As terrorists turn vehicles into weapons, cities across Europe are taking steps to protect pedestrians

Here’s how countries across Europe are taking steps to increase safety.
Even before the attacks last week in Spain, European cities were installing barriers to protect pedestrians after a series of attacks using cars, vans, and trucks.

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Apple Just Delivered A Knockout Blow To Android with iOS8

Apple's AAPL +1.42% World Wide Developer conference is supposed to be a place for, you guessed it, developers to hear about the latest developments in Apple’s software and hardware. In previous years, it’s been about releasing new devices, and that has turned it into a bit of a media circus. Not this year though, because Apple didn’t announce any new hardware at all. There was no iWatch, no new iPhone and no improvements to the iPad. Apple just spoke about two new things. The new version of MacOS and iOS8, the latest iteration of its mobile operating system. On the surface, this sounds a bit disappointing, but in reality Apple has done more to change mobile and desktop computing than anyone else has for some time. The first significant announcement was that Apple would be allowing iOS phone users to control their devices from their Mac. This has, to some extent, already been done on Android. And techies like me have been using Bluetooth for this sort of thin...

President Jonathan nominates four new ministers

President Jonathan yesterday, nominated four new ministers into his cabinet and has sent their names to the National Assembly for confirmation. Among the four people nominated for appointment are former Kano state Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau who only recently left the APC and joined the PDP. Also nominated is the South-South Deputy Chairman of the PDP, Mr Stephen Orlu from Delta state. Others nominated are Abdul Bulama from Yobe state and Adedayo Adeyeye from Ekiti state. They would be screened by the Senate at a later date

Explosion rocks Gombe Gov’s house

Two soldiers were, yesterday, killed in an explosion that rocked the private residence of Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo at Government Reservation Area (GRA), in Gombe metropolis. The explosion which was heard several kilometres away from the scene also wounded six other soldiers. The soldiers were said to be on guard, manning an armoured tank permanently stationed by the gate of the governor’s house for security. Boko Haram, which has waged an increasingly deadly insurgency in northern Nigeria since 2009, killing thousands, has carried out deadly attacks in Gombe in the past.

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