Archive du mois : avril 2018

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Silicon Valley’s scooter scourge is coming to an stop

It all started in late March when three companies — Bird, Spin and LimeBike — debuted their scooter sharing solutions in San Francisco. All three work the same way: you unlock the scooter with an app, pay a nominal amount — $1 to unlock and 15 cents per minute thereafter. When you’re done, simply lock…

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UK climate LIVE: Summer season-style heatwave kicks off the weekend

By Stewart Paterson For Mailonline Published: 08:24 BST, 20 April 2018 | Updated: 09:17 BST, 20 April 2018 Friday will usher in a balmy start to the weekend with temperatures sitting comfortably in unseasonably high figures across Britain. Yesterday was the hottest April day for nearly 70 years, with temperatures reaching a sensational 29.1C (84F)…

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Comey notes on Trump meetings printed

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption’No adequate people around Trump to contain him,’ Comey saysDetailed notes by former FBI director James Comey documenting his conversations with US President Donald Trump have been published. The memos cover Mr Trump’s concerns about a lurid intelligence dossier and also go into the president’s relationship with…

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Iranians sue US authorities over ‘mass denials’ of refugee situation

A group of Iranians has filed a lawsuit demanding court intervention after the US government denied the refugee applications of roughly 90 refugees waiting in Austria.  The Iranians are seeking refugee status in the US through the unique Lautenberg-Specter programme, which is meant to protect vulnerable groups such as religious minorities.  The programme began with…

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Syria in 2018 is now not Iraq in 2003

Last Saturday, when the United States, the UK and France launched strikes on three chemical facilities in Syria, the move was met with disapproval in some quarters. The pre-announced spectacle blew up three buildings and took no lives, but some pronounced it a « dangerous escalation ». Some spoke of its « illegality ». All complained about its disregard…

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USA: Patriotismus lernen sie im Ferienlager

Nationalhymne singen, auf « illegale Einwanderer » schießen und marschieren: Fast eine halbe Million junger Amerikaner verbringen ihre Ferien in militärischen Camps. 1/10 Nicole Gonzabay, die als Senior am Theodore Roosevelt Educational Campus teilnimmt, singt beim siebten JROTC Military Ball in New York. © Sarah Blesener, USA, ZEISS Photography Award 2018 2/10 Mitglieder der Young Marines, einer militärischen…

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Will the US confront Iran’s forces in Syria?

Tensions between Iran and the US over Syria are at the highest they have been since the country’s civil war started in 2011. While the two countries have repeatedly voiced indignation about the other’s presence in Syria, they have not reached the point of a military confrontation so far. While the US has targeted fighters…

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In Comey memos, Trump fixates on ‘hookers,’ frets over Flynn

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a series of startlingly candid conversations, President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of a top adviser, asked about the possibility of jailing journalists and described a boast from Vladimir Putin about Russian prostitutes, according to Comey’s notes of the talks…