The Daily Populous

Thursday November 29th, 2018 day edition

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It wasn't that long ago that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the kingdom, was seen as someone who would modernize his country.

Today, Prince Mohammed, 33, is widely viewed as the central villain in the brutal killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman met Jamal Khashoggi's son in Riyadh.

Khashoggi's killing, however, has dramatically changed the narrative on Prince Mohammed and the world is slowly turning against him.

Trump is standing by the crown prince, but the rest of Washington is starting to turn against the Saudi ruler.

President Donald Trump has so far stood by the crown prince as he faces allegations of ordering the hit on Khashoggi.

Tunisians protested against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he visited the country earlier this week, denouncing him over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. »

Graduate School Can Have Terrible Effects on People's Mental Health

Authored by theatlantic.com
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A new study by a team of Harvard-affiliated researchers highlights one of the consequences of these realities: Graduate students are disproportionately likely to struggle with mental-health issues.

(Other recent studies have had similar findings, including one published earlier this year that described graduate-student mental health as a “crisis.”).

Roughly half of the respondents in the Harvard study with anxiety and/or depression had been diagnosed sometime after starting their graduate studies. »

Netherlands has proof Russia developed prohibited cruise missile

Authored by nltimes.nl

It involves a SSC-8 missile that has a range of over 500 kilometers, which violates the INF treaty, NOS reports.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed in 1987 between the United States and Russia.

The Dutch Ministers believe that this violation of the INF treaty must be condemned, but also that the treaty must be maintained. »

House Democrats Who Haven’t Supported Net Neutrality Yet Have All Taken Money from Telecoms

Authored by motherboard.vice.com

The Democratic members of Congress staying mum on net neutrality have all taken campaign contributions from major telecom companies, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

To be clear, getting a campaign contribution from a telecom company does not preclude one from supporting net neutrality regulations.

The fact that they have also pocketed a few thousand from the same corporations that want to keep net neutrality repealed is worth noting. »

In academia, censorship and conformity have become the norm

Authored by theglobeandmail.com

The problem has been increasing and was the reason I chose to leave the field of sex research.

In the last several months alone, multiple controversies involving academic censorship have emerged.

I would also suggest taking note of what a professor chooses to post on social media, especially if it’s political content. »