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Automation threatens 69% jobs in India: World Bank China's Social Credit System

Automation threatens 69% jobs in India: World Bank

In a major escalation of tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced plans to sharply curtail trade and transit with Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of repeatedly blocking Afghan routes and using economic pressure as a political weapon. The decision was announced by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Afghanistan’s Deputy…
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October 5, 2016
Sam Brownback declares war on Kansas: This is how extremists gut a state — and democracy NSA

Sam Brownback declares war on Kansas: This is how extremists gut a state — and democracy

The ultraconservatives take control, with an assist to ALEC and no concern for the people Published April 12, 2016 9:58AM (EDT) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback addresses the media about the legislative session during a press conference on Tuesday June 16, 2015, at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (Chris Neal/The…
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April 12, 2016
Young Carlos Times Square

Young Carlos

Carlos eats breakfast at home in the Bronx.   (Photo: Edward Keating) Carlos, a soon-to-be-19-year-old from Honduras, is most fond of pastimes and people who bring on temporary amnesia. His former girlfriend, Maria, was one such happy distraction. He plays soccer every Saturday in the Bronx at Mullally Park, just a…
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September 17, 2014
It’s Hard to Hate Rand Paul NATO

It’s Hard to Hate Rand Paul

By Frank Rich , a writer-at-large for New York Magazine Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images In the Labor Day weekend scramble set off by President Obama’s zero-hour about-face on Syria, the only visible politician in Washington who knew just what he wanted to say and said it was the…
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September 23, 2013