Zachary Karabell, Wired
In the latest installment of the simmering trade war, the Trump administration reportedly plans to impose restrictions on Chinese investments in US technology companies and American technology exports to China. If implemented as rumored, any company with more than 25 percent Chinese ownership would be barred from investing in US companies that produce industrially significant technology. Exports of US-made technology deemed important to national security, ranging from chips and robotics to cryptography... Читать дальше...
The Economist
Five junior politicians, chuckling away on a pleasure boat. There is only one known photo of the day, in 1985, when Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Germany and the Netherlands agreed to end border controls between their countries. It was a low-key start for what was to become one of the European Union's signature achievements. The Schengen accord, named after the Luxembourgish village nestled along the river on which it was signed, is the world's only large passport-free zone. It now covers 26 countries... Читать дальше...
SABR's Elysian Fields Chapter is seeking nominations for the newly established Russell Gabay Award, which will honor the best scholarship published during the past calendar year about New Jersey baseball history.
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Joshua Busby, Foreign Affairs
The world seems to be in a state of permanent crisis. The liberal international order is besieged from within and without. Democracy is in decline. A lackluster economic recovery has failed to significantly raise incomes for most people in the West. A rising China is threatening U.S. dominance, and resurgent international tensions are increasing the risk of a catastrophic war.Yet there is one threat that is as likely as any of these to define this century: climate change. Читать дальше...
Ronald Tiersky, RealClearWorld
Kim Jong Un is a still a young and in many ways unformed man. In Singapore, he found himself out in the wider world, exposed to the international public's eye for the first time as his nation's leader. After years as his father's successor-in-waiting and then as the country's leader after 2011, Kim's is a life steeped in the make-believe North Korean totalitarianism created by his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, and then tended by his father, Kim Jong Il.
Fleeing violence in Somalia, a Muslim family finds refuge in the United States after a long period of separation.
Suzanne DelBene, FT
Long before I was elected to Congress, when I was starting my career in the tech industry, I believed we had boundless opportunities to improve the lives of millions, if not billions, of people.New breakthroughs were being achieved with each passing day. First, we could send emails outside our organisations, then we could send attachments. We added hyperlinks. The potential for inventing novel ways to communicate seemed endless, and it was. We are now more interconnected than at any time in human history... Читать дальше...
Boise, ID (6/28/18) – Steelheads Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Neil Graham announced on Thursday that the Idaho... Read More
Читать дальше...The Minister for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan Azim Akhmedkhadjaev met with the Vice President of Airbus Group for Eurasia Silvere Delaunay.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's Public Utilities Commission has approved Enbridge Energy's proposal for replacing a deteriorating oil pipeline despite strong opposition from Native American and climate change activists. But a major question - the line's route - has yet to be settled, and the fight will likely end ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s Public Utilities Commission has approved Enbridge Energy’s proposal for replacing a deteriorating oil pipeline despite strong opposition from Native American and climate change activists. But a major question — the line’s route — has yet to be settled, and the fight will likely end up in court. Here are […]
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana proposes holding rates the same on individual insurance policies sold through the federal exchange for 2019 while decreasing rates by 4.9 percent for those covered under the company's group plans.
Читать дальше...A new law signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown gives the State Lands Commission funding and the legal authority to take by eminent domain the rights for the public to use a road to Martins Beach in San Mateo County from billionaire Vinod Khosla.
A rally for technology companies helped U.S. stocks recover some of their recent losses Thursday, but trading remained uneven as investors puzzled over whether tensions between the U.S. and other nations will spill over into a trade war. On Thursday: The S&P 500 index climbed 16.68 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,716.31. The Dow Jones […]
Chief Keef is no longer an undercover Prince fan.
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NUEVA YORK (AP) — Facebook dará a conocer más información de todos los anuncios que publica, informó la red social el jueves. La medida es parte de un plan más grande de fomentar la “transparencia” en sus operaciones. La compañía dijo que permitirá que cualquier persona vea toda la publicidad que se anuncia en una “página” de Facebook dada, que suele ser el perfil público de una empresa, organización o figura pública. Facebook también publicará información de cuándo fueron creadas las páginas y cualquier cambio de nombre que le hayan hecho. Читать дальше...
NEW YORK — A rally for technology companies helped U.S. stocks recover some of their recent losses Thursday, but trading remained uneven as investors tried to figure out if the tensions between the U.S. and other nations will spill over into a trade war.
BEST beaches in the world have been revealed, highlighting the most beautiful and most popular spots with holidaymakers around the globe.
Queenstown Lakes District Council and Arrowtown-based consultancy firm, Rationale, have received a prestigious industry Award for Excellence from IPWEA New Zealand.
President Donald Trump tweeted his “thoughts and prayers” Thursday a few hours after a mass shooting in Annapolis, Maryland at the Capital-Gazette where five were killed. “Prior to departing Wisconsin, I was briefed on the shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. My thou...
Читать дальше...Shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. closed Thursday more than 29% higher than its IPO price as the members-only wholesaler returned to the public markets after seven years as a private company.
By Allan Fox: IBF/WBA unior middleweight champion Jarrett ‘Swift’ Hurd (22-0, 15 KOs) says he plans on returning to the ring soon in the next two months to start getting ready for his next fight, which he says will be a tune-up, according to Premier Boxing Champions.
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