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Dutch family spent nine years living in a secret room "waiting for the end of time"

Boing Boing 

In the Netherlands province of Drenth, a family of seven adults were found living inside a hidden room in their farmhouse for nine years "waiting for the end of time." The family included a father, 58, and six male children, aged 18 to 25. Apparently one of the young men had enough and visited a nearby pub. After drinking five beers, he told the bar owner that he had run away and needed help. From the BBC News:

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The Latest: GM workers hope deal will end monthlong strike

TheRepublic.com 

DETROIT — The Latest on the United Auto Workers and General Motors reaching a tentative contract agreement (all times local): 12:50 p.m. Many workers who are on strike against General Motors say they’re ready to go back to work now that their union has agreed to a tentative four-year contract with the company. The United

Real considering Malen

Soccer News 

Real Madrid are the latest in the line of clubs credited with interested in Donyell Malen of PSV Eindhoven. The 20-year-old has been on impressive form for a while now, having become a regular feature in Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands team and his talents have not gone unnoticed. He is currently being courted by the likes […]

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US diplomats taken off train in Russian naval city: reports

Business Standard 

Russian authorities removed three US diplomats from a train in the Arctic shipyard city of Severodvinsk, news agencies reported Wednesday, citing an "informed source". The diplomats were on Monday taken off a train running between Severodvinsk and Nyonoksa, the site of a missile test blast that saw a radiation spike last August, reported Interfax news agency. The trio, including a naval attache and a defence attache, were removed from the train in Severodvinsk station at around six pm after document checks and then released, Interfax said. Читать дальше...

With little hope, Nigeria pushes USD 62 bn claim from oil majors

Business Standard 

Nigeria is looking to claim $62 billion from international oil firms for back revenues it says it is owed -- but even the country's own oil minister admits the government has little chance of success. The eye-watering amount relates to a 1993 law governing production sharing agreements between the country and oil majors that said the revenue split should be reviewed if prices reached over USD 20 per barrel. Despite the price of crude soaring above that point over the past two decades the division... Читать дальше...

Telangana: BJP delegation meets Governor, takes up TSRTC workers' issues with him

Business Standard 

A BJP delegation here met Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and submitted a memorandum regarding the issues related to the strike of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) workers, which entered the 12th day on Wednesday."The BJP delegation met Governor of Telangana as the strike is continuing for more than 12 days. The employees did not receive a salary for the month of September, but the government misrepresented the fact that they were not given a salary as they are not working. Читать дальше...

How LIRR foremen scored OT pay for hours they didn’t work

New York Post 

Long Island Rail Road foremen earned thousands of dollars in overtime pay for hours they did not work by billing travel time as OT, the MTA inspector general revealed Wednesday in a damning new report. By filing travel time to and from overtime shifts as hours worked, workers were able to earn hundreds of thousands...

Twitter: world leaders’ accounts not entirely above policies

TheRepublic.com 

SAN FRANCISCO — Amid calls from some Democrats to suspend President Donald Trump’s account, Twitter says world leaders’ accounts aren’t entirely above its policies and that it will enforce those policies on any account that violates rules, such as promoting terrorism. The company’s announcement this week expands on its policy governing those tweets. In June


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