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REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo Brazil said it was sending armed forces to keep order near the Venezuelan border area. President Michel Temer said the move was aimed at keeping order and ensuring the safety of immigrants. The exodus of Venezuelans to other South American countries is building toward a “crisis moment.” LIMA (Reuters) – Brazil said it […]
Enlarge (credit: S3studio/Getty Images) A woman who for years went by the name “Bitcoin Maven” on localbitcoins.com—a peer-to-peer website for buying and selling anonymous bitcoins in-person—was sentenced Monday to 366 days in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and a $ 20,000 fine. While selling bitcoins is not inherently illegal, doing so in such […]
Getty The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to reject sweeping reforms to copyright laws that threatened to tear the internet apart. The proposals, which could have required the likes of Reddit to filter content and forced a so-called “link tax” on firms including Google, have been sent back to the drawing board.See the rest of […]
Associated Press/Ramon Espinosa The US-Cuba rapprochement under President Barack Obama started discreetly, with few aware of the engagement. But Russia, Cuba’s longtime partner, apparently expressed dismay about the potential thaw. President Donald Trump has largely reversed Obama’s changes, which many see as a boon for Russian interests. After a first term where trips to Latin […]
While Facebook is still reeling from it’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, it has been trying to clean up its image as a company that plays fast and loose with your privacy. Unfortunately, there’s yet another issue. According to TechCrunch, Facebook accidentally leaked analytics reports from developers to app testers. A developer contacted TechCrunch with the news […]
Getty Microsoft staff wrote to CEO Satya Nadella calling on the firm to cancel its $ 19.4 million contract with the US’s Immigration, Customs and Enforcement agency. They are dismayed at President Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, in which families and children are separated after crossing the US-Mexico border illegally. The 100 staff said the […]
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump’s personal defense team sent a lengthy memo to the special counsel Robert Mueller this year in which they made several bombshell arguments and admissions. They said Trump cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice because he has the power to shut down any federal investigation. They acknowledged Trump dictated a […]
Brendan McDermid/Reuters JPMorgan’s most senior women sent a signed letter to Stacey Cunningham, the incoming president of the New York Stock Exchange, in appreciation of her career. Cunningham will become the first woman to run the exchange when she succeeds Thomas Farley later this week. From the leaders of one historic Wall Street institution to […]
It was an eventful episode of The Island with Bear Grylls as the members of the team were at each other’s throats. Shereen was the centre of attention this evening as she took on the rest of her crew over which scraps of chicken meat she wanted. But while Shereen was fighting for food, Ben […]
Ricciardo – who stormed past Drivers’ Championship leader Sebastian Vettel on his way to victory in the Chinese Grand Prix – faces an uncertain future at Red Bull with his contract expiring at the end of the season. The Australian has been linked with a move to Ferrari, who are expected to hunt for a […]
