TCL Communications launched the full touchscreen BlackBerry Motion smartphone, aimed at the Middle East market, on Sunday. Last year, Chinese firm TCL signed a brand licensing deal with BlackBerry to use the company’s name for new smartphones, while the Canadian firm focused on software. This is the second phone to come out of that deal. […]
Read morePavel Cherkashin, a Russian investor based in this city, thought he had the perfect name for a Catholic church that he is spending $11.5 million converting into a tech palace. It would be called Hack Temple. But that was before the nearly daily deluge of news about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election […]
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Hillary Clinton says Brexit supporters 'voted against modern Britain'
Britons who supported Brexit in last year’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership “voted against modern Britain,” Hillary Clinton said in an interview published Sunday. The former U.S. secretary of state told The Sunday Times: “They voted against modern Britain and the EU, believing that somehow this would be good for their small village. It […]
Read moreRussia is within its rights to restrict the operations of U.S. media organizations in Russia in retaliation for what Moscow calls U.S. pressure on a Kremlin-backed TV station, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Sunday. Russian officials have accused Washington of putting unwarranted pressure on the U.S. operations of RT, a Kremlin-funded broadcaster accused […]
Read moreA new wave of bartenders are championing zero-waste techniques in a global movement known as “closed-loop” cocktails. Focused on recycling ingredients, the idea is to ensure an eco-friendly drinking experience. It’s part of a broader concept known as “garden-to-glass,” which emphasizes produce-driven beverages that boast little food mileage — similar to the restaurant industry’s “farm-to-table” […]
Read moreEuro zone banks are well prepared for sharp changes in interest rates, the European Central Bank said on Monday after simulating scenarios from sudden monetary tightening to the lending freeze that followed Lehman Brothers’ collapse. The results come as the ECB prepares to start dialing back its monetary stimulus after years of ultra-low interest rates […]
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Global financial crisis looms as 'bubbles' begin to emerge, says outgoing German finance minister
Unstable loans and escalating levels of global debt could plunge the world into another financial crisis, departing German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the Financial Times in an interview published Sunday. “Economists all over the world are concerned about the increased risks arising from the accumulation of more and more liquidity and the growth of […]
Read moreBitcoin staged a rally over the weekend to hit a one-month high despite experts warning of a potentially volatile upcoming event for the cryptocurrency. The digital currency traded at $4,626.26 on Monday morning at 4 a.m. London time, its highest level since September 8, according to data from industry website CoinDesk. It was up over […]
Read moreUber said on Monday it would suspend its unlicensed service UberPOP in Oslo until Norway introduces new rules, as the U.S. ride-hailing app adopts a more conciliatory tone with national authorities. The move follows a similar one-year suspension in Finland in July to allow a new taxi law to come into effect, however there is […]
Read moreWith Catalan separatists contemplating whether to declare independence for the autonomous region, experts have detailed how the national government could react as tensions in the region rise. The illegal October 1 referendum recorded 90 percent of Catalans voting in favor of independence, yet under half of the population voted, according to the Catalonia government. Meanwhile, […]
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