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Panama Papers: Bringing lasting change to Panama’s offshore industry remains a challengeCaribbean News Now (press release) (blog)The Panama Papers also show Latorraca was included in an email from his country’s foreign ministry inviting Jürgen Mossack and other members of the Association of International Attorneys to “exchange opinions regarding the current situation of Panama … (via Google News)

The rumored HTC Ocean Note phablet is now rumored to hit the scene as the HTC U Ultra, according to the latest leak. HTC has a “For U” launch event set for Jan. 12, where it’s expected to unveil the new Ocean line, and a HTC U Ultra moniker would fall in line with the event name. Rumors of a new HTC smartphone line dubbed “Ocean” have been […]

InterAksyon Emergency powers on traffic seen at plenary in both chambersBusinessWorld Online EditionTHE proposed emergency powers on traffic management are expected to pass the Senate plenary this January and the House plenary next month, before the two chambers meet in a bicameral conference. The Senate will tackle on the plenary level its …Traffic powers bill stallsThe StandardHouse to tackle emergency powers bill in FebruaryInterAksyon all 3 news articles » […]

Having drawn the ire of the mainstream press for his extensive use of Twitter in announcing major developments and policy shifts, President-elect Donald Trump will not end the “onslaught” of posts on Twitter that fed his unconventional campaign, even after taking on the formalized duties of the Oval Office later this month, as Bloomberg notes following an announcement by incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer who […]

Twitter has been making the news lately for not-so-happy reasons, such as its plummeting stock price and failure–so far–to find an acquirer. The company has also seen a series of top executives leave the company in recent months and the most significant is CTO Adam Messinger, a former Oracle development executive who logged five years at Twitter. Messinger said in a tweet that he’s leaving to “take […]

Google has rolled out carrier billing option to two of India’s largest telecom operators, making it easier for more Indians to purchase apps, music and other items from marque Google Play Store.  Users on Airtel and Vodafone, two carriers with over 460 million subscribers between them, can now pay for their purchases on Google Play using credit on their mobile phone. The company had told developers about […]

Image: Getty Images / mashable composite  By Rachel Thompson2017-01-02 10:30:51 UTC LONDON — There’s no hiding place on Twitter when you’re president-elect of the United States. Your tweets, favourites and even the accounts you follow are under constant scrutiny. Especially when you start following an account dedicated to fluffy little kittens.  That’s right. Donald Trump — soon to become the 45th president of the United States — […]

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Volcanologist Carolyn Parcheta builds robots in her quest to uncover the secrets of volcanoes.  ‘How She Works’ is a new series from Mashable highlighting women in diverse occupations.  Watch more episodes on our YouTube channel. NASA ‘mixtape’ highlights best of 2016 space research This VR device promises to make both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive wireless Majestic lynx casually wanders onto ski slope to check out the […]

LONDON — It’s not everyday that an enormous crocodile strolls into someone’s back garden.  But, when a 3.5-metre crocodile strutted into the backyard of a house in Karumba in Queensland, Australia, on New Year’s Eve, locals found themselves building a makeshift trap with a few unusual garden objects.  “The croc enjoyed basking in the backyard for a few hours from around 6am before he made the snappy […]

These are the main events that took place in February 2016. 3 February The government proposed to completely repeal two articles in the Criminal Code which make it illegal to vilify religion “by words, gestures, written matter, whether printed or not, or pictures or by some other visible means. Another of the amendments proposed was to criminalise revenge porn. 3 February The government in […]

Make this the year your phone saves you time. Instead of wasting it with social media and silly games, The National staff has put together its list of the most helpful apps. Have anything to add? Send us an email at [email protected] newslide Dubai Now Dubai Now is invaluable for anyone who lives in Dubai. Every city in the world should have an app like this. It […]

Submitted by Federico Pieraccini via Strategic-Culture.org, The two previous articles have focused on the various geopolitical theories, their translations into modern concepts, and practical actions that the United States has taken in recent decades to aspire to global dominance. This segment will describe how Iran, China and Russia have over the years adopted a variety of economic and military actions to repel the continual assault on their sovereignty by the […]

Donald Trump’s Indonesian business partner, a billionaire developer and media mogul, has announced he might run for president in Indonesia’s 2019 elections. “If there is no one I can believe who can fix the problems of the country, I may try to run for president,” Hary Tanoesoedibjo told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “Not for myself, for the country,” he said, adding that the nation of about 260 […]

Authored by Mark St.Cyr, With 2016 now in the rearview mirror. The one thing that was supposed to be included in that vision was the successful resurgence of IPO’s across “The Valley”. 2016 was supposed to be “the year” of the comeback for unicorn cash-out dreams after what can only be described as a “not as advertised” 2015. For if one needs remembering: 2015 was the worst year […]

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Automation, AI, and robotics are the real forces behind the disruption to the global job market, and they will accelerate in 2017. Image: iStockphoto/Matriyoshka As we do each week, the editors of ZDNet will continue to put our heads together in 2017 and give you our weekly Monday Morning Opener–an editorial that zooms in on the most important topic in tech for the week. Now that we’re […]

Via StockCats.com, A couple years ago I noticed a strange phenomenon that occurs around the end of each year – and the beginning of each new year. Dozens of necktie-clad stock market experts appear on CNBC (and in other media) and proclaim they “expect the market to rise 8-10%” the following year. Since this annual ritual seemed to encompass the boiler-plate narrative amongst the highly-paid Wall Street […]

  Last Updated On 01 January,2017 12:58 am As we are saying pip pip to the year 2016, let’s scroll through the most significant happenings of soon-to-be previous year. While doing so, we will get to know that some of the events and happenings can truly be termed as defining moments in history. One of such phenomenon was Panama Leaks that for a moment not only shook the […]

A manhunt was underway for a gunman who opened fire on people at a packed nightclub on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway on New Year’s morning, killing at least 39 people, including 15 foreigners, then fled the scene. The suspect escaped the scene by changing clothes at the club after the attack, according to reports on Turkish media. There have also been rumors that there was […]

Published January 1, 2017, 10:00 PM By Raymund F. Antonio Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” G. Robredo yesterday underscored the need for the shelter agencies to roll out community-driven housing projects that involve people’s participation. MBFile- Vice President Leni Robredo MB PHOTO/FEDERICO CRUZ Robredo, the  Duterte administration’s former housing czar, said that the People’s Plan, which was started by her late husband and former Interior Secretary Jesse […]

Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announced on Friday, Dec. 30, that access to the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve in South Maui has been closed after a whale carcass was washed ashore in the area. The carcass is believed to be that of a humpback whale, and it is the fifth one to be beached on the shoreline in recent weeks. Other whale carcasses have […]

ISLAMABAD: Justice Saqib Nisar on Saturday took oath as the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP). He is the 25th chief justice of the Supreme Court who will serve on the post until January 17, 2019. President Mamnoon Hussain had accorded approval to appoint him as the CJP on December 7. The president administered the oath at Presidency. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also attended the ceremony besides Senate […]

Towards the end of October 2016, several Indian banks announced they would be recalling millions of debit cards in the wake of a data breach that affected the backend of software that powered an ATM network there. It was a situation that could have been better mitigated; a government-sponsored organization tasked with sharing information about data breaches completely missed the warning signs that a breach was taking […]

Authored by Eric Zuesse via Strategic-Culture.org, I’m a former lifelong Democrat, stating here a clear and incontestable fact: Barack Obama is a failed President. It’s true not just because of the sad realities such as that «Top Ex-White House Economist Admits 94 % Of All New Jobs Under Obama Were Part-Time» — or, as the economists Alan Krueger and Lawrence Katz wrote in the original of that study: «94 percent of the […]

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