In what might be interpreted as a bad omen by those fearing for the EU’s future, the large pole-mounted flag collapsed and hit the ground just inches from where Mr Strache was standing. The vice chancellor, who is also the leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO), joked afterwards: “Today […]
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Did Russian-funded propaganda appear on Facebook during the Brexit campaign? We may find out. NurPhoto/Getty Facebook agreed on Wednesday to investigate the spread of Russian misinformation ahead of Britain’s 2016 EU referendum, commonly referred to as Brexit. The social network said in a letter to the UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is making his first foray into 2018 elections Thursday with a visit to a Western Pennsylvania congressional district on behalf of the Republican vying to replace former GOP Rep. Tim Murphy, who resigned in scandal last October. Though Trump’s event is not officially a political […]
Not so fast. Facebook is apparently not done looking into whether Russian hackers influenced the Brexit referendum campaign. The social network told a British parliamentary committee in a letter Wednesday that it will reopen its investigation after UK lawmakers said they weren’t satisfied with the company’s findings last month. Facebook […]
Black Death, also known as the plague, devastated human populations in Europe between 1346 and 1353, killing up to 200million people, according to estimates. It was widely believed that rats were to blame for spreading the Black Death. But new research coming out of the University of Oslo and University […]
Time is ticking and even in Hollywood time is money, surely? Solo: A Star Wars Story was exPected to drop the first ever trailer late last week or this Monday. Instead, Disney and Lucasfilm released a rather unsatisfying synopsis which revealed absolutely nothing that fans hadn’t already assumed, simply settting […]
WASHINGTON — A multinational engineering firm contends that a $133 million contract for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico was inappropriately awarded to the firm of President Donald Trump’s former pick for a top FEMA position, who withdrew his nomination after NBC News revealed that he had been under federal investigation. […]
That is according to ESPN FC pundit and former MLS star Alejandro Moreno. Alisson stirred rumours last week by telling Football Italia “maybe we will speak about it again in June” when talking about his future at the Serie A club. The Roma stopper is now reportedly one of a […]