Month: October 2016

By Beh Lih Yi JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cyril Goliava cut an elegant figure in her yellow evening gown as she won a beauty pageant in Hong Kong, smiling to cheers from the crowd as she was presented with a tiara and trophy. Six days of stressful work, I’ll be eating alone again and a full day of a repetitive job.” The story of Goliava, a Filipina domestic helper, and her fellow workers is the subject of a new documentary that seeks to shatter stereotypes about the millions of women employed in households across the world. Directed by filmmaker Baby Ruth Villarama, “Sunday Beauty Queen” follows five domestic workers as they gear up for the annual Miss Philippines Tourism Hong Kong, a pageant organized by the maids in the Asian financial hub since 2008.
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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised on Saturday to foil a proposed deal for AT&T to buy Time Warner if he wins the Nov. 8 election, arguing it was an example of a "power structure" rigged against both him and voters. Trump, whose candidacy has caused ruptures in his party, listed his policy plans for the first 100 days of his presidency in a campaign speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, near the site of a Civil War battlefield and a celebrated address by President Abraham Lincoln. Many of the policy ideas Trump listed on Saturday were familiar, not least his promise to build a wall on the border with Mexico to deter illegal immigration and to renegotiate trade deals and to scrap the Obamacare health policy.

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A plant-based diet is high in vegetables, fruits, fibre and antioxidants whilst typically being lower in saturated and trans fats. A simple way to ease into …
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Cheaters lose weight faster. Yes! In fact, factoring in cheat days in the diet is really important to continue losing weight and avoid the weight loss …
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Residents of Atchinson County, Kansas, were told to shelter in place this morning after a chemical spill in the area forced evacuations and sent several individuals to the hospital. The spill, which happened shortly after 8 a.m. local time, covers a 4-block radius near Main Street, according to officials from the Atchinson County Emergency Management Agency. "At 8:02 this morning two chemicals were inadvertently mixed together at MGP," said Trey Cocking, public information officer for the city of Atchinson.

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The decision by U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan III is the latest in a string of rulings striking down similar laws elsewhere in the country against the women's health provider. Jordan&039;s two page order noted a ruling from the 5th U.S. District Court of Appeals that rejected a similar law in Louisiana, saying "essentially every court to consider similar laws has found that they violate" federal law. Medicaid is a health insurance program for the poor run jointly by the federal government and individual states.

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However, if you are prone to nausea and vomiting due to stress, anxiety or tension, these six foods can help in soothing your stomach and preventing …
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By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria needs more time to negotiate a railway concession project with U.S. company General Electric, the transport minister said on Wednesday. Both sides have confirmed talks on GE being granted a railway concession in the OPEC member worth around $2 billion.. Nigeria's economic growth has been hampered for decades by the lack of roads or functioning railways. The government, suffering from a slump in revenue from crude exports, wants to boost exports of food and other non-oil products.

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