Новости за 27.09.2017

Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that women will finally be allowed to drive, starting in June of next year. It’s hard to underestimate the symbolic power of this royal decree. The issue of women driving has long been a cultural litmus test in Saudi Arabia, which is among the most religiously conservative Islamic countries in the […]

Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn is considering a run for Senate, a spokeswoman for her office confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. Republican Sen. Bob Corker’s announcement that he would not seek reelection has left a vacancy for the Republican congresswoman to run for a US Senate seat. “Rep. Blackburn appreciates the outpouring of encouragement and support […]

Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that women will finally be allowed to drive, starting in June of next year. It’s hard to underestimate the symbolic power of this royal decree. The issue of women driving has long been a cultural litmus test in Saudi Arabia, which is among the most religiously conservative Islamic countries in the […]

Donald Trump has a funny way of doing math. And declaring victory. Less than 24 hours removed from Republicans admitting defeat on their last, best chance to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the President spent much of Wednesday arguing that the votes are there to pass the legislation. “We have the votes for […]

Twitter doubled the character count for some users on Tuesday. Predictably, its users freaked out. For the first time, the social network lifted its tweet character limit from 140 to 280 among a test pool of users. The company, which anticipated the backlash, was quick to respond. Cofounder and CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted that Twitter […]

A Salt Lake City detective’s arrest of a nurse for refusing to take blood from an unconscious patient sparked national outrage when police bodycam footage of the tense encounter spread online. Alex Wubbels was handcuffed and placed in a police car when she wouldn’t allow police officers to obtain a blood sample from a crash […]

America’s inequality problem is getting worse. The richest 1% of families controlled a record-high 38.6% of the country’s wealth in 2016, according to a Federal Reserve report published on Wednesday. That’s nearly twice as much as the bottom 90%, which has seen its slice of the pie continue to shrink. The bottom 90% of families […]

Republican Sen. Thad Cochran wants his constituents — and possibly President Donald Trump, as well — to know that although he’s recuperating from a urological issue in Mississippi, he’s not currently in a hospital. “Thanks for the well-wishes. I’m not hospitalized, but am recuperating at home in Mississippi and look forward to returning to work […]

The Jones Act is an obscure, century-old law that requires all goods ferried between U.S. ports to be carried on ships built, owned and operated by Americans. Now critics say it’s making it difficult to get critical supplies into Puerto Rico. The Jones Act, when it was established in 1920, was meant to promote shipping […]

Donald Trump has a funny way of doing math. And declaring victory. Less than 24 hours removed from Republicans admitting defeat on their last, best chance to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the President spent much of Wednesday arguing that the votes are there to pass the legislation. “We have the votes for […]

President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a Republican framework for tax reform that calls for sweeping tax cuts and a simplification of the tax code, framing the effort in a speech as a historic opportunity. “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, and I guess it’s probably something I could say that I’m very good at,” Trump […]

Long before former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore became a political insurgent, he was regarded as a judicial pariah. Even judges who agreed with Moore’s opposition to same-sex marriage last year could not abide his defiance of federal law. And in an earlier episode, even those who were open to religious displays in public buildings […]

A Salt Lake City detective’s arrest of a nurse for refusing to take blood from an unconscious patient sparked national outrage when police bodycam footage of the tense encounter spread online. Alex Wubbels was handcuffed and placed in a police car when she wouldn’t allow police officers to obtain a blood sample from a crash […]

In the month before Germany’s federal elections, Facebook removed “tens of thousands of fake accounts in Germany,” the company said on Wednesday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel ended up winning a fourth term after last weekend’s election and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party became the first far-right party to gain seats in parliament since 1961. […]

Apple’s highly-anticipated face recognition software, coming to the iPhone X later this year, is apparently not suited for kids under the age of 13. But the reason may surprise you. It’s not an issue of privacy. Apple says it’s related to its face detection capabilities. In a memo released on Wednesday, Apple said its Face […]

Here we go again: Sonic may be the latest company to face a cybersecurity breach. The drive-in restaurant chain — which has 3,500 locations across the United States — said Wednesday that a credit card processing company noticed peculiar activity on some Sonic customers’ cards. That’s a telltale sign that hackers targeted Sonic, cybersecurity experts […]

Can social media platforms be tamed? Well, Instagram is trying to rein in the trolls in its corner of the internet. The Facebook-owned photo sharing app introduced a comment-control tool this week in a bid to grapple with harassment on its platform and curb online vitriol. Individuals with public Instagram accounts will now have a […]

President Trump is taking the future of health insurance into his own hands. A day after Congress’ last-ditch attempt to repeal Obamacare failed, Trump said he may soon sign an executive order on health care that would affect millions of people. “I’ll probably be signing a very major executive order where people can go out, […]

London. Mumbai. Boston. Paris. Tunis. Beirut. Brussels. Manchester. Barcelona. As the list of cities that have been targeted by violent extremists gets longer, the need to find remedies to this scourge of our time becomes more pressing. Across the world, we see individuals and initiatives leading the way. There are heroes struggling every day at […]

President Donald Trump on Wednesday will unveil a Republican framework for tax reform that calls for sweeping tax cuts and a simplification of the tax code, framing the effort in a speech Wednesday as a boon for the economy, American workers and the middle class. Trump in recent weeks has sought to crank up public […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that throughout the course of the investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, the media has made “perfectly normal” actions look nefarious. Sessions, who recused himself from the investigation earlier this year following revelations he met with the Russian ambassador several times during the presidential campaign, made […]

Hollywood is dropping to one knee. It was a full weekend of the NFL responding to President Trump’s comments regarding firing players like Colin Kapernick who have chosen to kneel during the National Anthem to draw attention to racial injustice. #TakeAKnee trended and now a few celebs are also visibly showing their support. On Tuesday, […]

Royal Caribbean is using a cruise ship to help evacuate people from Puerto Rico and deliver needed supplies to Caribbean islands. The cruise line announced on Tuesday that it is canceling its September 30 Adventure of the Seas trip so it can use the ship to help victims of Hurricane Maria. The 3,800 passenger vessel […]

Looming in the background of Puerto Rico’s humanitarian crisis is a mountain of debt. Long before Hurricane Maria left millions on the island without power or water, Puerto Rico was battling a financial crisis years in the making. Puerto Rico’s crippling debt load — totaling $73 billion — forced the island to file in May […]

Amazon has unveiled smarter, more attractive Echo devices. At a secret press event held on Wednesday at its new campus location in downtown Seattle, the company showed off new versions of its popular Amazon Echo device. The latest Echo is shorter and fatter than the original — and available in finishes such as wood and […]