Archive du mois : avril 2018

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Assad govt forces ‘purchase total’ Jap Ghouta

Syrian government forces have retaken the town of Douma, thus gaining full control of the former rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, according to a Russian military official. Syrian troops pushed the last rebel fighters out of Douma on Thursday, Major-General Yury Yevtushenko, head of Russia’s Centre for Syrian Reconciliation, told local news media. « Today, a landmark event…

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Mike Pompeo’s secretary of utter confirmation hearing begins

The confirmation hearing for CIA chief Mike Pompeo’s appointment as secretary of state has begun in the US Senate. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Pompeo was expected to face questions over his past positions on torture, allegations of Islamophobia and a failure to disclose dealings with a Chinese company, according to…

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Facebook predicted precisely what’s happening appropriate now in its IPO filing six years previously

Revelations of a massive data leak at Facebook have shocked users, investors, lawmakers and even some top executives in recent weeks — but the company warned of third-party breaches and government regulation more than six years ago when it first filed to go public. In its 2012 IPO prospectus, Facebook called « improper access to or…

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Cheater! Billy Mitchell stripped of ratings, banned from premiere scoreboard

Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Mitchell reacting to the news (actually a parody of Mitchell featured in a Regular Show cartoon, but still…) Twin Galaxies, the long-running video game high score tracker recognized by Guinness World Records, has banned Billy Mitchell and removed all of his past scores from its listings after determining that two…

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Jerusalem Convention traffic denied entry by Israel

A number of international religious figures and politicians, including a Ghanaian legislator, have been denied entry by Israel after they were set to attend a conference in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. The 9th International Conference on the Holy City of Jerusalem kicked off on Wednesday, but there was a glaring absence of…

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Gulf Cooperation Council arms disappear: Who sells to whom

The global trade in weapons is booming, with sales to the Middle East surging. Amid regional instability, an arms race is under way among Arab Gulf countries. The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait – have spent billions of dollars on weapons this year alone. Here’s a…

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The actual superstar of Vizio’s 2018 TV lineup is fee

Vizio got its start as a purveyor of cheap HDTVs just as consumers started upgrading their aging standard definition sets. But something surprising happened: they also ended up building pretty great TVs, especially in recent years. Vizio managed to keep its prices low while delivering sets with full-array backlighting, which let TVs light up the…

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Macron ‘has Syria chemical attack proof’

Image copyright AFP Image caption Emmanuel Macron has said any use of chemical weapons would be a « red line » France’s President Emmanuel Macron says he has « proof » that the Syrian government attacked the town of Douma with chemical weapons last weekend. He said he would decide « in due course » whether to respond with air strikes.…