Home» Pakistan » General News Tuesday, 17 January 2017 01:50 Posted by Fawad Maqsood ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage Irfan Siddiqui Monday said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) should wait for the verdict of Supreme Court regarding Panama Papers case. Talking to a private news channel, he said the government would […]
Submitted by Martin Armstring via ArmstrongEconomics.com, Al Sharpton seems to be doing whatever he can to mislead minorities in a very dangerous way. He has been organizing civil rights activists vowing to defend what they say are hard-fought gains in voting rights and criminal justice prior to the presidency of Donald Trump. Sharpton is not stupid. He knows what he is doing. Why did he not do […]
Ken Miller Crunch Network Contributor Ken Miller is an investor, writer, and advisor to several technology companies and Venture Capital firms. Previously he was an Executive at PayPal and Intuit, and early Advisor to Square. More posts by this contributor: How to join the network Pundits and Monday morning quarterbacks have spent much of the last two months lost in a fog of speculation and assertions as […]
(UPDATED) Forced evacuation has been ordered in several flood- and landslide-prone barangays. Some parts of the city are in neck-deep water. Bobby Lagsa Published 2:15 AM, January 17, 2017 Updated 2:37 AM, January 17, 2017 STRANDED. Vehicles and commuters have been stranded in Cagayan de Oro since Monday night, January 16, after nonstop rains triggered flash floods across the city. Photo by Bobby Lagsa/Rappler CAGAYAN DE ORO, […]
Turkey’s biggest headache, its crashing currency which the central banks appears unable to contain due to an Erdogan order not to hike rates, could soon translate into another major problem. According to two senior economy officials, Turkish inflation could reach double digits in the first quarter for the first time in almost five years as a result of the lira’s falls, putting more pressure on the central […]
Workers likely to be impacted first by automation include those in manufacturing and retail trade. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Today’s technology could be used to automate half of all work activities by 2055 but it could end up taking far longer than that, according to a report from McKinsey Global Institute. It’s likely that one day your skills could be made obsolete by technology aided by advances in […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Spokesman Musadik Malik Monday said that the premier has not sought any exemption from the Supreme Court. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Monday evening, Malik said that double standards in PTI Chief Imran Khan’s character can be gauged from the fact that during hearing of a case in past, he had adopted the stance that any matter prior to his election to […]
Fraugster, a German and Israeli startup that has developed Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to help eliminate payment fraud, has raised $5 million in funding. Earlybird led the round, alongside existing investors Speedinvest, Seedcamp and an unnamed large Swiss family office. The new capital will be used to add to Fraugster’s headcount as it expands internationally. Founded in 2014 by Max Laemmle, who previously co-founded payment gateway company […]
Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Conventional wisdom suggests National Front candidate Marine le Pen will make it to the second round in French elections, then lose in a landslide to whoever her opponent happens to be. I believe le Pen’s odds of winning it outright are far better than most think. Current Polls Chart from Wikipedia, with image clips added. Top Five candidates Marine le Pen: […]
The PNP chief also calls on the public to stop using the term ‘Tokhang for ransom,’ saying it ‘hurts’ the police force Bea Cupin Published 4:40 PM, January 16, 2017 Updated 4:40 PM, January 16, 2017 KIDNAPPING CASE. PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa (right) says SPO3 Ricky Sta Isabel has since surrendered to the NBI, which is under Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II (left). File photo by […]
The Sea-based X-Band Radar has deployed out of Pearl Harbor after North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un recently said his country was in the “final stages” of test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile. Media sources reported that the SBX was being sent about 2,000 miles northwest of Hawaii to watch for a possible North Korean launch in coming months. The Pentagon downplayed the floating radar’s Monday departure. As […]
By Kenneth Rijock MIAMI, USA — Tax authorities in Malta have announced that the government of Panama has declined to assist them in their investigations into tax evasion initiated following information released by journalists in the Panama Papers documents leak scandal. Tax investigators from Malta have asked to see emails of the law firm of Mossack and Fonseca, which allegedly assisted Maltese nationals evade income taxes, and […]
The media was rife with ‘I told you so’ headlines yesterday, after reports from more unnamed sources said the first order of business for the Trump administration was to hold a summit with Vladimir Putin, in Iceland, just like Reagan did with Gorbachev, circa 1986. The headlines were smug and the Twitterati of newly born left wing militarist war mongers were resplendent with calls for martial law or […]
Sometimes it’s really hard to understand what Donald Trump is getting at, you know? Add an accordion though, and all those big league hand gestures just make a lot more sense. Russian hacks and Mexican walls all sound a tad more relaxing (but still horrible) when accompanied by the dulcet tones of a squeezebox. The ABC’s Huw Parkinson put this one together, and really, we can’t thank […]
Human rights organizations from all over the world have flooded American President Barrack Obama’s office with more than a million signatures asking the president to pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Edward Snowden, former employee of the NSA in the U.S., copied and leaked classified information from the agency, disclosing illegal mass surveillance on Americans. The pardon request comes at a vital time in U.S. political history as […]
By Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has insisted that no one could stop him from declaring martial law to preserve the nation if the situation in the Philippines becomes “virulent”. SunStar Philippines reported Sunday that Duterte said he was not eager about such a measure but was obligated to protect the Filipino people. “It’s my duty and I tell you now, if I […]
In a “mass layoff” event reported late last week by the Department of Labor, the Clinton Foundation announced it would lay off some 22 employees at the Clinton Global Initiative, which attained notoriety during the John Podesta leaks, when the various details of the fallout between between CGI head Doug Band and Chelsea Clinton were revealed; it also emerged that long-time Bill Clinton friend Band was soliciting […]
I’ve seen a lot of mobile platforms come and go, and it’s now pretty clear that nothing can touch the duopoly created by iOS and Android. Must read: iPhone: What will the next 10 years bring? Cyanogen’s recent hasty exit from the market, along with the failure of Microsoft to make any headway in the arena despite throwing billions of dollars at the problem show just how […]
MANILA, Philippines — Cebu City is celebrating the annual Sinulog Festival, held every third Sunday of January. The city is the center of the Sto. Niño Catholic celebrations around the country. Local and foreign tourists flock Cebu City as it holds a street dancing party as well as a parade where devotees portray the centuries-old image of the Sto. Niño, a symbol of the dawn of Christianity in the […]
Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Electric, driverless shuttles with no steering wheel and no brake pedal are now operating in Las Vegas. There’s a new thrill on the streets of downtown Las Vegas, where high- and low-rollers alike are climbing aboard what officials call the first driverless electric shuttle operating on a public U.S. street. The oval-shaped shuttle began running Tuesday as part of a […]
China and Vietnam have promised to settle their differences regarding territorial claims in the South China Sea and to safeguard peace in the region, the two countries said in a joint communique. Then statement came after Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Saturday. The communique, released by China’s Xinhua news agency after the talks, described the […]
Falcon 9 (SpaceX) SpaceX launched its first rocket into low earth orbit on Saturday since one of its rockets and cargo suffered from a fiery rocket explosion on its launchpad in September 2016. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch happened in two stages from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, just before 11AM PST. The Falcon9 is carrying 10 communications satellites for the company Iridium to launch into low […]
Leo Lintang, Getty Images/iStockphoto Imagine waking up one morning to discover your email address and current password have been plastered onto a billboard on the side of a major highway. It’s a bit improbable, I know, but play along. For some of you, that would be the end. Anyone could paw through your email history, steal personal identifying information, run password resets for other sites, and generally […]
Submitted by Gavin McInnes via TakiMag.com, Fake news site Buzzfeed just published a fake news story that is so fake, it’s not even fake news. “It’s just fake,” as Kellyanne Conway put it. The editor of Buzzfeed himself says he has “serious reason to doubt the allegations in it,” but he published it anyway because this is “how we see the job of reporters in 2017.” So, […]
