Wednesday, September 26, 2018

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  The Hayride

  • …which is a ranking consistently getting worse under John Bel Edwards’ time as governor. The survey in question is the Tax Foundation’s 2019 State Business Tax Climate Index...

  • SICK: Now Kavanaugh is accused of committing gang rape

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  • Attorney Michael Avenatti, on the eve of Brett Kavanaugh’s high-profile hearing to address sexual misconduct allegations, identified and released a “sworn declaration”...

  • This is what submitting a Freedom of Information Act request to the FBI looks like

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    • This is what filing a Freedom of Information Act request looks like with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). The government agencies tasked with investigating can’t uncover...

      Lifehacker

  • We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.Read more...

  • How Is Your macOS Mojave Experience on Your Older Mac?

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  • New macOS versions usually mean better performance on Apple’s latest hardware, but they’re rarely optimized for anything older (even last year’s models). So what’s the...

  • Smartphones Aren't Ruining Your Eyes

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    • Blue light from smartphones might be interfering with your sleep, but there’s no evidence that it’s blinding you, despite ad claims and, occasionally, headlines implying it...

    Pesticide Action Network

  • Rebuilding a fair and resilient farming system means giving voice to those who have often been left out. Historically underserved farmers are just that – historically and systematically...

  • The Farm Bill is up — & it matters

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  • Congress is taking up the Farm Bill again, and many issues key to our food and agriculture system are on the table — including how we deal with pesticides. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex...

  • Toward farmer justice in California

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    • The California Farmer Justice Collaborative is a collective of organizations working toward equity with and for historically underserved farmers in California. Learn more Slideshow...

      USATODAY - News Top Stories

  • The ideological direction of the Supreme Court will be at stake Thursday in a hearing focused on Brett Kavanaugh's behavior toward women.        ...

  • Two men say they, not Brett Kavanaugh, had alleged sexual encounter with Christine Ford

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  • The Senate Judiciary Committee has questioned two men who say they, not Brett Kavanaugh, had the disputed encounter with Christine Ford.        ...

  • Nike nearly cut ties with Colin Kaepernick months before 'Just Do It' campaign, per report

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    • Months before Colin Kaepernick became the face of Nike's "Just Do It" campaign, the sports apparel giant nearly cut ties with the ex-NFL quarterback.        ...

      World news | The Guardian

  • Christine Blasey Ford prepares for committee hearing as Kavanaugh denies new claims in interview with RepublicansChristine Blasey Ford, the California professor who has accused...

  • Salisbury poisoning suspect identified as Russian colonel

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  • ‘Ruslan Boshirov’ is actually decorated GRU officer Anatoliy Chepiga, investigators sayOne of the two suspects in the Salisbury novichok poisoning has been identified as...

  • Trump accuses China of meddling in midterms, citing Iowa newspaper ad

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    • Pressed for evidence, president points to advertisement openly funded by China as foreign minister denies accusationDonald Trump has accused China of seeking to interfere in US...

      Techdirt.

  • The brave new path to a gatekeeper-manned, non-open internet the EU recently cut with its plainly atrocious new copyright directive was, were you to believe the general media coverage...

  • Indian Supreme Court Rules Aadhaar Does Not Violate Privacy Rights, But Places Limits On Its Use

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  • Techdirt wrote recently about what seems to be yet another problem with India's massive Aadhaar biometric identity system. Alongside these specific security issues, there is the...

  • State Attorneys General Really Want To Go After Big Internet Companies; But Claim It's About Privacy, Not Bias

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    • We've written a few times about how Attorney General Jeff Sessions' plan to meet with State Attorneys General about going after big internet companies for perceived political bias...

      Fark.com RSS

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  • NASA finally finds the Mars Opportunity rover after it went missing during a Martian death storm. Problem is it's still mad at us and won't communicate because it feels slighted (possible nsfw content on page) [Interesting]

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  • "Bathroom? Take the first door on the left and go down 30,000 feet" [Dumbass]

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      BBC News - Home

  • Christine Blasey Ford says in her written testimony she believes Brett Kavanaugh tried to rape her.

  • UK poisoning suspect 'real identity revealed'

    11 hours ago
  • The real name of one of the men believed to be behind the Salisbury attack has been revealed by a website.

  • US Supreme Court nominee fights new claim

    11 hours ago
    • The judge says a serious allegation of misconduct by a third woman is "from the Twilight Zone".

      Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

  • A diverse coalition representing health care providers, non-profit organizations, workers, seniors, patients and academics has come together to issue a statement of consensus...

  • Kate McInturff Fellowship in Gender Justice

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  • The CCPA is pleased to announce the creation of the Kate McInturff Fellowship in Gender Justice.This Fellowship is created to honour the legacy of senior researcher Kate McInturff...

  • The buck-a-beer challenge Ontario deserves

    20 days ago
    • Ricardo Tranjan proposes an alternate plan to Doug Ford's buck-a-beer challenge in the Toronto Star.

      CNN.com - Top Stories

  • On the eve of a potentially make or break moment for his Supreme Court nominee, President Donald Trump held a press conference to talk about his favorite subject: Himself...

  • Chris Cuomo: Fox News interview may haunt Kavanaugh

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  • CNN's Chris Cuomo takes a look at what's on the line for Brett Kavanaugh ahead of his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

  • Trump performs his best material, but fails on Kavanaugh

    3 hours ago
    • Rambling and often incoherent, President Trump made his UN press conference mainly about himself and not about defending his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. He raised the...

      memeorandum

  • New York Times: , For Gavin Newsom, a Stealth Run for California Governor  —  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — He may seem hesitant to say it, but Gavin Newsom wants your vote for governor...

  • Two Men Told Senate Staffers They Had "The Encounter" With Christine Blasey Ford, Not Brett Kavanaugh (Zoe Tillman/BuzzFeed News)

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  • Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News: Two Men Told Senate Staffers They Had “The Encounter” With Christine Blasey Ford, Not Brett Kavanaugh  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee...

  • Texas sets voter registration record, with 1.6 million new voters since 2014 (Jeremy Wallace/Houston Chronicle)

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    • Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle: Texas sets voter registration record, with 1.6 million new voters since 2014  —  The Texas voter rolls have grown to 15.6 million people...

      The Register

  • Just worms for Oracle as integrated platform market tanks in Q2 Nutanix, Dell and VMware are walking away with the hyper-converged infrastructure market as converged systems and...

  • US JEDI military cloud network is so high-tech, bidders will have to submit their proposals by hand, on DVD

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  • 2020s cloud contract demands 1990s delivery method The Pentagon's JEDI system, a cutting-edge cloud platform designed to take the US Department of Defense well into the next decade...

  • Boffins bypass password protection with pilfering by phony programs

    5 hours ago
    • Google Instant Apps still needs a lot of work on security Password managers on mobile devices can be tricked by imposter apps into handing over a user's passwords.…...

      BBC News - Technology

  • Sony will begin to let PS4 gamers play against those using other consoles after pressure from fans.

  • Tablet computer 'kills child' in car crash in Spain

    17 hours ago
  • The accident, in Spain, caused the tablet to strike the three-year-old's head, police say.

  • 'Distracted boyfriend' advert ruled sexist

    17 hours ago
    • A Swedish company broke gender discrimination rules by using a popular meme in an advert.

      Further

  • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

  • For the Love Of Christ, Weasel: When Even Your Siblings Can't Stand You

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  • Another Kavanaugh Shoe Drops

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    • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

    ForceChange

  • California recently announced legislation that will make it illegal for restaurants to automatically provide customers with single-use plastic straws. For the US to be a leader...

  • Pret a Manger: Stop Mislabeling Foods That Contain Pesticides As “Natural”

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  • The sandwich chain Pret a Manger has been accused of mislabeling food that contains pesticides as "natural." One of the trace ingredients allegedly found in Pret's food products...

  • Trump: Don’t Make Legal Immigration Nearly Impossible

    3 hours ago
    • Trump's new immigration proposal will literally starve the legal immigrant population out of the country. Stand up and fight back against this oppression...

      News24 Top Stories

  • Executive Mayor of Tshwane Solly Msimanga is readying himself for another motion of no confidence.

  • News24.com | Police slam Prasa on rail safety

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  • A top police officer has blamed the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa for the lack of safety on Cape Town's trains.

  • News24.com | Zweli Mkhize ready for Public Protector probe into alleged oil deal kickback

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    • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize is ready to answer any questions in a Public Protector probe into allegations that he received a kickback in...

      Science: Current Issue


  • News at a glance

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  • Deadly storms break records, damage facilities

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    •   Unexplained Mysteries

  • A gargantuan species of ostrich-like elephant bird from Madagascar was thought to the largest that ever lived. This huge bird, which disappeared a mer...

  • UFO 'death ray' made Korean War GIs sick

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  • In 1951, an encounter with a strange object near Seoul inflicted an entire company with radiation sickness. Reports of unidentified flying objects wer...

  • Mars could have supported life underground

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    • A new study has revealed that ancient Mars had the right conditions to support subterranean microbes. When we think about the potential for life on Ma...

      American Water Intelligence Project Tracker


  • Jeddah Airport WWTP Phase 2

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    •   Network Front | The Guardian

  • Christine Blasey Ford prepares for committee hearing as Kavanaugh denies new claims in interview with RepublicansChristine Blasey Ford, the California professor who has accused...

  • Salisbury poisoning suspect identified as Russian colonel

    11 hours ago
  • ‘Ruslan Boshirov’ is actually decorated GRU officer Anatoliy Chepiga, investigators sayOne of the two suspects in the Salisbury novichok poisoning has been identified as...

  • Jeremy Corbyn calls for election if MPs vote down May's Brexit deal

    12 hours ago
    • Labour leader adds to pressure on PM in conference speech that skewered Chequers planJeremy Corbyn has told Theresa May that Labour MPs will vote against her Chequers plan unless...

      SPACE.com

  • Two tiny Japanese rovers began exploring the surface of the big asteroid Ryugu over the weekend — but they're not roving in the traditional sense of the term...

  • 'Ask a Spaceman' Tells Why Milky Way's on a Collision Course

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  • The Milky Way is on a collision course with an even bigger galaxy, known as Andromeda. Should we be worried?

  • Why Alternate Universes Might Also Host Life Around their Stars

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    • What might stars be like in other universes?

      Trend.Az - All news

  • Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to continue negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with the participation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs next month...

  • Ariel Cohen: Iran may attempt to export its oil bypassing US sanctions

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  • On the 4th of November when the oil sanctions are applied, Iran will be in a very difficult predicament as what to do with its oil industry and oil exports...

  • China releases five-year plan on rural vitalization strategy

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    • China has released a five-year plan on its rural vitalization strategy, the first of its kind, mapping out a number of major projects, programs and actions...

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  • Analyzing the drug abuse epidemic

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  • A self-optimizing reactor

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      CBC | Top Stories News

  • U.S. President Donald Trump said he rejected a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau because of Canada's dairy tariffs and negotiating style.

  • Brett Kavanaugh calls newest allegations by 3rd woman 'from the Twilight Zone'

    13 hours ago
  • The woman who will testify at a Senate committee hearing Thursday has given the panel sworn statements from four people that aim to back up her allegation that she was sexually assaulted...

  • Mississauga's population is 57% visible minorities. So why does its city council look like this?

    21 hours ago
    • In two of Canada's fastest-growing and most diverse cities, visible minorities have struggled to break through in municipal elections. Will anything change this October?...

      All Things Considered : NPR

  • At 18, Jean Annette Watters was recruited for the top secret British military program to decode German messages during World War II. She died Sept. 15 and was buried in Nebraska...

  • Why So Many Brands Are Rebranding

    6 hours ago
  • NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with branding expert Allen Adamson of the company Metaforce about the news that Weight Watchers will now be known as "WW" and Dunkin Donuts as Dunkin'...

  • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse On What He'll Be Listening For During The Kavanaugh Hearings

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    • Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about what he'll be listening for in Thursday's testimony by one of the women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh...

      Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

  • The meeting comes after the Labour leader offered to work with the Tories on a ‘sensible’ Brexit deal

  • Government votes against banning advertising alcohol online to children

    6 hours ago
  • The government has voted against a proposal to ban the online advertising of alcohol to children.

  • Nurses unions recommend members reject pay plan

    13 minutes ago
    • Nurses unions have not ruled out the possibility of industrial action after recommending its members reject the Government’s pay proposals.

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

  • SINGAPORE: An 80-year-old man was killed in a road accident with a minibus along Woodlands Avenue 3 on Wednesday evening (Sep 26), said the police. The accident occurred while the...

  • Too much screen time, too little horseplay for kids: US study

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  • Only one in 20 kids in the United States meets guidelines on sleep, exercise and screen time, and nearly a third are outside recommendations for all three, according to a study published...

  • South Korea's quiet #MeToo trailblazer embraces tough fight

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    • The woman who started South Korea's #MeToo movement has a shy demeanour and a whispery voice, but Seo Ji-hyun's actions have had a resounding impact on the lives of her countrywomen...

      WhoWhatWhy

  • President Donald Trump has called off plans to hold a military parade… for now. We think it should happen and here is why. The post Let’s Give Trump the Military Parade He Deserves...

  • Leave My Culture Alone — Breakthrough on Hearing Not Welcomed by All

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  • Scientists have found a piece of the hearing jigsaw puzzle. But does the deaf community want to be “fixed”? The post Leave My Culture Alone — Breakthrough on Hearing Not Welcomed...

  • August 29-31

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      Science@NASA Headline News

  • Video Length: 4:11Gloveboxes on the ISS allow for experiments on materials that you wouldn't want escaping into the station's enclosed space. Read this story Video Links: Thinking...

  • Solar Wind and Corona Timeline

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  • Portal origin URL: Solar Wind and Corona TimelinePortal origin nid: 433087Published: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 10:37Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text...

  • New Airborne Campaigns to Explore Snowstorms, River Deltas, Climate

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    • Portal origin URL: New Airborne Campaigns to Explore Snowstorms, River Deltas, ClimatePortal origin nid: 433084Published: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 10:02Featured...

      How to of the Day

  • Perfectly manicured hands can make you look more put-together and refined, but you don’t have to spend a lot of money at the salon to have great nails! If you’re giving yourself...

  • How to Move Out of Home Into Your First Apartment

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  • Moving into your first apartment is an exciting milestone, but it can also feel scary and overwhelming. However, with a little patience, preparation, and help from family and friends...

  • How to Make Egg Tarts

    21 hours ago
    • While there are many variations of egg tarts, the Chinese style are the most popular. The basic premise is the same, however: after tucking disks of dough into tart tins, you fill them...

      LobeLog

  • by James M. Dorsey A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report criticizing Saudi Arabia’s anti-money laundering and terrorism finance measures puts the kingdom on the spot...

  • Whither Afghanistan?

    12 hours ago
  • by Alia Ahmed In August 2017, President Donald Trump announced a new South Asia strategy based on three basic precepts. There would be a surge of 3,000 additional U.S. personnel that...

  • Beating War Drums at the UN

    17 hours ago
    • by Mitchell Plitnick Just a few sentences into Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday, the entire world was laughing at the President of...

      Democracy Now!

  • Dozens of women who have been accusing comedian Bill Cosby of sexual assault for decades were vindicated Tuesday when the disgraced actor was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison...

  • Trump Admin Targets Immigrants Using Food Stamps & Medicaid & Puts Millions of Children at Risk

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  • The Trump administration is proposing a new regulation that would make it extremely difficult for many immigrants to come to the U.S. or receive green cards if they're considered...

  • David Glosser: "Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I'm His Uncle"

    16 hours ago
    • White House senior adviser Stephen Miller is the mastermind behind many of the Trump administration's widely condemned immigration policies, including family separation, the...

      News : NPR

  • The president responded to a question by NPR's Ayesha Rascoe by citing Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein's denials of comments attributed to him in a recent bombshell news report...

  • Pope Francis Urges Catholics To Trust Historic Agreement With China

    6 hours ago
  • The statement on the appointment of bishops in China has sparked confusion and criticism among some Catholics. The pope reassured them that functionaries won't be named to deal with...

  • READ: Brett Kavanaugh's Opening Statement For Senate Hearing

    7 hours ago
    • The Supreme Court nominee and Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexual assault, testify on Thursday. "I categorically and unequivocally deny the allegation against me,"...

    WebMD Health

  • A combination of two HIV-fighting antibodies, given to small group of people with HIV, appears to suppress the virus for a few months even after the person stops taking the drugs. Researchers...

  • Household Chemicals Harming Your Cat's Thyroid?

    14 hours ago
  • Prior studies have suggested that high exposure to PFAS may negatively affect thyroid function in humans, and this new study finds that might also be true for people's four-legged...

  • Breast Cancer Treatment Adherence Varies by Race

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    • In the United States, even though black women are less likely to develop breast cancer than white women, they are 40 percent more likely to die from it, the researchers noted...
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      Niskanen Center

  • The “AI in Government Act of 2018” would be a monumental – and positive – shift in emerging technology governance. The post Codifying “Soft Law” Governance in Statute...

  • How Marriage and Inequality Reinforce Political Polarization

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  • Our social ties, resources, and racial views are all dividing us into two partisan sides. The post How Marriage and Inequality Reinforce Political Polarization appeared first on...

  • Do Immigrants Fraudulently Use Public Benefits?

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    • In recent months, the Trump administration has indicated a renewed interest in cracking down on the fraudulent use of immigration benefits that the administration alleges is rampant...

    Competitive Enterprise Institute

  • Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted to streamline the buildout of 5G infrastructure, America’s next generation of wireless technology. The Competitive Enterprise...

  • CEI Joins Coalition Letter Urging House Passage of Tax Reform 2.0 Legislation

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  • The Honorable Paul Ryan Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232, The Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Kevin Brady Chairman House Committee on Ways and Means 1102...

  • Congress Must End Limbo for Federal Aviation Administration Funding, Though Modernization Still Urgently Needed

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    • Congress is running out of time to pass legislation authorizing spending for the Federal Aviation Administration, with a September 30 deadline looming. CEI transportation policy...

      Opinion | The Guardian

  • Our writers react to the Labour leader taking the stage at Liverpool Continue reading...

  • The truth is that Trump has a point about globalisation | Larry Elliott

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  • The president’s belief that the nation state can cure economic ills is not without meritOnce every three years the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual...

  • Trump is risking more than a war of words with Iran | Simon Tisdall

    16 hours ago
    • The president’s fatal ignorance could result in a conflict much bigger than any convenient crisis manufactured for the midtermsDespite the giggles that greeted Donald Trump...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS

  • U.S. President Donald Trump says he rejected a one-on-one meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau because he’s upset with Canadian tariffs -- but Trudeau’s office says it...

  • Feds reviewing decision to transfer Tori Stafford's killer to healing lodge

    10 hours ago
  • The federal government will be reviewing the decision to transfer a woman convicted of first-degree murder in the kidnapping, rape and murder of eight-year-old Tori Stafford from...

  • Ontario won't cap pot shops once private cannabis marketplace is in place

    7 hours ago
    • The Ontario government says it will not put a cap on pot shops when it starts licensing and regulating the province's private cannabis retail marketplace...

      Tallbloke's Talkshop

  • Growing Pressure for Clexit – (even from France) And it’s Time to Defund all UN Climate bodies Viv Forbes 25 September 2018  President Trump has extinguished all hopes that USA...

  • Corbyn: I’ll create 400,000 green jobs (and destroy a million real ones)

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  • In Spain, every ‘green job’ created led to the loss of 2.2 others in the real economy. Meanwhile one of Jeremy Corbyn’s MPs, Laura Smith, the Labour MP for Crewe and Nantwich...

  • BBC climate change ‘facts’ are fiction

    2 days ago
    • ‘Move along please, nothing to see here, science is settled’. Is that the BBC’s climate reporting policy? Does controversy have to be swept under the carpet, for fear of upsetting...

    Catallaxy Files

  • Why did the Labor Politician cross the road? To increase their taxes as well. Of course. Let’s just get something straight. By virtue of inflation, that wonderful thing the Treasury...

  • Breaking News: ABC Chairman Justin Milne resigns

    2 hours ago
  • Chris Berg and I have an op-ed in the AFR this morning: It is very likely the ABC board is looking for a “safe pair of hands” who will return the ABC to a business-as-usual path of...

  • The death of coal

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    • is fake news.

    Zee News :Zee News - Blog

  • Self-knowledge is the foundation of all knowledge. If we don't first know ourselves, how can we claim to truly know anything at all?

  • Is Rahul Gandhi carrying out ISI agenda? Attack on Rafale deal, SPG indicate so

    17 hours ago
  • Has Rahul Gandhi been compromised? Joining the dots leads you to this inference. But we do not know.

  • Narendra Modi has lots in common with Indira Gandhi in style, populism and opposition

    10 days ago
    • Narendra Modi and Indira Gandhi are in contrasting contexts, yet there are striking similarities in their style and populism

    Zee News :Technology News

  • The smartphone has been priced at Rs 17,990.

  • Instagram co-founders step down from company: Report

    2 days ago
  • Instagram Chief Executive Officer Systrom and Chief Technical Officer Krieger have notified the photo-sharing app`s leadership team and Facebook on Monday about their decision...

  • WhatsApp to soon add inline image style for notifications, currently on beta

    3 days ago
    • The feature will not work for GIFs or videos.

    Zee News :Sci-Tech

  • Evidence suggests that homosexuality is governed by genetic influences and gay couples reproduce less than heterosexuals. Scientists are now debating how such behaviour fits...

  • All about Elon Musk's masterplan for settlement colony, spaceship base to #OccupyMars

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  • Trip to Mars? Anyone?

  • NASA's Mars probe beams back selfie to mark four years in orbit

    3 days ago
    • Next year, researchers will initiate an aerobraking manoeuvre by skimming the spacecraft through Mars' upper atmosphere to slow it.

    Zee News :South asia

  •  The tombstone is made from basalt in the shape of a black iPhone showing a picture of the woman.

  • Pakistan's 'friendship' offer to India should not be seen as weakness: Imran Khan

    4 days ago
  • Khan has warned that Pakistan will not tolerate any act of hostility.

  • Japan's Shinzo Abe re-elected as LDP chief, on track for extended term

    7 days ago
    • Abe defeated former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba in the race for LDP chief's post.

    Zee News :World

  • The 55-kilometre sea bridge has a total of six lanes and has four tunnels and four artificial islands.

  • Pakistan foreign minister claims he had 'informal meeting' with Donald Trump, White House says only handshake

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  • Qureshi in an interview with the official Pakistani media described it as an "informal meeting" with Trump during which, he claimed, they discussed matters relating to bilateral...

  • Donald Trump laughed at in UN, claims people enjoy his company

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    • "People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time, they respect what I have done."

    Zee News :India National

  • According to news agency ANI, at least two terrorists are believed to be trapped in Noor Bagh area on the outskirts of Srinagar.

  • Yogi Adityanath compares PM Narendra Modi with Shivaji; Shiv Sena hits back

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  • Senior Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the characteristics of the 17th century Maratha king were in contrast to what was being projected by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). ...

  • Hyderabad woman rescued from Kuwait, thanks Sushma Swaraj

    in 9 hours
    • Speaking to ANI, the woman alleged that an agent lured her with the promise of a lucrative job in Kuwait as a beautician.

      Channel NewsAsia World News

  • TAIPEI: Taiwan said on Thursday (Sep 27) its relationship with the Vatican is stable and it would be closely watching developments between China and the Vatican after a landmark deal...

  • The Spanish town that wants to shed 100,000 kilos

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  • In a remote corner of northwestern Spain, a small town has set itself the ultimate weight loss challenge: by early 2020, its residents must shed 100,000 kilos (220,500 pounds)...

  • It's not that bad! Science, tourism clash on Great Barrier Reef

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    • SYDNEY: A row is raging over Australia's warming-damaged Great Barrier Reef, with firms worried that scientists' apocalyptic warnings are scaring visitors out of the water. Every...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

  • The woman who started South Korea's #MeToo movement has a shy demeanour and a whispery voice, but Seo Ji-hyun's actions have had a resounding impact on the lives of her countrywomen...

  • Taiwan says closely watching developments between Vatican-China relations

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  • TAIPEI: Taiwan said on Thursday (Sep 27) its relationship with the Vatican is stable and it would be closely watching developments between China and the Vatican after a landmark deal...

  • Wetlands disappearing three times faster than forests: Study

    an hour ago
    • Wetlands, among the world's most valuable and biodiverse ecosystems, are disappearing at alarming speed amid urbanisation and agriculture shifts, conservationists said Thursday...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

  • SINGAPORE: An 80-year-old man was killed in a road accident with a minibus along Woodlands Avenue 3 on Wednesday evening (Sep 26), said the police. The accident occurred while the...

  • Too much screen time, too little horseplay for kids: US study

    30 minutes ago
  • Only one in 20 kids in the United States meets guidelines on sleep, exercise and screen time, and nearly a third are outside recommendations for all three, according to a study published...

  • South Korea's quiet #MeToo trailblazer embraces tough fight

    41 minutes ago
    • The woman who started South Korea's #MeToo movement has a shy demeanour and a whispery voice, but Seo Ji-hyun's actions have had a resounding impact on the lives of her countrywomen...
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  • Steve Brem found D'Argento and Fiesta at the yearling sales and predicted their success. Now they can honour him in Saturday's group 1s.

  • Milne's gone - now the rest of the ABC board should go too

    32 minutes ago
  • Judging by the board’s performance during this sorry affair not much confidence can be held in its ability to assert its authority over an embattled organisation...

  • Death toll in South Sudan’s war estimated to be 383,000

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    • An estimated 383,000 people have died as a result of South Sudan's civil war, according to a new report.

      The Times of India

  • Sharing how he too faces the challenge of completing calls while travelling from the Delhi airport to his official residence, the PM directed the telecom department to find technology...

  • Terror camp hit by surgical strike active again

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  • Approximately 250 terrorists are waiting to infiltrate into J&K from 27 launch pads in PoK, top intelligence sources said. Among the eight new launch pads are those in Lipa Valley...

  • Asia Cup: B'desh beat Pak, to play India in final

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  • Bangladesh beat Pakistan by 37 runs in the last Super Four game in Dubai. Bangladesh rode on a fighting 99 by Mushfiqur Rahim to score 239 all out in 49.5 overs before restricting Pakistan...

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