By Crispian Balmer | ROME ROME Virginia Raggi was heralded last year as a poster child for Italy’s 5-Star Movement, her election as mayor of the capital holding out the prospect of future triumph for the group at a national level. But her first seven months in charge of Rome have been plagued by scandals, and Raggi now faces possible trial for abuse of office and false […]
5942 25 by Shannon K. O’Neil January 26, 2017 Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto (R) gestures as Mexico’s Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong applauds during the XXXVIII Session of the National Council of Public Security at the National Palace in Mexico City, August 21, 2015. A Mexican government auditor on Friday exonerated Pena Nieto and his finance minister from any wrongdoing over purchases of homes from […]
Hold on to your controllers, Agents; Tom Clancy’s The Division game is set to release the massive Update 1.6 together with new expansion, “Last Stand.” The update contains many features that will make surviving in the game’s post-apocalyptic New York City even more challenging. The 1.6 patch will be free-to-play on all platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. According to game developer Ubisoft, Update 1.6 will be […]
Wikimedia Commons Apple has announced a joint venture with NV Energy to build a 200-megawattt solar plant in Nevada, furthering the firm’s goals to utilize only renewable energy sources in the future. The companies revealed the venture on Wednesday, which aims to provide enough power to cater for Apple’s energy needs in its Reno Technology Park data center. In the coming weeks, NV energy will file an […]
Tthe Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island Local authorities approved the largest offshore wind farm in the United States on Wednesday, to be located near Long Island and capable of powering some 50,000 households. Construction on the site, which could begin by 2019, is set to install an initial 15 turbines with a capacity of 90 megawatts. The South Fork Wind Farm […]
Konrad Mizzi offered no new information on his involvement in the Panama Papers scandal today when he briefed a European Parliament committee on the Maltese EU presidency’s priorities for the energy sector. Only one non-Maltese MEP, Reinhald Butikofer of the Greens, mentioned the scandal, despite several MEPs asking technical questions about Dr Mizzi’s energy portfolio. The only other Panama Papers-related questions came from Nationalist MEPs David Casa […]
After Trump’s executive order to accelerate the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, angry environmental groups reacted quickly by denouncing Trump’s actions, and promising legal action and White House protests. “Donald Trump has been in office for four days, and he’s already proving to be the dangerous threat to our climate we feared he would be,” said Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club. He […]
Sean Spicer may need the Army Corps of Engineers to clean up a mini-mess created by his boss. Spicer’s second full-fledged White House briefing was notable both for the identity of the first questioner and, far more, the persistent reality of President Trump’s claim that millions of people voted illegally and robbed him of a popular vote win against Hillary Clinton. Spicer doubled down on the claim. […]
By Andrea Shalal | BERLIN BERLIN Growing levels of perceived corruption and social inequality provided fertile ground for the rise of populist politicians in 2016, global watchdog Transparency International said on Wednesday. TI said populist leaders like U.S. President Donald Trump and French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen regularly drew links between a “corrupt elite” and the marginalisation of working people. But anti-establishment parties generally failed to […]
ROME Virginia Raggi, the anti-establishment mayor of Rome elected by a landslide last year after pledging to crack down on rampant corruption, has been put under investigation for abuse of office and false testimony. Raggi herself announced the investigation in a Facebook post on Tuesday. She will be questioned by prosecutors on Jan. 30, a judicial source said. “Today I’ve received a subpoena from the Rome court,” […]
Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. A fashionista friend in the White House press corps answered this lingering question after Sean Spicer’s much-anticipated first briefing: What exactly was the glaring color of that jacket worn by Kellyanne Conway? “Tomato?” she guessed. Well, it was especially vivid […]
A policeman marks the site where firearms were recovered after a clash in Makilala, North Cotabato. —CARLO AGAMON MAKILALA, NORTH COTABATO—While the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) panels are talking peace in Rome, a clash between soldiers and communist rebels erupted here on Saturday. A rebel was killed in the encounter in the remote village of Biangan, said Lt. Col. Harold Argamosa, […]
Photo The Roman amphitheater, left, in Palmyra, Syria, in 2016. Satellite pictures on the right show the structure before it was damaged, above, and after. Credit Bryan Denton for The New York Times Islamic State militants have destroyed the facade of a second-century Roman amphitheater and another ancient monument in the historic city of Palmyra, Syria, the Syrian state-run news agency reported on Friday. The news agency, […]
By Amanda Ferguson | BELFAST BELFAST Sinn Fein named Michelle O’Neill to succeed Martin McGuinness and lead the Irish nationalist party into Northern Irish elections in March, marking a shift towards a generation not directly involved in decades of conflict. McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army (IRA) commander turned peacemaker, bowed out of frontline politics last week, saying illness and Northern Ireland’s current political crisis had led […]
Having already signed a (mostly symbolic) executive order on Obamacare on Friday night, urging US agencies to “waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation” of provisions deemed to impose fiscal burdens on states, companies or individuals, Trump is preparing to unload a volley of many more executive orders. Courtesy of Axios, which quotes “one of the best-wired Republican lobbyists in town”, here is a preview […]
BEIJING China expects a smoggy Lunar New Year in Beijing and its northern industrial heartland just two weeks after it was blanketed in toxic smog which caused traffic chaos, flight disruptions and port closures. Worsening pollution will engulf four northern Chinese provinces, including Hebei province which surrounds Beijing, in the run up to the Lunar New Year, from Monday through to Thursday, China’s National Environment Monitoring Center […]
H.E Bin Shafar: “Empower boosted cooperation with many international energy companies at the summit” Abu Dhabi, UAE, 22 January 2017 Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), the world’s largest district cooling service provider, successfully concluded its participation in the 10th World Future Energy Summit (WFES), as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2017, which was held from 16th to 19th January at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre Empower team […]
Tamer Nahas, founder and CEO of BOLDtalks, a Dubai-based boutique event consultancy and curator of high-impact events focused on global thought leadership, explains that believing in one’s initial vision and its relentless perusal is essential for the survival of a business in its infancy. Often referred to as the region’s most thought-provoking event, the BOLDtalks concept hosts renowned opinion leaders and achievers to discuss very diverse, but […]
Researchers have made a discovery in materials science that sounds like something from the old Saturday morning cartoon Super Friends: they’ve found a way to deactivate ‘nano twins’ to improve the high-temperature properties of superalloys that are used in jet engines. (via WSJ)
Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in your inbox every morning? Subscribe here. The aura of numbers-crunching superstar Nate Silver was diminished by Donald Trump’s victory. He was seen as among the many missing the boat. Old media chortled at stumbling by a paragon of big data. Now comes Silver’s pre-inaugural revenge. He […]
The Turners remember their son, who once weighed 235 pounds, dwindling to 100. At first, he lost strength in his left hand. And his left arm. Then his right arm and hand. Then his neck. His mother had to learn how to thicken water so he wouldn’t choke while drinking it, and how to clean his breathing and feeding tubes. By the end, Kevin couldn’t eat, drink, […]
If you thought Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has an innately charming persona — simply by looking at his posts on Facebook — then you might be surprised to know that there’s a science behind that appeal. Yes, even the founder of the most popular social networking site needs professional help in keeping his Facebook profile squeaky clean. Zuckerberg is making sure his social media presence is […]
[Latest update: January 21, 2017. This article has gone through multiple revisions since its first publication in late 2014. This content is based on the most recent public release of Windows 10, version 1607.] This article covers the most common scenarios you’re likely to encounter when installing, reinstalling, and activating Windows 10. Is it still possible to upgrade a PC to Windows 10 from Windows 7 or […]
Almost 40 years ago, German audio specialist Sennheiser set its engineers an ambitious task: to create the world’s best headphones, irrespective of cost. By 1991, the task was complete and the legendary Orpheus HE90 launched for sale with a price tag of $16,000 – about $28,000 in today’s currency. Fast-forward two decades, and Sennheiser has done it again. Its updated version of the HE90, the Orpheus HE1, […]
