Mother of Uber founder dies in boat accident

-

Bonnie Kalanick, the mother of Uber's chief executive, Travis Kalanick, died in a boat accident. Kalanick's father, Donald, was seriously injured.

The company said today the accident happened last night in Fresno, California.

In a memo for the Über team, Liane Hornsey, chief of staff, said the accident was an "unimaginable tragedy." She wrote that everyone in the Uber family knows how close Travis was to her parents. Travis founded Uber in 2009.

 Source: Associated Press.

Comentários

Postar um comentário

Postagens mais visitadas deste blog

Italy: Police arrest two suspects in a city near the G7

-
Imagem
Italian news agency ANSA reports that two Syrians were detained in Sicily on suspicion of terrorism while seven of the world's top leaders gathered elsewhere on the Italian island for the G7 summit. ANSA reported on Saturday that the Italian anti-terrorist police detained the two Syrians after arriving on a boat from Malta in the port of Pozzallo, 130 kilometers from where the G7 leaders were gathered. The report says police found images on their suicide phones with explosive belts. They seemed to have ties to Libya. One of them is a minor, and the other is 25 years old. Both had previously been registered in Italy as refugees. Source: Associated Press.
Leia mais

Em Santa Maria, prefeito eleito sofrerá com desconfiança e fantasma da Kiss

-
Imagem
Marcelo Bertani / Agência de Notícias ALRS Na cidade onde houve a menor diferença de votos do país no segundo turno, o prefeito eleito terá de cara dois problemas ao assumir: a desconfiança de metade da população e o fantasma da boate Kiss, tragédia que matou 242 pessoas em um incêndio em uma casa noturna. É nesse cenário que Jorge Pozzobom (PSDB) assumirá a Prefeitura de Santa Maria (293 km de Porto Alegre), na região central do Rio Grande do Sul, em 1º de janeiro de 2017. O resultado do pleito teve a menor diferença registrada em todo país: 50,08% para o tucano, contra 49,92% para Valdeci Oliveira (PT) - separados por 226 votos. Pozzobom, no entanto, diz não se importar com o tamanho de sua rejeição. "O mais importante é governar para todos. Quero dar um abraço especial a quem votou no candidato Valdeci Oliveira. Vamos respeitar e vamos governar para todos eles. Em Santa Maria, ninguém vai dividir." O novo prefeito terá o PT como o maior rival na oposição. Ain...
Leia mais

Adele says that faced depression before and after the child's birth

-
Imagem
(Reuters) - Singer Adele said in an interview to a published magazine on Monday that she had postpartum depression after the birth of his son and that when younger had therapy because of what she called a "very dark side "it. The British singer, who is nearing the end of a 10-month tour of her album "25", said in an interview for the cover of Vanity Fair's December report released Monday on the magazine's website that she would be happy if ever most had to do tours. "I would still like to make records, but I would be fine if I never hear (applause) again. I'm on tour just to see everyone who has given me so much support. I do not care about money," said Adele, 28 years, according to the publication. Ten times Grammy winner, known for its sad ballads like "Someone Like You" and "Rolling in the Deep", she said she has always been attracted to melancholy music. "I have a very dark side. I am much prone to de...
Leia mais