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Nine and Fairfax, Two Australian Media Giants, to Merge

By JACQUELINE WILLIAMS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2uPPd1x

From Manus to Trump’s America

By DAMIEN CAVE from NYT World https://ift.tt/2OgAu81

House Republicans Mount a Long-Shot Bid to Impeach Rod Rosenstein

By KATIE BENNER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2mOUanb

Representing Michael Cohen, ‘Classic Lanny’ Davis Comes Out Swinging

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2NMuoeG

Anti-Gun Violence Activist Wins Democratic Primary for Georgia Congressional Seat

By MELISSA GOMEZ from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2v7l519

Numerical Prefix

By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2NLpTkB

White House Bars CNN Reporter From Presidential Event

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2A6LGAY

Wages Are Rising in Europe. But Economists Are Puzzled.

By JACK EWING from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2NKBzUs

When to end the war? North Korea, U.S. at odds over path to peace

Washington's reluctance to declare an end to the Korean War until after North Korea abandons its nuclear arsenal may put it at odds not only with Pyongyang, but also with allies in South Korea. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Abdg0h

Flown Orion Spacecraft Visits Washington, DC, for Made in America Showcase

NASA's Orion spacecraft that flew Exploration Flight Test-1 on Dec. 5, 2014, is seen after being uncovered in preparation for being moved onto the White House complex, Saturday, July 21, 2018, in Washington, DC. More than 1,000 companies across the country manufactured or contributed elements to the spacecraft. from NASA https://ift.tt/2Lz15P8

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Commends Passage of Perkins Act

WASHINGTON--U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released the following statement after final passage of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act: This is an important day for America's students, workers and our economy. Congress came together to expand educational pathways and opportunities and give local communities greater flexibility in how best to prepare students for the jobs of today and tomorrow. I look forward to seeing President Trump sign this bill into law and make yet another important investment in our future. from ED News https://ift.tt/2Lr6ZTa

Prepared Remarks from Secretary DeVos to Turning Point USA High School Leadership Summit

Thank you, Kyle Kashuv, for that introduction. I was so pleased to meet and visit with you some months ago. The adage of good things coming from bad situations was proven once again. I hope you know just how impressed we are by your courage and your determination to stay engaged. Many of you know Kyle, and you know what he and his classmates went through in Parkland, Florida. No student, no parent, no teacher should ever have to worry about their safety at school. from ED News https://ift.tt/2mJKSc3

U.S. Department of Education Takes Action to Protect Student Borrowers, Hold Higher Education Institutions Accountable for Deceptive Practices

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Education today proposed a new package of higher education regulations aimed at protecting student borrowers, holding higher education institutions accountable for misrepresentation and fraud and providing financial protections to taxpayers by at-risk institutions. The Institutional Accountability regulations, which were published on the Department's website today, come after months of public hearings and negotiated rulemaking that engaged a wide variety of higher education stakeholders. from ED News https://ift.tt/2AbJDvK

Space Innovation Day Features Live Conversation with NASA Astronaut in Space

On Wednesday June 27th, 2018, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum held Space Innovation Day, an event to celebrate space exploration, STEM education and students as makers. The event was co-developed by the museum and Future Engineers, a technology firm that is a current awardee of the U.S. Department of Education and Institute of Education Sciences’ Small Business Innovation Research Program (ED/IES SBIR). from ED News https://ift.tt/2NCd6AA

Sixty Second my.uen Survey

Please take sixty seonds and share your thoughts about my.uen - even if you don't use it.  UEN wants to hear from everybody! from UEN News

South Korean firm backtracks on $130 billion 'treasure ship' gold claims

A South Korean company that claimed to have found the wreck of a Russian warship holding $130 billion in gold said on Thursday it has not verified the existence of any gold, while a financial watchdog said it was probing possible unlawful stock trading. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NIRWRA

Blast heard near U.S. Embassy in China in 'suspected self-immolation' attempt

Chinese police took away a woman who sprayed herself with gasoline on Thursday in what was suspected to be a self-immolation attempt outside the U.S. Embassy, the state-run Global Times reported, amid reports of an explosion. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2v54FWY

Police car appears damaged in suspected self-immolation in China

A Chinese police car appeared to have been damaged on Thursday in what state media reported may have been a self-immolation attempt outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, a Reuters witness said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LoDl0J

Vanilla villainy eats away at Madagascar's sweet reputation

Soaring global prices of vanilla should have been good news for Jao Nasaina, a 58-year-old farmer of the luxury spice on the northeast tip of Madagascar. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NEnGqM

Pakistan's Imran Khan edges closer to power, opponents cry foul

Pakistani cricket icon-turned-politician Imran Khan inched closer to power on Thursday after a general election that has been marred by long delays in ballot counting and claims of rigging by opponents. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2v7CAy7

Saudi Arabia suspends oil exports through Red Sea lane after Houthi attack

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was "temporarily halting" all oil shipments through the strategic Red Sea shipping lane of Bab al-Mandeb after an attack on two big oil tankers by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ac8dMW

Laos scrambles for food, medicines, coffins after dam burst

Troops searched for survivors in the remote southern tip of Laos on Thursday, three days after the collapse of a hydropower dam sent a torrent of water across paddy fields and through villages, as rescuers rushed aid to thousands of homeless. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uR2rvc

Fire rages through London's West Hampstead flat, dozens evacuated

A huge fire broke out in a five-storey residential building in London's West Hampstead in the early hours of Thursday, forcing rescuers to evacuate dozens of people, and it took nearly four hours to douse the blaze, the London Fire Brigade said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2OmoDWa

Japan executes six more cult members of deadly sarin attack

Japan executed six more members of the doomsday cult group Aum Shinrikyo on Thursday that perpetrated the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2AhIfYe