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The Ominous Big Tech Takeover of Our Community College System
3+ min ago (1816+ words) The ghouls of privatization have long had their eyes on the community college system. From Devry to ITT Tech, there have been countless versions of the for-profit junior college, and most of them have the same problems. The process to…...
Will Trump's War in Iran Kick Off a High-Seas Toll Binge?
3+ min ago (1227+ words) Forty-six years ago I told an editor of The New Republic that I'd like my first article for this publication to be about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. I was an earnest summer intern, less…...
'Completely evil' man sentenced to decades in prison for tying up and raping elderly woman in Ohio
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (345+ words) Police discovered the suspect lived in the same neighborhood as the victim. A man convicted for raping an elderly woman and tying her up will spend decades in prison after Ohio police were able to find one thumbprint from the…...
Eswatini court rules first Trump deportees in jail have right to lawyer
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (304+ words) JOHANNESBURG, April 10 (Reuters) " A court in Eswatini has ruled that the first five migrants the Trump administration sent to the African kingdom have a "right to a lawyer, after they were denied "legal representation on their transfer from the U. S. to…...
Apple leads global smartphone shipments in first quarter, Counterpoint says
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (108+ words) April 10 (Reuters) - i Phone-maker Apple "led "smartphone shipments in the "first "quarter, "growing 5% "year-on-year, even as overall global "shipments "remained "under pressure "due "to a shortage "of memory components "and weak consumer sentiment, "C. .. Apple leads global smartphone shipments in first…...
World Food Programme warns Lebanon facing food security crisis due to Iran war
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (243+ words) GENEVA, April 10 (Reuters) " Lebanon is facing a food security crisis as the Iran war disrupts supplies of goods "inside the country, the United Nations "World Food Programme said on Friday. A fragile two-week ceasefire between the U. S. and Iran showed further…...
Parliamentary election to be held in Kazakhstan in August, president says
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (135+ words) ALMATY, April 10 (Reuters) " Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan, said on "Friday that a "parliamentary election in the resource-rich Central Asian country would take place in August, but "stopped "short of "naming an exact "date. Kazakhs in March voted overwhelmingly…...
Polls in Hungary and Peru next in key election year for world markets
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (948+ words) (This story has been refiled to fix the headline and the order of graphics) By Libby George and Dhara Ranasinghe April 10 (Reuters) " Voters in Hungary could deliver a boon to bond investors, while Peru's weekend polls will help determine the…...
Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (311+ words) SEOUL, April 10 (Reuters) " A wolf that escaped from its enclosure in a South Korean zoo has spent three days on the loose, captivating the public, "spawning a cryptocurrency meme coin and even prompting a "message of concern from the country's…...
US stock futures subdued ahead of inflation data, Mideast in focus
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (393+ words) April 10 (Reuters) " U. S. stock index futures were largely muted on Friday as investors stuck to the sidelines ahead of a crucial inflation print, while assessing the fragility of the Middle East truce. The news of a "two-week ceasefire agreement earlier this…...