Archive du mois : janvier 2018
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jeff Sessions was one of Mr Trump’s earliest congressional supporters US Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned by investigators examining whether Russia colluded with the Trump campaign in the 2016 election. A Department of Justice (DOJ) spokeswoman confirmed to the BBC that the meeting took place last week. Mr…
Egypt’s army has arrested its former chief of staff and presidential hopeful Sami Anan, a top aide from his presidential campaign told media. The Supreme Committee of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Egypt has accused Anan of committing violations that « warrant official investigation ». In a statement released on Tuesday, SCAF said that the 69-year-old, who…
Facebook hat angekündigt, mit 10.000 neuen Mitarbeitern verstärkt gegen Hasskommentare vorzugehen. « Wir haben noch nicht genug getan, um den Missbrauch unserer Technologie zu stoppen », sagte Facebook-Geschäftsführerin Sheryl Sandberg. Terror und Gewalt hätten auf Facebook keinen Platz. Schon heute arbeiteten 10.000 Beschäftigte daran, Schutz und Sicherheit zu verbessern. Bis zum Jahresende solle sich die Zahl verdoppeln,…
CRIS CARTER: We’ve seen a marriage. We saw Chuck Knowles. We saw him with Terry Bradshaw. We saw– even the great Tom Landry. We saw him with Roger Staubach. Johnny Unitas– we could talk about them, but we never saw a marriage with the depth and the length of Tom Brady and Belichick. And to…
If our strategy failed and our political manoeuvres hit a dead-end, is it not the time we change direction? A month after the United States administration’s announcement on the shift in policy on the status of Jerusalem, also described as the end of the US mediation charade, many Palestinians continue to wonder why the Palestinian…
For the past five years, I have carried Oxfam’s call to tackle global inequality to the rich and powerful people attending the World Economic Forum in Davos. I don’t sing alone there any more. I’m worried my message is almost mainstream, that I sound like I’m part of the choir. I bet nearly every politician…
Theresa May slapped down Boris Johnson in Cabinet today over a string of newspaper stories setting out how the Foreign Secretary is demanding she run the NHS. The Prime Minister and other members of her top team were said to have made clear, as Mr Johnson listened, that policy discussions should take place behind closed…
The Philippine Congress has vowed to fast track a long-delayed bill establishing self-rule for Muslims in the southern island of Mindanao, in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s warning that another war could break out if the legislation collapses. Three House of Representatives sub-committees are consolidating their reports on Muslim autonomy, and public consultations in seven…
Turkey launched its air and ground operation against Kurdish fighters in the Syrian enclave of Afrin on Saturday, with analysts pointing to Moscow’s apparent, tacit approval of the military offensive. Russian forces were withdrawn from the area just before the operation began and Turkish jets were allowed to use the Afrin airspace, controlled by the Syrian…
President Donald Trump’s move to crack down on what he sees as unfair competition to U.S. firms reverberated around the world as investors assessed the relative impacts on companies hit by tariffs on solar panels and washing machines. American beneficiaries such as First Solar Inc. climbed more than 6 percent in after-hours trading Monday in…
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