Ancient tools found in India undermine the “out of Africa” hypothesis

Nature Scientists have unveiled an extraordinary new analysis of thousands of stone tools found at a site called Attirampakkam in India, northwest of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Thanks to new dating techniques, a team led by archaeologist Shanti Pappu determined that most of the tools are between 385,000 and 172,000 years old. What makes these […]

How Trump could undermine the solar boom

Tumbling prices for solar energy have helped stoke demand among U.S. homeowners, businesses and utilities for electricity powered by the sun. But that could soon change. President Donald Trump – whose proposed 2018 budget would slash support for alternative energy – will soon get a new opportunity to undermine the solar power market by imposing duties that could […]

Cryptocurrencies will undermine US hegemony – Telegram founder

Published time: 29 Aug, 2017 13:40 The founder of the Telegram messaging service and the VKontakte social network Pavel Durov suggests the world may finally have a chance to ditch US dominance thanks to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Read more “For the first time in 70 years, the global financial system has an opportunity to […]

Will Britain’s crackdown on internet trolls undermine freedom of speech?

Published time: 21 Aug, 2017 12:35 New measures designed to crack down on hate crime could have a “chilling effect” on freedom of speech, warn civil liberties campaigners. Fresh guidelines issued on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would see online abuse treated with the same “robust and proactive” approach used to address offline […]

Lidl eviscerates Kroger for trying to undermine its US launch in new court filing (KR)

Business Insider/Hayley Peterson Lidl is firing back at Kroger and denying any wrongdoing after Kroger accused the German-based supermarket of trademark infringement in a recent lawsuit. “Kroger has offered a striking absence of evidence in support of its claims,” Lidl said in court papers filed in a Virginia US District Court on Friday. Lidl said Kroger’s claims of copyright infringement […]

Do leaked documents reveal EU’s secret tactics to undermine quick Brexit deal on citizens’ rights?

The EU is being accused of trying to cover up its plans to prevent Theresa May from quickly securing a deal on the rights for EU migrants in the UK and Brits living abroad after Brexit, following a leak. The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, recently claimed to be “astonished” by the UK […]

$100 BILLION FUND: Trump could undermine ‘the political fabric’ of America

REUTERS/Carlos Barria Donald Trump has inherited an economy that is in much better shape than his predecessor did eight years ago. Yet President Trump also has ambitious plans for his first 100 days in office.  Just how much can he achieve and what will be the likely impact on capital markets? The ‘first 100 days’ […]

BRITAIN: Russia is trying to undermine the West by ‘weaponizing misinformation’

Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to undermine the West by spreading lies and attacking critical infrastructure with hackers, Britain’s defense minister said. British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Thursday night that Kremlin chief Putin had chosen to become a strategic competitor of the West since the 1991 collapse of […]