Archive du mois : février 2018
The U.S. government released a highly anticipated document today, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the designated website couldn’t handle the load. The so-called Nunes Memo, a contentious document authored by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes’ staff, alleges abuse of power by the F.B.I. in relation to its investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Friday released a partisan and bitterly disputed memo that they say shows surveillance abuses in the early stages of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia. The memo, prepared by Republicans on the House intelligence committee, says there was « a troubling breakdown of legal processes » in the…
Justin WolfsonPerhaps in response to the lower volume of Surface systems sold, Microsoft today introduced two cut-price Surface models. For $799, there’s a new Surface Laptop with a Kaby Lake Core m3 processor, 4GB RAM, and 128GB storage. The previous cheapest model had the same RAM and storage with a Core i5 processor, and it…
Hundreds of people have rallied in the Maldives’ capital, Male, urging President Abdulla Yameen to comply with a court ruling ordering the release of several jailed opposition leaders. Protesters sang and danced outside an opposition campaign hall on Friday, chanting slogans such as « respect the constitution » and « enforce the Supreme Court ruling now ». The landmark…
Teutschenthal – Er gehört im Sommer zu den beliebtesten Badegewässern: der Pappelgrund nahe Teutschenthal (Saalekreis). Doch im Winter ist es still am See, nur ein paar Angler verirren sich hin – ideal für Ganoven. Denn Unbekannte errichteten eine Steigleitung und eine Pumpstation, um das kühle Nass literweise abzupumpen. DER WASSERKLAU VOM PAPPELGRUND! Ein Angler vom…
The Saudi-led coalition that is fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen is responsible for the deaths of scores of children since last summer, a United Nations report says. Al Jazeera obtained excerpts from the confidential report by the UN Office on Children and Armed Conflict, which was sent to the UN Security Council on January 19.…
As governments across the globe increasingly use the internet to crack down on dissent, manipulate information and control access, the idea of the web as a space of democracy and freedom has all but withered. In the past two years, Palestinians launched several campaigns accusing tech companies of discrimination and bias, with hashtags such as…
Warning over wider global health impacts after findings reveal hundreds of tonnes of colistin – the ‘antibiotic of last resort’ – are being shipped to India’s farms There is nothing to prevent Indian farmers, which include some of the world’s biggest food producers, from exporting their chickens and other related products overseas. Photograph: Dinodia Photos/Alamy…
Iran has cracked down on women violating its compulsory headscarf decree, arresting at least 29 individuals, according to Iranian media, drawing criticism from activists and rights groups. Tasnim news agency reported on Friday that 29 women have been arrested, and quoted Tehran police as saying that the detainees were arrested for « disturbing public security ». It…
Where is China headed in 2018? President Xi Jinping promised « world peace » for the new year – but his 2017 track record suggests otherwise. Remember the singular stain of the July death of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, surrounded by state security? Many condemned China’s conduct, but such interventions are fewer and further between these days. Increasingly,…
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