A UN human rights expert has published a draft list of questions to measure countries’ privacy safeguards, a first step towards ranking the governments that are potentially doing the most snooping on their own citizens. Joseph Cannataci, the UN special rapporteur on the right to privacy, submitted the draft questionnaire – touching on everything from […]
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Anthony Palma, 59, was convicted of abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing Kirsten Hatfield, 8. Last month, Palma's jail cellmate, Raymond Pillado, beat and strangled Palma to death in their cell.
The grave was uncovered by complete chance
Barely a few hours after a wedding proposal video of popular Instagram comedian Broda Shaggy, went viral, the comedian has now taken to social media to apologize, stating the video was nothing more than a comedy skit.
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The Plano, Texas, company, which has been closing stores for years, said Thursday that it would turn the lights out at another 18 department stores, as well as nine home and furniture stores.
Trump loyalist spread birtherism, claimed Hezbollah sold drugs in U.S. But why was he a Democrat in 2008?
The consensus among experts was that a whimper was a better way to conclude the summit than a bang
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The consensus among experts was that a whimper was a better way to conclude the summit than a bang
Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame the resistance of first-time ATP Tour quarter-finalist Hubert Hurkacz at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Thursday to set up a last-four meeting with Gael Monfils on Friday. The world No 11 defeated the Pole 7-6(4), 6-7(1), 6-1 in two hours and 20 minutes, keeping alive his chances of breaking into the Top 10 of the ATP rankings for the first time. [EPA]
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said in a new interview that he is planning to introduce legislation next week proposing a tax on stock market trades.Schatz told Vox his bill could raise $800 million over a decade and help curb "nefarious" behavior in...
To explore the views of Mahatma Gandhi on science and technology, an exhibition titled 'Gandhi and Science' was inaugurated Thursday on the occasion of National Science Day at Science City. The month-long exhibition, held to mark the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, has four sections - Gandhi and Science-Technology-Innovation, Gandhis Views on Science & Technology, Gandhi - Appropriate Technology and Sustainable Development, Gandhi and Contemporary Indian Scientists, the organisers said in a statement here. Читать дальше...
How do the wages paid by Hearts and Hibs compare to their contemporaries in the Scottish Premiership?
Congress leader K C Venugopal Thursday said former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa's remark that India's preemptive air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan would help the BJP win 22 Lok Sabha seats in the state revealed the "most deceitful and shameless motive" of the party. "To use the supreme valour and commitment of armed forces for petty political gain is totally shameful and condemnable. The statement made by Yedyurappa has clearly revealed the most wicked political agenda well supported... Читать дальше...
The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday said they have arrested two wanted operatives of a criminal gang who had opened fire at a security guard of a Chinese smartphone company's under-construction site in Greater Noida. The accused were arrested late Wednesday night near the construction site of Oppo mobile company, where they had opened fire at the security guard on January 31, leaving him critically injured, the Noida unit of the STF said. Mohit Singh (24) and Rohit Singh (20)... Читать дальше...
Captain was over legal alcohol limit but it is not clear if he was steering vessel, says coastguard
Russell Platt writes about the lyric-opera composer Domick Argento, who has died, at ninety-one.
Impala Platinum has come out with positive earnings and its price continues to move higher, in what is a very solid uptrend. The good news is there are still significantly higher levels to come.
When Otto Warmbier was returned to the United States in 2017 and died shortly afterward, President Donald Trump condemned the North Korean regime for the imprisonment and suspected torture of the college student who was arrested in 2015 for alleged spying.
Lost House, in King's Cross, in the work of architect Sir David Adjaye. The 3,674 sq ft structure comprises a pool, a fish pond, a home cinema and a indoor pool. It's being let for £4,500 per week.
This week last year, #NextGenATP Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas was No. 82 in the ATP Rankings. But if the 20-year-old defeats Rotterdam champion Gael Monfils on Friday at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, the reigning Next Gen ATP Finals titlist will crack the world’s Top 10 for the first time.
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Android OS upgrades may be a steaming, hot mess — thanks mostly to the way the platform relies on unmotivated device-makers to do the legwork — but over on the Chrome OS side of things, by golly, it's a whole other story.
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Photo voter slip shall no longer be used as standalone ID document during polls: Election Commission