Merkel says German government will further increase investment
He riffed off Merkel's common theme that ensuring a balanced budget and restraining debt are a matter of "justice" for future generations. 7/18/2017
Rauner Demands School Funding Bill Now
Rauner accused Democratic legislative leaders of holding on to the bill to force a crisis. Rauner will be in Rockford to discuss funding reform later on today. 7/18/2017
'Doctor Who' Casts First-Ever Female as BBC Series' 13th Doctor
BBC has announced that Jodie Whittaker will play the thirteenth doctor on its long-running sci-fi series, " Doctor Who ". Fans took to Twitter to air their views, with some accusing the producers of ruining the show. 7/18/2017
Global cyber-attack could be as costly as Hurricane Sandy
According to Lloyd's , cyber insurance cover is more hard to model and understand than natural catastrophe cover. It comes as insurance firms attempt to grasp the potential damages of a cyber-related attack. 7/18/2017
Elon Musk: "Regulate AI Before it's Too Late"
Musk did not say which level of autonomy he meant, but levels three and four are, at this stage, the most commonly cited. Right now the government doesn't even have insight. 7/18/2017
Golden Retriever 'Storm' Rescues Drowning Fawn
A NY man and his dog are being credited for rescuing an exhausted fawn floating in Long Island Sound not just once, but twice. In the video, we see Storm fighting against the current as he pulls in a motionless spotted fawn to shore. 7/18/2017
Charlie Gard to be examined by USA doctor who created experimental treatment
Hirano says the therapy he is developing could improve the condition of Charlie who suffers from a form of mitochondrial disease. But Dr Hirano, 55, believes his experimental theory could give Charlie "11% to 56% chance of clinically meaningful improvement". 7/18/2017
Tropical alert: Tropical Storm Don forms in Atlantic
Don is centered about 485 miles east of Barbados with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, moving west at 17 mph. The tropical storm is the fourth named tropical system of this hurricane season. 7/18/2017
Senate needs to do much better on health care
The goal should be getting more people health care and creating a wellness-centered system rather than a disease-centered system. It would even allow insurance companies to charge older Americans five times more for coverage than everyone else. 7/17/2017
No fresh window for note exchange: Government
However, the deadline for non-resident Indians or NRIs was 31 March, 2017 which was later extended through an ordinance till Jun 30. 7/17/2017
Elaine Thompson clocks meet record to win 100m in Rabat
Toronto's Shawn Barber, who won his event at the nationals, finished fourth in the pole vault competition as he cleared 5.60m. Ben Youssef Meite of Cote d'Ivoire was second in 10.01, with Britain's Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake third in 10.18. 7/17/2017
UAE Hacked Qatari Government News Site
Funding, supporting, and enabling extremists from the Taliban to Hamas [terrorist organizations, outlawed in Russia] and Qadafi. Abu Dhabi in response to the newspaper's article refuted the allegations and said that the story is false . 7/17/2017
Windows 10 virtualization available from Microsoft cloud partners starting this Fall
This would be a successor to the Creators Update , mostly because its launch date is projected to take place in the fall. The new app will be good news for LinkedIn power users. 7/17/2017
Trian to Launch Proxy Fight Against P&G
Trian, whose plans were reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal , said Monday it still hopes it can avoid a proxy fight. And comes when the company already is more than half-way through a nine-year, $10 billion cost-cutting program. 7/17/2017
Jordanian soldier sentenced to life in prison for killing 3 U.S. servicemen
Officials then withdrew the claims under pressure from Washington , which maintained that terrorism could be an issue. When he was led out of the cage, he said: "I have all the respect for the king, but I was doing my job". 7/17/2017
