Monthly Archives: October 2016

State-run media says since declaring the six-month state of emergency, authorities have made vast numbers of arrests to quell protests Ethiopian authorities have arrested more than 1,500 people since declaring a state of emergency less than two weeks ago, according to a statement published by state-controlled news agency Fana. The command post, a body set […]

SolarCity is giving Airbnb users a discount on solar panels.Image: Jason Blackeye/stocksnap Have you used Airbnb before? Then you can get a discount on solar panels. The short-term home rental company is partnering with SolarCity to give Airbnb users a $1,000 rebate on any purchase of solar panels. The rebate is available to any Airbnb […]

A well-worn hoax status post is doing the rounds on social media again but do you know what Facebook really can do with your pictures? A hoax Facebook status threatening that the company is about to reveal all of your private photos and messages has resurfaced again. The status message, and subsequent variations of it, […]

“Given this uncertainty we will be closing over 30 branches and making further efficiency driven changes in the supply chain.” The 600 affected workers have been told of the changes, while the firm is also closing 10 smaller distribution centres and writing off IT equipment. Travis Perkins was one of the biggest fallers on the […]

(CNN)Nevada brothel magnate and reality television star Dennis Hof has gone by many nicknames over the years, some self-appointed, others bestowed upon him: “American pimp,” the “P.T. Barnum of Booty,” “America’s pimpmaster general.” Beneath the colorful monikers, Hof is a hard-nosed businessman who dove into damage-control mode when news broke that basketball player Lamar Odom […]

Las Vegas (CNN)Donald Trump returns to Nevada Wednesday for the final presidential debate in a state that is critical to his path to the White House — and one where he has remained tied with Hillary Clinton despite all the turmoil rocking his campaign. Watch the final presidential debate on CNN at 9 pm ET […]

In Seattle and Portland, camp residents discuss Hillary Clintons emails and whether Donald Trump would take us back to the dark ages Amyann Darden believes Ronald Reagan was Americas last great president. This election, shes voting for Hillary Clinton. Darden, 55, used to manage an accounting firm. But her life changed after a nervous breakdown. […]

Las Vegas (CNN)Celia Vargas fled civil war-torn El Salvador and crossed the Mexican border into the United States in the back of a truck in 1981. For years she lived in the country illegally, before President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law in 1986 that gave Vargas and millions more like her amnesty. Vargas, […]

The US should attempt to de-escalate tensions by negotiating some form of international cyber treaty before this gets out of control Whats the CIAs brilliant plan for stopping Russian cyber-attacks on the US and their alleged interference with the US election? Apparently, some in the agency want to escalate tensions between the two superpowers even […]

Cities are like magnets. Without a better model for growth, people will still come but they will live in awful conditions. This years Pritzker prize-winning architect presents his legal, financial and design roadmap to a new urban reality This week in Quito as many as 45,000 people have gathered for Habitat III, the global UN […]