Archive du mois : mars 2018

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UK spent $1.3m on security for world’s greatest weapons sexy

The UK spent more than $1m on providing security for the world’s largest weapons fair, Al Jazeera can reveal, in an operation campaigners say undermined the rights of anti-war activists. A Freedom of Information Request submitted by Al Jazeera to London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has revealed the cost of policing Defence and Security Equipment…

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South Africa slams Australia visa thought for white farmers

South Africa has criticised an Australian government minister for suggesting that white South African farmers should get special visas so they can flee « horrific circumstances » in the country. Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, who oversees immigration and has drawn international criticism for heading a tough crackdown on asylum-seekers from Asia and the Middle East,…

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1000’s rally in opposition to Czech president’s attack on media

Prague, Czech Republic – Thousands of Czechs have taken to the streets of the capital, Prague, in defiance of a recent attack on local independent media by the country’s recently re-elected President Milos Zeman. Speaking during his inauguration last week at Prague Castle, the pro-Russian, anti-migrant Zeman criticised the Czech media by name, accusing them…

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Microsoft reaches human parity in translating test build of info tales from Chinese to English

Xuedong Huang, technical fellow in charge of Microsoft’s speech, natural language and machine translation efforts. (Photo by Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures)A team of Microsoft researchers said Wednesday that they believe they have created the first machine translation system that can translate sentences of news articles from Chinese to English with the same quality and accuracy…

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Unilever chooses Netherlands over UK for company deplorable

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Theresa Would perhaps well perhaps has moved to dismantle a Russian see “network” in the UK with important diplomatic expulsion

Theresa May has moved to dismantle a Russian spy “network” in the UK, expelling 23 embassy officials in the biggest number of diplomatic expulsions since the Cold War. The dramatic decision to remove “undeclared intelligence officers” came alongside measures to freeze Russian assets, cut off high-level communication with Moscow, pass new anti-espionage powers and isolate Vladimir Putin at…

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US ‘stands in solidarity’ with UK on Russia

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTheresa May announces measures to send a « clear message » to Russia over the use of a nerve agent in SalisburyThe White House says it « stands in solidarity » with « its closest ally » the UK and supports its decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats. PM Theresa May said the…

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Lionel Messi nutmegs Courtois for his one centesimal UCL aim | 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Highlights (VIDEO)

COMMENTATOR 1: Azpilicueta was under pressure. Suarez running forward. Christensen backs off. Suarez. Lionel Messi takes the touch, Lionel Messi accelerates and for a second time tonight nutmegs Thibaut Courtois! [CROWD CHEERING] And the faint flicker of a Chelsea comeback is snuffed out by the King. [CROWD CHEERING] He joins Cristiano Ronaldo as the only…