Talks on a proposed treaty governing international telecommunications collapsed in acrimony on Thursday when the United States rejected the agreement on the eve of its scheduled signing, citing an inability to resolve an impasse over the Internet. “It is with a heavy heart that I have to announce that the United States must communicate […]
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Gretchen Molannen suffered in private for 16 years before her life story appeared on the Tampa Bay Times website on Friday, Nov. 30. In the piece, she described the persistent genital arousal disorder that forced her to “masturbate for hours for just a few minutes of relief.” She also told reporter Leonora LaPeter Anton […]
The rider was growing more and more frustrated. Again and again, her questions were met with virtual silence. It was like waiting for a bus that never came, which was in fact what she had been doing. “I have asked nicely several times about what’s going on with the 317 bus,” the rider, who […]
The rider was growing more and more frustrated. Again and again, her questions were met with virtual silence. It was like waiting for a bus that never came, which was in fact what she had been doing. “I have asked nicely several times about what’s going on with the 317 bus,” the rider, who […]
Twitter, perhaps more than any other social media outlet, has become one of the most powerful tools to promote democracy in the Middle East. The service, which helped Arab Spring protesters in their drive for a new order in the region, is now under attack over aiding and abetting terrorist organizations. Along with six […]
IT IS easy to see why British journalists rank so low in public esteem. An inquiry into media ethics (or lack of them) by Lord Justice Leveson has heard in excruciating detail how tabloid reporters and their sidekicks bullied, stole and cheated with impunity, while their bosses hobnobbed with police officers and politicians. The […]
EVEN as anxiety about jihadi terrorist threats has eased, thanks to the efforts of intelligence agencies and drone attacks’ disruption of the militants’ sanctuaries, fears over Western societies’ vulnerability to cyber-assaults have grown. Political and military leaders miss no chance to declare that cyberwar is already upon us. America’s defence secretary, Leon Panetta, talks of […]
IN A recent issue of the beloved comic book, Superman’s alter ego, Clark Kent, quits his job as a journalist at the Daily Planet because the paper has gutted its news coverage. Is the outlook for newspapers really so dire that even superheroes have given up on them? Ever since 2006, when The Economist […]
A brief news article published on Sunday by a score of state-run news media outlets offered an account of an unexpected judicial verdict: a Beijing municipal court had sentenced 10 people to jail for illegally detaining and assaulting a group of citizens who had come to the capital to lodge complaints about official malfeasance […]
How do you say satire in Mandarin? Not known for its sense of humor, the Chinese Communist Party’s official mouthpiece apparently fell for a parody by The Onion, the satirical newspaper and Web site, when it reported Tuesday in some online editions of People’s Daily that Kim Jong-un, the young, chubby North Korean ruler, had […]
A brief news article published on Sunday by a score of state-run news media outlets offered an account of an unexpected judicial verdict: a Beijing municipal court had sentenced 10 people to jail for illegally detaining and assaulting a group of citizens who had come to the capital to lodge complaints about official malfeasance […]
When you come across a story about your town, city, or state, what makes you want to share it? That’s a question we’ve been asking here at NPR Digital Services. There are hints about what causes sharing — we know emotion and positivity play roles. We know the headline can make or break a […]
To enter Syria, CBS News foreign correspondent Clarissa Ward has squeezed through holes in fences, waded across canals and slogged through muddy fields in the middle of the night, paying smugglers to help her sneak past government checkpoints. Once inside, she works under the radar, dependent on ragtag bands of rebel fighters for food, […]
The Leveson inquiry into British press culture and the media’s relationship with those in authority reports on Thursday. I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes on the 29th day of November. The rains were beating down; much of the nation was under water. But the flat in Baker Street was warm with the […]
The UN should not be allowed to take over control of the internet, Euro MPs have warned. International governments are set to agree a new information and communications treaty next month. Reports in the Russian press have suggested the Kremlin and others wanted control of key internet systems passed to a UN agency. Internet […]
The UN should not be allowed to take over control of the internet, Euro MPs have warned. International governments are set to agree a new information and communications treaty next month. Reports in the Russian press have suggested the Kremlin and others wanted control of key internet systems passed to a UN agency. Internet […]
Tottenville, a blue-collar neighborhood at the southernmost point of Staten Island, suffered some of the worst flooding as a result of Hurricane Sandy. So on Nov. 4, scores of volunteers met at the intersection of Hylan and Yetman in the beleaguered area. They split into smaller groups and walked door to door through the […]
Executives from three of the UK’s leading newspaper groups were rushing over the weekend to close a deal that marks the start of a long-awaited consolidation of the regional press. Daily Mail and General Trust, Trinity Mirror and Yattendon have reached the final stage of negotiations over Local World, a new venture that would […]
For young Wall Street employees who live their lives through social media, working at a big bank can feel as if the plug has been pulled. Most financial firms ban Facebook, Twitter and Gmail, and block most music and video streaming sites. Working on Wall Street is “a full life commitment, and without access […]
Katy Newton likens it to walking through a coffee shop: You can look around the room and see people reading articles in a newspaper or a magazine — and, within a certain range of politeness, strike up a conversation around the news. She’s talking about Kon*Fab, a new project funded by the Knight Foundation, […]