US spy challenge offers $250k to those who can accurately forecast future events

American spy chiefs are offering $250,000 in prize money for a competition that will test how successfully someone can predict future unknowns such as political election results or missile tests.  The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity [IARPA], which sits within the office of America’s top intelligence official, is behind the challenge, which is designed to…

By HotelSalesCareers May 19, 2019 Off

Australian prime minister Scott Morrison holds on to power in ‘miracle’ victory for conservatives

It was supposed to have been the election the opposition Labor Party couldn’t lose. But on Saturday voters in Australia stunned the political establishment by delivering a shock victory for the ruling centre-Right Liberals. “I have always believed in miracles!” Scott Morrison, the prime minister, told loyalists in Sydney. “I’m standing with the three biggest…

By HotelSalesCareers May 19, 2019 Off

Vote rigging uncovered in Russian TV singing contest

Russia’s state-owned Channel One TV has cancelled the results of a popular TV singing competition, The Voice Kids after an investigation uncovered evidence that phone votes were rigged. Channel One confirmed that ”there was outside influence on the voting that affected the result”, after the probe found evidence of rigged voting – thousands of SMS messages. Earlier Channel…

By HotelSalesCareers May 18, 2019 Off

How Brexit killed the concept of an EU exit

When Britain voted to leave the EU in 2016, Brussels feared that it could trigger a wave of copy-cat EU exits, fracturing the unity of a bloc already under strain from the 2015 migration crisis and fights over the future of the Euro. Initially, it seemed like Brexit was the loose thread that could unravel…

By HotelSalesCareers May 18, 2019 Off

Missouri moves to ban abortion at eight weeks

Missouri is set to become the latest US state to introduce strict laws on abortion after the state’s senate approved a bill that would ban abortion beyond eight weeks, including in cases of rape and incest. Only medical emergencies would be exempt. It came hours after Alabama on Wednesday introduced a law banning almost all abortions.…

By HotelSalesCareers May 17, 2019 Off