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How Uber's big settlement may make things worse for its drivers

Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) 

If there's one thing the ride-hailing company Uber has become great at, it's identifying legal threats to its business model. That's the reality behind its $84-million settlement Thursday of two federal class-action cases brought by drivers. The cases could have forced Uber to classify its drivers...

If you only buy one pair of shoes for the rest of the year, make it this one

BusinessInsider.com 

Facebook/Clarks

As usual, the British were on to something great first. Take the desert boot, for example, which has exploded in popularity in recent years and earned a spot in every guy's closet.

I know what you're thinking: boots for spring and summer? 

Well, sure, normal boots aren't really suitable for spring or summer — but desert boots aren't normal boots.

They're made from a thinner leather than normal boots, and they don't go up your ankle as high (chukka-style). Читать дальше...



7 Things The Earth Would Totally Tweet If It Could

The Huffington Post 



It’s Earth Day on Friday, the one day a year when we pretend to care about the planet we’re kinda sorta ruining. Earth obviously isn’t happy with us. Can you imagine if our own world took to social media to vent about planet stuff?



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Cost of Volkswagen emission scandal rises to $18 billion

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Ed Adamczyk
WOLFSBURG , Germany, April 22 (UPI) -- The cost of resolving Volkswagen Group's emissions scandal -- $18 billion -- prompted a record loss of more than $6.2 billion in 2015.

450 kinderen bij Koningsspelen in Goor

Tubantia 

GOOR - Wijkvoorziening ’t Doesgoor, aan de Pluvierstraat, beleefde vrijdagochtend een ‘invasie’ van zo’n 450 kinderen van de drie basisscholen in de Goorse wijk De Whee, voor de Koningsspelen.

Jharkhand seeks NIA help to probe Hazaribag communal violence

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Jharkhand police have sought the help of National Investigation Agency (NIA) to trace the origin and movement of possibly lethal explosives found in Hazaribag during recent communal riots in which two persons were killed, dozens injured and many shops set on fire.

Pakistan PM bows to pressure on probe of offshore accounts

TheRepublic.com 

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday bowed to opposition demands that he ask the chief justice to set up an independent commission to investigate offshore accounts linked to his family.

Beijing, Moscow Have Great Potential for Space Cooperation

RIA Novosti  

Russia and China have several areas of fruitful cooperation, in particular, the construction of engines and various electronic components for space exploration, according to the head of the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA).





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