T-Mobile, Dish bid combined $14 billion in U.S. airwaves auction T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) bid $8 billion and Dish Network Corp (DISH.O) $6.2 billion to win the bulk of broadcast airwaves spectrum for sale in a government auction, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday. The two carriers accounted […]
Sao Paulo judge rules Uber drivers are employees, deserve benefits A judge in Brazil's biggest city ruled this week that a driver using the Uber [UBER.UL] ride-hailing app is an employee of the San-Francisco-based company, threatening its business model in one of its biggest markets. Uber said it would appeal […]
Hackers release files indicating NSA monitored global bank transfers Hackers released documents and files on Friday that cybersecurity experts said indicated the U.S. National Security Agency had accessed the SWIFT interbank messaging system, allowing it to monitor money flows among some Middle Eastern and Latin American banks. The release included […]
Facebook shareholders propose reports on fake news, pay equality Facebook shareholders propose reports on fake news, pay equality:- Shareholders have proposed that Facebook Inc (FB.O) prepare a report on the threat to democracy and free speech from so-called fake news spread on the social media forum, and the dangers it […]
North Korea parades military might and warns US amid fears of nuclear test North Korea has held a vast military parade to celebrate the birth of its founding father, Kim Il-sung, as it warned it was prepared to take the “toughest” action unless the US ended its “military hysteria”, with […]
Sri Lanka rubbish dump collapse kills 16 At least 16 people, including four children, have died after a huge rubbish dump collapsed on to their homes in Sri Lanka. The 300ft-high (91m) pile of rotting debris had shifted after floods and a fire then collapsed on Friday. At least 40 […]
Mother of all bombs killed 94 ISIS fighters, Afghan official says Mother of all bombs killed 94 ISIS fighters, Afghan official says:- At least 94 Islamic State fighters were killed when the US military dropped America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan, an Afghan official said Saturday. "The number […]
Syrians stuck in and near Aleppo as evacuation deal halts Thousands of Syrians were stuck in and around Aleppo on Saturday as a deal to evacuate people from two Shi'ite villages in return for Sunni rebels and their families leaving two besieged towns near Damascus halted, a war monitor and […]
Magnitude 6.1 quake hits northern Chile Magnitude 6.1 quake hits northern Chile:- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile, 144 km (90 miles) southeast of Calama, at a depth of 188 km, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and struck […]
North Korea Shows Off Long-Range Missiles in Military Parade North Korea’s latest military hardware, including what analysts said appeared to be three kinds of intercontinental ballistic missile, rolled through central Pyongyang on Saturday, as the country showed off its military might amid high tension with the United States. As the […]
