This Holiday Season Take the Gifting Down a Notch
It’s easy to get caught up in all the hype and overspend.
Day: December 4, 2019
Iran’s Rouhani calls for release of ‘innocent’ protesters detained during country’s unrest
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on Wednesday for the release of any unarmed and innocent people detained during two weeks of sometimes violent protests against gasoline price hikes.
North Korea warns UN Security Council not to discuss human rights
UNITED NATIONS: North Korea warned the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday (Dec 4) that any discussion by the body of the country’s human rights situation would be a “serious provocation” and Pyongyang would “respond strongly.”
The warning ca…
Former FedEx hub worker charged with stealing gold bars
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A former FedEx worker has been charged with…
Protests/Strikes Continue in Colombia, Potentially Impacting Port Access and Operations
Published on December 4, 2019 by Johanna Loock · No Comments December 04: Following recent nationwide protests and strikes in Colombia, a nationwide general strike and accompanying demonstrations continued and are ongoing on December 04. In the capital, Bogota, there is a heavy police presence in the National Park, located in the eastern part of the city. Approximately 5,000 police officers are being deployed in an effort to maintain peace…
NASA Spacecraft Unraveling Sun’s Mysteries as it Spirals Closer To Our Star
In August of last year, NASA sent a spacecraft hurtling toward the inner Solar System, with the aim of getting some answers about the mysterious star at the center of our cosmic neighborhood. Now more than a year later, that tiny robot has started to decode some of the mysteries surrounding our Sun’s behavior, after venturing closer to our parent star than any human-made object has before. From a report:…
PSD2: The Compliance and Enforcement Update
The EU’s second Payments Services Directive is alive and well. But where are financial institutions now re: compliance and enforcement? James Rendell of CA Technologies, a Broadcom company, offers insight on PSD2 and EMV 3DS compliance for 2020. It’s an odd time for PSD compliance, says Rendell, who heads Payment Security Strategy and Product Management for CA Technologies, because although PSD2’s Regulatory Technical Standards have been in place since September…
Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi slams repression in Iran, ‘unprecedented’ since 1979
Shirin Ebadi, the exiled Iranian lawyer and human rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, speaks to FRANCE 24 about the deadly protests in Iran over the past two weeks. According to the NGO Amnesty International, at least 208 de…
Richard Harknett, scholar in residence at the NSA, on healthy competition [VIDEO]
While many western businesses are concerned about the potential…
New deadly defect found in Takata airbags, recall issued in U.S.
The recently discovered malfunction is different than the defect that led to at least 24 deaths and hundreds of injuries worldwide.