Turkey arrests dozens in anti-referendum protests
Opposition parties called for the vote to be annulled because of a series of irregularities, particularly an electoral board decision to accept ballots that didn't bear official stamps, as required by Turkish law. The new system takes effect at the next election, now slated for November 2019. A rapid implementation of constitutional reforms by Erdogan, taking full control of his political party and nominating senior judges, would likely strengthen the hand of countries willing to formally ...
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Trump signs "Buy American, Hire American" executive order
Senator Chuck Grassley, an author of legislation to reform the H1B and L1 skilled work visa programs , said it is time to take action against the abuse of H1B visa system. It asks for a review of waiver use and seeks better enforcement of laws regarding buying American made products by the government and American iron and steel products backed by federal money.
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Australia scraps visa programme mostly used by Indian workers
Both streams will include mandatory labour market testing with limited exemptions; a new non-discriminatory workforce test; mandatory criminal history checks; a market salary rate assessment and a new two-year work experience requirement.
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Poonam Pandey's 'Bold' app banned by Google but gets 15000 downloads
You can also see when an app was updated last and how big the app file is, open them from new "Open" boxes, and easily install old apps from your " Library " (formerly " All "). Poonam said: "I am very happy with the response as we got 15,000 downloads in less than 15 minutes." she added. On the other hand, Google spokesperson spoke with a daily, "We don't comment on individual applications.
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Zacks Investment Research Upgrades Portland General Electric Company (POR) to Hold
Stifel Financial Corp now owns 6,002 shares of the company's stock valued at $284,000 after buying an additional 91 shares during the period. Municipal Employees Retirement System of MI increased its position in El Paso Electric Company by 1.6% in the third quarter.
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Seeded Celtics drop 2nd at home to Bulls
Their output has caught up to those desires so far during the postseason. Lowry had four rebounds and five assists. Rondo had 11 points and 14 assists on a night when all five Bulls starters reached double figures. But the Celtics haven't had enough scoring around him, having no one else on the team score 20 points in either of the first two games. In fact, it was a member of Celtics' past wearing a black Bulls jersey, aggressively stalking, swaggering and absorbing boos like after-school ...
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Eric Trump defends President's golf trips
So Russian finagling is a given. Finally, the president weighed in on the special election in Georgia today. We know that the Donald bragged all over the place about making money from this disaster handed to us by the LAST Republican Administration.
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When US President Trump gets a sharp nudge from First Lady Melania
The Trump family welcomed 21,000 guests for the annual 139th Easter Egg Roll, a tradition that originated almost 150 years ago, when children would gather on Capitol Hill to roll eggs. Costumed characters roaming the grounds included Elmo from Sesame Street, Dr Seuss's Cat in the Hat and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . Everything is happening so fast-or at least that's how it feels trying to follow politics these days.
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U.S. warned of retaliation after missile attack on Syria
Donald Trump took decisive action, unlike his predecessor Barack Obama, who drew a red line over the use of chemical weapons in Syria and then did nothing when it was crossed. These were not deployed in the US strike, but if used, such air defenses would radically alter Syria's aerial battlespace, where USA planes have largely flown with little fear of getting shot down.
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BP plugs leak at oil well in Alaska
BP Exploration Alaska (BPXA) employees discovered an uncontrolled gas release from the top of a well house on Friday morning. To view the full article, register now. While it's not uncommon for natural gas to escape from North Slope wells, an emergency of Friday's magnitude is rare, said Lois Epstein, Arctic Program Director for The Wilderness Society, an environmental group in Anchorage.
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Shimla: 43 killed as bus falls into Tons river
The site is around 200 km from Shimla , the state capital. There were more than 50 passengers in the bus. Bus no is United Kingdom 16 PA 0045. District Collector ( Shimla ), Rohan Chand Thakur , said that the conductor of the bus was found.
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Shorten says axing 457 visa a 'con-job'
The government's action mirrors an effort in the United States, where President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that could limit the number of H1-B visas, under which the government admits 85,000 immigrants each year. Employers who fail to meet requirements - including advertising jobs over six months - will be named and shamed. "When you look at the list of skills on the list we inherited from Labor it's laughable", Mr Turnbull said, citing auctioneers, driving instructors ...





