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Carmakers and green groups see flaws in German diesel plan

Business Standard 

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government presented plans to cut pollution from diesel vehicles by asking carmakers to offer owners trade-in incentives and hardware fixes, prompting objections from environmental groups and grudging concessions from the industry.

Discover more comfort while breastfeeding with these techniques

NAIJ.COM (Nigeria News) 

These are several essential ▷ techniques of breastfeeding babies, ▷ including best positions, their explanations and all their advantages. Check them out and see which of these tips and tricks will work for your benefit.

Sky Cruise: Turning the Alps into an Industrial Playground

Spiegel.de 

A new cable car to the top of Klein Matterhorn leads to the highest gondola station in Europe. Now, only a small link is missing to complete a grand vision: The crossing of the Alps by aerial tramway. Environmentalists are not impressed.

Meet The Ghanaian Who Created The Kupe Dance

Modern Ghana 

Yesterday, we brought to your attention the newest kupechallenge blazing our social media platforms. Today we present you with the originator of the Kupe Dance and hence the source of kupe challenge. Known on his Instagram page as unclekupe aka @incrediblezigi, the Ghanaian dance instructor started a dance-off using the Kupa tunes. ...

Each Playoff contender’s biggest threat, per the numbers

SB Nation: Toronto Raptors 

Each top-25 team still has a long way to go.

We’re still a long way from Selection Sunday, but it’s never too early to think about Playoff paths. Let’s look at the hardest games left for each team in the current AP Top 25, based partly on S&P+ win probabilities. S&P+ is explained here, and here’s how all 130 FBS teams stack up at the moment.

Alabama

Bama’s currently a double-digit favorite over any team it could possibly play, so threats are relative. A couple on the schedule stand out: a road trip to LSU on Nov.



New Mexico plans deep cuts to state's human resources jobs

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state of New Mexico plans to cut full-time jobs in human resources across state government by more than 30 percent. The State Personnel Office said the goal is part of a plan to move human resources bureaus from various departments into one agency, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported last weekend. State Personnel Office director Justin Najaka recently told lawmakers the goal is to go from 348 full-time staff working in human resources to 240. Najaka told the Legislative Finance... Читать дальше...

Punjab govt tasks 10 administrative secretaries with checking stubble burning

Business Standard 

The Punjab government Tuesday deputed 10 senior administrative secretaries to check stubble burning and make people aware about the harmful practice. The officials have also been asked to review paddy procurement on a daily basis. Kahan Singh Pannu, the nodal officer for the Anti-Stubble Burning Campaign, in a release said Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has issued directives to all agencies and officials engaged for this task to ensure seamless operations of paddy procurement. He said... Читать дальше...

Melania Trump opens Africa tour with a wave and baby in arms

Business Standard 

Melania Trump opened her first big solo international trip as US first lady on Tuesday with a wave, a smile and a baby in her arms, aiming to promote child welfare during a five-day tour of Africa. She arrived in the West African nation of Ghana after an overnight flight from Washington and quickly made her way to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital. The first lady saw how babies are weighed they're placed in sacks that are then hung from a hook attached to a scale. She also watched a nurse demonstrate... Читать дальше...

Protesting farmers hold fort at Delhi-UP border, reject govt's assurances

Business Standard 

Thousands of farmers held fort at the Delhi-UP border here Tuesday after police stopped their protest march to the national capital with several including the security personnel getting injured in sporadic violence, as the protesters refused to go back and rejected the government's assurance to look into their demands. While the Opposition blamed the Modi government for what they called a "brutal police action" against farmers on way to Rajghat on Gandhi Jayanti for a peaceful protest, the police... Читать дальше...

Russia, India to sign deal on S-400 air defence systems this week: Kremlin

Business Standard 

Russian President Vladimir Putin will oversee the signing of a USD 5 billion deal this week to supply Delhi with S-400 air defence systems, a top Kremlin aide said on Tuesday ahead of Putin's trip to India. "The president is leaving for India on October 4," Putin's top foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov told reporters, adding that he would oversee the signing of the agreement. "The value of the contract will be more than USD 5 billion.

Elkins Police Officer Arrested On Forgery Charge

5News 

FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) — A Elkins police officer was arrested Monday (Oct. 1) in connection with forgery. According to a probable cause affidavit, Todd forged divorce papers and sent them to his wife, Laurie Todd, in South Carolina. Todd downloaded a divorce decree from the Internet and put his and Laurie Todd’s names on it, then added an authentic Washington County seal. He placed a fake file mark on the document and signed a fraudulent judge’s name, Judge Stephen M. Kearney, […]

Cosmetic Animal Testing Is Still Legal, But Hopefully Not For Long

Huffingtonpost.ca 

"But didn't that just become illegal in Canada?"

I've been getting this question a lot lately in relation to our campaign to ban animal testing for cosmetics in Canada.

Back in June, the #BeCrueltyFree Canada campaign, led by Humane Society International and Animal Alliance of Canada, had cause for celebration as the Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act (S-214) cleared the Senate after three long years. This means Canada is exactly at the halfway mark in becoming a cruelty-free cosmetics market. Читать дальше...

A tale of two Kavanaughs

Adage.com 

The binary nature of the national discourse about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is starkly rendered in tabloid-newspaper form this morning. Rupert Murdoch's New York Post goes with a punny headline, "Place Your Bretts"the meaning of which becomes clear when you glance at the bulleted subheads just below: "86% of GOP women back him" and "McConnell: We will vote this week." The paper neatly avoids a specific front-page mention of any of the negative news about Kavanaugh that emerged on Monday (e.g.... Читать дальше...





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