Människorättsgruppen Human Rights Watch (HRW) säger sig med hjälp av satellitbilder ha upptäckt platser där rebellgruppen Islamiska staten i Irak och Syrien (Isis) utfört ”massavrättningar” när de två veckor sedan tog över irakiska staden Tikrit. Under tre dagar ska jihadistrebellerna ha dödat mellan 160-190 personer på de två platser HRW pekat ut.

Påve Franciskus har i sista stund ställt in ett planerat patientbesök på ett av Roms sjukhus på grund av ”plötslig opasslighet”, meddelar Vatikanen. Men påven, som de senaste veckorna ställt in flera åtaganden till följd av ”mindre hälsoproblem”, kommer ändå som planerat att ta emot Madagaskars president under helgen.

Italiensk polis har beslagtagit nästan 43 ton cannabis utanför Siciliens kust i en av Europas största knarktillslag någonsin, meddelar franska myndigheter. Lasten upptäcktes i måndags på ett togolesiskt flaggat fartyg vid en kontroll. Fartyget ska sedan ha förts tillbaka till den sicilianska hamnstaden Trapani.

Sju månader efter att Ukraina nobbade ett samarbetsavtal med EU har landets nye president Petro Porosjenko undertecknat motsvarande avtal. Reaktionen från Kreml är besk och EU höjer ett varnande finger mot Ryssland.

tyggna writes: "The flame wars of different shells and text editors have long been established, but my question is this: are text editors and various languages linked? Do the majority of Ruby programmers use Emacs? Are most Perl programmers using vim? Please post your editor and language of choice in the comments."

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dcblogs writes: In a speech Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) declared immigration reform dead. He chastised and baited Republicans in Congress for blocking reform, and declared that winning the White House without the support of a growing Hispanic population will become mathematically impossible. "The Republican Presidential nominee, whoever he or she may be, will enter the race with an electoral college deficit they cannot make up," said Gutierrez. If he's right, and comprehensive immigration reform is indeed dead, then so too is the tech industry's effort to raise the cap on H-1B visas. Immigration reform advocates have successfully blocked any effort to take up the immigration issue in piecemeal fashion, lest business support for comprehensive reform peel away. Next year may create an entirely new set of problems for tech. If the Republicans take control of the Senate, the tech industry will face this obstacle: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee could become its next chairman. He has been a consistent critic of the H-1B program through the years. "The H-1B program is so popular that it's now replacing the U.S. labor force," said Grassley, at one point.

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dcblogs writes: In a speech Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) declared immigration reform dead. He chastised and baited Republicans in Congress for blocking reform, and declared that winning the White House without the support of a growing Hispanic population will become mathematically impossible. "The Republican Presidential nominee, whoever he or she may be, will enter the race with an electoral college deficit they cannot make up," said Gutierrez. If he's right, and comprehensive immigration reform is indeed dead, then so too is the tech industry's effort to raise the cap on H-1B visas. Immigration reform advocates have successfully blocked any effort to take up the immigration issue in piecemeal fashion, lest business support for comprehensive reform peel away. Next year may create an entirely new set of problems for tech. If the Republicans take control of the Senate, the tech industry will face this obstacle: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee could become its next chairman. He has been a consistent critic of the H-1B program through the years. "The H-1B program is so popular that it's now replacing the U.S. labor force," said Grassley, at one point.

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Hundreds of police officers surround a former school occupied by African refugees who demand right to stay in Germany.

Human Rights Watch wants Saudis to clarify whether mobile phones in the kingdom's east being monitored with malware.

With beautiful graphics and clever design, Leo’s Fortune has perfected the touchscreen platform game.

 

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After announcing a new Photos app for Mac, due early next year, Apple has confirmed to The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple that it is ceasing development of iPhoto and Aperture. In a statement to The Loop, Apple said, “With the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library, enabling you to safely store all of your photos in iCloud and access them from anywhere, there will be no new development of Aperture. When Photos for OS X ships next year, users will be able to migrate their existing Aperture libraries to Photos for OS.” Development on Apple’s other professional apps, like Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro, will continue.

 

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After announcing a new Photos app for Mac, due early next year, Apple has confirmed to The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple that it is ceasing development of iPhoto and Aperture. In a statement to The Loop, Apple said, “With the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library, enabling you to safely store all of your photos in iCloud and access them from anywhere, there will be no new development of Aperture. When Photos for OS X ships next year, users will be able to migrate their existing Aperture libraries to Photos for OS.” Development on Apple’s other professional apps, like Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro, will continue.

 

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