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I just returned from my Panama Canal cruise.  Reflections: 1. As I’ve mentioned before, cruises are in one sense a great test case for open borders.  Workers from all over the world come together to run some of the world’s most sophisticated technology and please some of the world’s most demanding customers.  Most of the […]

Says it will demoralise several other deserving senior judges; terms it ‘unjust’

While much of the focus concerning the EU's Copyright Directive have been about Article 13 and the censorship and mandatory filters it will require, an equally troubling part is Article 11, which will create a "snippet" tax on anyone who aggregates news and sends traffic back to the original sites (for free) without paying those news sites. This is dumb for all sorts of reasons, not the least of which is that this plan has been tried in both Germany and Spain, and failed miserably in both places. Читать дальше...

The Cuddalore Police on Wednesday arrested three persons on the charge of snatching a two-and-a-half sovereign gold chain from a housewife at the Tami

David Cameron has said he does not regret calling the EU referendum, despite the crushing suffered by Theresa May over her Brexit deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s new pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency told lawmakers on Wednesday he does not believe climate change is a major crisis, and would continue to undo Obama-era emission limits if confirmed. Trump nominated EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler last week to ...

Hotel 22 may be closing its doors. That’s the nickname given to the Valley Transportation Authority’s overnight bus line from the Eastridge Transit Center to Palo Alto Transit Center along El Camino Real, The Alameda and Santa Clara Street. It’s been an oasis of sorts where for decades homeless riders have been able to grab […]

Shutdown pressure on President Donald Trump mounted Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on him to delay his Jan. 29 State of the Union address and his own economists acknowledged the prolonged standoff was having a greater economic drag than previously thought.

Pelosi takes heat for bid to delay State of the Union address  Fox News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing a mounting backlash from Republicans for urging President Trump to delay his State of the Union address until after the ...

Former Great Britain track sprinter Jess Varnish has lost her employment tribunal against British Cycling and UK Sport. She was found to be neither an employee or worker for UK Sport or British Cycling.

Former Great Britain track sprinter Jess Varnish has lost her employment tribunal against British Cycling and UK Sport. She was found to be neither an employee or worker for UK Sport or British Cycling.

United States Central Command has confirmed that four Americans died as a result of a suspected Daesh suicide attack in Manbij, Syria, on Wednesday.

Security strengthened ahead of Kaanum Pongal

Pollution board directed to conduct performance audit of regulatory bodies

Benoit Badiashile header earns struggling Monaco a 1-1 draw.

Angelo Agrizzi, the former chief operations officer of controversial company Bosasa, has told the state capture commission of inquiry that the company spent between R4m to R6m in bribes.

Nancy Pelosi is clearly playing hardball by essentially disinviting President Trump from giving a State of the Union address at...

Paramilitary force launches op to cleanse southern Libya of Islamic militants, gangs RT A spokesman for Libya's powerful paramilitary based in the eastern city of Benghazi says its troops are lau

A good Samaritan in Florida who jumped into action to help the victims of a fiery highway crash on Monday night was punished for his good deed when one of the victims stole his truck and sped away. Felix Coffman, 53, witnessed a man driving a blue Mitsubishi Lancer speed past him and rear-end another vehicle...

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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst says she is once again being treated for cancer.

The bank will raise about $ 700 million through five- year bonds and $300 million through three-year bonds

IT’S most parents’ worst nightmare – talking to their children about porn. The idea that X-rated movies could be discussed and analysed during school lessons may save mums and dads from having to have that embarrassing chat. Psychologists have made the suggestion in an effort to get schoolkids to understand that porn films are scripted […]