2018年1月26日星期五

Yahoo! News: World News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World News


When Uber drivers don't own cars: Developing world tests 'sharing economy'

Posted: 26 Jan 2018 01:21 PM PST

When Uber drivers don't own cars: Developing world tests 'sharing economy'Marvin used to have a job. Recommended: Think you're a car buff? Stop there, and Marvin is practically the application's poster-child, creating a job for himself in an economy that seemed determined to lock him out.


Humility as an asset in France

Posted: 26 Jan 2018 12:17 PM PST

Humility as an asset in FranceNot many world leaders would pitch the virtue of humility as a strategic asset for their country's competitiveness. "In France, it was forbidden to fail and forbidden to succeed," he said at the World Economic Forum. Mr. Macron seeks to create "breakthrough innovation" in France that will help the country to produce more world-class technologies.


California's big question: What happens after Jerry Brown?

Posted: 26 Jan 2018 11:10 AM PST

California's big question: What happens after Jerry Brown?California Gov. Jerry Brown wasted no time in his final State of the State address Thursday morning. Clocking in at just under half an hour, the speech dove right into a defense of the governor's pet projects: grappling with the effects of climate change; the controversial water tunnel he wants to construct under and around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Water Delta; and the overpriced high-speed rail that he's dreamed of building since the 1970s.


How a hockey club is taking on the suicide rate among military veterans

Posted: 26 Jan 2018 08:07 AM PST

How a hockey club is taking on the suicide rate among military veteransOn a Saturday evening in the Boston suburb of Bedford, Mass., a small crowd is gathered to watch the New England Eagles Veterans Hockey Club take on the MA Hockey League Saints. Both teams are mixed-level, made up of adult players who come together to compete and have fun on the ice. It's a number that many – including Bobby Colliton, an Army and Air Force veteran from Spokane, Wash. – find unacceptable.


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