President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was glad Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had left the United States — though adding that if he were part of the British royal family he would not have taken them back.”I’m happy about it. I was not a fan,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office a week […]
Read MoreGeorge Clooney was a late bloomer in Hollywood who now frequently uses his platform as an industry icon to promote political and humanitarian causes close to his heart. At 65, the megastar belongs to a rare caste of Hollywood actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise whose names have become globally famous. His […]
Read MoreEU tech chief Henna Virkkunen on Wednesday played down the regulatory gulf between Brussels and Washington, arguing that US courts end up policing the same companies for the same behavior that European law targets in advance.”The differences are not so big when we look at it in practice,” the European Commission’s executive vice-president for tech […]
Read MoreA smiling George Clooney was honoured with a lifetime award at the start of the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday where the long-time Donald Trump critic took another swipe at the US president. The 65-year-old Oscar winner was called a “legend” by actress friend Laura Dern as she presented him with the gong in front […]
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Die US-Regierung hatte aus Wettbewerbsgründen die Abspaltung der Google-Werbeplattform Ad Manager verlangt, eine Bundesrichterin hat dies aber nun verhindert. Die Richterin Leonie Brinkema erklärte am Mittwoch, stattdessen solle es strengere Auflagen für Google geben. Sie räumte dem Konzern und der Regierung eine Frist von 30 Tagen ein, um sich zu einigen. Die US-Regierung hatte vor […]
Read MoreA gigante do transporte por aplicativo Uber vai demitir cerca de 10% de sua força de trabalho como parte de “mudanças organizacionais significativas”, anunciou o CEO Dara Khosrowshahi em uma mensagem aos funcionários nesta quarta-feira (2). “Hoje estamos fazendo uma série de mudanças organizacionais significativas em toda a Uber”, disse Khosrowshahi. “Como resultado, reduziremos o tamanho […]
Read MoreRide-hailing giant Uber will be laying off around 10 percent of its staff as part of “significant organizational changes,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in a message to employees released on Wednesday.”Today, we’re making a number of significant organizational changes across Uber,” Khosrowshahi said. “As a result, we will be reducing the size of our team […]
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O Departamento do Tesouro dos Estados Unidos emitiu, nesta quarta-feira (2), moedas de um dólar com o rosto de Donald Trump, no marco da inédita campanha que o presidente republicano empreendeu para deixar sua marca pessoal nas instituições nacionais. As moedas foram cunhadas devido ao 250º aniversário da fundação dos Estados Unidos, celebrado este ano. […]
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Bei einem Stallbrand in Niedersachsen sind 120 Schweine verendet. Keines der Tiere im Stall überlebte, wie die Polizei in Cloppenburg am Mittwoch mitteilte. Demnach brach das Feuer am Dienstagvormittag in Molbergen aus. Wegen des starken Rauchs sollten Anwohner Fenster und Türen geschlossen halten. Rund 70 Feuerwehrleute waren im Einsatz. Erst am Nachmittag war das Feuer […]
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