The protests which erupted on Monday have so far injured hundreds of people and killed five.
Beijing will sanction five Taiwanese media commentators for 'inciting hostility and confrontation' with China.
SOUTHERN TIER, N.Y. (WETM) -- Law enforcement agencies across the Southern Tier will be receiving a total of nearly $2.5 million in state funding to buy new equipment. According to Governor Kathy Hochul's Office, New York State is giving $127 million to 378 sheriff's offices and police departments outside of New York City that applied []
The Northern Territory budget will include $90 million more for police as the government tackles one the region’s biggest issues – crime and anti-social behaviour. Ahead of her first budget on Tuesday, Chief Minister and Treasurer Eva Lawler has spruiked the extra investment, part of $570 million to be pumped into the force over the […]
The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia was rocked by riots for a third night in a row after France's National Assembly approved contentious voting reforms which angered independence supporters. Five people, including two police officers, have died so far in the unrest, while hundreds of others have been injured. France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said one police officer died on Thursday as a result of "an accidental shot," broadcaster France Info reported. The main airport...
State of emergency in place because of deadly unrest over bill that will let French people vote in provincial elections after 10 years of residenceArmed forces were protecting New Caledonia’s two airports and port and hundreds of French police were on their way to the Pacific territory after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people.In three municipalities of the French collectivity, gendarmes faced about 5,000 rioters, including between 3,000 and 4,000 in the capital, Noumea,...
Happy Thursday! The government will soon release a tool to help consumers fight manipulative ‘dark patterns’ used by websites. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Digit Insurance IPO details■ Uber buses in Delhi■ ETtech Done DealsGovernment readies app to protect consumers from deceptive tactics of internet firms 110161454The government will soon crack down on deceptive techniques, also known as dark patterns, used by internet companies, with a mobile...
FILE - Jim Simons, a businessman and founder of Math for America, poses at
James “Jim” Simons, a renowned mathematician and pioneering investor who built a fortune on Wall Street and then became one of the nation’s biggest philanthropists, has died at age 86
Jim Simons, the billionaire investor, mathematician and philanthropist, died on Friday in New York City, according to his foundation, the Simons Foundation. Simons was 86 years old. Simons, the founder of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, helped to pioneer quantitative investing, a market strategy that relies on mathematical and statistical models to identify investing opportunities. Later in life, Simons became a political donor and philanthropist. Simons had a love for math and numbers...
Scarcely five months after its founding, hard tech startup Layup Parts has landed a $9 million round of financing led by Founders Fund to transform composites manufacturing. Lux Capital and Haystack also participated. The breakneck pace is more than a subtle indication that investors’ appetite for tech-focused solutions to the woes of the American industrial base […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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