WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 2019 winners of the national WasteWise awards. EPA is recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of 11 WasteWise partner organizations.

Jahrelang allein unterwegs? Hier erklären eine Langzeitwanderin, eine Seglerin und eine Radfahrerin, welche Strategien ihnen unterwegs helfen - und jetzt den Corona-Alltag erleichtern.

A state full of parents who, having been suddenly forced to help homeschool youngsters, have by the millions grown more appreciative of the work of professional teachers in actual classrooms, had reason to worry when they heard how Gov. Cuomo trotted out plans for a Gates Foundation reinvention of public education statewide.

COVID-19 has killed at least 19,000 New Yorkers and dealt a body blow with lasting consequences to the city. Two paths lie ahead. If pandemics become common, then not only New York City but all of America’s service-based economy faces a bleak future. If this terrible plague is a unique event, then things will eventually get almost back to normal. To save both the nation’s biggest and most productive metropolis and tens of millions of service jobs across the county, we must invest enormously to prevent future pandemics.

The Ride of Your Life is raising money for the construction of a new bike park in Yellowknife.
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A Saskatoon family physician wanted to find a way to help send supplies to the northern community of La Loche and set an initial goal for $15,000 - but within days the donations total over $26,000.

When a famed Egyptian actor revealed his daughter had transitioned, the reaction was unconventional.

While the phased-in reopening of schools in South Africa in the midst of Covid-19 remains provisional and sensitive, the Western Cape Education Department has advised principals and school management teams to wait a few more days before returning.

There was a steady stream of people dropping off donations at Goodwill’s donation centres Saturday—marking the first day it was open in about six weeks.

American Justin Gaethje scored a surprise technical knockout victory over Tony Ferguson to win the interim lightweight title at UFC 249.

Canadians working aboard two cruise ships who weren't allowed to come to shore because of concerns about COVID-19 are finally able to return home.

After more than a month at sea, isolated to their cabins, dozens of Canadian cruise ship workers have arrived back on home soil.

6 September 2013

Members Event

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G John Ikenberry, Albert G Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University; Eastman Professor, Balliol College, Oxford
Chair: Dr Robin Niblett, Director, Chatham House

For drummer Conroy Gordon, the hardest part of being locked away day after day in the narrow confines of a stranded cruise ship is his inability to tell his two daughters when Daddy will be home. For the past month, he has been battling this...

(AP): Many people saw more than the last moments of Ahmaud Arbery’s life when a video emerged this week of white men armed with guns confronting the black man; a struggle with punches thrown; three shots fired and Arbery collapsing...

With the prospects for immigration reform greater than they have been in more than a decade and the U.S. economy slowly shrugging off the effects of the recession, the United States may be on the cusp of historic changes that make the immigration system a more effective tool for innovation, economic growth and the competitiveness of its firms—large and small. 

The release of MPI's book Immigrants in a Changing Labor Market and discussion with Jason Furman, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council; Harry Holzer, Georgetown University Professor of Public Policy; and MPI's Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Madeleine Sumption, and Michael Fix.

I'll try to keep this short: So I have always dated guys. Yet when I am not dating guys, my best friend and I; who's a girl, hook up. We've been doing this for about 5 years, we met at the age of 15, and 5 yrs later I had my first lesbian experience with her, and then 5 years it became a fairly regular thing. 5 years is obviously a long time. But when I'm not dating a guy, I always go back to her. And she's the only woman I have ever been with. That's why I am confused about this. I do not know if I'm straight or a lesbian?

A Texas A&M AgriLife Research team has good news for patients with copper-deficiency disorders, especially young children diagnosed with Menkes disease.

Canadians working aboard two cruise ships, who have been prevented from coming ashore due to COVID-19 concerns, have finally been allowed to return home.

1. Ajit Doval showers praise on Kashmir forces for Riyaz Naikoo Op, then stern advice  Hindustan Times
2. Fearing retaliatory strike by India after Handwara terror attack, Pakistan increases aerial exercise  Times Now
3. Why Pakistan’s proxy war will now intensify  The Tribune India
4. Ajit Doval dissects Imran Khan’s terror moves in Kashmir, preps India’s counter  Hindustan Times
5. Indian Army retaliates to Pakistan`s ceasefire violation along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir`s Poonch  Zee News
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Fire officials are asking people in B.C. to test smoke alarms and take care in the kitchen as 15 people have died in the province so far this year due to fires — three times the number of deaths for the same time period in 2019.

Jabulani, a youth from South Africa affected by HIV, receives help and care from the OM team ministering in his community.

OM Philippines receives a short-term mission team from Hong Kong.

It didn't take long for the list of warnings about Brexit to start coming true.

Assessment for reading interventions in response-to-intervention models may be too narrow to identify students struggling in different aspects of reading.

Nathan Schmutz, an OMer working in Latin America, shares how a five year-old girl embodies OM's new mission statement.

The centre will launch an "image correction" exercise to counter what is seen as not doing enough to help stranded and hungry migrant workers amid the lockdown necessitated by the coronavirus...

BMW R18 draws power from the biggest Boxer engine ever built by the company till date.

CFMoto, on the contrary, is expected to bring in all-new products apart from the existing range converted to BS6, for sale in India.

Once launched, the new 2020 Triumph Street Triple RS will be one of the first BS6 compliant middleweight naked streetfighters to go on sale here in India.

Aprilia RS660 will soon be making an official entry to the markets soon and the latest spy shot reveals a lot of interesting details.

In this review, we try to find out if the new 2.0-litre petrol engine plonked under the hood of the Range Rover Sport takes downsizing a bit too far for a heavy 'SUV' and if this is worthy of carrying the 'Sport' tag.

The Toyota Glanza hybrid is one car which is hard to find faults with; perhaps just a bit more of creature comforts will have made it the go-to vehicle.

It's possible that we're looking at the genesis of the first AR social media platform.

At 21 downgrades a day between January and April, Corporate India’s finances continue to remain under pressure.

Petrol price is hiked by Rs 1.67 per litre while diesel price is increased by Rs 7.10 per litre in Delhi.

United Breweries share price fell the most as much as 6 per cent to Rs 912, while United Spirits shares were down 4.5 per cent to Rs 517.30

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: As many as 21 stocks out 30 Sensex scrips finished trade in positive territory with M&M as the top gainer, up 5.27 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) share price declined 13 per cent to Rs 186.70 apiece on the BSE.

On MCX, gold June futures rose Rs 37 to Rs 45,788 per 10 grams. Similarly, silver July futures were trading Rs 403 or 0.96 per cent higher at Rs 42,299 per kg

Yes Bank shares jumped 20 per cent to hit upper circuit at Rs 31.60 apiece on BSE in otherwise weak trade on Thursday. Bank reported a net profit of Rs 2,629 crore for the quarter ended on March 31.

Gold prices have gained over 18 per cent from their recent low of Rs 38,400 per 10 grams hit on March 16, 2020. While silver futures surged 25 per cent from its low of Rs 33,580 per kg touched in March.