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• Gasoline prices in North Korea have nearly halved since late March meaning China is likely breaking U.N. sanctions to sell them fuel. 
• The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution in December to ban nearly 90 percent of refined petroleum exports to North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs.
• But as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has moved to improve relations with the United States, China and South Korea, concerns have grown that the policy... Читать дальше...

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• Senator Orrin Hatch tweeted at Google that he wasn't dead after search results suggested he had died last September.
• Hatch's team tweeted a series of comical posts showing the 84-year-old senator is still alive.
• The problem seems to lie with Hatch's Wikipedia page, which was vandalised on Sunday.
• It's the third time in recent months that Wikipedia vandals have attacked Hatch's page after they renamed him "Sheev Palpatine" and claimed he had a flatulence problem. Читать дальше...

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• Survivors of abuse sometimes decide to take their abuser to court.
• But this can be traumatic for many reasons.
• For starters, it means seeing their abuser again.
• It also means abusers have the opportunity to manipulate the court system, and retraumatise their victim, gaining control over them again.
• To make sure they remain in control, survivors have to make sure they are prepared.

Imagine someone who... Читать дальше...

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• Bitcoin has reclaimed the $8,000 level for the first time since late May.
• It has rallied 35% off its June low.
• Watch bitcoin trade in real time here.

Bitcoin climbed back above the $8,000 mark in Asian trade this afternoon for the first time since late May.

The world’s biggest cryptocurrency has now rallied by around 35% since dipping below $5,900 at the end of June.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

NOW WATCH: North Korean defector... Читать дальше...

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Chinese policymakers are moving to shore up economic growth. A statement released by China's State Council on Tuesday said policymakers are taking steps to support economic growth, including delivering additional corporate tax cuts and promising to speed up infrastructure spending.

Goldman Sachs breaks down the damage a trade war could cause in the stock market. The firm says a deepening of the trade war would cause a 15% drop in S&P 500 earnings next year... Читать дальше...

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• A 3-year-old boy was doused with acid or another corrosive substance while in a stroller outside a store in western England on Saturday.
• His arms and face were burned, and there could be long-term implications for his health.
• A source close to the investigation told the Daily Mail that the mother and child had been living in a safe house in light of a fraught family situation.
• The source, and also a neighbor, told the newspaper that the attack could have been meant for the mother... Читать дальше...

Deutschland steht der nächste Wechsel in der Führungsetage eines Autobauers bevor: Die Volkswagen-Tochter Audi bekommt womöglich bald einen neuen Chef. Markus Duesmann soll es Berichten zufolge werden. Er würde auf Rupert Stadler folgen, der im Juni wegen des Dieselskandals in Untersuchungshaft genommen wurde und seitdem beurlaubt ist. 

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• Facebook has been ridiculed for censoring nude paintings by the Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens.
• A group of Flemish museums penned a playful letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking to discuss the matter.
• The Flemish tourist board also made a video poking fun at Facebook, showing social media agents preventing art gallery goers from looking at nude paintings.

For hundreds of years, Flemish master painter... Читать дальше...

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• Massive wildfires engulfed many towns in the surrounding region outside Athens.
• Twenty-six bodies were found in the yard of a villa in Mati.
• More than 60 people have died.
• The youngest victim is believed to be a six-month-old baby who died of smoke inhalation.
• It is Greece's worst wildfire in more than 10 years.
• Authorities are scrambling to limit the damage.

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It hasn't been smooth sailing for telecoms in recent years. Native voice and messaging services, which once accounted for the vast majority of telecoms' subscriber revenue, are struggling to compete with over-the-top (OTT) apps, like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Viber — and they're... Читать дальше...

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• TV cord-cutting will outpace projections and increase an estimated 32.8% in 2018, according to new analysis from Emarketer. 
• The firm projects that the total number of cord-cutters will jump from 24.9 million users in 2017 up to 33 million by the end of this year. 
• This hike in cord-cutting comes despite an increasing number of pay-TV providers forming partnerships with over-the-top (OTT) services like Netflix in an attempt to retain customers.

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• An Instagram star and makeup artist with more than 2 million followers has come under fire for her criticism of a new law protecting domestic workers in Kuwait.
• The reform, introduced in May, gives workers a day off per week and prevents employers from taking their passports.
• In a video posted online, Sondos Alqattan said: "How can you have a servant at home who keeps their own passport with them?" adding: "What's worse is they have one... Читать дальше...

Von Jahr zu Jahr fallen mehr Angestellte aufgrund von psychischen Erkrankungen bei der Arbeit aus. Das geht aus dem DAK-Gesundheitsreport von 2018 hervor. Die meisten von ihnen leiden unter Depressionen. Deutsche Unternehmen bieten derzeit noch wenig Unterstützung für Mitarbeiter an, die an Depressionen leiden. Die Deutsche Bahn will das als erster großer Konzern in Deutschland ändern.

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• Cristiano Ronaldo is a 33-year-old forward, but results from his Juventus FC medical examination show he is as fit as a 20-year-old, according to Spanish publication AS.
• The world soccer superstar has a lower body fat percentage than the average athlete in his sport, has a higher muscle mass, and can sprint faster.
• Ronaldo recently cost Juventus $130 million when he left Real Madrid for the Turin club — but it looks like he's already proving to be a bit of a bargain. Читать дальше...

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• Massive wildfires engulfed many towns in the surrounding region outside Athens.
• Twenty-six bodies were found in the yard of a villa in Mati, bringing the total death toll up to 50.
• The youngest victim is believed to be a six-month-old baby who died of smoke inhalation.
• It is Greece's worst wildfire in more than 10 years.
• Authorities are scrambling to limit the damage.

At least 50 people died in massive wildfires around Athens... Читать дальше...

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• North Korea has started dismantling rocket launching and testing facilities, and it's a major US victory in what have been fraught and slow-moving talks.
• Kim Jong Un personally promised President Donald Trump these sites would get taken down, so this will go a long way towards building confidence. 
• The dismantled sites are key, and not just because Trump and Kim talked about them.
• They represent major friction points that could send the US and North Korea spiraling back towards war. Читать дальше...

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• Footage shared by the Royal Family's official Twitter account shows how staff transport meals around Buckingham Palace.
• The video shows the route from the kitchens to the Palace's Chinese Drawing Room from the perspective of a butler.
• "Many of the lifts at the Palace are old and impractical," the Royal Family account said. "The route will be more practical & efficient when new lifts are installed."
• Buckingham Palace is currently... Читать дальше...

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• Google has touted the growth of Google Cloud Platform for years, but on Monday CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged that rivals are also faring well.
• That didn't stop him from taking a veiled shot at competitors by saying that companies considering cloud adoption face a real danger of getting "on the wrong platform."
• Analyst Dan Ives said Google has little chance of "knocking off" Amazon or Microsoft but the cloud represents a growth area for the company. Читать дальше...

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• Snap has signed up British website PinkNews as its first LGBT partner on Snapchat Discover.
• PinkNews will go live on Wednesday on Snapchat and aims to appeal to a young audience which is testing the boundaries of their sexuality.
• PinkNews CEO Benjamin Cohen told Business Insider said diversifying away from Facebook is important — both in terms of readership and revenue.
• The website has also received a near-$350,000 grant from Google.

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Der Autohersteller Opel verdient unter seinem neuen französischen Eigentümer PSA wieder Geld. Im ersten Halbjahr betrug das Betriebsergebnis für die Sparte Opel-Vauxhall 502 Millionen Euro, wie PSA am Dienstag in Rueil-Malmaision bei Paris mitteilte. „Nach einem langem Zeitraum vieler Jahre der Verluste erreicht das erste Halbjahr 2018 einen bedeutendes Niveau von Profitabilität“, bilanzierte Finanzvorstand Jean-Baptiste de Chatillon. PSA mit den Marken Citroën, Peugeot und DS hatte Opel im vergangenen August übernommen. Читать дальше...

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• Lack of progress in Brexit negotiations putting UK public at "at serious and unnecessary risk," according to MPs.
• The report said there is a "serious risk" that crucial aspects of security co-operation will end after Brexit because both sides are refusing to budge on their "political red lines."
• It said Theresa May should drop her blanket opposition to the role of the European Court of Justice.
• Labour MP Yvette Cooper, chair of the committee... Читать дальше...

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• UBS sees profits jump 9% in the second quarter, well ahead of analyst expectations.
• The Swiss bank made a net profit of 1.3 billion Swiss francs ($1.31 billion) in the quarter.
• It did, however, warn that rising protectionism and geopolitical tensions pose a threat going forward.

LONDON — Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday reported a strong set of results for the second quarter of the year, but warned that rising protectionism... Читать дальше...

Hunde altern schneller als Menschen, so viel ist richtig. Aber das Verhältnis ist nicht eins zu sieben, was man schon daran sieht, dass Menschen nicht 150 Jahre alt werden können. Die Sieben-Jahre-Regel haben Forscher zumeist an durchschnittlich großen Hunden ausgerichtet, aber jeder Hund ist anders. 

US-Präsident Donald Trump erwägt, sechs ehemaligen Geheimdienstlern und Spitzen der Bundespolizei FBI die Sicherheitseinstufung zu entziehen. Präsidialamtssprecherin Sarah Sanders verwahrte sich am Montag gegen die Darstellung, Trump wolle damit Kritiker seines Gipfeltreffens mit dem russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin bestrafen. „Nein, ich denke, da legen Sie sich Ihre eigene Geschichte zurecht“, sagte Sanders.

Habt ihr beim Gedanken an allzu menschliche Roboter auch ein wenig Bauchschmerzen? Science-Fiction-Filme wie „I, Robot“ befeuern unsere Befürchtung noch, dass Künstliche Intelligenzen (KI) dem Menschen irgendwann überlegen sein und sich gegen uns wenden könnten.