One giant leap in the dark for mankind
Chairman Mao was once asked what he thought would have happened if Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had been assassinated in 1963, rather than U.S. President John F Kennedy.
Chairman Mao was once asked what he thought would have happened if Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had been assassinated in 1963, rather than U.S. President John F Kennedy.
Eight people have been killed in vigilante lynchings in Bangladesh sparked by rumors on social media of children being kidnapped and sacrificed as offerings for the construction of a mega-bridge, police said Wednesday. The victims - which include two women - were targeted by angry mobs over the rumors, spread mostly on Facebook, that said human heads were required for the massive $3 billion project, police chief Javed Patwary said.
A Russian defense contractor accused by the United States of supporting cyberattacks has developed sophisticated software used to spy on smartphones, an American security company said Wednesday. St. Petersburg-based Special Technology Center developed code that has been aimed at a number of targets, including those interested in a rebel militia in Russian-allied Syria, Ahrar al-Sham, security firm Lookout said in a report.
Three Sunni men were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms of 16 and 22 years on convictions including engaging in a terror act by burning down a Shiite mosque in the Australian city of Melbourne three years ago. A Victoria state Supreme Court jury convicted Abdullah Chaarani, 28, Ahmed Mohammad, 26, and Hatim Moukhaiber, 31, in May over the firebombing of the Imam Ali Islamic Centre in December 2016. No one was injured.
Belgium and the Netherlands recorded their highest-ever temperatures Wednesday as a European heat wave neared its peak. Paris and other parts of France could see temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius Thursday along with Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland.
Is Big Tech headed for a big breakup? The U.S. Justice Department has announced a major antitrust investigation into unidentified tech giants, while the House Judiciary Committee has begun an unprecedented antitrust probe into Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple over their aggressive business practices, and promises a top-to-bottom review of the market power held by giant tech platforms.
Chuck Klosterman seems like a great hang. He’s the guy at the party who has everyone spitting out their drinks as they laugh while trying to swallow - the one who is never at a loss for words in a game of Would You Rather? It’s fun to imagine the genesis of some of the stories billed as Fictional Nonfiction on the cover of his latest collection.
Director Riley Stearns says he didn’t realize he was making a perfect movie for 2019 when he started writing The Art of Self-Defense four years ago. Starring Jesse Eisenberg as a timid and weak man who takes up karate, Stearns’ darkly comedic riff on toxic masculinity just kept becoming more relevant. The Harvey Weinstein claims broke during the shoot in 2017 and the #MeToo movement became a phenomenon.
The Beirut Holidays festival hosted renowned Greek pianist Yanni Tuesday for an evening of sublime instrumental music, despite organizational issues.
Watch key moments from Robert Mueller's testimony before the Judiciary Committee on Thursday.
The platform allows U.S. users to search for items they wish to buy, provides recommendations based off of their web activity and offers multiple purchasing options, including direct check out through Google.
The battle over neonicotinoid pesticides rages on. In response to one of many collusive sue-and-settle lawsuits between environmentalist groups and
While The Roots have provided laughs via their walk-on music, Black Thought has taken notes when called into action elsewhere on the show.
Even if council approves the proposed $550-million arena on Tuesday, it could be many months before taxpayers see what they’re paying for. An established budget and a handful of renderings are currently before council, but the body responsible for design said actual plans won’t be available until early next year. “You’ll see plans — more […]
Epstein dug deep into his pockets for Democrats
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook says it is under antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. The company made the announcement just hours after the agency slapped it with a record $5 billion fine and new oversight on its privacy practices.
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Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), who once served as the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, had no questions for former special counsel Robert Mueller. Nunes, who finished his intelligence investigation more than a year ago, missed a lot of the information that was outlined in the Mueller report when he issued his own take on […]
Indian businessman Pramod Mittal was arrested on Wednesday in northern Bosnia in connection with an investigation into alleged financial crimes
By Matt Hadro As some Christian genocide victims rebuild their homes in Northern Iraq, a tenuous security situation still threatens
Microsoft is retooling the Xbox Home page yet again, and this time, in addition to “streamlining” the interface, they’re also dropping Cortana as the default voice assistant. It feels like Microsoft has retooled the Xbox One‘s user interface so many times in the console’s six-year lifespan. This latest update will make it more “streamlined” by removing the Twists bar from the top of the screen in favor of simple buttons. The pictures of the update indicate you’ll have buttons for Xbox Game Pass, Mixer... Читать дальше...
our population groups of Pacific salmon in California, Oregon, and Idaho are especially vulnerable to climate change, according to a
SportsLine simulated the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational 10,000 times and came up with some surprises