Archive du mois : avril 2018
Born 241 years ago on April 30, Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss is often described as the « Prince of Mathematicians » and hailed for his contributions to number theory, geometry, probability theory and astronomy. In the German mathematician’s honour, Google is changing its logo in 28 countries to a doodle of him and his achievements. This is his…
Tributes are pouring in for at least nine Afghan reporters killed in an explosion while covering an earlier suicide bombing in Kabul. The first blast was caused on Monday morning by a motorcycle-riding attacker who detonated explosives during rush hour in the Shash Darak area of the Afghan capital. About half an hour later, as journalists waited by a security…
The deal could face serious regulatory challenges, however.T-Mobile and Sprint will merge to create a 5G powerhouse After years of on-again, off-again talks, it’s official: T-Mobile and Sprint have announced plans to merge. The all-stock, $26 billion deal values Sprint at $59 billion (the combined company would be worth $146 billion) and will give T-Mobile…
During an interview on The Ellen Show two months before Chicago arrived, Kim said: « My daughter says the name « Star » all the time. She names everything « Star West. » I’m not vibing on it. I do like short, easy to spell, one syllable names. That’s kind of my vibe. »
Twitter sold data access to the Cambridge University academic who also obtained millions of Facebook users’ information that was later passed to a political consulting firm without the users’ consent. Aleksandr Kogan, who created a personality quiz on Facebook to harvest information later used by Cambridge Analytica, established his own commercial enterprise, Global Science Research…
Uganda 249 for 5 (Mukasa 97, Kayondo 55, Outerbridge 2 for 46) beat Bermuda (Trott 17, Irfan 6 for 23) by 189 runs Uganda’s Roger Mukasa plays to the off side IDI/GettyCaptain Roger Mukasa singlehandedly outscored the opposition at UKM-YSD Oval, his 97 for Uganda laying the platform for a 189-run walloping of Bermuda a day…
Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Sunday’s episode of Deception. Read at your own risk. Did Cameron Black survive his run-in with death by suffocation? Here’s the good news: Yes, he did! But Sunday’s episode of Deception certainly made viewers sweat, waiting until late in the hour to reveal how he survived. First, the…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has refused to criticise Israel for the killing of dozens of unarmed Palestinian protesters during weeks of rallies on the Israel-Gaza border as he concluded his diplomatic tour in the Middle East. After stops in Saudi Arabia and Israel, Pompeo headed to Jordan’s capital, Amman, where he held talks with Ayman…
When Leu left her home in China and travelled to the Australian capital of Canberra to begin her undergraduate degree, she only had a vague idea of what awaited her. She expected to find people who were white, tall and liked barbeques, but she says she wasn’t prepared for a campus culture that featured drinking…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has told heads of US-based Jewish groups that the Palestinian leadership must accept conditions for peace put forward by the administration of US President Donald Trump, according to a report on Israeli media. During a closed-door meeting last month in New York with the organisations’ leaders, MBS harshly criticised…
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