Archive du mois : mai 2018

Armenia: Nikol Pashinyan elected as unusual prime minister 0

Armenia: Nikol Pashinyan elected as unusual prime minister

Armenia’s parliament has elected opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan as new prime minister, two weeks after Serzh Sargsyan resigned following widespread anti-government demonstrations. Pashinyan’s so-called Velvet Revolution has exercised true people power – the ability to conjure up a storm of support on request. His protest movement began with a march of non-violence on March 31, demanding Sargsyan to step…

Israeli soldier filmed killing Palestinian launched from jail 0

Israeli soldier filmed killing Palestinian launched from jail

An Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead an injured Palestinian was freed from prison on Tuesday, the army said, after spending nine months behind bars. Elor Azaria was initially sentenced to 18 months in prison for the killing of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron in March 2016.…

Tour Match, Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland at Northampton, Would possibly possibly well possibly 4-7 2018 | Match Document | ESPNCricinfo 0

Tour Match, Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland at Northampton, Would possibly possibly well possibly 4-7 2018 | Match Document | ESPNCricinfo

Pakistan 428 (Shafiq 186*, Haris 79, Babar 57, Crook 4-89) and 134 for 1 (Imam 59*, Haris 55*) beat Northamptonshire 259 (Rossington 90, Shadab 6-77) and 301 (Newton 118, Cobb 52, Abbas 4-62, Shadab 4-80) by nine wicketsnScorecard Pakistan will head to Ireland for the first Test of their tour with a hard-fought win behind…

Microsoft’s AI future is rooted in its gaming previous 0

Microsoft’s AI future is rooted in its gaming previous

While Kipman’s version of events makes it sound like the Kinect’s evolution as an AI tool was happenstance, Microsoft has long recognized video games’ impact on broader industries, and it’s not afraid to use the Xbox platform as a proving ground for new technologies. Just nine days after the first public demonstration of Project Natal…

Birmingham in righteous talks with System E to host ePrix on metropolis’s streets subsequent 300 and sixty five days 0

Birmingham in righteous talks with System E to host ePrix on metropolis’s streets subsequent 300 and sixty five days

The English city of Birmingham is in advanced talks to host a round of the Formula E electric series next year, West Midlands Mayor Andy Street said on Monday. The street race would bring back memories of the Birmingham Superprix, a Formula 3000 race that was held between 1986 and 1990. “Over the last year,…

Malaysia election: All it be well-known to know 0

Malaysia election: All it be well-known to know

Malaysians will head to the polls on Wednesday to vote in the country’s 14th general election. The vote pits a nonagenarian out of political retirement against a former protégé. If this was a film, the story line would have been dismissed as far-fetched. But this is politics in Malaysia. The upcoming election has had voters,…

Jucuapa: The coffin-making city in El Salvador 0

Jucuapa: The coffin-making city in El Salvador

Jucuapa, El Salvador – Driving down the main street in El Salvador’s Jucuapa, it is easy for one to realise the small town is not an ordinary place. At first sight, the town is quiet and peaceful, but a certain tension can be felt.  Caskets now sit the front windows of one-time bakeries and other…

Pokémon Trip Fest is returning for a redemption tour 0

Pokémon Trip Fest is returning for a redemption tour

Let’s hope the developers behind Pokémon Go have learned their lesson. Niantic is hosting another Pokémon Go Fest in Chicago – one year after the first Pokémon Go Fest made headlines for being an absolute disaster – the company announced Monday. The 2018 Pokémon Go Fest, happening July 14 and 15, is part of a…