‘Trump is like a teacher handing out fail grades. Which country will be next?’ – Czech president

Czech President Milos Zeman criticized Donald Trump for lecturing “misbehaving” countries during his address to the UN, and says that the international community should be based on parity – not “masters and students.” Read more “The speech reminded me of a teacher publicly handing out grades to misbehaving students. But the international community should not […]

A media startup that has quietly inked deals with the NBA, NFL and PGA is handing struggling newspapers a lifeline

Newspapers can get free golf content from SendtoNews and make it look like their own. The Canadian sports media liscensor now distributes ready-made golf articles and video packages to 150 partners, who share in any associated ad revenue. The initiative comes as newspapers face shrinking staffs on top of a growing need to offer expensive […]

Colombia’s biggest rebel group is handing over its weapons — and now it want to start a soccer team

© AFP/File EITAN ABRAMOVICH Bogota (AFP) – Demobilized fighters from Colombia’s leftist FARC rebels want to form a professional league football club, officials said Friday. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have disarmed under a peace deal after a half-century conflict and are transitioning to civil and political life. “We received about 10 days ago […]

Instagram is turning the screws on Snapchat by handing advertisers free trials and credits

Business Insider Instagram is luring advertisers onto its platform by giving them free trials and credits. While credits and trials are not unheard of, advertising executives say that Instagram is using them at an opportune time to strike Snap at its weakest. Advertisers are questioning the efficacy of their ad spending with the company, and Wall Street […]

London attack: Killer was handing out CUPCAKES week before terror atrocity

The man – whose identity has not yet been released by the authorities – has been described by those in his neighbourhood as a friendly individual and that most had not seen the incident coming.  Good Morning Britain reporter Richard Gaisford spoke to people in the killer’s local community about their neighbour.  He told hosts […]

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub starts handing out big bucks to disease investigators

When Mark Zuckerberg wonders about stuff, he wonders big. As befits someone who co-founded and now controls the world’s biggest social network, the Facebook CEO recently wondered if he could “help scientists to cure, prevent or manage all diseases within our children’s lifetime.” And not only has he been wondering about it – he’s actually […]