Bully An Alumnus After Failing To Stop His Trademark Registration 5 hours ago
It's not a great look when our institutions of higher learning either can't get their own collective shit together on matters of law or else attempt to bully former students with specious...
Judge Blocks Iowa Town From Shutting Down Or Suing Resident Over His Critical Website 9 hours ago
The government of a small town in Iowa has just received a slapdown from a US federal court. The public servants running Sibley, Iowa -- pop. ~3,000 -- decided it was going to eliminate...
Attorney General Says Texas Cops Can View All The Camera Footage They Want Before Being Questioned 11 hours ago
Body cameras on cops are, generally speaking, a good idea. Anything that opens up law enforcement to a little more scrutiny is better than the alternative, even if body cameras contribute...
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A Toronto health fair becomes anything but after the same needle was used on 30 people during free blood sugar tests [Sick] 2 hours ago
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White House criticises China for $3bn tariffs on US imports 11 hours ago
Pork, wine and scrap aluminium are among the 128 US imports being targeted by Beijing.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Anti-apartheid campaigner dies at 81 16 hours ago
The anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of Nelson Mandela has died aged 81, her PA says.
Israel scraps African migrant deportation plan 17 hours ago
Under a deal with the UN, more than 16,000 African asylum seekers will be sent to the West.
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Asparagus spreads cancer? 2 months ago
Breast cancer patients could be encouraged to cut asparagus and other foods from their diets in the future to reduce the risk of the disease spreading, scientists say. Researchers...
False tsunami warning sent to the East Coast 2 months ago
False tsunami warning sent to the East Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean by Kalhan Rosenblatt Some residents along the East Coast received a false tsunami warning on Tuesday morning...
It comes amid the advancement in AI weapons deployed by nations at war. Campaigners are calling on robots with killer tech to be banned GETTY TERROR: The UN will be shown a video of robots killing without instructions 5 months ago
Gruesome footage put together by AI experts shows small drones descending on a classroom and killing pupils by blowing up their heads. The film – to be show to United Nations (UN)...