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| Bitcoin is no long the only game in crypto-currency town Dogecoin was launched in 2013 as a bitcoin parody, using as its mascot a Japanese shiba inu dog, a popular internet meme. The crypto-currency was never really used, except for tipping online, and one of its founders has called it quits. But recently its price has soared: on January 7th the dollar value ...
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| Protests in Pakistan over inaction on rape and murder of girl, seven Roads have been blocked and vehicles burned in the Pakistani city of Kasur as hundreds of people protested against police inaction in the case of a seven-year-old girl who was raped and murdered last week. The body of the girl, Zainab, was found in a rubbish dump on Tuesday. She was the 12th ...
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| These are the thorniest issues in Germany's coalition talks The conservatives in particular want to extend a halt on family reunions for asylum seekers granted temporary refuge. But during its electoral campaign, the SPD had promised to lift the suspension on family reunifications -- which is due to expire at the end of March. "We are talking about less than ...
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| Flu cases: Surge in hospital admissions Hospitals in England are now seeing very high rates of patients with flu, according to Public Health England figures. A sharp rise in cases seen by GPs in the past week - up 78% on the week before - suggests it could be the worst flu season for seven years. But PHE said the current levels of flu were "not ...
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| Uber's Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark Like managers at Uber's hundreds of offices abroad, they'd been trained to page a number that alerted specially trained staff at company headquarters in San Francisco. When the call came in, staffers quickly remotely logged off every computer in the Montreal office, making it practically impossible for ...
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| Patients 'dying in hospital corridors' Patients are dying in hospital corridors as safety is compromised by "intolerable" conditions, doctors say. The warning has been made in a letter to the prime minister signed by 68 senior A&E doctors spelling out the danger patients are facing this winter. It comes as reports have emerged of people being ...
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| Julian Assange is made an Ecuadorian citizen in effort to resolve impasse The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was made an Ecuadorian citizen last month, the nation's foreign ministry has revealed, in an attempt to resolve the political impasse over his continued presence in the UK. The 46-year-old has been naturalised after living for five and a half years in the cramped, ...
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| Yakuza boss arrested in Thailand after photos of his tattoos go viral Japanese authorities had sought his arrest over an alleged role in the shooting of a rival in 2003, after which he fled to Thailand, married a local woman and drifted into a seemingly peaceful retirement. That was until a resident posted photos of the diminutive retiree playing a streetside checkers game ...
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Wal-Mart Raises Hourly Wage to $11 in Wake of Tax Overhaul Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, has fought in recent years to improve its image in the U.S., as it weathered criticism over its treatment of employees. With the wage increase and bonus payment, the company seeks to even its pay gap with resurgent rival Target Corp., while simultaneously ...
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| The Brutal Math of Gender Inequality in Hollywood Lady Bird won the award for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, but its writer and director Greta Gerwig was curiously not nominated for Best Director. That category's five nominees were all male. In fact, only one woman has ever won a Golden Globe for directing: Barbra Streisand, in 1984, for Yentl.
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