Day: October 4, 2021
Facebook Goes Down
Facebook outage sparks fury as social media giant crashes – ‘doesn’t make sense’ | World | News From feedproxy.google.com 2021-10-04 16:20:00 Excerpt: Millions of users have been affected, and their thoughts are being shared on Twitter, with Whatsapp and Instagram also down. All three apps, owned by Facebook, stopped working just before 5pm. One […]
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Concerns over US commitment prompt UAE to drop regional rivalries | – thearabweekly.com
Concerns over US commitment prompt UAE to drop regional rivalries | From thearabweekly.com 2021-10-04 15:11:15 Excerpt: DUBAI–The United Arab Emirates is trying to manage long-running rivalries with Iran and Turkey through dialogue to avoid any new confrontations in the region as the Arab Gulf state homes in on its economy post COVID-19, a senior […]
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to New York tax on opioid companies | The Mighty 790 KFGO – kfgo.com
U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to New York tax on opioid companies | The Mighty 790 KFGO From kfgo.com 2021-10-04 14:09:13 Excerpt: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for New York to collect a $200 million surcharge imposed on opioid manufacturers and distributors to defray the state’s costs arising from […]
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Arab Parliament: Failure to hold the Libyan elections may open the door for a new phase of unrest and violence – www.libyaobserver.ly
Arab Parliament: Failure to hold the Libyan elections may open the door for a new phase of unrest and violence From www.libyaobserver.ly 2021-10-03 19:44:00 Excerpt: The Arab Parliament confirmed its support for all efforts to be made to ensure the success of the Libyan presidential and parliamentary elections on December 24, calling on the […]
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Teen TikTok star who died in fiery crash at center of ‘human smuggling probe’, police say – www.independent.co.uk
Teen TikTok star who died in fiery crash at center of ‘human smuggling probe’, police say From www.independent.co.uk 2021-10-03 19:07:28 Sheila Flynn Excerpt: Police in Texas have alleged that a teenage TikTok star was transporting undocumented migrants when he was involved in a fiery car crash which left him and the three passengers dead, […]
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WaPo reporter deletes ‘grossly inappropriate’ tweet about Biden visit to cemetery where his family is buried – www.foxnews.com
WaPo reporter deletes ‘grossly inappropriate’ tweet about Biden visit to cemetery where his family is buried From www.foxnews.com 2021-10-03 21:24:48 Hannah Grossman Excerpt: Washington Post White House reporter Annie Linsky deleted a tweet on Sunday about President Biden‘s visit to a cemetery where his daughter, son and former wife are buried. “Biden goes to […]
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Teaching more black history is fine — turning schools into ‘everything is racist’ is not – nypost.com
Teaching more black history is fine — turning schools into ‘everything is racist’ is not From nypost.com 2021-10-03 21:36:02 Post Editorial Board Excerpt: That the city Department of Education is developing an improved black history curriculum shouldn’t be the least controversial. But Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter’s claim that it’s all about “social justice” should […]
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Axios reporter: Traffickers are using Biden’s immigration policies to encourage migrants to cross into US – www.foxnews.com
Axios reporter: Traffickers are using Biden’s immigration policies to encourage migrants to cross into US From www.foxnews.com 2021-10-03 21:42:24 Yael Halon Excerpt: Axios reporter Jonathan Swan said on this week’s “FOX News Sunday” panel that drug traffickers and cartels are utilizing the Biden administration’s open-door immigration policies to persuade more immigrants to cross the […]
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Exotic matter-wave states revealed in condensed matter physics – www.techexplorist.com
Exotic matter-wave states revealed in condensed matter physics From www.techexplorist.com 2021-10-02 11:50:00 Pranjal Mehar Excerpt: Using all-optical methods, scientists from Skoltech and the University of Southampton, U.K., have created an artificial lattice called Lieb lattice. All nodes in the lattice hold polaritons- quasiparticles that are half-light and half-matter excitations in semiconductors. Thi laser-generated polariton […]
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FBI launches ‘Hate Crimes Awareness’ campaign in Mississippi – www.wdam.com
FBI launches ‘Hate Crimes Awareness’ campaign in Mississippi From www.wdam.com 2021-10-03 21:19:00 Excerpt: JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Jackson Field Office is launching a “Hate Crimes Awareness” campaign as part of a nationwide effort to encourage reporting to law enforcement. Earlier this month, advertisements containing information on how to report […]
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