July2017
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Some very “peculiar signals” noticed coming from a star just 11 light-years away
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: Some very “peculiar signals” have been noticed coming from a star just 11 light-years away, scientists in Puerto Rico said. The mystery has gripped the internet as speculation mounts about the potential for a... -
The dollar’s travails extended into Wednesday
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: The dollar’s travails extended into Wednesday as Donald Trump faces a battle to push through his much-vaunted economic agenda, while Hong Kong was the standout Asian equity market, rising for an eighth straight day.... -
PPFA bats for 1951 as cut-off year, opines for work permits to settlers
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) reiterates its stand to detect all immigrants from the then East Pakistan and later Bangladesh with the national cut-off year (1951) and urges the Union government in New Delhi... -
Cholera kills four in Kenyan capital since May
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: A cholera outbreak in the Kenyan capital has killed four people since May and the government has shut down a three-star hotel and a popular restaurant there to control its spread, the health minister... -
France’s armed forces chief resigns after clash with Macron over budget cuts
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: France’s armed forces chief resigned on Wednesday in a dispute with Emmanuel Macron over defense budget cuts, an early test of the newly elected president’s mettle and the tough presidential style he is cultivating.... -
Polands’ parliament orders break in debate on contested Supreme Court reform
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: Poland’s parliament put on hold for several hours until 0900 a.m. local time on Wednesday a debate over the bill giving itself the power to appoint Supreme Court judges, amid opposition’s criticism that the... -
Trump, Putin had previously undisclosed visit at G20 dinner
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a previously undisclosed conversation during a dinner for G20 leaders at a summit earlier this month in Germany, a White House official said on... -
As Obamacare repeal falters, insurers start to press on subsidies
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: A failed Republican effort to replace Obamacare raised new concerns on Tuesday for U.S. health insurers over whether the government will continue to fund billions of dollars in medical benefit subsidies. The healthcare bill under... -
Campaign urges U.S. public pension funds to divest from owner of Trump hotel
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: Advocacy groups launched petitions and sent letters on Wednesday urging two of the biggest U.S. public pension funds to divest from an investment fund unless it stops paying one of President Donald Trump’s companies... -
New Hampshire decriminalizes Marijuana!
Jul 19, 2017News Hour: The culmination of activists working in Concord for a decade, today saw New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu make good on campaign trail promises and sign a decriminalization bill into Granite State law. The bill,...
