Новости за 11.02.2017

Algorithms are a crucial cog in the mechanics of our digital world, but also a nosy minder of our personal lives and a subtle, even insidious influence on our behaviour.

Draymond Green produced an unprecedented triple-double of 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals Friday as the Golden State Warriors mauled the Grizzlies 122-107 in Memphis.

U.S. President Donald Trump is considering issuing a new executive order banning citizens of certain countries traveling to the United States after his initial attempt to clamp down on immigration snarled to a halt amid political and judicial chaos.

When you browse online for a new pair of shoes, pick a movie to stream on Netflix or apply for a car loan, an algorithm likely has its word to say on the outcome.

Le Pentagone a confirmé que la coalition contre l’organisation État islamique (EI) a visé dans une frappe près de Mossoul en Irak, le jihadiste français Rachid Kassim, considéré comme l'inspirateur de plusieurs attentats en France.

French jihadist Rachid Kassim, suspected of inspiring several attacks in France, was targeted in a coalition air strike near the Iraqi city of Mosul, but his death is not yet confirmed, the Pentagon said Friday.

Le président américain, Donald Trump, dont le décret interdisant aux ressortissants de sept pays à majorité musulmane l'accès au territoire des Etats-Unis a subi un nouveau revers juridique, envisage de signer un nouveau texte sur l'immigration.

Japanese brewer Kirin will buy Mandalay Brewery of Myanmar for an estimated several hundred million yen (several million dollars) in its latest effort to strengthen its presence in the Asia-Oceania region, a newspaper said on Saturday.

Japanese book editor Miho Takeshita is having an affair. But the recently married 30-year-old is not worried about getting caught -- her boyfriend only exists on a smartphone.

They are agnostic on market direction, but ubiquitous in markets. Firms like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley may get the headlines, but algorithms are the real force today on Wall Street.

Two years have passed since the signing of a deal aimed at ending the war in Ukraine but the bloody conflict has rumbled on -- at the cost of another 5,000 lives.

Rebel fighter Roman smirks when asked about the two-year-old peace deal that was supposed to end what is now a 33-month war between government forces and separatists in Ukraine's east.

The war between Kiev and Moscow-backed rebels has killed more than 10,000 people, rattled eastern Europe and plunged relations between the West and Russia to post-Cold War lows.

Des centaines de volontaires tentaient samedi, malgré la menace des requins, d'empêcher quelque 200 baleines de venir s'échouer sur une plage de Nouvelle-Zélande où plus de 400 autres s'étaient déjà échouées la veille.

The thorny issue of US President Donald Trump speaking to the British parliament might be sidestepped by staging his state visit when MPs are not sitting, a newspaper reported Saturday.

François Fillon arrive samedi à La Réunion pour un séjour de trois jours, déterminé à ne pas se laisser "abattre" par la tempête des soupçons d'emplois fictifs de son épouse et de deux de ses enfants.

Des milliers de militants se retrouvent samedi à Madrid au congrès du parti de gauche radicale espagnol Podemos, dans une ambiance de règlement de comptes, où cette formation en crise doit décider de son avenir et de celui de son chef Pablo Iglesias.

Italy coach Conor O'Shea has insisted there will be no question of divided loyalties when the Azzurri face his native Ireland in the second round of the Six Nations Championship on Saturday.

Centre Remi Lamerat admitted France are feeling the pressure ahead of Sunday's Six Nations clash against Scotland in Paris.

Chelsea may now be nine points clear at the top of the Premier League but Antonio Conte is experienced enough to know the title race is far from over.

A feud between Elon Musk and the United Auto Workers revved up on Friday as the group denied his accusation they planted a mole to unionize Tesla employees.

The United States on Friday blocked the appointment of former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad to be the new UN envoy to Libya, diplomats said.

Donald Trump dialed up the rhetoric against Iran on Friday, warning the country's president he "better be careful" about his words.

At least 17 football fans died in a stampede at a stadium in northern Angola on Friday, police said, adding that scores of other spectators were injured, some of them seriously.

European-based media and telecom group Altice is launching its i24news channel next week in the United States, underscoring its ambitions as a global television news operation.