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The rise and fall of Travis Kalanick, Uber's embattled billionaire founder who just resigned as CEO

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Eight years ago, Travis Kalanick launched a startup called UberCab in San Francisco.

Today, Uber is a global behemoth and one of Silicon Valley's most successful companies — and one of the most contentious.

Uber operates in around 600 cities worldwide, and it's said to be worth nearly $70 billion.

The 40-year-old Kalanick is now said to have a net worth of more than $6 billion.

But Uber — and Kalanick — have been caught up in one scandal after another in recent months... Читать дальше...

BuzzFeed 

20 idées de tatouages à porter fièrement

C’est ce qui s’appelle avoir ses convictions chevillées au corps.

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Assurez-vous que votre tatouage montre au monde ce que vous ressentez à l'intérieur de vous:

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Faites-en un tatouage absolument unique:

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Arborez fièrement qui vous êtes:

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Top Stories (uk) - Google News (ru) 

Brussels bomb suspect was Moroccan and 'known to police' - BBC News


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Brussels bomb suspect was Moroccan and 'known to police'
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A man suspected of setting off a bomb at Brussels Central Station on Tuesday has been identified as a 36-year-old Moroccan from a city district that has spawned a number of jihadist attackers. The unnamed suspect came from Molenbeek, and a number of ...
Belgium avoided serious attack in station blast: interior ministerReuters
Burning Brussels terror suspect ran at soldiersSky News
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Mashable 

Watching this BBC news presenter sit in silence for 4 minutes is strangely mesmerising

Oh, the BBC — what a strange and wonderful place it is.

SEE ALSO: This live BBC radio fail is so spectacularly British

Last night, during BBC News at 10, a technical glitch left seasoned presenter Huw Edwards sitting in silence for four long minutes in the studio. 

It was a strange and mesmerising experience, a sort of drop of tranquillity in a stormy ocean that is TV news.

Newsreader Edwards expressed all his British aplomb by sitting still Zen-like, scanning his... Читать дальше...

Russia Beyond the Headlines 

Are Russians immune to freezing and frigid temperatures?

For Valery Malkov, a truck driver from Bratsk (3840 km east of Moscow) it began as an ordinary January day in 2013. He was traveling by train from Bratsk to the small town of Aldan (4914 km east of Moscow) in search of a part-time job, which was something he did several times a year. This particular night he decided to leave his compartment to go smoke a cigarette before going to sleep.

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HLN.be 

Chinees hondenvleesfestival toch begonnen

Een omstreden festival voor de handel in hondenvlees is vandaag begonnen in de Chinese stad Yulin, ondanks eerdere geruchten dat het zou worden