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Federal layoffs start with huge number of probationary workers

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Washington The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, the nation's largest employer, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly a ...[Continue Reading]

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Peter Dutton on why hes not Australias Trump Im my own person

Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

On current opinion polls, we are looking at a very close race at the May election. As voting day draws near, Peter Dutton will face more forensic questioning about his policies and how he would run g ...[Continue Reading]

The Conversation Africa

1 day ago

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Guardian Falsely Claims Climate Change is Intensifying Cyclones

Eric Worrall

Essay by Eric Worrall Contradictory evidence is now uncertainty? As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia Adam Morto ...[Continue Reading]

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Can social sector impact be fully measured?

Helena Vieira

The abrupt closure of USAID is an extreme example of the volatile environment in which NGOs and activists work. Jonathan Roberts writesthatmeasuring impact might help, but a total focus on evidence a ...[Continue Reading]

Lse.ac.uk

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Fueling Portlands Future: Renewable Fuels Come Under the Microscope at City Hall

Taylor Griggs

Biofuels, created from organic matter like crops, garbage, vegetable oils, and human and animal waste, are often heralded as an ideal form of renewable energy. These energy sources have been touted b ...[Continue Reading]

The Portland Mercury

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Scientist Dies After Neighbour Assaults Him During Parking Row In Mohali

Saikat Kumar Bose

Mohali: A 39-year-old scientist working at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, has died after a parking dispute near his rented home in Sector 67 turned violent. D ...[Continue Reading]

NDTV News

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