Tag: soften

29 AUG

Putin details amendments to soften impact of impending pension system reform

Published time: 29 Aug, 2018 09:00 Edited time: 29 Aug, 2018 09:31 In a televised address to the nation, the Russian president proposed moves that would ease the transition to a new pension system, such as making it illegal to fire employees approaching retirement age. In the much-anticipated address, Putin also acknowledged that in the […]

19 AUG

UK Property: Asking prices soften slightly as sellers do deals to move by Christmas

Asking prices dropped by an average of 2.3 per cent last month (Image: getty) With the average sale currently taking thirteen weeks from an offer being accepted to completion and moving date, that leaves very little time for buyers who want to move before Yuletide to find a property to purchase in order to meet […]

14 AUG

Waymo patents cars that soften to safeguard pedestrians

Self-driving cars are supposed to be safer by nature, as they shouldn’t make nearly as many driving errors as humans. However, Waymo might not be willing to take any chances. The Alphabet-owned company recently received a patent for technology that would soften a car’s body in the event of a collision with a pedestrian. The […]

02 MAY

Arab sources: Hamas to soften stance on Israel, Muslim Brotherhood

GAZA/DOHA (Reuters) – The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will drop its longstanding call for Israel’s destruction as well as its association with the Muslim Brotherhood, in a policy document to be issued on Monday, Gulf Arab sources said. Hamas’s move appears aimed at improving relations with Gulf Arab states and Egypt, which label the Brotherhood […]

23 FEB

New Pruitt e-mails surface, automakers ask EPA to soften fuel economy rules

Enlarge (credit: Gage Skidmore) Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt was confirmed to be administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week in a 52-46 Senate vote. His narrow confirmation is secure—Pruitt addressed EPA employees as their new boss just yesterday—but a trove of e-mails sent from Pruitt’s office during his tenure as Oklahoma attorney […]