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It hasn't been smooth sailing for telecoms in recent years. Native voice and messaging services, which once accounted for the vast majority of telecoms' subscriber revenue, are struggling to compete with over-the-top (OTT) apps, like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Viber — and they're losing.

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Taking the stand Tuesday, Jasson Melo, the New Yorker who forced his girlfriend to walk down the streets of Harlem naked, claimed that she'd agreed to the punishment in order to be forgiven for texting other men.

Kuwait Times

KUWAIT: Lawmakers and the government yesterday called for national reconciliation in the face of delicate regional developments as the public prosecution urged tougher penalties for those who stormed the national assembly. Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said that international and regional developments and domestic challenges requires all to overcome […]

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SportsPule: USA TODAY Sports' Lindsay Schnell and Scott Gleeson discuss some of the highlights from the first month of the college basketball season.

A heartless gunman shot an 80-year-old Brooklyn bodega owner in the chest Tuesday night — killing him over a mere 50 cents, police sources told The Post. The gunman, who was still at large Wednesday, had taken a bottle of Corona from the fridge and thrown down $1.50 in payment. “Hey, that’s $2!” shouted one...

Democrats won a historic victory in the Alabama Senate special election, but the unique circumstances of that race won’t be easily replicated in future contests.

After Deshaun Watson lit up the Tide in this championship series’ first two games, the new guy gets his shot.

Effective January 1, Okanagan residents will see their natural gas bills drop by six per cent or $45.

The protests during the national anthem have turned a fan into a plaintiff and a team into defendants. A supporter of the New Orleans Saints is taking the team to court, seeking a refund of his tickets and attorneys’ fees because, he says, he and his family could not enjoy the games after the Saints...

The reconciliatory meeting between Federal Government and oil workers over the planned nationwide strike action, is to hold tomorrow, Thursday, 14th December, 2017. Francis Olabode Johnson, President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) who confirmed this in response to BusinessDay’s inquiry explained that the “meeting has been rescheduled till tomorrow (Thursday) […]

The Israeli Defense Forces thwarted two allegedly Palestinian rocket attacks launched from Gaza Strip, according to an IDF spokesperson.

NEW YORK (AP) — Three former South American soccer officials charged in the FIFA corruption scandal made a fortune off bribes in exchange for rigging the process for awarding lucrative commercial contracts to the sport's biggest tournaments, a prosecutor said in closing arguments at their U.S. trial. The high-ranking officials "took money for themselves instead of putting the interests of the soccer organizations first," Assistant U.S. Attorney Kristin Mace said Wednesday in federal court in New York. Читать дальше...

Google has released its annual Top Trending Searches for 2017 and the lists are packed with pop culture references as well as high profile events that flooded headlines over the past 12 months.

As the US leadership declares that they were the ones who defeated Daesh (ISIL/ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, it appears that this is far from the first time that Washington claimed victory without quite attaining it.

ATLANTA (AP) — "Avengers" star Mark Ruffalo said he is disgusted with President Donald Trump's plan to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments by nearly two-thirds. Ruffalo told The Associated Press in a recent interview that Trump's decision was a "slap in the face" to Native Americans. Last week, the president signed two proclamations to reduce the Bears Ears National Monument by nearly 85 percent and cut Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by almost half. Trump's declarations would... Читать дальше...

Bitcoin futures were under selling pressure on Wednesday as the digital currency, which has captured the attention of Wall Street and Main street alike, was down sharply and facing its worst day in its short period on futures markets. The January contract trading on the Cboe Global Market Inc. since Sunday was down more than 10% in recent trade at $16,190, which triggers a 2-minute pause in trade according to the exchange's trading rules. The move for the digital asset comes as Interactive Brokers Group Inc.... Читать дальше...

City of Mountain View

• Google received approval early Wednesday to build nearly 10,000 new units of housing near its future campus in Mountain View, California.
• The decision marks a major victory for housing advocates.
• The company had earlier threatened to block building of the housing unless it was able to add more office space to its campus project.

Someday soon some Silicon Valley residents will call Google their landlord.

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Google has released its annual "Year in Search" feature and the ongoing sexual assault and harassment reckoning is front and center.

Real Madrid defeated Al Jazira 2-1 in the Club World Cup semi-finals, but it was far from plain sailing for the European champions.

Gomes made his first-team debut at just 16 at the end of last season, and has also captained England at youth level

The European Union is unable to tackle cybersecurity attacks, which threaten individual member countries, such as the one alleged by German domestic intelligence services to be perpetrated by Chinese intelligence, without a larger budget and wider cooperation, experts told Sputnik.

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• The initial coin offering market has surged over $4 billion, according to new data from Autonomous NEXT.
• Regulators are increasing their oversight over the red-hot space as the market continues to attract traditional Wall Street firms. 

The red-hot market for cryptocurrency fundraising continues to reach new heights even as US regulators intensify their oversight of the nascent digital-coin market. 

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