The CIA made public the new revised procedures concerning the collecting, analyzing and the storage of the information about the American citizens, adapting them to the new information era, informs Reuters. The context of their publication is marked by a discomfort of the public opinion about the monitoring powers of the government, especially after the disclosures made by … [Read more...]
‘The Founder’, a movie about McDonald’s restaurants, becomes a global success
The actor Michael Keaton presented in Los Angeles his new film 'The Founder', in which he plays the role of Ray Kroc, a bankrupt entrepreneur who made from a modest McDonald's local, one of the largest chains of fast food in the world, according to the EFE. Directed by John Lee Hancock ('Saving Mr. Banks'), the film shows how Kroc, 52 years old, meets in the '50s, the Mac and … [Read more...]
The televisions were the stars of the CES tech show in Las Vegas
Screens as smooth as a poster in the case of LG or vibrating to transmit the sound instead of the speakers from Sony, the great giants of the electronics industry have attracted the people with their TVs at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, the largest market of electronic equipment in the world, informs the AFP. The South Korean group LG Electronics has presented a flat-screen TV called … [Read more...]
Charlie Sheen said he wanted to eat a bullet when he found out he has HIV Positive
The actor Charlie Sheen detailed, at the Good Morning America show, some aspects of his fight with the HIV virus, writes UPI. 'The day I was diagnosed, I immediately wanted to eat a bullet. But my mom was there, I wouldn't do that in front of her, or let her find me to clean up that mess', said the actor in the Michael Strahan's show about the moment when he found out that he … [Read more...]
American Marines arrive in Norway and upset Moscow
About 300 American Marines landed in Norway for a deployment of six months, the first time after the Second World War, when the foreign troops are allowed to stand in this Scandinavian country, for the irritation of Russia, reports Reuters and the AFP. Arrived on the board of a rent Boeing 747, the Marines landed with guns and luggage on the airport in Vaernes in the vicinity … [Read more...]
NASA chooses Lucy and Psyche for asteroid missions
NASA has announced the choice of two new projects of space missions to asteroids in the Discovery program, in order to learn more about the start-up period of our solar system which has an age estimated at 4,6 billions of years, according to the AFP. For the first mission, NASA has announced that they will launch a spacecraft in 2021 which will study the so-called 'Trojans … [Read more...]
The attacker from the New Year’s night in Istanbul was coordinated by the Islamic State
The attacker who killed 39 people in a club in Istanbul in the New Year night said to the police that he had to change the target at the last moment in order to avoid strong security devices and that he has acted on the orders of the Islamic State in Syria, according to Hurriyet, quoted by Reuters. The armed attacker, called Abdulgadir Masaripov, had as the original goal to … [Read more...]
Donald Trump wants to keep the sanctions against Russia
In an interview for the Wall Street Journal, the elected president of the USA, Donald Trump, said that he will keep, 'at least for a period of time', the sanctions against Russia established in December by the President Barack Obama and that he would not yet engage in the 'One China' policy, informs Reuters. In this interview Trump says: 'If you get along and if Russia is … [Read more...]
The South Korean film ‘The Handmaiden’ – 6 nominations at the Asian Film Awards
The South Korean film 'The Handmaiden' has six nominations in the top of the productions entered in the race for the Asian Film Awards, followed by 'Train to Busan' (China) and 'I am not Madame Bovary' (China) each with five nominations, informs the Hollywood Reporter. The Asian Film Awards will be back in Hong Kong after three years when it took place in Macao, to mark the 20 … [Read more...]
‘Hidden Figures’, ‘La La Land’ and ‘Sing’, in the top Box Office Sales
The film 'Hidden Figures', about three African-American women employed by NASA, who substantially contributed to the success of the American space program in the '50s -'60s, was in the first place of the North American box-office this weekend, according to the preliminary numbers published on Sunday by the Exhibitor Relations and quoted by the AFP. The film, with Kristen Dunst, … [Read more...]