Month: April 2021
Netanyahu ordered to attend Monday court hearing, but can skip testimony
Judges give prime minister permission to leave courtroom after prosecution’s opening arguments in the evidentiary phase of his corruption trial
Read MoreCargo Overboard, Intense Rolling: The Risks Of Fully Loaded Mega-Container Ships
More than 100 ships of similar size to the Ever Given ply the world’s waterways, creating logistical challenges and concerns about mishaps — including “spectacular losses of cargo,” one analyst says. (Image credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Read MoreCargo Overboard, Intense Rolling: The Risks Of Fully Loaded Mega-Container Ships
More than 100 ships of similar size to the Ever Given ply the world’s waterways, creating logistical challenges and concerns about mishaps — including “spectacular losses of cargo,” one analyst says. (Image credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Read MorePut your city on the TC map — TechCrunch’s European Cities Survey 2021
TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey European founders and investors in cities outside the larger European capitals. Over the next few weeks, we will ask entrepreneurs in these cities to talk about their ecosystems, in their
Read MoreSoda monitors data and helps you fix issues before it’s too late
Meet Soda, a data monitoring platform that is going to help you discover issues with your data processing setup. This way, you can react as quickly as possible and make sure that you keep the full data picture. If you’re
Read MoreHow Russia Is Stepping Up Its Campaign to Control the Internet
On March 10, photos and videos on Twitter were loading more slowly than usual for users in Russia. It was not a network fault or server error but a deliberate move by Russia’s state internet regulator Roskomnadzor to limit traffic
Read MoreKim Jong Un’s Long Game Starts With Short-Range Missiles
It was always more a question of when, not if, North Korea would return to weapons provocations. Now that it has, the Kim Jong Un regime is poised to unsheathe new weaponry that it has quietly developed in recent years.
Read MoreVirginia Supreme Court Rules Charlottesville Can Remove Confederate Statues
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Virginia’s highest court ruled Thursday that the city of Charlottesville can take down two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee that became the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017.
Read MoreReversing Trump, Pentagon Releases Inclusive New Transgender Policies
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Wednesday swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care and assistance with gender transition. The new department regulations
Read MoreUnder pressure, some Georgia corporate leaders slam voting bill
Some of Georgia’s most prominent corporate leaders are beginning to more forcefully criticize the state’s sweeping new election law, acknowledging the concerns of civil rights activists and Black business executives who say the law targets non-white voters.
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