December2016
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Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirzya to screen at Picturehouse Central
Dec 21, 2016News Hour: Following its European Premiere at the LOVE Gala screening at BFI London Film Festival and its international festival run, BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s cinematic ode to love, Mirzya, will be screening at Picturehouse... -
Christmas crush forces Rodgers into changes
Dec 21, 2016News Hour: Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers blamed the hectic festive fixture list for forcing him to ring the changes after his side laboured to victory on Tuesday night. The Hoops, making eight changes to the side... -
Mark Zuckerberg’s new product Jarvis! It’s awesome
Dec 21, 2016News Hour: When new engineers join Facebook—no matter whether they’re just out of college or VP-level veterans—they spend their first six weeks in Bootcamp, an intensive program designed to help them learn the ins and outs... -
SPDB Develop Financing Capacity on Building Energy Efficiency
Dec 20, 2016News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) held a training and capacity building workshop today in Shanghai for Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) officials in facilitating their capacity to efficiently address the increasing demand for energy... -
EU accuses Facebook of misleading it in WhatsApp takeover probe
Dec 20, 2016News Hour: The European Commission has charged Facebook Inc (FB.O) with providing misleading information during its takeover of the online messaging service WhatsApp, opening the company to a possible fine of 1 percent of its turnover.... -
German police say arrested man may not be Christmas market attacker
Dec 20, 2016News Hour: A Pakistani asylum-seeker arrested on suspicion of killing 12 people by mowing through a Berlin Christmas market in a truck may not be the attacker and the real perpetrator could still be on the... -
Newcastle’s Shelvey handed five-match ban for racial abuse
Dec 20, 2016News Hour: Midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has been banned for five matches and fined 100,000 pounds for racially abusing an opponent, the English FA said on Tuesday. Shelvey, 24, was charged with using abusive or insulting words... -
U.S. charges Platinum Partners execs with $1 billion fraud
Dec 20, 2016News Hour: Top executives of New York-based hedge fund manager Platinum Partners were arrested on Monday and charged with running a $1 billion fraud that federal prosecutors said became “like a Ponzi scheme” as its largest... -
Nepali girl suffocates to death after being banished for menstruating
Dec 20, 2016News Hour: A 15-year-old girl in western Nepal suffocated to death after being forced to stay in a poorly ventilated shed because she was menstruating in an age-old Hindu practice banned over a decade ago, police... -
Jadeja spins India to crushing win over England
Dec 20, 2016News Hour: Ravindra Jadeja ripped the heart out of England’s batting order to bowl India to a thumping innings and 75-run victory in the fifth and final test on Tuesday. The left-arm spinner claimed seven of...
