Archive du mois : janvier 2018

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California Senate defies FCC, approves salvage neutrality regulation

Enlarge / California State Capitol building in Sacramento. Getty Images | joe chan photographyThe California State Senate yesterday approved a bill to impose net neutrality restrictions on Internet service providers, challenging the Federal Communications Commission attempt to preempt such rules. The FCC’s repeal of its own net neutrality rules included a provision to preempt state…

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Israel’s Shin Bet to face first-ever torture probe

For the first time in its history, an interrogator from Israel’s secret police agency, the Shin Bet, is to face a criminal investigation over allegations of torture. It will be the first probe of the Shin Bet since Israel’s supreme court issued a landmark ruling nearly two decades ago prohibiting, except in extraordinary circumstances, the…

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Africa’s drone revolution

Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), have been used for more than three decades, but in the last few years drones are increasingly being developed and used for commercial purposes. But while inventors and entrepreneurs in Western countries struggle with strict regulations, many African countries are proving very innovative and accepting in terms of drone usage…

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Ausstrahlungsverbot für Dieter Wedel gefordert

Die Debatte um die Missbrauchsvorwürfe gegen Dieter Wedel nimmt kein Ende: Erstmals hat sich jetzt mit Regisseur Simon Verhoeven, 45, ein Wedel-Kollege heftig zu Wort gemeldet. „Jeder, der in der Filmbranche eine Zeit lang gearbeitet hat, wusste von den ätzenden Geschichten über Wedel“, schreibt Verhoeven auf seiner – dazu stark kommentierten – Facebook-Seite. „Ich schäme…

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Melbourne businessman, Liberal Occasion member Ron Walker dies

Updated January 30, 2018 21:47:52 Video: Ron Walker dies, aged 78 (ABC News) Related Story: ‘Revolutionary’ melanoma drug listed on PBS offers affordable access Ron Walker, hailed as a man who « loved Melbourne and Victoria » and who stole the Australian Grand Prix from Adelaide, has died at the age of 78. Key points: Mr Walker,…

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UAE jet enables separatists to take military inferior in Aden

A senior Yemeni official has told Al Jazeera that southern separatists, backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), seized control of a key military base in the coastal city of Aden, after a UAE fighter jet bombed the facility. The official told Al Jazeera that fighters from the Southern Resistance Forces (SRF), the armed wing…

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Saudi Arabia seizes more than $100bn in settlements

Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said that the kingdom has seized more than $100bn in anti-corruption settlements. The amount – SAR400bn ($106.7bn) – represented various types of assets, including real estate, commercial entities, cash and more, Mojeb said in a statement released by the government’s information office on Tuesday. He added that the total number…