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Educational technology companies are latecomers to exploiting the potential of the Internet, but venture capitalists seem to believe their time has come.
In the aftermath of democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, Mr. Lai faces perhaps his greatest test, which could have bigger repercussions for the city.
Republican governors taking their oaths this month have expressed more muted, less-ideological priorities, but are likely to be challenged by conservative lawmakers.
Falling profits on crude oil are likely to leave some companies unable to repay loans, and the banks that have exuberantly extended credit to them may feel the pinch.
After the terrorist attack in France, President François Hollande and the far-right leader Marine Le Pen have seen a boost in popularity, but no one expects the praise to last very long.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 7, 2015, covering January 12, 2015.
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
Pentatonix
One Direction
Sam Smith
2015Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (born 1927)[†]
Harold Trevor Colbourn was an Australian professor and academic administrator, who served as the second president of the University of Central Florida, previously named Florida Technological University.
2015Robert Gover, American journalist and author (born 1929)[†]
Robert Gover was an American journalist who became a best-selling novelist at age 30. His first novel, One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding, a satire on American racism, remains a cult classic that helped break down America's fear of four-letter words and sexually explicit scenes, as well as sensitizing Americans to sanctimonious hypocrisy. Gover worked with writers for three decades. On the Run with Dick and Jane was his ninth novel. His previous book, Time and Money, explores economic and planetary cyclical correlations. In 2015, the Eric Hoffer Prose Award was renamed the Gover Story Prize in his honor.
2015Carl Long, American baseball player (born 1935)[†]
Carl Russell Long was an American professional baseball outfielder who played in Negro league baseball and minor league baseball. Along with Frank Washington, Long broke the color barrier in the Carolina League city of Kinston, North Carolina.
2015Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (born 1939)[†]
Elena Vasilyevna Obraztsova was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano. She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990.
2015Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (born 1985)[†]
Inge Vermeulen was a Brazil-born Dutch field hockey player.
2015Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.[†]
Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad, is a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. In 2016, the group split, resulting in the emergence of a hostile faction known as the Islamic State's West Africa Province.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]