Monthly Archives: January 2017

LONDON A groundbreaking pilot projectlaunched this week in Finland. The government is going to give a randomly selected group of 2,000 unemployed citizens a monthly income of $587 with no strings attached and no need to report how they spend it. The project aims to test the feasibility of a program called basic income thats […]

A formal allegation was subsequently made in June. Image copyright Met Police Image caption “Ringleaders” Brian Reader, Kenny Collins (top row, left to right) Terry Perkins, Daniel Jones (bottom row, left to right) were sentenced to between six and seven years in jail. If the report, first published by Sky News, turns out to be […]

For years Chinas ivory carvers and collectors have been blamed for elephant poaching. Now their government is banning the ivory trade. How do they see their future? Hong Kong, 84-year-old Au Yue-Shung shows me an ivory carving he has been working on for months. Measuring just 5×10 inches, Nine Sages in Mount Xiang depicts the […]

Finnish IoT device startup The Button Corporation has launched a lower cost version of its Internet-connected button (aka, bttn), aiming to expand its appeal to US small businesses. The idea for bttn is to offer businesses a versatile hardware interface to support customers actions such as accepting orders/re-orders or messages. Pricing for the new bttn […]

Washington (CNN)To drink at Donald Trump’s DC hotel lobby bar, The Benjamin, having the President-elect’s wallet would be helpful. The bar at Trump International Hotel has recently increased its signature cocktail prices — a lot. The least expensive drink, the bourbon-based “Romanesque Revival,” costs $24, while the bar’s namesake cocktail, comprised of rye, vodka, raw […]

Statements mark first time Aaron Persky has addressed effort to unseat him over his light sentencing of Brock Turner, who was convicted of sexual assault The judge in the Stanford sexual assault case has launched a campaign to fight the high-profile effort to unseat him, declaring that he has a reputation for being fair to […]

Image: Zak Hussein/Corbis via Getty Images If you’ve ever wanted to live at Buckingham Palace, now may be your chance. The Royal Household currently has online listings for a handful of new staffers, and the most intriguing one is for a full-time live-in Housekeeping Assistant in Queen Elizabeth’s London mansion. SEE ALSO: The Internet is […]

Mr Farron will tell the centre-left think tank the IPPR that the 23 June referendum has left the UK “bitterly divided” and “we are in danger of letting malevolent forces hijack the result”. He will tell his audience in Manchester: “Plenty of my mates voted Leave, and I can tell you that the majority of […]

His plea for 50 days of grace has expired, yet the prime minister may survive thanks to his framing of demonetisation as a strike against corrupt elites Birjas story is typical and to an outsider, confounding. The 32-year-old works as a housemaid in Delhi, and like more than one billion Indians, has seen her cash […]

(CNN)Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have settled on a property in Washington, DC. Washington Fine Properties’ William F. X. Moody, who assisted with the transaction, confirmed the move to CNN Tuesday, though he wouldn’t say if it was a purchase or a rental.