Ethiopia: Activist charged with terrorism over Facebook post
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A court in Ethiopia has charged a social media activist for inciting violence and other terror-related offenses citing Facebook posts as evidence.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A court in Ethiopia has charged a social media activist for inciting violence and other terror-related offenses citing Facebook posts as evidence.
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The gearshift on the Toyota Prius is something of a legendary feature.
It sticks out of the dashboard like the shifter on an old Alfa Romeo. But it's far from old school.
In fact, it's more like a video-game joystick than an automotive component.
The Prius is a complex piece of electrical and mechanical engineering, plus software, and the gearshift is one of the driver's primary connections with that.
However, there's an aspect... Читать дальше...
There has been outrage in France after police were caught on camera subjecting a disabled homeless man with no legs and one arm to a humiliating public strip-search on the Paris underground. The footage shot at Paris Gare de Lyon railway station was posted on Facebook by Jean-Didier Bakekolo, who said he witnessed the incident on May 2nd The video starts with police officers walking away from the amputee who was sitting on the floor in his top and underwear after the officers made with him remove off his jeans and prosthetic legs. Читать дальше...
OLIVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A wind turbine's owner and manufacturer say mechanical failures and high winds caused the toppling of a nearly 400-foot wind turbine in a Michigan field about 100 miles north of Detroit.
OLIVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A wind turbine's owner and manufacturer say mechanical failures and high winds caused the toppling of a nearly 400-foot wind turbine in a Michigan field about 100 miles north of Detroit.
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta — A massive convoy was under way Friday to move evacuees stranded at oil field camps north of wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Alberta, through the community to safe areas south of the Canadian oil sands capital. The mass evacuation has forced as much as a quarter of Canada’s oil output off-line according to estimates and is expected to impact a country already hurt by a dramatic fall in the price of oil. The Alberta provincial government, which declared a state of emergency... Читать дальше...
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Palantir, the extremely secretive Silicon Valley data-mining startup said to be valued at over $20 billion, has had a rough year with lots of turnover and big-name customers canceling their deals, BuzzFeed reports.
That article, based on confidential information and interviews with six past and current employees, provides our best look yet at the famously cagey Palantir.
Here are its highlights:
Another prominent Republican is distancing himself from Donald Trump.
Burberry, Europe’s airlines, ICE and LSE, UBS and Takata featured
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The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) was down more than 4 percent for the week.
Jeb Bush says he won't vote for Donald Trump, making him the latest high-profile Republican to shy away from his party's likely nominee.
WICHITA, Kansas - A Christian group that promotes marriage at ages as young as 13 won't be able to use a Salvation Army camp in Wichita for a retreat for parents seeking marital partners for their children.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Friday that he won’t vote for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in November, becoming the latest high-profile Republican to turn his back on the New York billionaire.
Former Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he won't vote for Donald Trump this November — and won't cast his ballot for Hillary Clinton, either. Bush says on Facebook that Trump has not demonstrated the temperament or strength of character needed to ...
T-Mobile CEO John Legere posted winning bid for a temporary tattoo.
Asked if Bernie Sanders should drop out, the president said "Let's let the process play itself out"
CHASKA, Minnesota - The judge overseeing the Prince estate case has authorized genetic testing on a sample of his blood in case it's necessary to determine who's entitled to shares of the estate.
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Tensions will only get worse in the Senkakus.
He who lives by the military buildup, dies by the military buildup. Though the recent visit to Beijing by Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida suggests a thaw in Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations, there remains a gulf—or more accurately, a sea—between the two Asian powerhouses.
China’s growing naval activism in the East China Sea has inevitably sparked reaction from Japan, as Tokyo is... Читать дальше...
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Harvard University will bar students who join unrecognized single-gender social organizations from holding official leadership positions in student organizations and athletic teams.
The move, which will apply to students who matriculate at the university in the fall of 2017 and after, was announced by Harvard President Drew Faust in a message to the university community on Friday.
It will affect the all-male and all-female final clubs at the university, as well as fraternities and sororities. Читать дальше...