In today's stunning news of a college bribery scandal alleging that ultrawealthy, well-connected, privileged elites conspired with a college preparatory business to falsify their children's test scores and bribe university officials to get them into the country's top schools, is this bit of high-weirdness, reported in CNN:
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Almost every law enforcement agency in Ukraine helped cover up corruption in state defense conglomerate UkrOboronProm, according to a new investigative journalist report by Bihus.info aired on March 11. The report is the fourth and final part of an investigative series by the Ukrainian investigative team Bihus.info that uncovered alleged corruption schemes in the state […]
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, HBO's documentary about fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, who started her multi-billion-dollar healthcare company Theranos when she was 19-years-old, airs on March 16. That gives me six days to finish the highly-engaging Theranos bio, Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by Wall Street Journal reporter, John Carreyrou, if I don't want any book spoilers. Here's the trailer to whet your appetite. Read the rest
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“I own a building,” he said. “Why don’t I just hang a banner from my own building?”
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the case against "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett (all times local):
Читать дальше...NEW YORK — Howard Stern fans are clearly up for his new book. The shock jock’s “Howard Stern Comes Again” will be published May 14, Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday. It’s his first book in more than 20 years and was No. 1 on Amazon.com within hours of its announcement. Stern’s previous books, “Private Parts”
Brands dedicate entire teams to brainstorming new, unexpected activations for SXSW, often specifically designed to inspire shock and awe. Viceland, for example, decided to create an entire roller skating rink out of an Austin parking lot. Michelob Ultra gathered together thousands of attendees for a guided sunset meditation. But ever since November 2016, one thing...
In a meeting between a visiting Russian industrial delegation and Behzad Etemadi the deputy head...
OTTAWA — Business groups are calling on the government to expand jobs-related programs in the upcoming federal budget, as a persistent labour shortage in Canada has made it difficult for companies to hire skilled workers. Finance Minister Bill Morneau already hinted back in February that the Mar. 19 budget would focus on skills and training, […]
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Safaricom’s deal to let shoppers pay for goods on AliExpress.com through the M-Pesa mobile payment service, denominated in Kenyan shillings. In addition, CreditDigital has notched a £2 million investment from U.K.-based fund Fuel Ventures, and the Central Bank of […]
When it comes to buses, you can’t beat Edinburgh’s fleet. The publicly-owned Lothian Bus services that keep the city moving all year round are second to none. Without the excellent service they provide, getting across the city would be chaos.
Chess will be back at the next edition of Asian Games in China's Hangzhou after Olympic Council of Asia decided to reinstate the sport in its games programme scheduled from September 10-25 in 2022.
In a 2016 interview, Daniel Hannan, an MP in the European Parliament, offered the following criticism of the UK’s continued membership in the European Union:
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A WOMAN has been seriously injured after being stabbed outside a Co-op supermarket in Headington, Oxford.
The World Wide Web, or WWW, will mark its 30th anniversary in March. It all began on 13 March at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) with the incredible idea of a young programmer Tim Berners-Lee using hypertext to try to connect computers into a single network for better information exchange.
The NPPA website notes that the amount still under litigation is around Rs 4,084.05 crore
Heading the night session on Tuesday is the stand out match of the men’s draw so far. Roger Federer and …
Here’s an idea to save money after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
A Maine man angry at Google because his Youtube channel was shut down was busted in California with baseball bats in his car while on his way to the tech giant’s headquarters, officials said. Police arrested Kyle Long, 33, on Sunday afternoon in Mountain View, Calif., with three baseball bats in his car and his...