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Would a big increase in public jobs add value to the economy? The post The Economics of a Job Guarantee: Wage and Employment Effects appeared first on Niskanen Center...

Atop Democratic primary polls, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are re-igniting a debate about whether moderates are more electable. Are voters pushing the candidates to the extremes...

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There are growing calls from both sides of the political aisle for government regulation of speech on social media platforms, but letting government dictate what is acceptable...

There is still much that can be done to prevent the worst, but even remainer optimists must accept the risk standsIt happened again. Parliament was offered a clear route to take back...

In the face of homophobic assaults and attacks on trans people, this isn’t a time for commercialised parades – but for rageHistory is but an unstoppable march towards freedom...

Authorities say eight people have been arrested following the early-morning rescue of two Canadian women who were abducted in Ghana last week.

An expert panel is calling for the federal government to work with the provinces and territories to create a single-payer pharmacare plan to cover every Canadian...

Spurious virtue signalling trumps economics and even sanity in UK politics it seems. Belief in the empty box that is man-made climate change will be a massive and futile financial...

This tiny island near Madeira has an area of 16.28 square miles but gets a flying visit from the BBC’s leading climate alarm advocate Roger Harrabin, no doubt in a fuel-burning aeroplane...

The old logic of caste equations may not hold, and Mayawati may be trying to test that theory.

No Indian films at Cannes this year, but our stars were there for sure.

The upcoming iPhone XR 2 is also being speculated as coming with Apple's A13 processor made with a second generation 7nm process that would increase the battery performance, thus...

"Test flights (are) due to start from 2020 and plans for commercial operations (will) commence from 2023," Uber announced in a statement, reported Efe news. Dallas and Los Angeles...

The study, commissioned by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), suggests that people are consuming about 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic every week -- amounting to about 21 grams a month, just...

Members of Auckland Council's Environment and Community Committee voted to join a growing community of cities around the world who have formally and publicly recognized the urgency...

At the very local level, people who critique CPEC are often labelled as terrorists, said researcher Shamila Chaudhary, who served in the previous Obama Administration...

"As Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi said in his latest campaign, 'Modi hai to mumkin hai,' or 'Modi makes it possible', I'm looking forward to exploring what's possible between our...

Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray in a series of skirmishes on Wednesday to clear demonstrators from the city`s legislature.

Indian Coast Guard, Navy, Army and Air Force units have been put on standby to deal with the impact of cyclone Vayu.

PM Modi will hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani...

Ecuador's highest court on Wednesday approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the traditionally Catholic and conservative South American country...

More than 3,200 workers at Chile's huge Chuquicamata copper mine plan to go on strike this week after union-management talks broke down, state-run miner Codelco -- the world's largest...

SHAH ALAM: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Wednesday (Jun 12) described the spreading of sex videos allegedly linked to a minister as politically motivated. He said...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong was facing growing international pressure Thursday (Jun 13) over a controversial extradition Bill that has prompted violent street protests. Police used...

Ecuador's highest court on Wednesday approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the traditionally Catholic and conservative South American country...

More than 3,200 workers at Chile's huge Chuquicamata copper mine plan to go on strike this week after union-management talks broke down, state-run miner Codelco -- the world's largest...