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Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight, due in part to climate change
The hands on the clock have been moved on 24 occasions over the decades and were set at two minutes to midnight for the past two years. The safest the world has ever been, according to the clock, was 1991. The Doomsday Clock first hit the two-minute mark in 1953, when the US and Soviet Union began testing the hydrogen bomb. The Science and Security Board said it is compelled to declare a s... [Full Article...]
Mitterrand, Chirac, Sarkozy... Quand Macron imite ses prédécesseurs
Le chef de l'Etat se serait énervé contre des officiers israéliens. Invité par Israël , avec une quarantaine de dirigeants mondiaux, pour commémorer jeudi le 75e anniversaire de la libération du camp nazi d'Auschwitz , Macron est arrivé un jour plus tôt pour ces rencontres diplomatiques. [Full Article...]
Poorly Attended Britain Summit Woos Africa With Visa Concessions
Johnson's government says it intends to continue resettling child migrants in Britain after the country leaves the European Union but argues that the issue does not belong in the European Union withdrawal bill, which sets out the terms of Britain's departure from the 28-nation bloc. [Full Article...]
Zomato acquires Uber Eats in an all-stock transaction
While the two companies did not share any financial details, the deal size is estimated to be about $300-350 million. Moneycontrol could not independently verify the report . While it will continue to vie with Ola - also backed by SoftBank Group Corp. - in ride-hailing, exiting the food business can help staunch bleeding in one of the most competitive markets in the region. [Full Article...]
Local leaders speak on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Middle Georgia residents made it their priority Monday morning to stop in downtown Macon, and commemorate the late Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's perseverance and sacrifice. "There were many, many things I could have said". You can easily spend an entire day here visiting King's childhood home, Ebenezer Baptist Church where King was ordained as a minister, the King Center for Nonviolent Social... [Full Article...]
Half-Life series free-to-play via Steam until Half-Life: Alyx release
The following titles are now available to play for free via Steam: Half-Life , Half-Life 2 , Half-Life 2: Episode One , and Half-Life 2: Episode Two . Make sure you click on the free link rather than end up inadvertently purchasing any of the titles. If, however, you're planning to play Alyx , it might be worth your while to give these old gems a try. [Full Article...]
Jeff Bezos phone ‘hacked by Saudi crown prince’ via WhatsApp
In February 2019, Bezos publicly revealed that tabloid National Enquirer attempted to blackmail him, threatening with the publishing of photos and texts detailing his extramarital affair. The Guardian report notes that recent hacking revelation could potentially undermine the crown prince's efforts to lure western investors into Saudi Arabia. [Full Article...]
Microsoft accidentally exposes 250 million customer support records online
Diachenko spoke to ZDNet and specified that the database consisted of a cluster of five Elasticsearch servers . Bob Diachenko , a security researcher with Security Discovery, spotted the security breach and alerted Microsoft of the issue. [Full Article...]
Brazil prosecutors charge Greenwald with cybercrimes
The Intercept said in a statement , "The Bolsonaro government has repeatedly made it clear that it does not believe in basic press freedoms". Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Greenwald said Moro had from the start called The Intercept "allies of the hackers" for revealing his collusion with prosecutors in the corruption investigation. [Full Article...]
Giuliani associate Lev Parnas asks AG Barr to recuse himself from case
Mr. Parnas , who was aiding Mr. "It would not be appropriate for the president to seek to call witnesses" to try and criticize former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter ahead of the 2020 election, Schiff suggested to CBS News on Monday night. [Full Article...]
Phoenix mom confesses to killing her children, an infant and 2 toddlers
The woman, a 22-year-old who recently moved there from Oklahoma, will be held on three counts of first-degree murder, Fortune said. It is too early to determine the cause of death and there were no obvious signs of trauma, said Phoenix Police Sgt. [Full Article...]
Jubilee the 'funny looking' husky finds a home in the US
Jubilee is crosseyed and, instead of looking majestic and lupine , like most Huskies, she just looks sweet and silly. "Husky House said Jubilee was taken to the shelter by a breeder who said he could not sell the dog because she is "'weird' looking". [Full Article...]
Migrants Going To US Clash With Mexican Forces At Guatemala Border
Mexican troops fired tear gas to force them back, leading to scenes of chaos as huge crowds of people flailed across the river. They urged the migrants to enter legally, registering on the bridge and in search of safety and work permits in the event that they wished to stay in Mexico. [Full Article...]
LA City Council votes to give Dodgers World Series trophies
Altuve says the Astros will be back in the World Series and he pushed back against rumors that the club's cheating went beyond has been reported. The last time the Dodgers won the World Series was in 1988, when they defeated the Oakland Athletics. [Full Article...]
Dad strangled coyote that attacked his child, police say
The animal bit him on the chest and arm before he eventually choked it to death. That did not work. "In the middle of the moment you're not really thinking or recording a whole lot", O'Reilly told WMUR . The first caller, at 8.40am said a coyote had attacked their vehicle. She is also being treated for rabies. Her dogs have also been treated and received a rabies booster shot, police said. [Full Article...]
Iran Asks US, France for Help With Black Boxes of Downed Plane
The plane was shot down the same day Iran fired missiles at two military bases in Iraq that house U.S. troops, in retaliation for the killing of Soleimani. The disaster happened shortly after Iran launched missiles at USA forces in Iraq in response to the killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a USA drone strike in Baghdad on January 3. [Full Article...]
Iranian lawmaker announces a $3 million cash reward for 'whoever kills Trump'
A senior U.S. diplomat has called an Iranian lawmaker's offer of a reward to anyone who killed U.S. President Donald Trump "ridiculous", saying it pointed to the "terrorist underpinnings" of Iran's establishment. Gen. Soleimani are aimed at weakening the Islamic Republic and eventually, breaking Iran's military might". "The so-called "Supreme Leader" of Iran, who has not been so Supreme lately... [Full Article...]
Iran's $3 Million Bounty for Killing Trump Is 'Ridiculous'
He did not say who would pay the bounty offer or whether the reward had any official backing from Iran's clerical rulers. Claims of an "imminent threat", true or not, are always made by the United States military after an attack because it is one of very few legal pretexts established for carrying out an otherwise aggressive attack. [Full Article...]
Microsoft to fix an active security flaw in Internet Explorer
If the user is logged on with admin rights, an attacker successfully exploiting the bug could take control of the targeted machine and nstall programmes and modify/delete data. All signs point to updates in the next edition of Patch Tuesday, which lands February 11. Mozilla credited Qihoo 360 for discovering and reporting the Firefox zero-day. [Full Article...]
Labour leadership: Jess Phillips set to quit Labour leadership race
Tim Roache, GMB General Secretary, said: " Lisa Nandy is a breath of fresh air in the debate over Labour's future". Ms Phillips said she did not wish for Brexit to fail or cause a "calamity" for the United Kingdom, hoping instead that "the people in my constituency and across the country don't lose their jobs". [Full Article...]