By Rasak Musbau While in the previous decades, development policies and strategies tended to focus on physical capital (infrastructure), recent years have seen a better balance by including human capital issues.

After its launch in late 2011, Snapchat was merely a fleeting messaging service for the young generation. But it has now evolved to an attractive enterprise tool for global celebrities and some of the top brands worldwide. Moreover, Snap Inc,

Facebook is stepping up their efforts to integrate augmented reality into its arsenal of engagement tools – a move that will place the social media platform in more direct competition with Snapchat, which is known for their array of interactive filters and AR functionality. 

Mr. Simmons, a powerful gatekeeper in the entertainment and media worlds, damaged careers and self-confidence with his pattern of sexual assault and harassment, the women say. In 1995, Drew Dixon was working her dream job as an executive at Def Jam Recordings, helping to oversee a chart-topping album and a ubiquitous single by Method Man and Mary J. Blige. But as her star rose, Ms. Dixon, then 24, was spiraling into depression, she said, because of prolonged and aggressive sexual harassment by her direct supervisor, Russell Simmons, the rap mogul and co-founder of the label.

Santa Monica’s most beloved and bemoaned public event survived another battle this week, as the City Council unanimously voted against police and staff recommendations to put the Twilight Concert Series on hiatus over safety concerns. Over the past three decades, the concerts have grown from a local event to promote The Pier to an iconic summer party that attracts thousands of regional tourists, traffic and trash.

A restaurant worker was arrested after he admitted to authorities he stalked two teenage female customers using Snapchat, asked them for sex and sent nude pictures, according to a police report. 

Amazon  announced  today it has expanded its same-day delivery and one-day shipping service to thousands more markets across the U.S., just in time for last-minute holiday shopping. Before, these services were available to Prime members in 5,000 cities and towns, the retailer tells us. Now, they’re available in over 8,000.

In the latest example of Japan’s “maximum pressure” approach toward Pyongyang, Tokyo imposed fresh sanctions on the regime by freezing the assets of 19 North Korean institutions, officials said Friday.

Smokers are less likely than non-smokers to have lung cancers caused by targetable genetic changes. But a study published this week in the journal Clinical Cancer Research shows that when they do, smokers benefit just as much as non-smokers from targeted treatments.

It’s hard to imagine what threat an 11-year-old girl could possibly pose to a dozen armed police officers. One would have to ask the officers in Grand Rapids, Michigan,  who last week handcuffed an elementary schooler  at gunpoint, placed her under arrest and took her from her mother and home for seemingly no reason.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ brand of economic nationalism is pushing Mexico to seek sanctuary in more open commercial ties elsewhere to soften the blow of a possible breakdown of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

By Susan Milligan, Senior Writer. Ronald Reagan offered a sunny vision for the nation, with a "Morning in America" message that built a GOP brand of optimism and fiscal conservatism. Bill Clinton's