Move over Warren Buffett! Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now the second richest person on Earth.
The latest tally by Bloomberg's Billionaires Index shows Bezos is now worth about $75.6 billion. Another ranking compiled by Forbes has Bezos' value at "just" $75.2 billion.
He added $1.5 billion to his net worth after Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) gained $9 billion in market value during trading hours Wednesday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Sen. John McCain.
“What, did they want me to call him a crazy skinny kid?” Sen. John McCain quipped via Twitter on Wednesday in response to a report by the Korean Central News Agency that the dignity of North Korea’s supreme leadership was hurt by McCain’s recent description of Kim Jong Un as the “crazy fat kid that’s running North Korea.”
McCain made the comment during an interview with MSNBC’s Greta Van Susteren last week.
“He’s not rational, Greta,” said the Republican senator, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee. “We’re not dealing even with someone like Josef Stalin, who had a certain rationality to his barbarity.”
Apparently, the North Korean government did not appreciate this description and called out McCain, along with GOP Sen. Ted Cruz — who recently introduced legislation to designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism — of making “a provocation tantamount to declaration of war against” the country.
Cristiano Ronaldo attends the ceremony to rename Funchal Airport as Cristiano Ronaldo Airport in Funchal
Madeira renamed its airport in honor of Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesday - although it is a new statue of the four-times world player of the year that is likely to grab the headlines.
The future of online privacy is now in President Trump's hands.
The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to repeal Internet privacy protections that were approved by the Federal Communications Commission in the final days of the Obama administration.
The Senate voted along party lines to undo the rules last week. The resolution now goes to Trump's desk. The White House said Tuesday it "strongly supports" the repeal.
The rules, which had not yet gone into effect, would have required Internet service providers to get your permission before collecting and sharing your data. The providers have data on your web browsing history, app usage and geo-location.
Providers would also have been required to notify customers about the types of information collected and shared.
Opponents of the privacy rules argued it would place an undue burden on broadband providers while leaving large Internet companies like Facebook(FB, Tech30) and Google(GOOGL, Tech30) free to collect user data without asking permission.
Representative Michael Burgess, a Republican, described the rules as "duplicative regulation" on the House floor and said the repeal would "level the playing field for an increasingly anti-competitive market."
But rather than apply similar protections to more businesses, the Republican-controlled Congress voted to scrap the rules entirely.
Democrats and privacy advocates have argued this approach effectively hands over the customer's personal information to the highest bidder.
"It totally wipes out privacy protections for consumers on the Internet," Democratic Representative Anna Eshoo said on the floor. "I don't want anyone to take my information and sell it to someone and make a ton of money off of it just because they can get their mitts on it."
Michael Capuano, a Democratic Representative, took it one step further. "Just last week, I bought underwear on the internet," he said. "Why should you know what size I take, or the color, or any of that information?
Many broadband providers already share some of their customers' browsing behavior with advertisers. Providers typically offer the choice to opt out, but consumers may not even be aware of this data collection -- let alone how to get out of it.
With Facebook and Google, weary users may choose to limit their activity on the sites or switch to rival services. But switching providers is often difficult, as is hiding your Internet activity from your Internet provider.
"Most people can't simply walk away from their Internet service provider," says Neema Singh Guliani, legislative counsel at the ACLU. "They need the Internet and they may not have another option."
A virtual private network, or VPN, is one option to protect your online activity. One service, NordVPN, says it has seen a "sharp increase" in consumer interest in the days since the Senate vote.
The repeal is a big win for large providers like AT&T(T, Tech30) and Verizon(VZ, Tech30). They have bet billions on content, including AT&T's pending acquisition of Time Warner, the parent company of CNN.
This content can potentially be paired with subscriber data to build up lucrative targeted advertising businesses that compete with Google and Facebook.
"I don't think of it as game over," says Guliani, who predicts Republicans will face pushback from their constituents for the privacy vote. "I think of it as a setback."
IN 2002, Kim Kardashian — then an obscure heir of the late lawyer Robert Kardashian and the personal stylist to singer Brandy Norwood — was in a serious, loving relationship with Norwood’s younger brother, Willie “Ray J” Norwood, also a singer.
In October of that year, when Kardashian was 22 and Ray J was 21, the couple went on a trip to the luxury Esperanza resort in Cabo, Mexico, to celebrate Kardashian’s 23rd birthday. They took a handheld camcorder with them and filmed themselves goofing around for the camera, and also having sex. On later occasions, they filmed themselves in bed again.
Vladimir Putin met with President of Iran Hassan Rouhani in the Kremlin.
The two leaders discussed prospects for expanding trade, economic and investment ties, including in the context of implementing major joint projects in energy and transport infrastructure. They exchanged views on important current issues on the global and regional agenda.
Following the talks, Mr Putin and Mr Rouhani adopted a Joint Statement of the President of the Russian Federation and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In addition, a package of cooperation agreements in various fields was signed within the framework of the Iranian President’s official visit to Russia, including documents on cooperation in railway transport, oil and gas, information technologies and communications, nuclear energy, construction, sport, tourism and the legal sphere.
Mr Putin and Mr Rouhani also made statements for the press.
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Beginning of meeting with President of Iran Hassan Rouhani
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, colleagues and friends, I am happy to welcome you to Moscow.
Mr President, the last time we met was in Baku last summer. I am glad to have this opportunity to welcome you to the Russian capital.
Russia and Iran have maintained cooperation for many years, if not centuries. We established diplomatic relations over 500 years ago. Iran is a good neighbour and a reliable and stable partner for Russia.
We have been cooperating successfully in nearly all areas, including on the international stage to address acute international problems, as well as in the economy. We attained substantial results in all these areas in the past few years.
Suffice it to say that last year our trade grew 70 percent, which is a unique achievement amid the current economic difficulties. These results have been largely achieved thanks to your contribution, Mr President, and thanks to the efforts of your Government.
We are very glad to see you in Moscow. Welcome.
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani (retranslated): Mr President, I am happy to be the guest of the Russian Government and people and your personal guest. It is our first foreign visit this year, and we are glad [that we have come to Russia] because this is evidence of the further development of our close ties.
Relations between our countries have been developing consistently over the past three and a half years. This is not our first meeting, and when I look at the achievements we attained after each of our meetings, I see that we have achieved a great deal.
Our interaction has entered a new stage when we can speak about a new quality of our relations. I hope that new steps will be taken during this visit to promote our cooperation still more.
We have accumulated considerable experience in the joint fight against terrorism and the drug threat. Our ultimate goal is to strengthen peace and stability in the region. The development of our relations is not directed against other countries.
Netherlands coach Danny Blind was sacked on Sunday, less than 24 hours after a 2-0 defeat away to Bulgaria left the team floundering in fourth place in World Cup qualifying Group A.
Representative Devin Nunes, Republican of California.
Representative Devin Nunes of California, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, met on the White House grounds with a source who showed him secret American intelligence reports a day before he revealed that President Trump or his closest associates may have been “incidentally” swept up in foreign surveillance by American spy agencies.
The Big Maple Leaf, a Canadian coin that is about 21 inches in diameter and more than an inch thick, at the Bode Museum in Berlin. It is worth as much as $4.5 million at current market prices.
BERLIN — You could never palm it, flip it or plunk it into a vending machine. But apparently it can be pinched: The world’s largest gold coin, a 221-pound Canadian monster called the Big Maple Leaf, was stolen overnight from the Bode Museum in Berlin, the police said on Monday.
A team of researchers found that certain geological features on the Red Planet indicate that the impact that created the Lomonosov crater may have also created massive waves in an ancient Martian sea.
MARCH 26, 2017 —A team of scientists believes that an asteroid impact at the site of Mars' Lomonosov crater may have been responsible for the massive tsunamis thought to have swept the region three billion years ago.
If you wondered what happened to Trey Songz, don’t worry, he’s still alive and just released an album on March 24. I’ve always thought of myself as a Trey Songz fan, yet the only song of his I could remember was “Bottoms Up” and that’s mostly because Nicki Minaj is featured.
The first charter flight that flew close to the Antarctic Circle from New Zealand returned on Friday with excited passengers having a close look at the Aurora Australis phenomenon in green hues, also known as Southern Lights.
Onstage accepting the Human Rights Campaign’s Ally for Equality Award, America Ferrera shared a personal story about searching for representation as a young Latina in America. “I didn’t grow up seeing a lot of examples of short, brown, chubby, poor daughters of immigrant parents [who] grow up to be successful actresses and loud activists,” Ferrera said. “I had to use my imagination most of the time.”
The future of online privacy is now in President Trump's hands.
