Trevor Noah is feeling pretty good about Joe Biden’s decision to go with Kamala Harris as his running mate. “Say what you want about Joe, but the man went Black and he is not going back,” the Daily Show host joked. He then explained how “impressed” he was with the […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106949/43/1069494359_0:270:5184:3186_1200x675_80_0_0_8eac17301486e70a6b9029172fc72ebd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202008071080094834-erdogan-explains-liras-record-drop-by-money-market-fluctuations/ ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan explained the historic drop in the exchange rate of the national currency, lira, by fluctuations on the money market. “Such fluctuations happen, rates move in zigzags. Everything will fall into place,” the president told reporters […]
The grids I used on four of last week’s five puzzles all had something in common: they contained eight six-letter entries, which is a lot for a small crossword grid. This was on purpose. Why? Because six letters is what I call “breakout length” in crosswords. Entries of three, four, […]
Savvy attackers might be able to “loot” bitcoin from others by way of the Lightning Network if users aren’t careful, a new cybersecurity report warns. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem computer scientists Jona Harris and Aviv Zohar have taken a closer look at a “systemic” Lightning Network attack that could […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107805/88/1078058854_0:0:3006:1691_1200x675_80_0_0_1e2b87b17f80804086ff68d9b69847d2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202006301079753492-anne-hathaway-explains-christopher-nolans-chair-thing/ Hathaway, one of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2015, worked with director Christopher Nolan in two movies: the 2014 ‘Interstellar’ and the 2012 ‘The Dark Knight Rises’, in which she portrayed Batman’s purring nemesis, Catwoman. American actress Anne Hathaway recalled on […]
The US spy agencies did not find any intelligence about Moscow offering bounties for American troops in Afghanistan that would be credible enough to inform him or his Vice President, US President Donald Trump said. In another blow to a volley of anonymously sourced claims, President Trump tweeted on Sunday […]
The figures are “a starting point” for further research and investigation which must be carried out whilst those who are most at risk are given the protection that they require, says Dr Andrew Clark of the London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine. 22 per cent of the world’s population,1.7 […]
A server wears a protective face mask while attending to customers amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bethesda, Md., on June 12. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images A server wears a protective face mask while attending to customers amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bethesda, Md., on […]
The British government has released documents detailing parts of the relationship between the National Health Service and for-profit surveillance firms such as Faculty and Palantir and global consultancies such as McKinsey, following the threat of court proceedings brought by openDemocracy and Foxglove. Phil Booth, coordinator of the organisation medConfidential that […]
Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum draws parallels between regimes in Eastern Europe and the Trump White House. She says our democracy can be destroyed — unless people fight back. Source link
The US Defence Secretary has faced heavy criticism after accompanying President Donald Trump in a prearranged photo opportunity in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, where protesters had been dispersed with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades ahead of the president’s visit. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper, a Trump […]
Ushering in bitcoin’s third “halving,” by far the most highly awaited cryptocurrency event of the year, mining pool F2Pool rooted a mysterious message into the blockchain that will now reside there forever. Preceded by a fish emoji signifying the company’s logo, the mining pool added the text to a headline […]
So I was asking Sherrod Brown about going back to work in the United States Senate last week, and he gave me the most Sherrod Brown answer you could imagine: “McConnell summons us back,” he told me. “Think about this. Forget about senators and our safety. And most of us […]
Longtime Amazon VP Explains Why He Quit Over Treatment Of Amazon Whistleblowers May 6, 2020 Longtime Amazon VP Explains Why He Quit Over Treatment Of Amazon Whistleblowers2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/timbray-e1588809071718.jpg200px200px Above photo: Tim Bray. May 1st was my last day as a VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, after five years and […]