2019年5月31日 星期五

David Cameron takes job at Washington-based AI company Afiniti



His former coalition partner - ex-Deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg - was hired by Facebook as its head of global affairs and communications last year.

Afiniti International Holdings Ltd., also called Afiniti, is a multinational data and software company based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2005, Afiniti is focused on developing artificial intelligence for use in customer call centers. With a 2017 valuation of $1.6 billion, the company is considered a unicorn. Wikipedia
Founded2005
HeadquartersWashington, D.C
Number of employees1,000 (2018

2019年5月29日 星期三

Revisiting a deadly fire in London

Revisiting a deadly fire in London

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Two years after a blaze at Grenfell Tower killed 72 people, The Times has assessed the British government’s response and found that tens of thousands of people are still at risk.
About 16,000 private apartments are still wrapped in the kind of exterior cladding that fed the Grenfell fire, and many of the business-friendly policies that allowed the tower to be built cheaply remain in place.

2019年5月27日 星期一

The Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats win big in Britain’s European election(英國保守黨,勞工黨.....)德法嚇破膽,各自逃,各顯神通



The two main parties in the British Parliament, Labour and the Conservatives, took a bashing. Some Tories think they should now embrace a no-deal Brexit to fend off Nigel Farage
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The Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats win big in Britain’s European election
Britain is still split down the middle over Brexit




Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Tuesday 28 May https://on.ft.com/2HYaThU

2019年5月24日 星期五

Prime Minister Theresa May. Corbyn backs referendum on Brexit deal after voter exodus.front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 28 May


Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 28 May https://on.ft.com/2EBrU0u
To break parliamentary deadlock. deal has to be put to public vote, Labour leader says

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Corbyn backs referendum on Brexit deal after voter exodus


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Prime Minister Theresa May was popular once. That may be hard to remember, but it’s true.



"I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold," said British Prime Minister Theresa May in a tearful statement announcing her resignation https://trib.al/ugko63C



Prime Minister Theresa May was popular once. That may be hard to remember, but it’s true.

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How Brexit Ate U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May


Daily Mail
‘Theresa May, to her eternal disgrace, has turned Britain, one of the world’s greatest economies and military powers, into an international laughing stock'



It all ended in tears

2019年5月22日 星期三

6000個職工可能失業:Two big employers go bust in Britain



Nationalising British Steel is no more sensible an idea than taking over Jamie Oliver’s Italian restaurants. But a large portion of help is needed for its workers
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Jamie Oliver restaurant chain collapse costs 1,000 jobs


BBC