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Celebrating Arbor Day With Books
Trees were once considered sacred and awe-inspiring: Oaks were worshiped by the European Druids, redwoods were a part of American Indian ritual, and baobabs a part of African tribal life. Ancient Chin...
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Sharks Eat Their Greens, Too—First Omnivorous Species Confirmed
Not all sharks feed only on meat—at least one shark species also feeds on seagrass. Scientists have confirmed that one of the most common sharks in the world is an omnivore. The bonnethead shark, a re...
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Microsoft Flags Dangers to EU of Plans to Limit Data Use
Microsoft said on Sept. 5, that EU lawmakers’ copyright reforms limiting the use of potentially valuable data to non-profit bodies could damage the European Union’s digital development. Co...
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How Setting a Schedule Can Make You Less Productive
It can seem like there’s never enough time—not enough for sleep and not enough for play, not enough for cooking. and not enough for exercise. There’s a relatively new term to describe this feeling: ti...
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RiNo, Denver: America’s Best Place for a Bar Crawl?
“RiNo reminds me of Williamsburg in 2004—just pretentious enough to be good, not yet pretentious enough to be annoying.” Kevin Burke is joking, of course. As the general manager of American Bonded—one...
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Respecting Teachers and Cherishing Virtue
Respecting teachers and cherishing virtues are part of the traditional ethics practiced by the Chinese people. Teachers, who impart morality, knowledge, and values, teach people the proper ways to int...
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Home Ownership in Canada Declines, Reversing Long Upward Trend
Home ownership in Canada fell for the first time in over 45 years, according to a Point2Homes study released this week. It had reached a record high of 69 percent in 2011, but as of 2016, it fell to 6...
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Aretha Franklin Dresses, Hats to Go up for Auction
NEW YORK—More than 30 dresses and accessories worn on stage by Aretha Franklin are going up for auction. The Queen of Soul died at age 76 in Detroit on Aug. 16. Julien’s Auctions says the items ...
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87 Elephants Found Slaughtered in Botswana, Africa
An alarming number of elephant carcasses have been discovered in aerial surveys across Botswana in what has been described as a “poaching frenzy.” Botswana was once known as a sanctuary fo...
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Yes, Marijuana Can Be Addictive
The business world is salivating at the potential $22.6 billion recreational marijuana market in Canada, with more new pot users expected after legalization on Oct. 17. But public-health officials wan...
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Google Races to Parry the Rise of Facebook in India
Google retains only a slight lead over Facebook in the competition for digital ad dollars in the crucial India market, sources familiar with the figures say, even though the search giant has been in t...
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Canada in Brief, Sept. 6-12
Trudeau says he won’t use ‘tricks’ to ram through pipeline construction Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pouring cold water on Alberta’s suggestion that the federal government use legislation or a cou...
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Simple DIY Rose Water
It’s rose water season! Can you get your hands on some fragrant rose petals? If yes, then you can make some amazing rose water that you can use as perfume or the magic ingredient in nougat, bakl...
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New Discoveries Made at Peru’s Chavin de Huantar Archeological Site
A team of U.S. and Peruvian researchers made new discoveries recently in Peru’s Chavin de Huantar archaeological site including three underground galleries, ceramic pieces and human remains. The...
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Credit Market Contagion
To understand the routs in Turkey, Argentina, and other emerging markets, one needs to understand the anatomy of a credit bubble. They are all the same, although the companies and countries caught up ...
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NewsCredit Market Contagion
To understand the routs in Turkey, Argentina, and other emerging markets, one needs to understand the anatomy of a credit bubble. They are all the same, although the companies and countries caught up ...
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CNN Boldly Decides It No Longer Needs Reliable Sources
Commentary On July 27, CNN aired a news story in which it claimed President Donald Trump had advance knowledge of the meeting at Trump Tower between members of his campaign team and two Russians worki...
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The Origin and Meaning of Profits
The definition of profit is the excess of revenue over costs. The underlying activity that produces the revenue, and incurs the cost, can be almost anything. As Robert Nozick pointed out in his 1974 a...
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Facebook Will Now Rate Your ‘Trustworthiness’
Facebook is now rating its users according to how “trustworthy” it thinks they are as part its effort to combat cyber misinformation. A user’s trustworthiness can be scaled anywhere ...
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Trump Takes on the Media Goliath
After 20 months of one-sided attacks, smears, and caricatures of President Donald Trump and his administration, more than 300 newspapers across the United States joined together on Aug. 16 to do one t...
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We Need Journalism, Not Grandstanding
Journalism is dead. It wasn’t killed by anything President Donald Trump tweeted. It committed suicide because President Trump exists. On Aug. 16, more than 200 newspapers and many local television sta...
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Official Supervision Is No Solution for China’s Vaccine Scandals
The Changchun Changsheng Bio-tech scandal, involving over 250,000 faulty doses of the DPT infant vaccine, has further diminished the Chinese people’s trust in the authorities, just days after an expos...
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How Technology Bolsters Your Right to Work, Choose, and Earn
It’s hard to remember how hard it was to look for work—or leave your current job—before technology changed everything. Consider what LinkedIn does for you. It allows you to have your own identity apar...
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Why Walmart Is Struggling
Inbuilt obsolescence is killing the Walmart business model. According to market principles and the demand changes of the transaction, Walmart is out of date, out of touch, and out of depth in understa...
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Might the Republic Be Back on Track?
Last week, we witnessed twin victories for the Constitution: the downfall of members of what is now referred to as the “deep state” who have sought to subvert the institutions of democracy...
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Fake News and False Flags Are Political Tools
Newton’s third law of motion holds that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This principle has been weaponized by various subversive movements to change the nature of soci...
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IndiaParalyzed, Pregnant Indian Woman Rescued From Flood
Southern India has been hit by horrible flooding during the summer monsoon season. The southwestern state of Kerala has been particularly hard-hit, with 209 people killed since Aug. 8, according to th...
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India Boosts Tariffs to Protect Local Textile Makers From Cheap Chinese Imports
Fallout from the U.S.–China trade dispute is being felt in India, with the country recently putting measures in place to blunt an influx of cheap Chinese textile imports that could threaten domestic p...
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14 Communists Killed in Encounter With Indian Security Forces
Fourteen communists were killed during a clash with security forces in India on Aug. 6. The Maoists opened fire on the forces as the team searched the forests in the Sukma district in the tribal regio...
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Indian Police Arrest 25 in Latest WhatsApp Rumor-Led Lynching
MUMBAI—Police in India have arrested more than two dozen men who were part of a mob that lynched a 32-year-old man after rumors spread over WhatsApp that he was a child-kidnapper, police said on Sunda...
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26 Underage Girls Rescued From Traffickers After Passenger Tweets
A group of 26 underage girls was rescued from human traffickers in India after a concerned train passenger alerted authorities via Twitter. The passenger, identified as Adarsh Shrivastava, was traveli...
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48 Dead After Bus Crash in India
Forty-eight people have died after a bus plunged into a gorge in India, highlighting the country’s notorious road safety issues. The bus, which was overcrowded, fell into a 700-foot-deep gorge in the ...
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Beached Orcas Saved Along Argentine Coast
A group of orcas (killer whales) were rescued and placed back into water along the Argentine coast after the tide took them ashore. The rescue effort began on Friday (August 24) and continued into the...
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4 Planes Make Emergency Landings in Peru, Chile After Bomb Threats: Reports
Up to four planes were forced to make emergency landings in Chile and Peru on Aug. 16 due to bomb threats issued to Chilean authorities, reports say. The planes were operated by LATAM Airlines and Sky...
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Brazil’s Samarco to Pay $512.5 Million to Disaster Victims: Foundation
SAO PAULO—Brazil’s Samarco Mineração SA expects to pay up to 2 billion reais ($512.5 million) this year to 19,000 families affected by the 2015 mining disaster in the state of Minas Gerais, the ...
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Passenger Says Aeromexico Flight 2431 Hit Hail, Wind Before Crash
A U.S. passenger aboard a flight that crashed on takeoff in northern Mexico said that a strong burst of wind and hail hit the Aeromexico jetliner, apparently knocking it back to the ground, where ther...
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Chile Names Santiago Archbishop as Suspect in Sex Abuse Cover-Up
SANTIAGO—The Chilean public prosecutor’s office has summoned the archbishop of Santiago to testify in an investigation into the alleged cover-up of child sexual abuse by members of the Catholic ...
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BusinessArgentina Unveils ‘Emergency’ Austerity Measures, Grain Export Taxes to Balance Budget
BUENOS AIRES—President Mauricio Macri on Sept. 3 announced new taxes on exports in the world’s third-biggest soy producer and steep cuts to government spending in an “emergency” bid ...
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Struggling China Desperately Seeks Canada Trade Lifeline
The U.S.-led trade war with China is jeopardizing the Chinese economy’s illegitimate house of cards. In a desperate move, Beijing is now trying to revive free trade talks with Canada even after one of...
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Lebanese Chafe as Economic Blues Begin to Bite
25BEIRUT—For Mazen Rahhal, a shop owner in a bustling district of Beirut, Lebanon’s economy has seldom felt more precarious. In one store, he sells clothes at a fraction of their previous price....
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US Dollar Slides, Euro at Two-Week High
NEW YORK—The U.S. dollar continued its slide on Aug. 22, and the euro hit a two-week high as investors rushed to cover short positions. Some analysts said renewed U.S. political uncertainty could keep...
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Turkey Financial Crisis: Stocks at Record Low as Lira Plunges Again
Turkey’s currency crisis sent world markets reeling, as investors in emerging markets sought safety in government bonds and the dollar. It follows the lira’s record plunge of up to 18 percent on Aug. ...
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Trade Tensions Boost Dollar as Chinese Stocks Drop
NEW YORK—Concerns about Britain’s plan to leave the European Union sent the pound to an 11-month low against the greenback on Monday, while U.S.-China trade tensions helped boost the U.S. curren...
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Migrant Trips Across Mediterranean Fall, but Risks Rise
GENEVA—People smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe as Libya’s coast guard intercepts more and more boats carrying migrants, increasing the likelihood that ...
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Global Trade War to Hold Back Modest Euro Zone Growth: Poll
BENGALURU—The euro zone economy will muddle through this year and next with steady but modest growth in a slowdown from 2017, according to economists in a Reuters poll, which shows a majority expectin...
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Romanian Government Faces Renewed Pressure After Protest Clashes
Romania’s government faces renewed pressure over its controversial overhaul of the judiciary after hundreds of protesters who oppose the changes were injured in clashes with riot police, the first tim...
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Greece to Begin Laying Wildfire Victims to Rest Amid Bitter Accusations
Greece will begin burying the victims this weekend of a devastating wildfire near Athens which killed at least 88 people and raised recriminations over the government’s handling of the disaster....
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We Suspect Arson, Greek Minister Says of Deadly Wildfires
MATI, Greece—Greece said on Thursday, July 27, it suspected arson was behind a devastating forest fire which killed at least 83 people and turned the small town of Mati east of Athens into a wasteland...