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The Academy Awards are 10 days away and "Roma," a black-and-white foreign film with a largely unknown cast, has become an unlikely Oscar front-runner. The movie is up for 10 Academy Awards including nominations for the best director and original screenplay for Alfonso Cuarón. He's a celebrated director, known for ciritically acclaimed films like "Gravity," "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," and "Children of Men." Jamie Yuccas spoke to Cuarón about the deeply personal and semi-autobiographical... Читать дальше...

Young people don't get to vote on the issues of the day, but that doesn't mean they can't build power and make their voices heard.

This little combined brush and comb is just so handy!  It's enough of a brush to brush the mane and forelock while you are plaiting and it's not too bulky.  The comb on the other end is perfect for sectioning the mane and smoothing the hairs and combined with the brush means it's hard..

A plurality of Americans support the idea of a Green New Deal — and a majority support most of the proposal's specifics, according to an INSIDER poll.

• Since Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey introduced their roadmap for a Green New Deal last week, critics on the left and right have characterized the ambitious proposal as politically infeasible. 
• But a recent INSIDER poll found that a plurality of respondents support the Green New Deal and large majorities support the bulk of the resolution's broad policy goals. 
• The proposal bundles aggressive environmental priorities with investments in infrastructure... Читать дальше...

February 13, 2019

United States Department of State
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):
DRL FY18 IRF Addressing Societal Constraints on Religious Freedom in Pakistan

This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0005584.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345

Type of Solicitation: Open

Application Deadline: April 15, 2019

Funding Floor (lowest $$ value)... Читать дальше...

Investigators zero in on Manafort meetings with Russians CNN The federal judge overseeing President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is considering whether Manafort lied to s

'From the party that claims to be #ForThePeople'

A fisherman has been plucked from a life raft after trying to fight a fire on his boat near Westport. It is understood the fire started near the smokestack of the 8m boat with the man attempting to extinguish ...

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School deadly shootings a year ago in Florida renewed the national debate on guns and school safety, turned some victims' parents and surviving students into political activists, and at least temporarily ended the local sheriff's career.

OPEC squeezes oil output to 4-year low, Russia compliance low ABS-CBN News PARIS, France - OPEC production fell to a four-year low in January as the cartel applied a new pact to boost global oil pric

Scientists of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), working as part of an international toxicologists' team, studied fur samples of wild terrestrial mammals in Primorye, Russia. All samples contained persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that are resistant to decomposition, tend to accumulate in body tissues and are potentially risky for human and animal health. Some of them are prohibited by the Stockholm Convention. The research outcome was published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

PV Sindhu, who is the top seed, beat Nagpur's rising star Malvika Bansod 21-11, 21-13 to progress into the quarter-finals.

An El Nino, which can alter weather worldwide, has formed but it's so weak and late that it shouldn't be a big deal, U.S. forecasters said. The National Oceanic and … Click to Continue »

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators promised new sanctions against Russia for activities in Syria and Ukraine, a move that drew backlash from the Kremlin Thursday.

The Latest from the skiing world championships (all times local): ___ 3 p.m. Former Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg took a 0.19 second lead after the first run in the giant … Click to Continue »

Soaring car-loan debt in the US is a disturbing sign for the economy, showing that the middle class is in “serious economic trouble” as people sacrifice their basic necessities, Professor of Economics Richard Wolff believes.
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If it doesn't pay off, the president is in big trouble.

The US investment bank has created the JPM Coin to handle wholesale payments for some clients.

Hockey Night In Canada Podcast: Russia's NHL evolution from Mogilny to Ovi CBC Sports This week, the Hockey Night in Canada podcast takes a closer look at the evolution of Russian players in the

Actor Naveen Kasturia says his upcoming social drama "Waah Zindagi" reflects the reality of the society.

St. Louis has played itself into playoff contention with recent push.

Recent European Tour winner David Law will play in the inaugural Aberdeen Golf Links Pro-Am, it has been announced.

Vice President Mike Pence criticised Britain, France and Germany during the speech in Poland.

NORWAY tightened its grip on snow crab catches in the Artic today in a landmark ruling which delivered a blow to EU fishermen.