Archive du mois : décembre 2017 
    	
    
          
            
  
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			After rallying to a record high above $19,800 midway through December, bitcoin prices collapsed last Friday. The digital currency lost a third of its value in a single day, briefly sinking below $11,000 before regaining some of the ground it lost. Bitcoin traded at $15,185 on Tuesday, according to Coinbase. « For experts that have been…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Sand and gravel are the most-extracted materials in the world. The UN believes that sand and gravel, or aggregates, account for up to 85 percent of all mining activity around the world, measured in weight. « It’s almost become like air, the air we breathe, we don’t think too much about it, but you can’t live…
		 
		
	 
             
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			In 2000, more than 550,000 people died around the world of the measles virus. But the World Health Organisation announced in November that, thanks to a massive worldwide vaccination effort – more than 5.5 billion doses of measles vaccine given – that figure dropped to just 90,000 in 2016. Measles is a nasty disease that can…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Liberians will head to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new president in a contested run-off election. The delayed vote pits George Weah, a 51-year-old ex-international football star and Liberian senator, against 73-year-old Joseph Boakai, who has served as the vice president under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for the past 12 years. Polls open at 08:00 GMT…
		 
		
	 
             
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			SKIP BAYLESS: Let’s cut to the real chase of what happened yesterday. SHANNON SHARPE: Yeah, what happened? – After Dak Prescott threw the pick six– ill advised, bad idea. You can’t throw it away when that kids playing zone– and he made a great break on the– it was almost like a Malcolm Butler break…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Councils are investing millions of pounds in some of the world’s largest tobacco companies at the same time as funding for services to help people stop smoking is being slashed, an investigation by The Independent has revealed. Investments in cigarette giants including Phillip Morris and Imperial Tobacco by local authorities in England have increased by…
		 
		
	 
             
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			“Let’s start by deporting the DREAMers,” quipped Ann Coulter in a Monday-aired interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with Breitbart News’s Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow. The status quo of demographic change wrought by immigration — both lawful and unlawful — must change in order to “save the country,” said Coulter. Describing DREAMers — those targeted by…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Boxing Day Test – Australia v England, MCG, Ashes, Day one – Live – BBC Sport ]]> ]]> Summary Broad has Khawaja caught behind after tea England restricted Australia in afternoon session Australia 102-0 at lunch; 145-2 at tea Warner makes 103 after being reprieved by Curran no-ball on 99 Australia won toss; Bird replaces…
		 
		
	 
             
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			A new study suggests that the presence of Uber has decreased ambulance rates. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A new study suggests that the presence of Uber has decreased ambulance rates. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Many potential emergency room patients are too sick to drive themselves to a hospital. But an…
		 
		
	 
            
	
      		
          		
    		
				
			Aston Martin Recalling Over 5,000 Vehicles in the U.S. | Fortune Aston Martin Is Recalling Over 5,000 Vehicles in the U.S. Over Safety Concerns Search
		 
		
	 
        
           
            
          
	
	
         
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