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Giappone
Holdout Dakota pipeline protesters face police as deadline passes
Several dozen demonstrators, the last holdouts from a mass protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, faced off against riot police on Wednesday as they defied a deadline to end their months-long occupation of an encampment on federal land. Police arrested a handful of protesters who confronted them with taunts late ...
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Giappone
Apple ‘spaceship’ campus ready for boarding
Apple on Wednesday announced that workers will start boarding its futuristic new “spaceship” campus in Silicon Valley in April, fulfilling a vision set out by late founder Steve Jobs. The process of moving more than 12,000 people to a new campus that Jobs envisioned as a “center for creativity and ...
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Giappone
Ghosn taps veteran Nissan exec Saikawa to replace him as CEO
Carlos Ghosn, who leads Nissan and Renault, has tapped Hiroto Saikawa, a veteran Japanese executive at Nissan, to replace him as chief executive at the Japanese automaker, although Ghosn will stay on as chairman. Nissan Motor Co., based in Yokohama, made the announcement in a statement Thursday. The appointment, effective ...
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Giappone
AI-programmed Astro Boy robot kit to debut in magazine’s monthly issues
A kit to gradually assemble an artificial intelligence-programmed robot based on Astro Boy, an iconic work by the late manga artist Osamu Tezuka, will be put on sale, Kodansha Ltd. and other firms said Wednesday. Parts needed to build the 44-cm robot will be available in a weekly magazine to ...
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Giappone
Jobless in Missouri face losing even more benefits under GOP bill
Missouri’s unemployed could again face losing several weeks of state help under a Republican-backed plan advanced Wednesday to cut the duration of jobless benefits down to one of the shortest periods nationally. The bill, which needs a second House vote of approval to move to the Senate, is a revival ...
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Giappone
Researcher urges driverless car improvements before their inevitable appearance in Wisconsin
Most cars on Wisconsin roads will be driverless two decades from now, a University of Wisconsin researcher says. “They’re coming, whether we like it or not,” engineering professor David Noyce said at an Assembly committee hearing on the future of autonomous cars Wednesday. Driverless cars can make driving safer, cut ...
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Giappone
College Board to up SAT security, audits, pare offshore tests to combat cheating
The firm that owns the SAT college entrance exam is boosting security worldwide following test-stealing and other cheating in recent years. The College Board said it’s reducing the number of international testing dates from six per year to four for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. It says the move ...
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Nuova Zelanda
AMETI Eastern Busway submissions meeting
Auckland Transport has organised another public information session for the AMETI Eastern Busway (Panmure to Pakuranga section) at the Panmure Community Hall on Monday. Members of the public, especially local residents and business owners, are encouraged to attend the public information session to speak with the AMETI project team and ...
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USA
Korea's Short-term Debt Ratio Hits 4 Year High of 27.6%
The share of short-term loans (whose term is shorter than 1 year) out of total foreign loans has climbed up to a high of 27.6 percent, the highest level since President Park Geun-hye took office in 2013. Meanwhile, the balance of net foreign credit has also hit a record high. According ...
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Brasile
BB anuncia nova redução de juros, acompanhando 4ª queda seguida da Selic
O Banco do Brasil anunciou nesta noite de quarta-feira (22/2), nova redução de juros, acompanhando o quarto corte seguido da Selic por parte do Comitê de Política Monetária (Copom). As principais quedas, de até 0,12 ponto porcentual ao mês, ocorrerão, de acordo com a instituição, em linhas de crédito para ...