Archive du mois : avril 2018

Afghanistan bezieht 40 Prozent seiner zivilen Einnahmen aus einem Hilfsfonds. Wohin das Geld gelangt, ist aus Sicht des US-Senats unklar. Eine Baustelle in Kabul © Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images Der Beauftrage des US-Senats für Afghanistan hat kritisiert, dass Ausgaben aus dem Wiederaufbaufonds für Afghanistan (ARTF) nicht nachverfolgt werden könnten. Die Weltbank könne nicht messen, welche Wirkung die…

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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Protesters have called for the resignation of President Daniel Ortega Nicaraguan police have released dozens of students and lecturers arrested in protests triggered by planned changes to the social security system. Some students said they had been beaten and tortured by police while in custody. The claims could not be…

The dog’s owner desperately tried to pull the pit bull off but was powerless

By Updated on Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. slumped the most in almost five years after the Japanese company increased its bid for Shire Plc to about 46 billion pounds ($64 billion), as the drugmakers sought more time to agree on a deal. Takeda’s shares tumbled as much as 9.3 percent in early Tokyo trading even after…

Aditi Natasha Kini wasn’t surprised to see that Toronto van attack suspect Alek Minassian called for an « incel rebellion » on Facebook. She’s seen that kind of rhetoric before. The New York journalist wrote a feature about incels — or involuntary celibates — for Vice News in November 2017, and faced harassment and death threats because of it. And now she says some members…

The 10-year Treasury yield, a benchmark used to price everything from mortgages to federal student loans, rose to 3% for the first time in four years on Tuesday in part due to fears of rising inflation and expectations of more Fed interest rate hikes this year. It may be just a number—but it’s a number…

Defeat for smaller inventors who say process has undermined value of their work

We’re still wondering what happened to Wolfgang on head-scratcher sci-fi series Sense8, and it sounds like our answers might arrive sooner than expected. Netflix today announced that the wrap-up movie for the Wachowskis-created show will premiere on June 8th. If you’ll remember, the series was unceremoniously cancelled last June.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill on April 11. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Analysts want to know whether the Cambridge Analytica scandal has affected user engagement on Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the #DeleteFacebook campaign hasn’t had much impact, but it’s less clear whether users are…