Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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  The Hayride



  • Here’s something a little perplexing. It’s state Rep. Ted James (D-Baton Rouge), one of the more irresponsible and inflammatory leftists in Louisiana, running his trap about...

  • Del Mar College professor offering extra credit to students who vote for O’Rourke, now being investigated

    10 hours ago
  • A professor at the Corpus Christi Del Mar Community College, Adrian Clark, posted on Facebook that he was offering extra credit to his political science students if they voted for...

  • What Democrats ignore: Sanctuary Cities discriminate against black Americans [video]

    10 hours ago

    • In Cudahy, California, an unidentified black woman took the podium at a local government meeting asserting that sanctuary cities are racist. She said, “the black community has...

      Lifehacker



  • Splinter Is This Our Idiot President’s Most Pathetic Response To a Very Bad News Event Yet? | Deadspin Skateboarder Says Former Pro, USA Skateboarding Executive Abused Her...

  • My Proudest Achievement Is the Fake Backsplash I Made Using These Sticker Tiles

    8 hours ago
  • The first time I stepped inside my studio apartment in New York City, I knew it was perfect. It had three closets (big find for NYC). It had an alcove, so the bed wasn’t, like, in the sink...

  • How to Use the New Winamp Beta Before the Overhauled Version Drops in 2019

    5 hours ago

    • Last week, Radionomy CEO Alexandre Saboundjian revealed that the company plans to overhaul Winamp, the classic music player best known as a Windows-first alternative to iTunes...

      USATODAY - News Top Stories



  • Hours before a Donald Trump rally in Wisconsin, several of the president's favorite verbal punching bags became targets of very real threats.        ...

  • Merril Hoge, co-author of new book are way off target in discussing football, CTE

    4 hours ago
  • Merril Hoge, a former NFL player and ESPN analyst, says "there's no scientific evidence" that football causes CTE.      

  • Weed killer found in more breakfast cereals, snack bars, study shows

    an hour ago

    • Over two dozen breakfast items have tested positive with the main ingredient in weed killer.      

      World news | The Guardian



  • Potential explosives sent to homes of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, as CNN’s New York studios and Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s offices in Florida were evacuatedPipe bombs...

  • Famine in Yemen could become one of worst in living memory, UN says

    3 hours ago
  • Country is in ‘clear and present danger’ of mass deaths from starvation, top aid official saysYemen is sliding fast toward what could become one of the worst famines in living...

  • Mohammed bin Salman calls Khashoggi murder a 'heinous crime'

    2 hours ago

    • Saudi prince breaks silence over killing of journalist at consulate in TurkeySaudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has broken a three-week public silence over the...

      Techdirt.



  • Fan translations of movies and video games, while wildly popular in many different countries, have also come under recent attack. Claims of copyright infringement have been leveled...

  • Interpol Alert Issued By Turkey For Exiled Journalists President Erdogan Wants To Toss In Jail

    6 hours ago
  • Turkey's government has already locked up more than 70 journalists -- most of them in the wake of a failed coup. President Recep Erdogan says the imprisoned journalists are terrorists...

  • Ninth Circuit Aligns With Other Circuits: The FBI's Playpen Warrant Was Bad, But The FBI's Faith Was Good

    7 hours ago

    • The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest appeals court to find the FBI's warrant for malware deployment during a child porn investigation to be invalid, but still close enough...

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  • Incredibly handsome man searched for a girl on the dark web to kill, rape, and cannibalize [Creepy]

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  • "Enforcing cannabis prohibition costs Alabama taxpayers approximately $22 million per year." Article submitted from Washington State...out of a recreational pot shop [Murica]

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      BBC News - Home



  • The US president was speaking after a series of suspect packages were sent to high-profile figures.

  • Sharp falls wipe out Wall Street's 2018 gains

    16 minutes ago
  • US stock markets plunge on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq suffering its worst day since August 2011.

  • On America's trail of destruction

    5 hours ago

    • Authorities have seized enough fentanyl to kill every American. It's a crisis that lines one major highway.


      Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions




  • The major investors in Canada’s fossil-fuel sector have high stakes in maintaining business as usual rather than addressing the industry’s serious climate issues, says a new...

  • Pharmacare consensus principles released today

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  • 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...


      CNN.com - Top Stories




  • President Trump called for unity after suspicious packages were sent to multiple people and organizations including the Obamas, Clintons and CNN's New York office...

  • See photos of suspicious package sent to CNN

    8 hours ago
  • The suspicious package sent to CNN's New York offices at Time Warner Center was addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan. CNN's Evan Perez has more...

  • Trump, Pence and other political leaders condemn suspicious devices sent to Hillary Clinton, Obama, CNN

    7 hours ago

    • President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other political leaders are denouncing the suspicious packages sent to former 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, President...


      memeorandum




  • Will Sommer / The Daily Beast: Breitbart Prepares to Sue Sleeping Giants Over Lost Advertisers  —  Breitbart has lost hundreds of advertisers because of the group's campaign. ...

  • The 2018 Democratic 'Blue Wave' May Be a Dud (Jim Geraghty/National Review)

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  • Jim Geraghty / National Review: The 2018 Democratic ‘Blue Wave’ May Be a Dud  —  Making the click-through worthwhile: Some big media voices sound the alarm that the 2018 “blue...

  • Trump blames opponents and media (Veronica Rocha/CNN)

    30 minutes ago

    • Veronica Rocha / CNN: Trump blames opponents and media  —  President Donald Trump pointed the finger Wednesday night at Democrats and the news media for the turbulent national...


      The Register




  • Redmond runs rampant, reaps ridiculous record revenues If Microsoft is sweating from the heat it's taking on Windows 10 release quality, its financial figures certainly aren't...

  • AMD's shares get in a plane, take off and soar to 12,000 ft – then throw open the door, and fall into the cool rushing air

    2 hours ago
  • Disinterest in GPU gear spurs selloff, but x86 biz insists all's well, nothing to see here AMD stock plunged following the release of the chip designer's third-quarter financial...

  • Finally, someone takes a stand against Apple, Samsung for slowing people's phones. Just a few million dollars, tho

    3 hours ago

    • Smartmobe-borking updates make Italians see red Apple and Samsung have been fined a relatively sod-all amount – just a few million dollars – by Italy's antitrust watchdog for...


      BBC News - Technology




  • Photographer Mathieu Stern made a camera lens from a chunk of an iceberg.

  • How WhatsApp is being abused in Brazil's elections

    15 hours ago
  • Software is being used to scrape phone numbers and send thousands of messages in minutes.

  • Facebook removes 8.7m child nudity images in three months

    12 hours ago

    • The firm has developed new software which automatically flags potential sexualised images of children.


      Further




  • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

  • On the Migrant "Army" of Poor Brown People: This Comes From Hunger

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  • PEN Sues: It Is Up to Those of Us Who Depend Upon A Free Press To Rise In Defense Of It

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    • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer


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  • Over 90 percent of bird species in Southeast Asia have seen their populations decline due to habitat loss and hunting. Sign the petition to demand these rare, exotic, and beautiful...

  • Save Agricultural Workers from Hunger and Deadly Starvation

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  • Over one billion agricultural workers suffer from starvation. The men, women, and children working to feed the planet are the planet's hungriest. Something must be done to protect...

  • Punish Woman Accused of Spraying Dogs With Poison

    6 hours ago

    • A Florida woman has been arrested for and accused of abusing her neighbor's dogs by spraying them with ant poison, despite her claims that it was an accident. Regardless of whether...


      News24 Top Stories




  • Ekurhuleni Metro Police have arrested a Grade 11 pupil at Fumana High School in Katlehong after he allegedly attempted to stab fellow pupils.

  • Channel24.co.za | WATCH: HHP's family ask for privacy as they mourn his death

    7 hours ago
  • Jabulani Tsambo, better known by his stage name Hip Hop Pantsula, has died at the age of 38.

  • News24.com | PICS: Family who almost lost farm in Garden Route blaze to rename boat after 'hero pilot'

    7 hours ago

    • Stayci Anderson says if it wasn't for the efforts of Nico Heyns and others, they would have lost a lot more than their river cruising boat, which they plan to rebuild and dedicate to him...


      Science: Current Issue





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    •   Unexplained Mysteries




  • Enough oxygen could exist within salty subsurface water on Mars to support oxygen-breathing microbes. In a new study, planetary scientist Vlada Stamen...

  • $500M Titanic replica due to set sail in 2022

    14 hours ago
  • The life-size replica of the ill-fated vessel will retrace the route taken by the original Titanic on its maiden voyage. With an estimated price tag o...

  • Bizarre clip shows Quebec forest 'breathing'

    19 hours ago

    • This remarkable video footage shows the forest floor moving up and down as though breathing in and out. The clip, which went viral after being posted...


      American Water Intelligence Project Tracker





  • Rajkot new STP

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    •   Network Front | The Guardian




  • Agents at Liverpool flats faced 13 prosecutions last year as housing benefit flowed abroadA Liverpool tower block that had more housing prosecutions in 2017 than any other building...

  • Tenants will get access to rogue landlord database, says PM

    9 hours ago
  • Official U-turn after revelation that database is empty and would be secret anywayTheresa May has pledged to give tenants access to the government’s new rogue landlord database...

  • Suspected bombs sent to prominent Trump critics 'an act of terror'

    an hour ago

    • Potential explosives sent to homes of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, as CNN’s New York studios and Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s offices in Florida were evacuatedPipe bombs...


      SPACE.com




  • NASA's Parker Solar Probe will never return to Earth — but it can still look back on where it came from.

  • Best Space Books and Sci-Fi for the 2018 Holiday Season

    18 hours ago
  • Space.com's editors present a reading list for space and sci-fi lovers, as well as children who are interested in astronomy and spaceflight.

  • NASA's Chandra Space Telescope Is Back in Action After Gyroscope Fix

    18 hours ago

    • NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has bounced back from the glitch that knocked it offline two weeks ago.


      Trend.Az - All news




  • Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the targets of suspected package bombs delivered to several high-profile Democrats...

  • Shooting in U.S. Kentucky grocery store leaves two dead

    2 hours ago
  • Two people were shot dead at a grocery store in the U.S. state of Kentucky and one suspect was detained

  • 2018 Gains Wiped Out: Dow Falls 608 Points as October Losses Mount

    4 hours ago

    • The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 600 points Wednesday amid a sharp drop in tech shares


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  • Thickness matters in graphene stacks

    7 days ago

  • A solid and squishy inner core

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      CBC | Top Stories News





  • The FBI is warning there could be more suspicious packages moving through the system after pipe bombs addressed to former U.S. president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, CNN and other...

  • Quebec wants to expand religious symbol ban, blocking Muslim garments in civil service

    10 hours ago
  • Quebec's new government wants to block Muslim women who work in the civil service from wearing the chador, a shawl-like piece of clothing that covers the head and body, and the niqab...

  • Bullets narrowly miss Toronto boy, 8, as he goes to buy candy

    4 hours ago

    • Toronto police have released security camera footage that shows an eight-year-old boy narrowly avoiding gunfire Saturday night.



      All Things Considered : NPR





  • President Trump began his campaign rally in Wisconsin by addressing the suspicious packages, saying that "any attacks or threats of political violence are an attack on our democracy...

  • Nasdaq Sees Biggest Single-Day Loss In 7 Years

    2 hours ago
  • U.S. stocks moved sharply lower in later afternoon trading on Wednesday. The Dow lost more than 600 points. The major U.S. indexes are all negative on the year now...

  • Will The Killing Of Jamal Khashoggi Deter Businesses From Investing In Saudi Arabia?

    5 hours ago

    • NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York Times reporter Alan Rappeport, who is at an investment conference in Riyadh. The killing prompted many Western CEOs to cancel plans to attend...



      Ireland: BreakingNews.ie





  • Presidential challenger Sean Gallagher attacked the Government as candidates in the race for the Park struggled to make an impact as the incumbent stayed away from the final debate...

  • Presidential candidates in fiery exchanges during final TV debate

    4 hours ago
  • The event took place ahead of election day on Friday.



    •   Channel NewsAsia Front Page News





  • Shares of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd were set to fall 2.5 percent on Thursday after the airline said data of about 9.4 million passengers of Cathay and its unit, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines...

  • Hammer and tongs: China entrepreneur leads handmade wok revival

    an hour ago
  • DATIAN, China: A Chinese entrepreneur is reviving old ways of wok-making and hopes to tap into growing demand for niche, handmade goods from China's young, affluent consumers. Tian...

  • Najib expected to face 6 more charges for criminal breach of trust; to be jointly charged alongside former Treasury head

    27 minutes ago

    • KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak is expected to be charged on Thursday (Oct 25) with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.6 billion...



      Science@NASA Headline News





  • Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease worldwide; affecting 358 million people in 2015—including 14 percent of the world’s children. Pollutant concentrations...

  • Parker Solar Probe Looks Back at Home

    9 hours ago
  • Portal origin URL: Parker Solar Probe Looks Back at HomePortal origin nid: 434372Published: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 13:03Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal...

  • Lightning Across the Solar System

    a day ago

    • Video Length: 3:51Lightning is beautiful and powerful, and has been observed on planets across the solar system. Read this story Video Links: Lightning Across the Solar System...



      How to of the Day





  • Broomsticks, pointy hats, black cats and big noses: there’s no costume more timeless and classic than a witch. But even more important than her famous accessories, the modern-day...

  • How to Harvest Romaine Lettuce

    10 hours ago
  • Romaine lettuce is a healthy, popular variety of head lettuce, which is relatively easy to grow in a home garden or planter. Romaine can be harvested in 1 of 2 ways: you can harvest the...

  • How to Write a Literary Analysis

    18 hours ago

    • A literary analysis is the process where you read a literary work very closely to figure out how the author gets their main points across. Start by taking notes on the text and reading...



      LobeLog





  • by John Feffer In his recent speeches and articles, Bernie Sanders has been talking about forming a Progressive International. It’s about time. The alt-right, thanks in part...

  • Intellectual Repression in the Arab World

    9 hours ago
  • by Sam Hamad As the world continues to follow the murder of Jamal Khashoggi with a sense of horror and outrage, you might forgive the relative silence surrounding the arrest of...

  • Kuwait and Saudi Arabia: Still Negotiating the Neutral Zone

    15 hours ago

    • by Khalid Al-Jaber Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) paid a formal visit to Kuwait on September 30. His visit only lasted for a few hours. Since he returned to Saudi Arabia...



      Democracy Now!





  • A shocking new investigation by immigrant rights groups reveals how corporations like Amazon, Palantir and Microsoft are profiting from and expediting Trump's incarceration...

  • Latino Voter Suppression in Kansas: Dodge City's Only Polling Site Is Moved Outside City Limits

    14 hours ago
  • In Kansas, local officials are under fire for moving a majority-Latino city's single polling site outside of city limits, more than a mile from the nearest bus stop. Dodge City, Kansas...

  • Stacey Abrams Stands By Burning the Racist, Segregationist Georgia State Flag in 1992

    14 hours ago

    • During Tuesday's debate, Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams defended her actions in 1992 when she helped burn the Georgia state flag, which at the time contained...



      News : NPR





  • The president addressed the recent wave of suspicious packages targeting prominent Democrats and CNN at the beginning of a campaign rally in Wisconsin Wednesday night...

  • Food, Peace Building, Legal Aid: What Trump Would Cut From Central America

    4 hours ago
  • As thousands of migrants move toward the U.S., these are the programs President Trump is threatening to cut in retaliation.

  • World Series Game 2: Dodgers Look To Bounce Back Against Boston

    4 hours ago

    • The Los Angeles Dodgers got soundly battered on Tuesday night at Fenway Park in Boston. To even the World Series, they'll have to do the same to newly uncursed Red Sox starting pitcher...



    WebMD Health





  • The drug's approval was based on two clinical trials of more than 1,800 patients who took either Xofluza, a placebo or another antiviral flu treatment within 48 hours of experiencing...

  • Cold, Windy Days Can Strain the Heart

    8 hours ago
  • In a new study, scientists reported an increase in heart attacks in low temperature, strong wind, fewer hours of sunshine and low atmospheric pressure...

  • 7th New Jersey Child Dies From Virus

    8 hours ago

    • A seventh child has died after infection with an adenovirus at a health care facility in New Jersey, officials confirmed Wednesday. Eleven other children from the same facility are...
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      Niskanen Center



  • To assert that Nordhaus’ findings justify no or tepid action on climate change is an incomplete and simply misinformed picture of an economist who has laid the foundation, as well...

  • How TV and Service Projects Impact What Americans Believe About Inequality

    11 hours ago
  • American inequality is high and rising, but much of the public still believes the American Dream is alive and well for anyone who works hard. Those views are hard to change, but new research...

  • Applications Open for Spring 2019 Niskanen Center Internships

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    • Apply today! The post Applications Open for Spring 2019 Niskanen Center Internships appeared first on Niskanen Center.

    Competitive Enterprise Institute



  • The Trump administration has proposed to freeze Obama-era fuel economy standards at 2020 levels to save lives and money. Opponents want to bring the proposed Safe Affordable Fuel-Efficient...

  • CEI Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Ninth Circuit's EasySaver Decision Underscores Need for Proposed Cy Pres Standard

    a day ago
  • Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed a supplemental brief with the Supreme Court, arguing the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the EasySaver case earlier this month...

  • Trump Exceeds One-In, Two-Out Goals on Cutting Regulations, But it May be Getting Tougher

    a day ago

    • The Trump administration has released the Fall 2018 edition of the twice-yearly Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. Around since the early 80s...

      Opinion | The Guardian



  • The government’s plans to investigate past crimes committed by its troops may serve no useful purposeThe truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. These are mighty words...

  • Britain has sold its soul to the House of Saud. Shame on us | Owen Jones

    8 hours ago
  • Outrage over the murder of Jamal Kashoggi will not last. Our complicity with this murderous dictatorship is a scandalThere is, finally, some scrutiny of Britain’s sordid relationship...

  • There’s a solution to May’s backstop problem, but it requires compromise | Jonathan Lis

    11 hours ago

    • The prime minister’s only available choice is a full, permanent single market and customs union – for the whole UKThe most extraordinary feature of the Brexit negotiations is...

      CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public RSS



  • A sudden wave of pipe bombs targeting Hillary Clinton, former U.S. president Barack Obama, other prominent Democrats and CNN was thwarted without physical harm, but an anxiety-filled...

  • TSX has worst trading day since September 2015 as U.S. markets fall hard

    a day ago
  • North American markets fell hard as Canada's main stock index again posted its worst day in more than three years.

  • Major banks raise prime rates after Bank of Canada interest rate decision

    8 hours ago

    • The cost of loans linked to the big bank prime rates are headed higher in the wake of the Bank of Canada's decision to raise its key interest rate target by a quarter of a percentage point...

      Tallbloke's Talkshop



  • Originally posted on STOP THESE THINGS: The spinning wheel was meant to signify Indian independence, too. ? It never takes them long to work out that wind power is the greatest economic...

  • Met Office fakes the Foehn effect

    15 hours ago
  • Descending air in the atmosphere rises in temperature as it is adiabatically compressed in the pressure gradient created by gravity acting on atmospheric mass. This has been known...

  • Faraday Grid trial could “redefine the electricity grid”

    a day ago

    • The sales pitch is that this technology “has the potential to double the amount of renewable generation a grid can carry.” But the chronic intermittency of renewables remains...

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  • The Michael Oakeshott notebooks are available in paperback. Sorry for the late call! You didn’t want to know? Well it wasn’t me who put the Michael Oakeshott Association on the...

  • Heads up on Reefscare

    3 hours ago

    • The Rite-On! team up north have been consulting with Peter Ridd to generate a new Reefscare campaign to add their voices to the call for sanity on environmental issues and the power...

    Zee News :Zee News - Blog



  • "I didn't know any better," or, "I was afraid I'd lose my job," are not quite the alibis that serve the MeToo movement well.

  • In Sabarimala case review, Supreme Court must hear out Hindu scholars

    14 hours ago
  • The top court should keep in mind equally the right to private esoterica and gender equality in the public sphere.

  • War within CBI should not have been allowed to spill in public so soon

    14 hours ago

    • Internal processes should have been allowed to flow before high-level action was taken.

    Zee News :Technology News



  • To help users get used to changes, Facebook said it would roll out Messenger 4 in phases.

  • OnePlus 7, one of world’s first 5G phones to be launched next year: Report

    21 hours ago
  • OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has dropped the hints about the company's upcoming phone,

  • Amazon Great Indian Festival Wave 2 to start at midnight tonight: Top smartphone deals

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    • Get top offers from Xiaomi, Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, Realme, Vivo, Motorola, Honor, Huawei, 10.or and more.

    Zee News :Zee News - Health



  • Lack of education leads patients to hallucinate post surgery consuming opioids to heal pain; results poorer quality of life and dependence following back surgery...

  • How does exercise affect our cognitive performance?

    10 days ago
  • The University of Munich discovered that our brain performs best while our bodies are active and less in sedentary.

  • Abnormal vision can affect brain functions: Study

    10 days ago

    • A recent research examines that how the brain processes visual information in patients with various types of lazy eye.

    Zee News :Sci-Tech



  • The elusive underwater creature looks like a bulbous, red creature with head.

  • Four giant planets around young star discovered

    8 days ago
  • Scientists have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets orbiting it, the first time that so many massive worlds have been detected in such a system. The...

  • Russia suspends manned space program after Soyuz rocket makes emergency landing

    14 days ago

    • Russia has suspended its manned space program on Thursday until the investigation is pending into the rocket failure, ANI reported.

    Zee News :South asia



  • An Etihad Airways flight travelling from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta was diverted to Mumbai on Wednesday morning after a woman passenger gave birth onboard.

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping opens world's longest sea-crossing bridge

    2 days ago
  • 55-kilometre bridge links Hong Kong's Lantau island to Zhuhai and the gambling enclave of Macau.

  • 22 miners trapped in China coal mine accident

    4 days ago

    • In August, 13 miners were killed in a mine explosion in southern China.

    Zee News :World



  • The suspicious object was found on Wednesday morning

  • Afghanistan says Kandahar attack planned in Pak, Islamabad refutes allegation

    10 hours ago
  • Kandahar's police commander General Abdul Raziq was killed in an attack which, according to Ghani, was a conspiracy hatched in Pakistan.

  • Pakistan to seek IMF bailout despite $6 billion Saudi rescue

    18 hours ago

    • Prime Minister Imran Khan said this week Pakistan was seeking help from "friendly nations".

    Zee News :India National



  • The Supreme Court said Wednesday that embattled realtor Amrapali Group of companies has played a "big fraud" by diverting money collected from home buyers to other firms and the "big...

  • Congress to hold protests outside CBI offices, ask PM Modi to `apologise`

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  • Top Congress sources said the party will ask the PM to apologise to the nation for "illegal and unconstitutional" sending on leave of the CBI director...

  • CBI registers case against 7 HAL officials over corruption charges

    in 9 hours

    • The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday registered a case against seven officials of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) over corruption charges...

      Channel NewsAsia World News



  • A genocide is still underway against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, a UN fact-finding team said Wednesday as it presented a report at the Security Council calling for the matter to be...

  • How a Chinese fridge factory prevailed over General Electric, once the world’s best firm

    34 minutes ago
  • Haier was a small company in the 1980s when GE was raking in the money. Then a young manager took charge and made it China’s version of the American appliance giant. Inside the Storm...

  • Commentary: Beware the culture warriors of social media

    4 hours ago

    • Voices on social media are becoming more inappropriate and more extreme, warns one observer.

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News



  • DATIAN, China: A Chinese entrepreneur is reviving old ways of wok-making and hopes to tap into growing demand for niche, handmade goods from China's young, affluent consumers. Tian...

  • Najib expected to face 6 more charges for criminal breach of trust; to be jointly charged alongside former Treasury head

    19 minutes ago
  • KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak is expected to be charged on Thursday (Oct 25) with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.6 billion...

  • Japan, China seek warmer ties against backdrop of US trade friction

    39 minutes ago

    • TOKYO: Japan's prime minister travels to Beijing on Thursday for his first formal bilateral summit with Chinese leaders in seven years as the Asian rivals seek to build on a thaw in...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News



  • Shares of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd were set to fall 2.5 percent on Thursday after the airline said data of about 9.4 million passengers of Cathay and its unit, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines...

  • Hammer and tongs: China entrepreneur leads handmade wok revival

    41 minutes ago
  • DATIAN, China: A Chinese entrepreneur is reviving old ways of wok-making and hopes to tap into growing demand for niche, handmade goods from China's young, affluent consumers. Tian...

  • Najib expected to face 6 more charges for criminal breach of trust; to be jointly charged alongside former Treasury head

    19 minutes ago

    • KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak is expected to be charged on Thursday (Oct 25) with six counts of criminal breach of trust involving RM6.6 billion...
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  • AMP will sell its life insurance arm as part of a $3.45 billion deal that will also see it offload "mature" businesses to Britain's Resolution Life.

  • Sir Alan Ayckbourn: 79, and still trying to get it right

    3 minutes ago
  • Playwright Alan Ayckbourn looks back on a long career

  • Quinton keen for sun to shine on Royal Celebration

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    • The Cox Plate-winning rider will be occupied at Randwick trying to ensure a horse with one of the best formlines going around can notch another win.

      The Times of India



  • The auditors, who were entrusted with the task of tracking the trail of diversion of over Rs 2,765 crore of homebuyers' money by conducting forensic audit of all 46 companies of the...

  • Obama, Clinton among suspected bomb targets

    2 hours ago
  • The suspicious parcels, at least five in all, were intercepted before any reached their intended recipients, who included former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State...

  • 18 MLAs disqualification case: Judgment today

    7 hours ago
  • Justice M Sathyanarayanan is set to deliver his verdict in the case of the disqualification 18 AIADMK MLAs, that happened more than a year ago, at 10.30am on Thursday...

  • CBI feud: Alok Verma challenges govt order in SC

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  • The year-long fight that roiled the CBI and saw Asthana file a complaint accusing Verma of several improprieties and the CBI chief retaliating by registering an FIR against his deputy...

  • High trade margins push up drug prices: CCI

    4 hours ago

    • The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has pointed at "unreasonably high trade margins" as responsible for exorbitant drug prices, highlighting the role of intermediaries...

      Yahoo News - Top Stories



  • AVENTURA, Fla. ― Ron DeSantis took his campaign for Florida governor to a

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