Issued on: 21/01/2020 – 02:34 Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump have agreed to extend negotiations on a dispute over a French tax on digital giants to the end of the year, postponing Washington’s threat of sanctions against Paris, a French diplomatic source said Monday. Advertising Read more The source said the French and US […]
WASHINGTON — The historic impeachment trial of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump is due to resume in the Senate on January 21. The impeachment trial is expected to continue six days a week, with breaks each Sunday. On January 20, a brief filed by Trump’s lawyers presented the most detailed view of the defense they […]
Britain has slipped to 81st place in the world for the value of home internet packages as sluggish broadband speeds fail to keep pace with steadily rising prices, research shows. A global study of more than 3,000 fixed-line monthly bundles found the UK lagging “far behind” much of Europe, mainly due to reliance on ageing […]
By Michael Le Page Gene edited and virus resistantPavel Trefil CRISPR genome editing has been used to make chickens resistant to a common virus. The approach could boost egg and meat production worldwide while improving welfare. The altered chickens showed no signs of disease even when exposed to high doses of the avian leukosis virus […]
In the UK, the debate around so-called Asian grooming gangs and the sexual threat they pose to vulnerable white girls shows no sign of abating. A leaked report produced by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has upheld a complaint made by a father whose daughter had been missing for a week. He said […]
France’s bioethics reform reaches the Senate floor on Tuesday, three months after lower-house lawmakers passed the controversial legislation. The bill, which has been considerably amended by senators in committee, could yet change, with the lesbian couples and single women poised to gain legal access to medically assisted reproduction potentially seeing social security coverage for the […]
Eight European Union member states have given their support for a European-led maritime surveillance mission in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic route for world oil supplies. Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and Portugal backed the new force, they said in a “political statement” issued by France’s Foreign Ministry on January 20. […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “applauded” Colombia’s President Ivan Duque‘s response to anti-government protests on Monday despite mass reports of human rights violations. Pompeo made the controversial statement during a visit to the South American country where he will attend a regional anti-terrorism summit and meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido. During a […]
Pros ✓Durable chassis ✓Minimal-bezel 15-inch screen ✓10th-generation Core i7 CPU ✓Discrete Nvidia GPU ✓Bundled Asus Pen ✓All-day battery life Cons ✕ScreenPad may prove superfluous ✕No on-device stylus housing The Asus ZenBook Flip 15 UX563FD is a stylish 360-degree convertible laptop. Its 15-inch screen makes it a little large for carrying around on a daily basis, […]
Over 160,000 data breach notifications have been made to authorities in the 18 months since Europe’s new digital privacy regulations came into force, and the number of breaches and other security incidents being reported is on the rise. Analysis by law firm DLA Piper found that after General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 […]