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Sao Paulo judge rules Uber drivers are employees, deserve benefits
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A judge in Brazil's biggest city ruled this week that a driver using the Uber [UBER.UL] ride-hailing app is an employee of the San-Francisco-based company, threatening its business model in one of its biggest markets. ......
New York City's free WiFi kiosks speed up access to social services
When New York City launched its LinkNYC gigabit free WiFi program last year, it was a win for internet accessibility. With over 800 devices currently spread across New York City, the kiosks provide municipal broadband for anyone in WiFi range, as wel... ......
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Microsoft hammered by surveillance requests in 2016
US authorities must have spent more time at Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court last year than in 2015. According to Microsoft's latest transparency report, the tech titan received 1,000 to 1,499 surveillance requests for foreign intelligence pur... ......
Tanzania plans to enact law to regulate scrap metals business
DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Charles Mwijage, the Minister for Industries, Trade and Investment, told the National Assembly in the political capital Dodoma that the government has decided to enact the law following increased theft of key infrastructure instruments that were sold...
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Komodo Dragons may hold the key to fighting infections
Komodo Dragon blood could save your life. Curious scientists -- are there any other kind? -- recently identified a peptide in the Dragon plasma that might serve as an antibiotic. Now, a bite from a Komodo Dragon is lethal not from venom, but from bac... ......
After hundreds of suicides, iconic bridge getting a makeover
Work begins on a net under Golden Gate Bridge intended to prevent and deter suicides at iconic landmark ......
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Concussion risk keeps many kids out of sports, parents say
Survey shows which sports parents think are safer, but they may be off base, say experts ......
Physicists Are Finally Getting to the Bottom of Why Your Shoelaces Always Untie Themselves
Nothing seems to sum up the universe’s descent into disordered chaos quite like shoes getting untie ......
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Manchester United lose star Juan Mata for rest of season to groin injury
Manchester United attacking midfielder Juan Mata is likely to miss the remainder of the season following a groin injury. Manchester United's Juan Mata celebrates his goal against Newcastle. Source: Associated Press The 28-year-old Spanish international had surgery last month and Mourinho told the...
Guardiola accepts City 'far away' from Champions League
Pep Guardiola has admitted Manchester City are "far away" from challenging for European club football's biggest prize. The manager of the world’s self-styled wealthiest football club has been in the unusual position of watching the Champions League quarter-finals from a distance this week. City’s...
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Harry Styles song 'Sign of the Times' topples Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' from No.1 spot
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Gareth Bale injured for Sporting Gijon trip and doubt for Bayern Munich return
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Scheduled to die in Arkansas: Does mental competence matter?
Scheduled to die in Arkansas: Does mental competence matter?
(CNN)Four of the six men Arkansas plans to execute over a 10-day period this month are not mentally fit for the death penalty, a report by a Harvard Law School initiative suggests. The report by the school's Fair...
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'Mother of all bombs' death toll rises to 94, Afghan authorities say
'Mother of all bombs' death toll rises to 94, Afghan authorities say
At least 94 Isis militants have been killed in an attack that saw the...
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Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on Wednesday
Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on Wednesday
An asteroid as big as the Rock of Gibraltar will streak past Earth on Wednesday at an uncomfortably close distance. “Although there is no possibility for the asteroid to collide with our planet, this will be a very...
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UN chief warns that Libya risks a return to wide conflict
UN chief warns that Libya risks a return to wide conflict
UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that Libya risks a return to widespread conflict, citing the volatile security situation in Tripoli and fighting in the eastern oil crescent and elsewhere....
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North Korea 'ready for nuclear attack' amid show of force
North Korea 'ready for nuclear attack' amid show of force
North Korea has warned the US not to take provocative action in the region, saying it is "ready to hit back...
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Pope Francis expresses shame over Catholic church sexual abuse scandals
Pope Francis expresses shame over Catholic church sexual abuse scandals
Armoured vehicles and bomb-sniffing dogs used as heavy police presence guards every aspect of Good Friday Way of the Cross procession in Rome...
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US government 'hacked global bank system'
US government 'hacked global bank system'
Swift is a network that allows global banks to move money around the world. In the Swift network, smaller banks often make use of service bureaus to handle transactions on their behalf. Documents included in the leak...
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey's dominant president
Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey's dominant president
Born in February 1954, Recep Tayyip Erdogan grew up the son of a coastguard, on Turkey's Black Sea coast. When he was 13, his father decided to move to...
Four children killed in garbage dump fire, toll climbs to 11
Four children killed in garbage dump fire, toll climbs to 11
The death toll in a fire incident at a giant open garbage dump near the Sri Lankan capital today climbed to at least 11 after five more persons, including four...
Pakistan arrests '3 RAW spies who were targeting China Pakistan Economic Corridor and Chinese engineers'
Pakistan arrests '3 RAW spies who were targeting China Pakistan Economic Corridor and Chinese engineers'
NEW DELHI: Even as Indo-Pak relations are on the boil over the death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav, Pakistan yesterday said it arrested three suspected Indian...
Saudi-led coalition ‘will not allow Houthi militia to become another Hezbollah’
Saudi-led coalition ‘will not allow Houthi militia to become another Hezbollah’
PARIS: The Arab coalition will not allow Houthi militias in Yemen to become like Hezbollah in Lebanon, its spokesman said. Maj. Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri said the...
Pentagon chief to travel to Mideast, Africa next week
Pentagon chief to travel to Mideast, Africa next week
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis will travel to the Middle East and Africa next week to meet with regional allies “to re-affirm key US military...
[VIDEO] Golfer Captures Kangaroo Invasion On Australian Golf Course
[VIDEO] Golfer Captures Kangaroo Invasion On Australian Golf Course
A cheeky group of kangaroos invaded a golf course in Australia, and one golfer didn’t seem to be put off his game by the marsupials, The Mirror reported. The...
Sri Lanka Dump Landslide Kills At Least 6
Sri Lanka Dump Landslide Kills At Least 6
A rubbish dump landslide in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo killed at least six and injured 11, hospital sources said on Friday, as emergency workers dug into...
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Why do teachers quit? They've had it with unruly kids and permissive parents.
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As a high school English teacher with 10 years of experience in the classroom, I want to...
United Airlines takes some of the readers' heat off Donald Trump
United Airlines takes some of the readers' heat off Donald Trump
In this era of Donald Trump — with its mass protests and historically bad approval ratings for...
All immigrants need to ask themselves: Am I American or not?
All immigrants need to ask themselves: Am I American or not?
“Assimilation is a complex balancing act for immigrants,” reads the...
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8 Country Music Cannabis Classics
We've come a long way from "We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee." Just ask Merle Haggard. When we...
Ask Yourself: Will Donald Trump EVER Become President?
Ask Yourself: Will Donald Trump EVER Become President?
As our institutions bend and buckle and approach the breaking point, the president bombs Syria and...
First Fake News, Now Fake History: Glenn Beck Wants to Train Young People to Promote ...
First Fake News, Now Fake History: Glenn Beck Wants to Train Young People to Promote ...
Beck and his partner, David Barton, are holding training camps to teach fake history to a generation...
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