Harvard researchers find that rewards for good attendance do not reduce absenteeism.
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Friday, 31 August 2018
Is this African teenager a future coding superstar?
Nigerian schoolgirl Tomisin Ogunnubi is impressing tech companies with her coding ambitions.
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New top story on Hacker News: Relationship Between Practice and Performance in Sports: A Meta-Analysis (2016) [pdf]
Relationship Between Practice and Performance in Sports: A Meta-Analysis (2016) [pdf]
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New top story on Hacker News: The FMV Pipeline of “Full Throttle Remastered”
The FMV Pipeline of “Full Throttle Remastered”
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Prince Harry and Meghan attend hit musical Hamilton in London
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan attended a performance of the hit musical Hamilton on Wednesday to raise money for a charity which works with children affected by HIV in southern Africa.
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Nikkei snaps 8-day rally as U.S.-China trade worries sap mood
Japan's Nikkei ended an eight-day rally on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he is ready to quickly ratchet up a trade war with China, rattling Asian markets.
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UPDATE 3-Republican U.S. senator asks FTC to examine Google ads
U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch on Thursday asked the Federal Trade Commission to rekindle an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc's Google, and President Donald Trump vowed to fight what he called political censorship by social media companies.
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Trump vows to fight censorship of conservatives by social media firms
President Donald Trump told a campaign-style rally in Indiana on Thursday that his administration is standing up for free-speech rights, warning that large social media companies could not be allowed to "control what we can and cannot see."
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PRECIOUS-Gold headed for longest monthly losing streak since 2013
Gold inched lower on Friday, as the dollar stayed firm on expectations of rising interest rates amid lingering Sino-U.S. trade tensions, and the yellow metal was headed for its fifth straight monthly decline.
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Numbers of elderly in 24-hour care set to double by 2035
The social care system is "at breaking point", a local government official warns.
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Solihull murders: Man held over mum and daughter deaths
A man, 21, is arrested on suspicion of murdering a mother and her 22-year-old daughter in Solihull.
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Homebase future in doubt as creditors meet
If landlords do not approve a rescue deal for the DIY chain, it is likely to go into administration.
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Frank Field: Labour MP says anti-Semitism is 'more than tolerated' in party
Frank Field says he backed Jeremy Corbyn for leader to be "inclusive", but the party is now intolerant.
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Coca-Cola to buy Costa chain for £3.9bn
The UK's biggest coffee chain is being sold by owner Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inns.
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Theresa May shows off dance moves in Kenya
Theresa May danced with a group of scouts during a visit to the UN offices in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station
A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS.
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Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization
The US president says he will abandon the global trade body "if they don't shape up".
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Man with dwarfism describes street abuse
Eugene Grant is regularly abused by people as he walks around Newcastle.
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New asthma treatment set for wider NHS distribution
The new 'melting muscle' treatment has proved to be safe and effective, health experts say.
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Breakdancing 'helped man escape gang culture'
Paco Box said he carried a gun and robbed people to fund his former lifestyle.
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Dominic Raab prepares for six-hour Brexit talks in Brussels
The Brexit secretary will meet the EU's chief negotiator as work on a divorce deal continues.
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Stéphane Pauwels arrest: Football presenter charged over armed robbery
One of Belgium's top football TV presenters is charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery.
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The Papers: MP quits 'nasty' Labour and Grenfell fraud
Many of Friday's papers lead on the resignation of Frank Field over Labour's anti-Semitism row.
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News Daily: Labour culture 'appalling' and Trump threatens WTO
Your morning briefing for Friday 31 August 2018.
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Five back-to-school sleeping tips for kids
It's back-to-school time. Here are five top tips for getting your kids back into a school-friendly bedtime routine.
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Quiz: Who went wild about Harry?
It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
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The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest
JJ Zhou took on a fiendish cycling challenge on the world's highest mountain.
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McCain and Biden's long friendship
The Arizona senator and the former vice-president shared a decades-long friendship.
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Why a plane is dropping trout into a lake from above
A mountain lake is being re-stocked with trout from the air by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
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Giant Sadiq Khan bikini-clad balloon to fly over London
The 29ft giant inflatable, bought by protesters, shows the London mayor wearing a yellow bikini.
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Errant swan captured on M5
Worried motorists called the police after spotting the bird on the hard shoulder.
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Imran Khan mocked for helicopter home-to-work commute
People are unimpressed the Pakistan prime minister takes a helicopter to work despite his austerity policies.
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High suicide risk for 'men in construction'
The suicide rate among low-skilled male labourers is three times higher than the national average for men, according to figures by the ONS.
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Sharing a one-night stand with Crohn's Disease
Philip's date was going well until Crohn's Disease turned up the morning after the night before.
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Mum, how should I talk to my son about you?
When she gave birth to her son Teddy, Robyn Hollingworth wanted to share the news with her own mum
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Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s?
One historian suggests in a new book that the ravages of World War Two might have contributed.
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'My robot makes me feel like I haven't been forgotten'
How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness.
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How the Hogwarts Express was saved from a Welsh scrapyard
The real-life story of the Hogwarts Express is almost as magical as the engine itself.
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Multiple Violent Attacks Against Believers Reveal Just How Dangerous it is For Pakistani Christians
Two recent attacks against Christians in Pakistan emphasize the worsening conditions for believers in the predominately Muslim country.
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Nigerian Schoolgirl Who Refuses to Denounce Jesus Begs for Freedom
A Nigerian Christian schoolgirl who remains in captivity because she refuses to denounce Christ is calling on her government to fight for her release.
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Iran Sentences 4 Christians to 45 Years in Prison for Believing in Jesus Christ
Iran's hardline government has sentenced four Christians to harsh prison terms for putting their faith in Jesus Christ.
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MUST SEE PHOTOS: Operation Blessing Helping India's Flood-Ravaged Victims Get Back on their Feet
Hundreds of thousands of people in the flood-battered Indian state are beginning the arduous task of rebuilding their lives following the worst floods to hit the region.
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Meet the New Prime Minister of Australia: Scott Morrison is an Evangelical Christian
Scott Morrison, the new prime minister of Australia, brings something extra to the country's highest position – his Christian faith.
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Thousands Choose Jesus Christ as Palau Association Returns to Bogota, The First Site of a Luis Palau Crusade
More than 18,000 people committed their lives to Jesus Christ through the efforts of the Luis Palau Association's Bogota Festival held in Bogota, Colombia earlier this month.
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Pope Apologizes for Catholic Church ‘Crimes’ in Ireland
Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the “crimes” of the Catholic Church in Ireland, saying church officials regularly didn’t respond with compassion to the many abuses children and women suffered over the years and vowing to work for justice.
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Former Vatican Envoy Pens Bitter Denunciation Letter in McCarrick Case
The Vatican’s retired ambassador to the United States has purportedly penned an 11-page letter accusing senior Vatican officials of knowing as early as 2000 that the disgraced former archbishop of Washington, ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, regularly invited seminarians into his bed but they still promoted him to cardinal.
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Here Are the Countries Where the World’s Most Committed Christians Live
Pew Research recently conducted a study on what being a Christian looks like in different countries around the world. The study found that the most committed Christians in the world live in Africa, Latin America, and the United States.
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EU will respond in kind if U.S. imposes car tariffs: Juncker
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he hoped a July "ceasefire agreement" with U.S. President Donald Trump to refrain from imposing car tariffs would prevail, but the EU would impose its own tariffs if the U.S. changed course.
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Coca-Cola expands into coffee with $5.1 billion deal for Britain's Costa
Coca-Cola Co has agreed to buy the world's second largest coffee chain Costa from Britain's Whitbread Plc for an enterprise value of 3.9 billion pounds ($5.1 billion), opening a new front in its push away from traditional sodas.
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U.S. hedge fund King Street seeks board shake-up at Toshiba: WSJ
U.S. hedge fund King Street Capital Management LP has proposed new independent directors at Japan's Toshiba Corp , the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Predicting Trump: Chinese turn to fortune tellers to divine trade war
As analysts crunch trade data and political commentators dissect official statements for signs of how the Sino-American trade war will develop, some ordinary Chinese are using different sources to predict U.S. President Donald Trump's next moves: fortune tellers.
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Lyft in talks to hire advisor for 2019 IPO: Bloomberg
U.S. ride services firm Lyft Inc is in talks with an advisor for a targeted March or April 2019 initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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