Archive du mois : décembre 2017

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Boxing Day tragedy as 5-week-outdated cramped one discovered tiresome at family home

The parents of a five-week-old baby have been left devastated after their little girl was tragically found dead on Boxing Day morning. Adorable Peggy June Jarvis was found unresponsive at the family home near Marske, in East Cleveland, at around 5am. Family and friends are rallying around the couple to raise money for her funeral…

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Tory grandee Michael Heseltine says a Corbyn authorities would be less harmful for Britain than Brexit

Tory peer Michael Heseltine Neil Hall / Reuters Tory peer Michael Heseltine believes Brexit will be so damaging that he would rather see a Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn than see Britain leave the European Union. « We have survived Labour governments before. Their damage tends to be short-term and capable of rectification. Brexit is…

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Obama warns on imperfect social media use

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBarack Obama opens up about how he felt after Donald Trump’s inaugurationFormer US President Barack Obama has warned against the irresponsible use of social media, in a rare interview since stepping down in January. He warned that such actions were distorting people’s understanding of complex issues, and…

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Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels swap various of prisoners

Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists have conducted a mass prisoner swap, marking the largest such deal since the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine broke out in 2014. The captives – who include activists and journalists – were exchanged on Wednesday near the town of Horlivka, northeast of Donetsk. Under the terms of the agreement, 74 Ukrainian…

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Letters to Raqqa’s missing

It has been more than two months since the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces pushed ISIL out of its former capital Raqqa and other strongholds in Syria.  But the fate of thousands of men, women and children detained by the armed group remains unknown. ISIL (also known as ISIS) operated an estimated 54 detention centres, as well as several secret…

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The keep is the mass resistance against Trump?

In the cacophonous age of Donald Trump, Americans would do well to recall Isaac Newton’s Third Law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Americans would be wise not only to remember this axiom of physics and, indeed, politics, but they must be prepared to exercise it finally and emphatically, en masse,…

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Flood warnings and motorway closures hit Britain

1 hour ago RAC spokesman Pete Williams said the company expected to attend more than 9,000 breakdowns by the end of the day. « Our patrols are rescuing members who have run into difficulty in snow and ice which is causing treacherous driving conditions resulting in some minor accidents, » he said. « We are also seeing a…

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Startups Look for Tech Resolution to Win Neutrality Repeal

Daniela Perdomo is concerned about the power of U.S. telecom giants that stand to gain from the repeal of “net neutrality” rules. Her company offers a way around them: A $90 antenna that lets users send messages without cellular service or Wi-Fi. Ms. Perdomo is among the entrepreneurs whose vision for an alternative route to…