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He claimed the UN has spent less than half a billion dollars in the crisis and said member nations could instead be told to take in more migrants. “Shame on you! Shame on you!” said Mr Erdogan. In recent days, the UN, EU and other organisations have called on Turkey to take in Syrian refugees…
At least 58 people were killed and another 78 injured when two female bombers detonated their suicide vests, according to emergency relief officials. The victims were in a camp for people who had been displaced by Boko Haram violence in Nigeria’s Borno State. As horrendous as the attack was, it could have been worse. One…
Airbnb’s efforts to become an “open and transparent” company might not quite line up with traditional definitions of transparency. A report released Wednesday suggests that Airbnb manipulated listing data in New York City prior to publicly releasing that data to regulators in December, in an effort to quell concerns that the platform was enabling professional…
The Department of Justice filed a civil suit against the City of Ferguson, Mo., alleging that the city’s policing practices violate residents’ civil rights. Here’s what you need to know. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post) The Department of Justice filed a 56-page civil lawsuit Wednesday against the City of Ferguson, Mo. alleging that, 18 months after the police…
Stuart Isett/Fortune Global ForumVenture capitalist and Facebook board member Marc AndreessenFacebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg are speaking out against the comments of board member Marc Andreessen, who infuriated people on Twitter Tuesday night with his comments about the social network’s “Free Basics” program in India. Free Basics provides limited internet services at no cost to people…
Almost half of the top 20 employers whose workers contributed to the Sanders campaign last year were companies in Silicon Valley, the Wall Street Journal reports, including Google, Apple, and Microsoft. He received almost $105,000 from employees of the five largest tech firms in the last three months of 2015. The wider trend of smaller…
As a coffee snob not typically interested in dropping $4 on a mediocre cappuccino, I tend to consider Starbucks a phone-charging station first and coffeeshop second. That said, I’m also a compulsively early person, which means I’ve spent my fair share of time walking around aimlessly to while away 20 minutes—or, when it’s cold or…
“Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York has become the go-to hub for those who lament New York’s loss of character.” –Crain’s “Jeremiah Moss does an excellent job of cataloging all that’s constantly being sacrificed to the god of rising rents.” –Hugo Lindgren, New York Times Magazine “No one takes stock of New York’s changes with the same…
Indian students gather for a protest against Free Basics in Hyderabad, on Dec. 29.Image: Mahesh Kumar A/Associated Press In a significant move, India’s telecom regulator has banned the differential pricing for different kinds of data according to the principles of net neutrality. This implies that zero-rating initiatives like Facebook’s Free Basics platform, which offers a…
A 38-year-old man who had just stepped out of his parked car was killed and four others injured when a construction crane toppled over and smashed into a busy Tribeca street Friday morning, officials said. The crane crashed into a row of parked cars when it capsized onto Worth St. near Church St. about…