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Why are teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky protesting?

Teachers in the US states of Oklahoma and Kentucky are protesting on Monday over a range of issues from funding to benefits.  In Oklahoma, teachers are walking out of the classroom to call for better funding and salaries.  « We’ve all heard stories from students, parents, and teachers affected by eleven years of cuts to our…

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Is Austria’s far-correct FPO shedding increase amid Nazi scandals?

An attache in Israel wearing a pro-Nazi t-shirt. Councillors arrested for WhatsApp messages glorifying Nazi Germany. A candidate forced to quit after news emerged he was heading a student fraternity that distributed a songbook with genocidal anti-Semitic lyrics. These are just a few of the scandals that the Austrian government’s junior coalition partner, the far-right…

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Google will predict Final Four efficiency in step with in-sport data (up-to-the-minute)

The analytics that the Google Cloud team will be using to make the predictions will be based on the interesting facts they’ve uncovered while analyzing NCAA data: « everything from who blocks more shots per minute (for the record: juniors) to whether teams with a certain type of animal mascot cause more March Madness upsets (hint:…

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The market is ‘steady within the be aware of the storm,’ and two charts impress darkish clouds forward, says Monetary institution of The United States analyst

Paul Ciana, global chief FICC technical strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, says the market’s « headed right in the eye of the storm, » and there are two charts to watch that could signal some dark clouds ahead. « Our thesis here suggests that U.S. financial conditions continue to deteriorate, » he said Thursday on CNBC’s « Futures…

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China’s “Beautiful Palace” returns to Earth and burns up

Enlarge / The Tiangong-1 space station broke up northwest of Tahiti on Sunday night, US time. US Department of StateChina’s first space station burnt up in Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday night, the US Joint Force Space Component Command reported. Using Space Surveillance Network sensors, US officials said the Tiangong-1 station reentered Earth’s atmosphere at 8:16pm…

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China imposes retaliatory tariffs on US merchandise

Beijing has imposed tariffs of up to 25 percent on more than 120 American products, including pork, fruits, nuts and wine, in retaliation to US President Donald Trump’s decision to raise duties on Chinese imports.  China said the decision, which affects around $3bn worth of imports from the US, is aimed at safeguarding its interests…

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Dalits in India preserve protests in opposition to dilution of SC/ST Act

Dalits in India are staging nationwide protests against the Supreme Court’s ruling, which activists say will likely dilute the provisions of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Thouands of people have joined peaceful protests and sit-ins as part of the Bharat Bandh, demanding the government to challenge the top…

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African Union: 30 al-Shabab warring parties killed in Somalia assault

African Union troops in Somalia killed at least 30 al-Shabab fighters as they repulsed an attack by the armed group on their base, the AU mission said. Heavily armed al-Shabab fighters attacked the base belonging to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) early on Sunday, blowing up two vehicles and engaging the African troops…

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From Myanmar to Singapore: Why the maid trafficking continues

When we first heard about a 15-year-old domestic worker from Myanmar seeking help at a shelter in Singapore in 2016, we thought it was an isolated case. But at the shelter, we met three other teenage maids from Myanmar who’d also run away from their employers. One said she’d been physically abused; another fled after her male…