The FBI eavesdropped on meetings involving Russian intelligence personnel in New York City, including a suspected spy posing as a trade representative, by hiding recorders in binders containing supposedly confidential information about the energy sector, US prosecutors said, the Guardian reports. ...
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New York City replaces public buses with high-tech models with Wi-Fi and USB charging ports
According to the city, the buses will have built-in free Wi-Fi, USB ports to charge devices, and LCD screens to display information, Mashable reports. Each bus will have 35-55 USB ports located throughout, depending on the bus’s size. The digital ...
Read More »Discovery of plastic-eating bacteria could lead to new ways to recycle
The discovery was made by researchers from Japan, who say that the microorganism is remarkable for its ability to breakdown completely a common type of plastic known as PET, the Verge reports. This digestive process is slow, and the short-term ...
Read More »OPEC is unlikely to cut output before U.S., Russia, Iraq – FGE
Oil has risen about 50 percent from 12-year lows hit less than two months ago after Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela, along with non-OPEC exporter Russia, pledged to freeze supply at January’s levels if others cooperated. The U.S., Russia and ...
Read More »European Broadcasting Union: Jamala’s song ‘1944’ representing Ukraine at Eurovision 2016 does not contain political speech
Today Jamala wrote on her Facebook page that “the Reference Group of the European Broadcasting Union has concluded that the title and lyrics of the song ‘1944’ do not contain political speech and don’t breach the rules of the contest,” ...
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