While the unemployment rate dropped and the economy added another 178,000 jobs, the number of Americans out of the labor force hit a record high last month.
According to the Labor Department, 95,055,000 Americans were out of workforce in November, meaning they were neither employed nor had made an effort to find work over the previous month.
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As the Islamic State, insurgents, and government forces battle in Syria, the population of Christians there continues to decline, from 1,250,000 in 2011 to less than 500,000 this year, according to ADF International, which advocates for religious freedom worldwide.
In a sub-report submitted with the report Genocide Against Christians in the Middle East to Secretary of State John Kerry in March, the ADF International details the ongoing genocide of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East.
Read the Full Article: Source – CNS News
Time For Truth: (CNS News) – 2011, Christians in Syria 1.25 Million; 2016, Christians in Syria Less Than 500,000
Police are investigating an allegation that a Tory MP’s aide raped a woman in Parliament.
Sam Armstrong, chief of staff to South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay, was arrested last week.
Read the Full Article: Source – The Telegraph
Time For Truth: (The Telegraph) – Aide to Tory MP held over Houses of Parliament rape claim
In Europe, when it gets serious, you have to lie… at least if you are an unelected bureaucrat like Jean-Claude Juncker. In Russia, however, when it gets serious, attention immediately turns to the children.
Which is why we read a report in Russian website Znak published Tuesday, according to which Russian state officials and government workers were told to bring back their children studying abroad immediately, even if means cutting their education short and not waiting until the end of the school year, and re-enroll them in Russian schools, with some concern. The article adds that if the parents of these same officials also live abroad “for some reason”, and have not lost their Russian citizenship, should also be returned to the motherland. Znak cited five administration officials as the source of the report.
Read the Full Article: Source – Zero Hedge
Time For Truth: (Zero Hedge) – Russian Government Officials Told To Immediately Bring Back Children Studying Abroad
Minnesota education officials have launched a review of online PhD programs at a for-profit college with ties to former President Bill Clinton.
“We have seen an increased number of complaints related to dissertations at Walden University,” Sandy Connolly of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (MOHE) told NBC News.
Read the Full Article: Source – NBC News
Time For Truth: (NBC News) – For-Profit Walden U., Once Tied to Bill Clinton, Put Under Review