Archive du mois : mars 2018
Leaked emails show that a businessman with ties to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tried to convince US President Donald Trump to fire Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for not supporting the UAE-backed blockade of Qatar, the BBC reported. According to the emails, which were obtained by the news outlet, Elliott Broidy, who is also…
Die Sprachknobler unter den Deutschen feiern dieses Jahr einen runden Geburtstag. Vor 70 Jahren wurde Scrabble in den USA patentiert, und heute besitzen mehr als die Hälfte aller deutschen Haushalte eine Box voller Plastik-Buchstabensteine, sagt zumindest der Hersteller. Wer keinen Spielpartner findet, kann auf der Website von Scrabble Deutschland e. V. nachsehen, wo man sich in…
The MSNBC interview came after The Washington Post published a story that cited Nunberg as saying he would refuse to comply with the subpoena. « Let him arrest me, » Nunberg told the newspaper. « Mr. Mueller should understand I am not going in on Friday. » Nunberg said that he was refusing the special counsel « because what they…
A humanitarian aid convoy has failed to unload supplies to residents trapped inside Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, as government warplanes resumed bombarding the enclave, killing at least 70 people, according to a monitor. Described as the « bloodiest » day since a Russian-sponsored truce failed at stopping the onslaught and since a UN Security Council resolution was unsuccessful…
Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir – At around 6:30am on January 20, 1994, the Indian Army cordoned off the Barzulla Baghat locality in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. An announcement was made from the parapet of a nearby mosque, asking men to assemble at a ground behind the Saddar Police Station. « We shivered in cold,…
OpenTable, the market leader in the online restaurant-booking world, is embroiled in a scheme that affected 45 Chicago restaurants that use Reserve, an OpenTable rival. Last week, OpenTable confirmed they fired an employee who made several hundred reservations at restaurants using Reserve, which resulted in hundreds of no-shows over the course of the past three…
It’s no secret that our oceans have a problem with pollution from plastic waste, with currents spreading it far and wide. You can see it first hand in a video shot by diver Rich Horner, who swam off Manta Point in Nusa Penida, Indonesia on Saturday, surrounded by plastic trash. « The ocean currents brought us…
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Big Picture India going into the Nidahas T20I tri-series without many of their first-choice players has somewhat levelled the playing field. Captain Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya and Kuldeep Yadav have all been rested. Sri Lanka will also miss some of their key players: Angelo Mathews, Asela Gunaratne and fast…
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