Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
Exclusive: From cyber unit to troops, South Korea adds extra layer of Olympics security amid tensions
SEOUL (Reuters) – Rattled by rising tensions with North Korea, South Korea is taking extra measures to try to ensure the safety of the 2018 Winter Games, including setting up a crack cyber defense team and doubling the number of troops, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. The Games take place next February in the mountainous resort town of Pyeongchang, just 80 km (50 miles) from the heavily fortified border with North Korea. They come after a series of missile and nuclear tests show the North making rapid Read More
Crayfish staff help Czech brewery keep its water as pure as can be
PROTIVIN, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Crayfish equipped with high-tech sensors have been drafted in by a Czech brewery in its quest to keep their water supply pure. The Protivin brewery in South Bohemia has placed the creatures, which react quickly to changes in their aquatic environment, in fish tanks through which is pumped water from the same natural source that the brewery uses. The animals are fitted with infrared bio-sensors which monitor their heartbeat and movement. Data is analyzed by a computer, and any changes in the animals’ body or behavior
Read MoreTrump to take North Korea to task in UN speech
EPA says Pruitt took chartered, military flights costing taxpayers more than $58,000
The Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Wednesday night that its administrator, Scott Pruitt, took at least one chartered flight and multiple government flights, adding his name to the list of cabinet members whose travel is under scrutiny. The information was provided in response to a letter from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, who is on the congressional oversight committee that asked for documents related to Pruitt’s travel. Below are four flights cited that cost taxpayers more than $58,000. June 7: Military flight from Andrews to Covington, Ohio, then to New York.
Read MoreU.S. white families 10 times wealthier than black families, Federal Reserve finds – Business #CBC
While most U.S. families grew richer between 2013 and 2016, the wealthiest households pulled even further ahead, worsening the country’s massive disparities in wealth and income. Median wealth for white families was $171,000 US, 10 times that for blacks and roughly eight times that for Latinos. The median net worth of all U.S. families rose 16 per cent last year from 2013 to $97,300, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday. The median is the point where half of families fall below and half above. That’s the first gain
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Read MoreTrump proposes U.S. tax overhaul, stirs concerns on deficit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump proposed on Wednesday the biggest U.S. tax overhaul in three decades, calling for tax cuts for most Americans, but prompting criticism that the plan favors business and the rich and could add trillions of dollars to the deficit. The proposal drew a swift, skeptical response from Senator Bob Corker, a leading Republican “fiscal hawk,” who vowed not to vote for any federal tax package financed with borrowed money. “What I can tell you is that I’m not about to vote for any bill that
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