Archive du mois : avril 2018
Enlarge / Alto Rabagao dam. Tras os Montes, Portugal. Getty ImagesPortugal’s energy system operator had some interesting news to share once March had closed out. It seems that even as Portugal’s monthly energy consumption increased 9.7 percent compared to March 2017, the country produced enough renewable energy (just over 4,800 Gwh) to exceed its energy…
In 2015, a new statutory duty was placed upon universities across the UK: to remain vigilant to signs of extremism. A set of guidelines, dubbed « Prevent », were introduced to oblige universities to carry out risk assessments on the chances of students being drawn into « extremism », as well as to train staff on how to « challenge…
For days public discontent in India was simmering over the mishandling of two child rape cases. Over the weekend, anger boiled over and thousands took to the streets in several cities across the country to protest perceived inaction by the Indian authorities. Celebrities, writers, academicians, rights activists, lawyers and other professionals rubbed shoulders with the…
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson could be feeling a little like Casey at the Bat as he awaits a verdict on whether his company can buy Time Warner. He’s down two strikes, and if he fails this time, his legacy may be sealed. A blocked Time Warner acquisition would be the third misstep for Stephenson on…
Britain’s prime minister is about to face questions in parliament about the UK’s decision to launch coordinated attacks on Syria – alongside American and French forces – without parliamentary approval. Theresa May will be giving a statement in the House of Commons on the attacks by the US, UK and France on three sites allegedly linked to…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine who made a career in Hollywood playing hard-nosed military men like Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s « Full Metal Jacket, » has died. Ermey’s longtime manager Bill Rogin says he died Sunday morning from pneumonia-related complications. He was 74. The Kansas native was nominated for a…
Ant McPartlin today admitted drink driving and told a court that he was ‘ashamed and mortified’ by a three-car crash that left a four-year-old girl in hospital. The troubled star, 42, appeared gaunt and strained as he arrived at Wimbledon Magistrates Court to answer the single charge. It emerged that he was twice the legal…
Missile fire over Damascus, Syria, on the morning of the attack. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar President Donald Trump rallied US allies for a trilateral strike on sites connected to chemical weapons in Syria, and it looks to have achieved its goal. Syria has deep, horrific problems beyond chemical weapons, however, and the Pentagon acknowledges it didn’t…
Sana / Associated Press by Joel B. Pollak16 Apr 20180 16 Apr, 201816 Apr, 2018 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters in San Francisco on Sunday that President Donald Trump had behaved as if he were “above the law” in ordering precision strikes on Friday targeting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons infrastructure.…
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