Archive du mois : février 2018

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The Submit: Spielberg’s out of date ode to US journalism

The 2018 Oscar nominations are out, and Hollywood aficionados are busy speculating who’s in and who’s out, why, wherefore, and whatnot. No, Wonder Woman didn’t make it, either for acting or directing. Praise be to the Lord: There seems to be some cinematic sense of justice about the world. Yes, Meryl Streep did make it -…

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Olympics diplomacy cannot medication the Korea disaster

The images from the past week on the Korean Peninsula have been striking. First, there was the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea which – for the first time ever – featured a combined ice hockey team and a procession from the two Koreas. But, of greater significance was the presence of…

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Trump unveils US infrastructure blueprint

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Local governments will bear the majority of costs under the plan US President Donald Trump has unveiled his long-touted plan to revamp US infrastructure, but critics labelled it a « scam ». Mr Trump wants Congress to authorise $200bn (£144bn) over a decade to spend on roads, highways, ports and airports.…

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Palestinians condemn alleged settlement annexation arrangement

Reported discussions between Benjamin Netanyahu and US officials over plans to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank only confirm « Israel’s commitment to apartheid », a senior Palestinian official said. Saeb Erekat of the Palestine Liberation Organisation said on Monday any unilateral moves to annex Palestinian land would violate their right to self-determination and independence,…

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Yemenis flip to herbal therapies as medication costs waft

Sanaa, Yemen – Mohammed Saif turned to herbal and faith-based treatments last year despite doctors warning they would not be safe, or even effective. The 40-year-old used to take anticholinergics to treat irritable bowel syndrome. But in a country ravaged by war, medical treatment had become nearly impossible for him to access. « I couldn’t afford to…

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The Prolonged, Behind Decline of BitTorrent – Plagiarism At the contemporary time

In 2006 BitTorrent, or specifically peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. was king. In a study from January of that year, P2P traffic accounted for over 70% of all internet traffic. Though, at that time, BitTorrent shared the file sharing crown with other networks, it quickly moved to become the number one file sharing protocol, a title it would…

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Israel squares off for showdown with Iran in Syria

A surge in Israeli-Syrian cross-border incidents has turned into the « biggest » confrontation between the two countries in decades and confronted Russia with a new dilemma: how to preserve its ties with both sides. The tit-for-tat attacks, which started on Saturday and continued until the following day, have been accompanied by a war of words, with Benjamin Netanyahu…