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Nicolas Asfouri/AP Pool Prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison term for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power, and other crimes. If the court finds her guilty, Park would be the third South Korean president convicted of crimes. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Prosecutors have demanded a 30-year prison […]
Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images China’s ruling Communist Party announced its plan to abolish presidential term limits on Sunday, which would allow President Xi Jinping to rule indefinitely. A number of related phrases as well as pictures of Winnie the Pooh, which is said to look like Xi, were subsequently censored on Chinese social media. The censorship, […]
David Ellison, son of Oracle founder and billionaire Larry Ellison, started his own Hollywood entertainment studio in 2010. Skydance has made feature films including Mission Impossible — Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, and Star Trek Into Darkness. Now the company is branching out into games with Skydance Interactive, and virtual reality is its […]
CNN Live ads — which were once TV mainstays — are seeing a resurgence, with MassMutual and Snickers among companies dabbling in them around big, tentpole events. They allow brands to break through the clutter and appear authentic, and they present networks with another viable ad unit to make money from. But live ads won’t […]
Flavorwire is taking the final week of 2017 off, because God knows we need it. But all week, we’ll be reposting some of our favorite pieces from the year. Read them all here. At his first press conference in some six months yesterday — to the extent that the amateurish spectacle that ensued could reasonably be […]
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Published time: 14 Dec, 2017 10:22 Incumbent Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that he plans to run for another term as an independent candidate, but has declared that he is counting on the broad support of political parties and ordinary citizens. “This will be a self-proposed candidacy, but I count on support of political […]
Enlarge On Wednesday, a US District judge in Detroit sentenced Oliver Schmidt, a former Volkswagen executive, to seven years in prison for his role in the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal of 2015. Schmidt was also ordered to pay a criminal penalty of $ 400,000, according to a US Department of Justice (DOJ) press release. The […]
Flying with a cold or the flu isn’t the best way to start a holiday. Getting ill can ruin a trip abroad, and travelling on a plane can make the symptoms much worse with the change in pressure. Those who decide to fly could be putting their health at risk, causing long-term problems. Many may […]
Enlarge / Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai arrives for his confirmation hearing with the Senate Commerce Committee on July 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla ) The US Senate today gave Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai another term on the FCC. Pai would have had to leave the […]
