Iran has carried out a ballistic missile attack on airbases housing US forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani. More than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and… Read More ›
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Hundreds of thousands jammed highway, demand Puerto Rico’s governor resign
Puerto Ricans take to the streets for the 10th consecutive day as calls for Governor Rossello’s resignation grow. An aerial view from a drone shows thousands of people as they fill the Expreso Las Americas highway calling for the removal… Read More ›
Megan Rapinoe: Can a pink-haired lesbian be a US hero?
Getty Images She won the World Cup, was player of the tournament and top scorer, then stole the show at the ticker tape parade with both her swagger and her speech – but Megan Rapinoe is also a polarising figure… Read More ›
Uber will deliver food via drone to San Diego residents in summer 2019
The next time you order pad thai from your go-to neighbourhood joint, a drone might handle delivery duties. Uber announced this morning that this summer it intends to begin operating autonomous quadcopters in San Diego — one of the 10… Read More ›
White House Rolls Back Regulations Meant To Avoid The Next Deepwater Horizon
The changes are estimated to save the oil industry $824 million over the next decade. The Trump administration said Thursday it would roll back several major regulations meant to safeguard offshore drilling rigs, ending a bevvy of safety measures put in place… Read More ›
Under the RICO Act, Nirav Modi could face a jail term in the US
Under the RICO Act, Nirav Modi could face a jail term of up to 20 years in the United States. MUMBAI: The United States may soon seek Nirav Modi’s extradition from the UK in connection with a bankruptcy case, a… Read More ›
Housing Department Hits Facebook With Discrimination Charge
(NEW YORK) — The federal government charged Facebook with high-tech housing discrimination Thursday for allegedly allowing landlords and real estate brokers to systematically exclude groups such as non-Christians, immigrants and minorities from seeing ads for houses and apartments. The civil… Read More ›
Donald Trump says Google CEO Sundar Pichai committed to US, not Chinese military
Earlier this month Trump complained that Google’s business activities in China were “helping China and their military. Source: The Economic Times President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Google CEO Sundar Pichai, whom he’d previously accused of indirectly boosting China‘s military,… Read More ›
Mission Shakti: Why the ASAT missile analysis is necessary for India
Mission Shakti: The UN General Assembly is also trying to bring about an international legally binding document on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. Source: Business Today On March 27, the Prime Minister addressed the nation and… Read More ›
The World Is Still Getting Better—Even Under Trump
Putting New Threats in Perspective By Michael A. Cohen and Micah Zenko Source: foreignaffairs Seven years ago, we argued in this magazine that U.S. foreign policy thinking was dominated by pervasive threat inflation—a tendency among U.S. leaders to exaggerate the dangers the country faces and… Read More ›