Monthly Archives: January 2017

Mexican president gets into Twitter tit-for-tat with Republican nominee over payment for border wall as citizens rail against acquiescent press conference Enrique Pea Nieto on Thursday used Twitter to tell Donald Trump what many Mexicans wished he had told him in person on Wednesday. I repeat what I said personally, Sr Trump, the Mexican president […]

Long maligned by critics after his initial successes, the would-be auteur has charted his own path to success by giving his loyal fans more of the same Do not pity Kevin Smith. Ignore your initial instinct to feel sorry for the writer-director of Yoga Hosers, a film about teenage convenience store workers who fight monstrous […]

After a lackluster start to the year, the autumn brings fiction from returning big names and non-fiction that takes on everything from education to segregation Intimations Commonwealth Ann Patchett Patchett, best known as the writer of Bel Canto, has not published a novel since 2011s State of Wonder. Commonwealth is another of her multilayered narratives, […]

Rather than pursuing companies such as Apple for what they did in the past, we should focus on shaping a fair tax system for the future Nobody will accuse me of being lax on state aid enforcement. In 2008, when European Union member states were about to embark on a subsidy race to bail out […]

(CNN)Dramatic scenes unfolded this week on the streets of Gabon’s capital city of Libreville, as protesters clashed with police following word of the presidential election results. Violence erupted Wednesday after Interior Minister Pacome Moubelet Boubeya announced the results from Saturday’s vote, which showed that incumbent President Ali Bongo defeated opposition candidate Jean Ping by a […]

Computer wind simulation showing the circulation around Tropical Storm Hermine on Sept. 1, 2016.Image: earth.nullschool.net Florida’s luck has run out. After more than 11 years without a direct hit from a hurricane, what is likely to become Hurricane Hermine is predicted to make landfall in northwest Florida overnight on Thursday into Friday morning. The most […]

The relationship between technology and government will become ever more significant to the future of our economy. However, the change in pace of drone technology is rapid, and with half a million recreational drones already registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the widespread use of drones for commercial purposes just around the corner, […]

Marijuana retail sales could reach $4.3bn this year and create new jobs, but some aspiring entrepeneurs warn that weed is not an easy business This years election may have been dominated by Donald Trump, but it was also about marijuana. California, Massachusetts and Nevada made recreational use legal as a bunch of other states moved […]