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2017 C.E. June 20Supreme Court to hear potentially landmark case on partisan gerrymandering
The Supreme Court declared Monday that it will consider whether gerrymandered election maps favoring one political party over another violate the Constitution, a potentially fundamental change in the way American elections are conducted.
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2017 C.E. June 20YouTube introduces new measures to curb extremist video online
Google announces four measures to tackle problem, including better detection and greater counter-radicalisation efforts
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2017 C.E. June 19Europe mostly ends mobile roaming fees
Europeans traveling through the 28 Member State bloc are now able to use their mobile devices more freely, thanks to a top level abolition of mobile roaming charges across the region.
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2017 C.E. June 19Hawaii first U.S. state to declare everyone deserves basic financial security
Hawaii is taking the lead in embracing yet another innovative idea: universal basic income (UBI).
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2017 C.E. June 16Apple issues billion-dollar ‘green’ bond to support clean projects
That money will go towards efforts to improve the energy efficiency of Apple's own facilities, as well as throughout its supply chain, by financing renewable energy, procuring more recycled and renewable source materials so as to reduce its need to mine for them.
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2017 C.E. June 16Renewables generated 10% of US electricity in March, breaking records
Combined wind and solar energy accounted for more than 10 per cent of U.S. power generation in March; the highest ever share of renewable energy in the nation's power mix.
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2017 C.E. June 16Supreme Court bars favoring mothers over fathers in citizenship case
Unwed mothers and fathers may not be treated differently in determining whether their children may claim American citizenship, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
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2017 C.E. June 15Agnes Gund donates $100 million to start fund to fight mass incarceration
The prominent art collector recently sold a Roy Lichtenstein painting for a reported $165 million, and the Ford Foundation announced on Monday that $100 million of that would go to establish The Art for Justice Fund.
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2017 C.E. June 15Leo Varadkar elected as Ireland’s first gay prime minister
Leo Varadkar was elected Irish Prime Minister on Wednesday, making the 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant the first gay premier of the once-staunchly Catholic country and the youngest person to hold the office.
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2017 C.E. June 14Singapore opens country’s first sustainability academy
The Singapore Sustainability Academy (SSA) has been built to highest energy efficiency and green building standards and will serve as the city-state's sustainability learning and collaboration hub.
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2017 C.E. June 20Supreme Court to hear potentially landmark case on partisan gerrymandering
The Supreme Court declared Monday that it will consider whether gerrymandered election maps favoring one political party over another violate the Constitution, a potentially fundamental change in the way American elections are conducted.
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2017 C.E. June 20YouTube introduces new measures to curb extremist video online
Google announces four measures to tackle problem, including better detection and greater counter-radicalisation efforts
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2017 C.E. June 19Europe mostly ends mobile roaming fees
Europeans traveling through the 28 Member State bloc are now able to use their mobile devices more freely, thanks to a top level abolition of mobile roaming charges across the region.
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2017 C.E. June 19Hawaii first U.S. state to declare everyone deserves basic financial security
Hawaii is taking the lead in embracing yet another innovative idea: universal basic income (UBI).
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2017 C.E. June 16Apple issues billion-dollar ‘green’ bond to support clean projects
That money will go towards efforts to improve the energy efficiency of Apple's own facilities, as well as throughout its supply chain, by financing renewable energy, procuring more recycled and renewable source materials so as to reduce its need to mine for them.
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2017 C.E. June 16Renewables generated 10% of US electricity in March, breaking records
Combined wind and solar energy accounted for more than 10 per cent of U.S. power generation in March; the highest ever share of renewable energy in the nation's power mix.
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2017 C.E. June 16Supreme Court bars favoring mothers over fathers in citizenship case
Unwed mothers and fathers may not be treated differently in determining whether their children may claim American citizenship, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
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2017 C.E. June 15Agnes Gund donates $100 million to start fund to fight mass incarceration
The prominent art collector recently sold a Roy Lichtenstein painting for a reported $165 million, and the Ford Foundation announced on Monday that $100 million of that would go to establish The Art for Justice Fund.
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2017 C.E. June 15Leo Varadkar elected as Ireland’s first gay prime minister
Leo Varadkar was elected Irish Prime Minister on Wednesday, making the 38-year-old son of an Indian immigrant the first gay premier of the once-staunchly Catholic country and the youngest person to hold the office.
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2017 C.E. June 14Singapore opens country’s first sustainability academy
The Singapore Sustainability Academy (SSA) has been built to highest energy efficiency and green building standards and will serve as the city-state's sustainability learning and collaboration hub.
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