Archive du mois : février 2018
In early February, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson embarked on a Latin America tour aimed at promoting « democratic security ». But just before he set off on his trip, he speculated on the possibility of a military coup in Venezuela. « In the history of Venezuela and South American countries, it is often times that the…
Venezuela has officially launched the pre-sale its new digital currency called the petro. « Petro is born, and we are going to have a total success for the welfare of Venezuela, » President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday. The launch of the so-called cryptocurrency comes as Venezuela faces deepening economic and political crises. According to the government,…
Flight sim company FlightSimLabs has found itself in trouble after installing malware onto users’ machines as an anti-piracy measure. Code embedded in its A320-X module contained a mechanism for detecting ‘pirate’ serial numbers distributed on The Pirate Bay, which then triggered a process through which the company stole usernames and passwords from users’ web browsers.…
John Stones says Manchester City have only themselves to blame for their shock FA Cup defeat to Wigan Athletic on Monday. A second-half goal from Will Grigg secured a 1-0 win for the League One side at the DW Stadium and ended hopes of a quadruple for Pep Guardiola’s side. Stones admits it has come…
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Britain wants a Brexit trade deal that gives it free, unrestricted access to EU markets but where it was “not required to obey European rules”, David Davis has said. Speaking to business leaders in Vienna the Brexit Secretary rejected the idea that the UK has to stay aligned with EU regulations to avoid trade barriers,…
New Delhi, India – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s India trip that began on Saturday has been making the headlines in India for the wrong reasons. In the past four days of his first India trip as prime minister, Trudeau has travelled to the iconic Taj Mahal, nearly 200km from the capital, New Delhi and…
Last Friday, the Ethiopian government declared a six-month nationwide state of emergency, invoking a grave threat to the constitutional order. The emergency, the second in less than a year, was announced a day after the resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, in what he described as a bid to « smooth the path for political reform ». The…
The median daily transaction fee on the bitcoin network fell to $0.79 on Sunday, a six-month low. That represents a dramatic 97-percent decline from the peak of $34 reached on December 23. The median daily bitcoin transaction fee was more than $10 from mid-December until mid-January but has been declining steadily since then. The high…
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