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Alcohol abuse kills 3 million a year globally, most of them men: WHO
More than three million people died in 2016 due to drinking too much alcohol, meaning one in 20 deaths worldwide was linked to harmful drinking, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
First XDR typhoid is on the verge of being untreatable, spreading globally
Enlarge / A photomicrograph of Salmonella typhi bacteria using a Gram-stain technique. (credit: CDC) A tenacious epidemic of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid in Pakistan is just one small genetic step away from becoming untreatable—and health experts expect it to spread worldwide. “It’s a global concern at this point,” Dr. Eric Mintz, an epidemiologist at the […]
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has no plans to extend Europe’s GDPR privacy law globally
(Reuters) — Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law on data privacy in its entirety to the rest of the world, as the company reels from a scandal over its handling of personal information of millions of its users. […]
‘Bitcoin is #1 priority’: NSA targeted cryptocurrency users globally, Snowden leaks show
The US National Security Agency targeted Bitcoin users around the world, according to classified documents released by Edward Snowden. The revelations strike a blow to the financial privacy of bitcoin users, academics warn. The National Security Agency (NSA) managed to find ways to ‘track down senders and receivers’ of Bitcoins, according to an internal NSA […]
In a Disney-dominant weekend, ‘Black Panther’ edges out ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ to win the box office — and pass $1 billion globally (DIS)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures “Black Panther” wins the weekend domestic box office for a fourth straight weekend with an estimated $ 41.1 million. The movie has now passed $ 1 billion globally in just 26 days. “A Wrinkle in Time” came in second place with $ 33.3 million. In an extremely rare occurrence, the […]
Snap’s Accelerate startup program opens globally to boost ad revenue from Snapchat
Snapchat’s parent company has announced that it’s opening its Snap Accelerate program to startups across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The news comes almost three months after the Californian company debuted the program for startups in the U.S. The core raison d’être of Snap Accelerate is to help initiate startups into the world of Snapchat […]
U.S. court rejects Canadian court order requiring Google to remove search results globally
After years of litigation in two countries, a federal court in the US has weighed in on a thorny question: Does Google US have to obey a Canadian court order requiring Google to take down information around the world, ignoring contrary rules in other jurisdictions? According to the Northern District of California, the answer is […]
Border walls are going up globally at a dizzying pace — but history teaches us that walls don’t work
Stringer/Getty Images U.S President Donald Trump is still trying to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico. Throughout history, countless walls were built to keep out enemies such as the Great Wall and Hadrian’s Wall. Border walls typically bring an increase in violence and instability rather than security. History teaches us […]
London Air Ambulance: Started in 1989 their pioneering techniques are now copied globally
The emergency alert was stark and devoid of detail: “Major incident declared. Please report to helipad.” Barely 10 days had passed since Jihadi terrorists had killed eight civilians and injured 48 as they ploughed through pedestrians with a van on London Bridge before embarking on a stabbing spree. The 39-year-old senior emergency medicine consultant had […]
