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AP Photo/Andrew Harnik President Donald Trump’s national trade director Peter Navarro blames trade deficits with China and Europe for the loss of American manufacturing jobs. Fred Bergsten, a former Treasury official, says Trump’s strategy of steel and aluminum tariffs offers a lesson on “how not to mobilize against China.” The measures have alienated key allies […]
Jason Merritt/TERM/Getty Images People claim they’re deleting Snapchat after Rihanna slammed the app for showing an ad that seemingly made light of domestic violence. Snap apologized earlier this week for showing the ad, which appeared to joke about Chris Brown’s 2009 conviction for assaulting Rihanna. On Thursday, after Rihanna criticized Snapchat on Instagram, social media users […]
Enlarge (credit: Statoil) The world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm, called Hywind, started sending electricity to the grid last October. Since then, the six-turbine, 30MW installation has been working well. Really well. In fact, Hywind has had a 65-percent capacity factor over the last three months according to Statoil, the Norwegian mega-corporation that built the […]
Getty Images If Tiger Woods continues to play well then he will be in the mix to win the first golf major of the year, according to experts. Former PGA Tour golfer David Feherty has known Woods for decades and says the American has rediscovered his swagger. Other former golfers agree and say success could […]
Christian Petersen/Getty Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather stepped into a UFC style Octagon in a viral Twitter clip. The video whipped social media into a frenzy as UFC fighter Conor McGregor trolled Mayweather with an explicitly-captioned photograph. UFC president Dana White appeared excited at the prospect of Floyd Mayweather in an Octagon. Floyd Mayweather whipped […]
An 8ft African python that killed its owner may have constricted the man as a “show of affection” rather than aggression, an inquest heard. Animal lover Daniel Brandon, 31, died from asphyxiation at his home near Basingstoke, Hampshire, on August 25. One of his 10 snakes, Tiny, who Brandon had owned for 16 years, was […]
China is making a national push in artificial intelligence. A program from one of its biggest internet companies, Tencent, just beat a world champion at Go. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a679956d55cec366c9ba15d/master/pass/TencentCEO-FeatureArt-689243576.jpg
Aussie flu has been wreaking havoc across Britain – at the beginning of this week the virus was recorded in every postcode in the UK. Shock figures released yesterday by Public Health England, 85 people have died from influenza since October 5, with 27 of those going in the first week of January. Almost 2,000 […]
AUSSIE flu cases are still on the rise with 85 people reported to have died from flu so far this winter. But how contagious is the virus? Adults infected with the illness but showing now symptoms can still spread it to others. Here’s how effective the flu jab is and the latest advice from the […]
Published time: 11 Jan, 2018 09:40 A YouTube clip purportedly showing a US commando in Afghanistan firing a shotgun at the window of a civilian truck with the driver inside has caused concern and dismay at the top level of the US military. The original video, titled ‘Happy Few Ordnance Symphony,’ was a montage of […]
