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Open the House Riots

Open the House

By: Editorial | Updated: March 5, 2020 10:45:24 am The Narendra Modi government continues to resist and stonewall the Opposition’s demand to take up the issue of the Delhi riots in Parliament since it reconvened on Monday.Days after communal violence, the worst in decades, convulsed northeast Delhi, leaving at least…
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March 4, 2020
Exploring the “Cinematic Unrealism” of Rian Johnson and Why It Works So Well Joker

Exploring the “Cinematic Unrealism” of Rian Johnson and Why It Works So Well

“I just didn’t think it was realistic enough.” How often have you heard someone’s complaints about a movie essentially boil down to this talking point? If you’ve spent enough time on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube comment sections, you’ve heard it. No matter the forum, film-related discourse in the 21st Century undeniably…
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March 4, 2020
How Argentina and Britain Almost Had the First Modern Carrier-Vs-Carrier Battle During the Falklands War Korean Peace Talks

How Argentina and Britain Almost Had the First Modern Carrier-Vs-Carrier Battle During the Falklands War

Key point: There has never been a modern, post-WWII carrier on carrier battle. How might such a fight have looked like? On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier Veinticinco de Mayo (“May 25”) scrambled to load six A-4Q Skyhawk attack planes with four…
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March 4, 2020
Marching orders for Manitoba ministers include offering cost-cutting advice to municipalities Water Pollution

Marching orders for Manitoba ministers include offering cost-cutting advice to municipalities

New mandate letters from the province of Manitoba for cabinet ministers include gaming revenue for legions, a smoking ban at First Nation gaming facilities and perhaps the privatization of some provincial parks.Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister suggested changes to Employment and Income Assistance and prescription dispensing in new instructions to government…
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March 4, 2020
EPA administrator criticizes inspector general’s conclusions on Scott Pruitt’s alleged abuses Volodymyr Zelensky

EPA administrator criticizes inspector general’s conclusions on Scott Pruitt’s alleged abuses

WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the onetime administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was once a potent symbol of corruption within the Trump administration, as well as of its push to roll back environmental protections. With his penchant for first-class flights and other reported excesses — including, most infamously, an ill-fated…
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March 4, 2020
‘Indian illegal detention of innocent Kashmiris needs to be stopped’ Kashmir

‘Indian illegal detention of innocent Kashmiris needs to be stopped’

Altaf Ahmed Bhat condem­ns illega­l and unjust­ified arrest of Tariq Ahmed Shah and his 23-year-old daught­er Insha Jan Altaf Ahmed Bhat condemns illegal and unjustified arrest of Tariq Ahmed Shah and his 23-year-old daughter Insha Jan. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD  : Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) President and Senior Hurriyat Leader Altaf…
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March 4, 2020