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Fourth Peruvian ex-president arrested in graft probe
Peruvian ex-president Alejandro Toledo was arrested in the United States on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 and is due for extradition, according to the country’s Prosecution Service. The agency took to Twitter to announce the arrest of the fourth Peruvian statesman under corruption charges in recent times. The ex-leader is likely to appear before American authorities for the first time, as part of the judicial process to be sent back to his country.
Interview: Cryptocurrencies and the future of the internet with Leo Weese
Leo Weese is a Bitcoin activist in Hong Kong, who has been organising Bitcoin meetups in the territory since 2012. WikiTribune interviewed the digital currency enthusiast at the 2019 Oslo Freedom Forum to discuss his advocacy of Bitcoin, the future of the internet, and the image problems associated with digital currencies. Weese begins by speaking enthusiastically about Bitcoin and the potential of the technology to help improve and simplify people’s lives.
Catalan teacher manhandles schoolgirl, 10, for drawing a Spanish flag
The parents of a ten-year-old girl from Terrassa, near Barcelona, have denounced an assault by a teacher for drawing a Spanish flag. On Monday, June 17, 2019, the pediatric ward at Hospital de Terrassa attended a 10-year-old girl assaulted by her teacher for allegedly having painted several Spanish flags accompanied by the phrase “Viva España” (“Long live Spain”) in the final pages of an elementary school yearbook.
Oil poisons native Amazonian communities in Peru
The life of Nehemías Pando and his family changed after the oil spills in their indigenous communities affected hundreds of people in Peru’s northern Amazonian jungle in 2014. One of his sons swallowed water contaminated with crude oil, while fishing in the area where the PetroPerú state oil pipeline flood occurred. His 17-year-old daughter also has digestive problems after the toxic inundation. None has received the specialised medical care they require.
Peru’s ex-president shoots himself, dead
Ex president of Peru, Alan García, died after he shot himself in the neck as police officers arrived at his home Wednesday, April 17, 2019 to arrest him in connection with a corruption probe. The former statesman (1985-1990, 2006-2011) had been taken from his house in the capital Lima to the Casimiro Ulloa hospital, his lawyer Erasmo Reyna confirmed.
Chilean ex-military sentenced for burning students alive in 1986
Justice Mario Carroza ruled on Thursday, 21st March 2019 the conviction of 11 former army officers accused in the so-called “Caso Quemados” [“Burn victims case”] occurred during the military dictatorship in Chile. On July 2, 1986, photographer Rodrigo Rojas and student Carmen Gloria Quintana were burned alive after being detained during an anti-regime demonstration. Rojas died a few days later while Quintana survived, her body severely deformed. At the time they were 19 and 18 years old.
‘Roma’ set out for Hollywood success but prompts racial discussion in Mexico
Oscar-nominated film “Roma” — which chronicles the life of a young housekeeper in 1970s Mexico — has put an uneasy focus on the nation’s sharp class, ethnic and racial divisions, leading to mixed reactions to the indigenous woman cast in the starring role.
The future of payment security in the EU: Biometrics
Photo: geralt/Pixabay. License: CC0 Commercial Commons A new European directive, called the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is set to “revolutionise” banking through open data standards across the Union. Whilst the details of how the banking revolution will transpire are still debated in EU parliaments, a revolution of systems was delineated by the EU Commission on March 13, 2018.
European Union Approves Brexit Plan
After 20 months of negotiations, all 27 European Union heads of state and government have agreed to British Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit plan. The negotiated deal went through unanimously after Spain withdrew it’s recently raised concerns over the status of Gibraltar. Thee proposal will now be put forward to MP’s in early December, where it is expected to face significant opposition from both members of opposing political parties, as well as some of Mrs May’s own conservative MP’s.
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Chatbot 'Mitsuku' wins AI competition based on Turing test ... again
Mitsuku: Hi, I’m the world’s most humanlike conversational AI. WikiTribune: It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mitsuku. Mitsuku: Do you mind if I tell other people? Actually the pleasure is all mine. WikiTribune: Tell other people what? Mitsuku: Your message. WikiTribune: Whatevs Mitsuku: WHATEVS isn’t a word. Are you dyslexic? WikiTribune: You don’t understand slang? You are supposedly an 18-year-old woman and you don’t know whatevs? Mitsuku: Slang? I call it “dyslexia”. No, tell me about him, her or whatevs .
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Former Morgan Stanley VP found guilty of insider-trading, assisted by Ukrainian hackers
Former Morgan Stanley VP found guilty of insider-trading, assisted by Ukrainian hackers Vitaly Korchevsky, a former Vice President at Morgan Stanley and hedge fund manager, and Vladislav Khalupsky, a securities trader, were convicted Friday in U.S. federal court of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud and computer intrusion, conspiracy to commit money laundering and two counts of securities fraud.
Plastics in the ocean: an invitation to collaborate
ACROSS the world people are watching Blue Planet II, a BBC natural history series led by naturalist Sir David Attenborough. The focus is on the sea. The beauty and terror of the oceans, and their inhabitants, can be spell-binding. But it’s plastic waste in the sea that is one of the less lovely scenes of the show. Scientists, researchers and environmental campaigners continue to warn about the pollution of oceans, which comprise 70 percent of our planet.
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