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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Tesla Motors on Wednesday again pushed back the time-frame for ramping up production of the closely-watched Model 3 vehicle, its sedan aimed at the middle market. The electric carmaker said it now expects to hit a Model 3 production level of 5,000 per week by the end of the second quarter instead of at the end of the first quarter. The first-quarter target was itself a prolongation of an […]
by Shaun Tandon Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Music sales grew at a robust pace for a third straight year in the United States in 2017 as listeners kept flocking to streaming outlets, an industry monitor said Wednesday. Analytical firm BuzzAngle Music said that consumption in the world’s largest music market jumped 12.8 percent in 2017, well outpacing the 4.2 percent growth seen a year earlier. On-demand streaming services led by Spotify […]
by Rob Lever Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Technology giant Intel acknowledged a vulnerability Wednesday that could allow hackers to access stored data on most modern computer systems, but said the security risks were minimal. The computer chipmaker issued a statement amid a flurry of concerns voiced after researchers discovered what was described as a “flaw” which could allow privately-stored data in computers and networks to be leaked. Intel labelled as “incorrect” the […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canadian telecommunications software company BlackBerry and China’s web giant Baidu on Wednesday announced a partnership for autonomous and connected vehicles. “The two companies will collaborate to accelerate the deployment of connected and autonomous vehicle technology for automotive OEMs and suppliers worldwide,” they said in a statement. BlackBerry’s operating system will be “the foundation for Baidu’s Apollo autonomous driving open platform,” the statement said. In September, Baidu announced a $1.5 billion investment […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) – Peruvian emergency workers on Wednesday said they had recovered 50 bodies — six of them children — from a horrific bus crash over a cliff north of the capital Lima. The coach had plunged around 100 meters (330 feet) over a seaside cliff in Peru on Tuesday after a collision with a truck on a precarious stretch known as the “devil’s curve.” It had been traveling from Huacho, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort sued special prosecutor Robert Mueller and the Justice Department Wednesday for allegedly overstepping their mandates, in a challenge to the Russia probe that threatens the US president. Two months after his arrest for tax evasion and money laundering, Manafort charged in a civil suit that the department and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave Mueller excessively broad authority in his investigation of possible collusion between the […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) – Japanese star Kei Nishikori pulled out of the Australian Open Thursday, saying he was not ready for best of five set matches as he struggles to overcome a long-standing wrist injury. The Asian number one has not played competitively since last August after suffering a torn tendon in his right wrist during a practice session at Cincinnati. “I am very sorry to announce that I will miss the Aussie Open this year,” he said […]
(Eagle News)– Quality over quantity. Responding to criticisms the Senate passed only a few laws last year, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday night said the Upper House of Congress was after “quality not quantity” in the first place. “Let us not judge lawmaking in terms of number of laws passed but in terms of how the laws we pass the quality of life on Earth in general and of Filipinos in particular,” he […]
(Eagle News)– Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday dismissed House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s claims of a possible no-election scenario in 2019 if the proposed shift to federalism pushes through this year. In a statement, Pimentel said “we can shift to federalism and allow all scheduled elections under the present Constitution to go on and be held.” “What is important are the transitory provisions which will govern the terms and duties of those elected in […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Winter storm Eleanor swept into France, Belgium and the Netherlands on Wednesday after tearing through England and Northern Ireland, cutting power to tens of thousands of people and forcing airports and train services to halt operations. A skiier was killed by a falling tree at Morillon in the French Alps while 15 others have been injured by the storm across the country, four of them seriously, civil defense spokesman Michael […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Google moved 15.9 billion euros ($19.2 billion) to a Bermuda shell company in 2016, saving it billions of dollars in taxes that year, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, quoting regulatory filings in the Netherlands. Google uses two structures, known as a “Double Irish” and a “Dutch Sandwich”, to shield the majority of its international profits from taxation, Bloomberg reported. “The setup involves shifting revenue from one Irish subsidiary to a Dutch […]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — A Palestinian teenager was shot dead in clashes with the Israeli army on Wednesday near the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Musab Firas al-Tamimi, 17, was shot in the village of Deir Nizam north of Ramallah, it said. His death took to 14 the number of Palestinians killed in unrest since US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital last month. […]
