Border inspections of electronic devices hits record number
The government inspected a record number of international travelers' electronic devices in the last budget year.
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Jan 5, 2018
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Cuts to sole parent benefits are human rights violations
Sole parents in Australia are economically vulnerable and are experiencing ongoing cuts to their social security. Legislation limiting welfare benefits that was rushed through the Senate last week will make many of them poorer ...
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2017
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Rescuing data and shoring up environmental agencies in the Trump era
A few days after the presidential election, Lindsey Dillon and a handful of like-mined scientists, lawyers, archivists, and academics got on email and brainstormed themselves into action, forming a network to respond quickly ...
Environment
Mar 23, 2017
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Trump budget 'cripples' environment, science, critics say (Update)
US President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget would slash funding for science, health and environmental programs at home and abroad, sparking an outcry Thursday among experts who say the cuts would endanger the planet.
Other
Mar 16, 2017
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EU set to miss 'green' budget target: watchdog
The European Union risks missing its target of spending 20 percent of its budget on action to tackle climate change, the bloc's financial watchdog said on Tuesday.
Environment
Nov 22, 2016
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Obama administration plans new high-level cyber official
The Obama administration is creating a new high-level federal official to coordinate cybersecurity across civilian agencies and to work with military and intelligence counterparts, as part of its 2017 budget proposal announced ...
Security
Feb 9, 2016
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What was really achieved at the COP21 climate summit, and what next?
As French foreign minister Laurent Fabius brought his gavel down on the most ambitious climate deal ever struck, at 7:27pm on Saturday December 12, 2015, applause broke out throughout the sprawling conference centre in Le ...
Environment
Dec 16, 2015
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Science and innovation: out of the frying pan and into the fire
Scientists in the UK breathed a sigh of relief when chancellor George Osborne announced that the science budget – which had been threatened with cuts – will in fact be protected in real terms over the next four years.
Other
Nov 27, 2015
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NASA vs. cigarettes—a numbers game
People often criticize the amount of money spent on space exploration. Sometimes it's well-meaning friends and family who say that that money is wasted, and would be better spent on solving problems here on Earth. In fact, ...
Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2015
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In a first, US university to send students to Cuban hospitals
With long strained US-Cuban relations on the mend, Michigan State University has become the first US school offering medical students routine learning time in Cuban hospitals, MSU announced Wednesday.
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Oct 28, 2015
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