Archive du mois : décembre 2017
ISIL weapons traced to US and Saudi Arabia
Weapons supplied by the United States and Saudi Arabia to opposition fighters often fell into the hands of ISIL, significantly enhancing the « quantity and quality » of the group’s armaments, a new report alleges. The number of weapons goes « far beyond those that would have been available through battle capture alone », according to the study by…
FCC votes to pause US acquire neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to end the 2015 Open Internet Order which protects net neutrality in the United States. The decision was taken during a much-anticipated meeting in Washington, DC, on Thursday. Net neutrality requires all internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all data equally, without blocking, « throttling » or censoring services or websites.…
The FCC has reversed a 2015 rule that can per chance per chance commerce the capacity you derive admission to and pay for data superhighway carrier
The FCC voted on Thursday to eliminate the Open Internet Order, better known as « net neutrality » regulations. The decision will give more power to internet service providers (ISPs) to set pricing and prioritize different types of internet traffic. « For those of you out there who are fearful about what tomorrow will bring, take a deep…
A noteworthy British MP staunch savaged Twitter over its ‘totally inadequate’ response to questions about Russian meddling in Brexit
Damian Collins MP. 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) license from UK Parliament A British MP savaged Twitter over its response to questions about Russian meddling in Brexit. Twitter said only one Russian account spent money on EU referendum-related posts on the platform last year. It follows reports that thousands of Russian-linked Twitter bots tweeted about…
Syria envoy blames Saudi and UN for peace talks failure
Syria’s chief negotiator has blamed the West, Saudi Arabia and the UN for the failure of the latest round of negotiations to end the country’s civil war. Bashar al-Jaafari said the Syrian opposition – supported by Saudi Arabia – was setting a pre-condition of the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as part of discussions. As…
Egypt: Al Jazeera journalist jailed one other forty five days
Egypt has extended Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein’s imprisonment for another 45 days as the producer, who is in poor health, nears one year of incarceration on dubious charges. Hussein was taken by Egyptian security officers on December 20 last year and accused of reporting « false news with the aim of creating chaos ». An Egyptian…
Haemophilia trial’s ‘tips-blowing’ consequence
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFather-of-two Jake Omer was born with haemophilia ABritish doctors say they have achieved « mind-blowing » results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A. Patients are born with a genetic defect that means they do not produce a protein needed to stop bleeding. Thirteen patients given the…
Man sent flying 45ft thru air after bus driver ‘presses the nefarious pedal’
A man was sent flying through the air after a bus driver pressed the wrong pedal and smashed into him in the street, a court has heard. Cheikh Daouda Senghor, 40, claimed he put his foot on the vehicle’s accelerator instead of the brake before crashing into Simon Smith. Dramatic CCTV footage shows Mr Smith…
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