Business Once popular then forgotten Tumblr change hands Tumblr, a blog platform and social network that had its heyday a few years ago, has been sold to Automattic. That is the parent company of content management system WordPress.com. How much has been pa… Read More
Politics Greenland to Trump: “We are not for sale, but we want to do business well” Greenland is not for sale, the Foreign Minister said after reports that US President Donald Trump is considering buying the island. Greenland is, however, open to doing business with the Americans. It… Read More
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Greenland to Trump: “We are not for sale, but we want to do business well” 16 Aug 2019 Greenland is not for sale, the Foreign Minister said after reports that US President Donald Trump is considering buying the island. Greenland is, however, open to doing business with the Americans. It is they are for sale, indeed. Greenland, an autonomous area within the Kingdom of Denmark, has reportedly aroused Trump’s interest because it is rich in uranium and other …
Facebook hired outsource workers to make transcripts of your voice chats 14 Aug 2019 Facebook has hired people from outside to write and check transcripts of audio clips in Messenger. This happened in certain cases without the participants in the conversation being aware of this. Facebook says that it has since stopped. Bloomberg reports this based on sources and Facebook has confirmed to the news agency that it stopped this practice more than a …
Once popular then forgotten Tumblr change hands 13 Aug 2019 Tumblr, a blog platform and social network that had its heyday a few years ago, has been sold to Automattic. That is the parent company of content management system WordPress.com. How much has been paid has not been disclosed. Sources mention different amounts against news site Axios. First there was less than $ 20 million, then less than $ 10 …
US Import duties postponed until December 13 Aug 2019 The United States postpones the introduction of additional import duties on a variety of products from China until December. In addition, the two economic superpowers will again talk to each other over the telephone in the coming weeks. The latter was decided during a call between Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Liu He and US Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin. Liu and …
South Yemen separatists won a coup, Aden under control 12 Aug 2019 The southern separatists in Yemen have committed a coup by taking over control of Aden. The internationally recognized government has its seat in the southern port city, which was previously also supported by the southern separatists. A number of days were fought. The separatists have now agreed to a ceasefire proposed by the international coalition led by Saudi Arabia. They …
Katty Perry, pants and private parts: what could possibly go wrong? 11 Aug 2019 Katy Perry has been accused of sexual misconduct by an actor who played in the video clip of her song Teenage Dream. Josh Kloss, Perry’s opponent in the clip, says the singer has taken off his pants and underwear in front of a group of bystanders. The incident would have occurred on a birthday. “We embraced first,” Kloss writes on …
