Yearly Archives: 2018

Merkel Facing Pushback From Coalition Partners Over Migrants

German leader Angela Merkel is facing pushback from her political allies on her open door policy for refugees. In 2015, Merkel famously said Germany was open to people fleeing wars and looking for better lives. Since then, a million asylum seekers have been admitted to Germany. Now, Bavaria’s conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), which has been in alliance with Merkel’s …

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There’s no excuse: All Android phones (even Samsung’s) should run stock Android

Back Android’s early days, the system’s open-source generosity offered a huge advantage to phone manufacturers. In the Android Eclair and Froyo eras, there was palatable whimsy in interface design. Owning an Android phone was fun, and manufacturers developed identity by interpreting the system in their own special ways. But the modern Android experience is a mess of unnecessary customizations, ugly …

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Arab aircraft hammer Houthis around airport of major Yemen port Hodeidah

ADEN (Reuters) – Saudi-led coalition aircraft bombarded Houthi fighters holed up at the airport of Yemen’s main port Hodeidah on Monday as a senior alliance official said he hoped U.N. diplomacy could coax the Iran-aligned movement to relinquish the city.

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