U.K. Investigators Raid Cambridge Analytica Offices In London Investigators with Britain’s information commissioner searched the London headquarters of Cambridge Analytica on Friday amid reports that the firm harvested the personal data of millions of Facebook users as part of a campaign to influence the U.S. 2016 presidential elections. The move […]
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Mexico Airport Raises $1.6 Billion The group behind Mexico City’s new airport raised $1.6 billion in an initial public offering of Fibra E shares Friday, providing another buffer against threats to shut the endeavor down. Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de Mexico, or GACM, sold 300 million of the securities […]
Half my family is gone’: Mom mourns Iowa family found dead at Mexico resort The only place here large enough to hold the shock and grief engulfing this town will be Southwestern Community College, perhaps in the gymnasium. That’s where mourners will gather for the funeral of a local family […]
Mexico Presidential Front-Runner Plans Steps to Halt ‘Corrupt’ New Airport The leftist front-runner for the Mexican presidency said on Thursday he would file legal challenges to block future work on the capital’s new $13 billion airport, lashing out at the project and its corporate defenders as “corrupt.” Former Mexico City […]
US dropped charges against Turkish bodyguards over DC brawl before Tillerson trip The US has dropped charges against 11 of the 15 bodyguards for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who were indicted after a brawl with protesters outside the country’s embassy in Washington last May, a spokesperson for the US […]
U.N.’s World Water Day makes waves as crisis deepens World Water Day is celebrated at the U.N. as a call to action to recognize that fresh water is not something to take for granted. “More than 2 billion people lack access to safe water, and more than 4.5 billion people […]
Russia blasts Boris Johnson’s Putin-Hitler comparison as insulting, ‘totally irresponsible’ Moscow’s ambassador to the U.K. slammed the British Foreign Secretary’s comparison of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolph Hitler as “disgusting” in an escalating war of words between the two countries. On Wednesday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said it […]
EU leaders back UK in Russian row over nerve agent attack European Union leaders have sided with the United Kingdom in its worsening diplomatic dispute with Russia over the poisoning of a former Russian double agent, saying it’s “highly likely” Moscow is behind the attack. After meeting with British Prime […]
Vietnam Scraps South China Sea Oil Drilling Project Under Pressure From Beijing: BBC HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam’s state oil firm PetroVietnam has ordered Spanish energy firm Repsol to suspend its “Red Emperor” project off the country’s southeastern coast following pressure from China, the BBC reported on Friday. It would be […]
The Trash Patch In The Pacific Is Many Times Bigger Than We Thought Between California and Hawaii, there’s a teeming patch of garbage that’s stretched over an area more than double the size of Texas. We already knew it was huge. There’s a reason it’s called the “Great Pacific Garbage […]
