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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, which created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and later led to the creation of both PBS and NPR, also recognized the importance of archiving public broadcasting material in the United States. It stipulated that CPB should: …Establish and maintain, or contribute to, a library and archives of noncommercial educational and cultural radio and television programs and related materials and develop […]

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, one of the most highly anticipated movies of 2017, was an intergalactic rollercoaster ride from start to finish, featuring a complete range of emotions, laser blasters, all kinds of love, a living planet, and Baby Groot. How such a crazy combination of elements works in a film is beyond comprehension, but the chaos is exactly what makes Guardians of the Galaxy […]

Breitbart News hit a wall Tuesday in its campaign to storm the ramparts of the media establishment when one of the most influential press associations in Washington, D.C. denied its application for credentials to cover Congress because of concerns over the site’s funding, staffing, workspace and independence. The decision by the Standing Committee of Correspondents of the House and Senate Press Gallery — a body chaired by […]

President Donald Trump’s top economic team unveiled what they called the biggest tax cut in US history, proposing a sharp reduction in corporate taxes and a simplification of individual rates they said would unleash economic growth. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said the proposal would slash corporate taxes from 35 per cent to 15 per cent and include a “one-time” cut-rate tax to induce companies to repatriate […]

Google’s internal startup incubator, Area 120, unveiled last year, has to date led to the creation of a number of projects, including a personal stylist app Tailor, a voice messenger Supersonic, and most recently, an app for watching YouTube videos together called Uptime. We’ve now spotted another app in development over there called Appointments, a salon booking tool. Appointments has not yet been publicly released to the app stores […]

By Amanda Becker and Ginger Gibson | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will release a tax plan on Wednesday that proposes to sharply slash rates on businesses and overseas corporate profits returned to the United States, officials said. The Trump administration is touting the blueprint, which also calls for higher standard deductions for individuals, as a landmark tax cut just days before the Republican president marks his […]

Microsoft began rolling out the Windows 10 Mobile version of its Creators Update release at the end of the day Pacific Time on April 25. The RTM (“release to mainstream,” if you’re not a fan of “release to manufacturing”) version of the OS for Windows Phones is 15063.251. (The RTM for Windows 10 Creators Update for PCs also was 15063.) As Microsoft acknowledged recently, only about a […]

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Modest dress is enjoying a renaissance. Fashion brands are increasingly embracing the long-held view shared by those in region that style does not have to equate to revealing a lot of flesh. Building on the foundations of sensuality over sexuality, and demure over décolletage, the West is finally catching up with the Middle East in terms of tasteful dressing. Women in the Middle East have long expressed […]

With little macro data overnight (aside from a modestly disappointing Australian CPI print), offset by an ongoing of corporate profits (this is the single busiest week for corporate earnings in more than 10 years), today everyone’s attention will be focused on three things to come out of Washington: taxes, healthcare, spending. And while we did our best to summarize what is known and unknown last night, this […]

26 April 2017 Mumbai, INDIA – Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and strategic partner Jet Airways, India’s full-service premium international carrier, have signed a ground breaking agreement with the Government of Maharashtra to promote tourism to the western Indian state. The partnership will enable both airlines to capitalise on their strong links with Maharashtra and further propel domestic and international arrivals into […]

ABU DHABI // Residents are warned to take precaution as temperatures and humidity levels continues to rise across the country. Sea conditions in the Arabian Gulf may become rough by the afternoon and evening, according to the National Centre for Metrology and Seismology. The relative humidity will increase during the night and into early morning, and mist may form over some coastal areas, the bureau said. The […]

Authored by Gaius Publius via Down With Tyranny blog, “We don’t want a unified Korean peninsula … We [also] don’t want the North Koreans to cause more trouble than the system can absorb.” —Hillary Clinton, 2013, speech to Goldman Sachs Our policy toward North Korea is not what most people think it is. We don’t want the North Koreans to go away. In fact, we like them […]

By Dan Levine | SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO A U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s efforts to toughen immigration enforcement. The ruling from U.S. District Judge William Orrick III in San Francisco said Trump’s Jan. 25 order targeted broad categories of federal funding for sanctuary governments […]

BRASILIA Indigenous people and police clashed in Brazil’s capital city on Tuesday, as officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas while tribe members shot arrows in return during a protest against farmers’ encroachment on reservations. The demonstration was peaceful until police blocked some of the indigenous people, their bodies painted and wearing colourful headdresses, from climbing a ramp that led into the congressional building, according to a […]

Located on Reem Island, Vida Beach Reem Island Abu Dhabi and Vida Residences Beach Reem Island Abu Dhabi will add to the portfolio of Emaar Hospitality Group’s upscale lifestyle hotel brand Scheduled to open in 2020, the iconic hotel and extended stay serviced residences overlook the Arabian Sea within a marina setting Vida Beach Reem Island Abu Dhabi will feature 262 guestrooms and suites, and […]

Spotify, the music streaming service that reached 50 million premium subscribers last month, is apparently looking to get into the hardware business. The company’s ambition to get into hardware, possibly through a wearable or a smart home device, was shown through a posted job listing that was spotted by blogger Dave Zatz. Job Listing Shows Spotify’s Hardware Ambitions According to Zatz, a trusted source indicated that Spotify will soon […]

It took Frenchman Manuel Rocheman 10 albums and three decades of music-making before he was ready to unveil his first complete set of original tunes, on last year’s misTeRIO. It is the music of this 11th release that will form the basis of the jazz pianist’s concert at Sofitel Dubai Jumeirah Beach on Wednesday. “I always thought I needed a mix of my compositions and jazz standards, […]

By Nichola Saminather | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Asian equities advanced on Tuesday as the return of risk appetite following a centrist victory in the first round of the French presidential election lifted several regional markets to multi-year highs, while the euro retained most of its overnight gains. Safe-haven assets, including the yen and gold remained under pressure, while the Canadian dollar fell after the U.S. announced new duties […]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has delivered its judgement in the Panama Papers case. What’s next? By Waris Husain for The Diplomat April 25, 2017 In a much anticipated decision, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has delivered its judgement in the Panama Papers case of corruption against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Rather than delivering a final judgement, the Court called for the creation of a joint investigation […]

ARM on Monday unveiled the Mali-C71, its first image signal processor (ISP) built from the ground up for the automotive market. ISPs process raw pixel data so it can be displayed to a driver or used for further processing by computer vision algorithms. ARM’s ISPs already offer high dynamic range, noise reduction and other features for devices like smartphones and videoconferencing systems, but cars require higher performance […]

Newsrooms around the world are experimenting with virtual reality more and more, but mass adoption of the medium has been slowed by the lack of quality content and an industry-wide inability to make money from it. That’s the gist of a new report, released this evening by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, that tracks adoption of and experimentation with virtual reality at major legacy […]

UK and US share a similar mindset when it comes to horizontal drilling for shale energy, say Cardiff University researchers and colleagues While an entire ocean separates the UK from the US, when the issue of fracking arises, the great divide—philosophically speaking—narrows considerably. Concerns about short-term and long-term impacts of horizontal drilling for shale energy are prevalent in both countries. According to a new study by […]

Microsoft plans to make the first of its promised integrations between Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn available to customers this Summer. On April 24, Microsoft officials said the company will be ready to integrate Dynamics 365 for Sales with LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator as of July 2017. This integration will help users who have both Dynamics 365 Sales and LinkedIn to get contextual recommendations, provide tailored content, as well […]

Risk is definitely on this morning as European shares soar, led by French stocks and a new record high in Germany’s Dax, after a “French relief rally” in which the first round of the country’s presidential elections prompted investors to bet that establishment candidate Emmanuel Macron will win a runoff vote next month, and who is seen as a 61% to 39% favorite to defeat Le Pen […]

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