December2016
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Obama hails ‘migrant’ Nobel winners, Dylan a no-show
Dec 2, 2016News Hour: Bob Dylan was conspicuously absent from the Oval Office Wednesday, but President Barack Obama hosted four of America’s other 2016 Nobel Laureates, all of whom were migrants. Characteristically, Dylan left Obama — like the... -
Drake dominates Spotify for another year
Dec 2, 2016News Hour: Rap superstar Drake has dominated Spotify for the second straight year, ending 2016 as the most streamed artist and with both the most heard album and song. The world’s leading streaming service, releasing figures... -
Champions League tribute to Brazil plane-crash players
Dec 2, 2016News Hour: A minute’s silence for the Chapecoense football players killed in a plane disaster in Colombia will be held before every Champions League and Europa League game next week, UEFA said Thursday. “This tragedy has... -
Mourinho buoyed by ‘beautiful’ Man United
Dec 2, 2016News Hour: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho lauded his players’ “beautiful football” after they overwhelmed West Ham United 4-1 to set up a League Cup semi-final date with Hull City. United are toiling in the Premier... -
Norwegian Carlsen wins third World Chess Championship
Dec 1, 2016News Hour: Norwegian Magnus Carlsen extended his dominance over the chess world on Wednesday by winning the World Chess Championship for the third consecutive time on Wednesday, beating his Russian challenger Sergei Karyakin in a tiebreaker.... -
China introduced an additional 10% tax on super cars
Dec 1, 2016News Hour: China has introduced an additional 10% tax on “super cars”, including Ferrari, Bentley, Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce. The tax, affecting cars that cost more than 1.3m yuan ($189,000; £151,024), is aimed at curbing lavish... -
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi vowed to work for “peace and national reconciliation” Rohingya crisis
Dec 1, 2016News Hour: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed on Wednesday to work for “peace and national reconciliation” amid mounting international condemnation of a bloody army crackdown on her country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. The... -
Nokia and Hewlett Packard Enterprise expand collaboration on Internet of Things
Dec 1, 2016News Hour: Nokia and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced a strategic collaboration on Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for enterprise customers. The companies will jointly market and sell solutions for two IoT vertical enterprise segments, including industrial/manufacturing... -
Panicked pilot of the Colombia plane crash reports he was out of fuel
Dec 1, 2016News Hour: Fans mourned on Wednesday for a Brazilian football team decimated in a plane crash that killed 71 people in Colombia, as a recording emerged of the panicked pilot reporting he was out of fuel.... -
7 people died in the US southeast as wildfires blazed
Dec 1, 2016News Hour: Seven people have died in the US southeast as wildfires blazed across a mountainous tourist region, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying or damaging hundreds of structures, US media reported on Wednesday. High winds...
