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Philippines vows fair probe after Vietnamese fishermen killed
Two Vietnamese fishermen were killed in an encounter with the Philippine navy in the West Philippine Sea on Saturday. When being chased by Philippine coast guard force, the ship intentionally attacked the coast guard's ship PS 19. "We would like to offer our sympathies over the unfortunate loss of life and give you our assurance that we will conduct a fair and thorough investigation into this ma... [Full Article...]
Tokyo stocks up ahead of expected snap election
Koike, who named her new political group the Party of Hope, has emerged as a serious threat to Abe after she won the Tokyo governorship a year ago and in July fielded candidates who routed the LDP in elections for the metropolitan assembly. [Full Article...]
Outer Banks under tropical storm watch as Maria approaches
WATE 6 Storm Team Meteorologist Shea Sorenson said the storm is not a threat to East Florida, which is still recovering from Hurricane Irma. This is a remarkable statistic. A direct hit on the USA mainland from Hurricane Maria is unlikely, but not completely impossible, forecasters said Thursday. For a short time, as unseasonably warm high pressure builds eastward across the Ohio Valley into the... [Full Article...]
Microsoft 365 Evolves, Comes to Education
Microsoft Teams launched worldwide in March as part of Office 365 . Unless you're a regular Bing user, chances are you haven't thought about Microsoft's search engine all that much in recent years. And because Microsoft loves security, they are adding new capabilities to Microsoft 365 as well to further enhance this product. SQL Server 2017 brings the SQL Server to Windows, Linux and Dock... [Full Article...]
The dark racial sentiment in Trump's National Basketball Association and NFL criticism
In an early morning tweet, Mr Trump suggested fans could boycott National Football League games in order to pressure teams to discipline players who protest during the anthem. Trump , who once owned the New Jersey Generals of the US Football League, said those players are disrespecting the American flag and deserve to lose their jobs. [Full Article...]
Trump Issues Travel Restrictions on North Korea, Venezuela in Expanded Ban
The new travel ban, which includes North Korea and Venezuela, was created after the Trump administration evaluated the countries according to the "integrity of documents", cooperation with the United States on anti-terrorism efforts, and the national security risk each country presents to the United States. [Full Article...]
Mulayam Rules Out Forming New Party, But Says Unhappy With Akhilesh's Decisions
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To a question that Akhilesh had promised to hand back the reins of the party to him after assembly elections, Mulayam said: "Now leave it". Incidentally, neither Mulayam nor Shivpal was present in Saturday's state-level meeting of the SP here. [Full Article...]
In defiance to US, Iran unveils latest missile during parade
Iran has other missiles of this range in its arsenal. US President Donald Trump gave a stark warning to Iran on Saturday, casting growing uncertainty over whether a nuclear deal clinched with the Islamic republic would survive after it tested a new medium-range missile. [Full Article...]
Expanding party's footprints to be the main focus of BJP's National Executive
Sources said the Prime Minister, who would deliver the valedictory address, might use the opportunity to highlight his government's pro-poor measures and other policy decisions. BJP President Amit Shah also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Home Minister and Ministry of External Affairs for making this a government which has taken maximum and strong steps to curb terrorism and naxal... [Full Article...]
Facebook withdraws plan for new class of shares giving Zuckerberg control
Zuckerberg in turn assured Obama that he was aware of the problem, but such messages were not widespread on Facebook and there was no easy solution. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White... [Full Article...]
Biggest Ban Yet: Eight Countries Named In New Order Restricting Travel
The restrictions rage from full travel bans on nationals from countries like Syria to more targeted restrictions. The announcement comes the same day as Trump's temporary ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries is set to expire, 90 days after it went into effect. [Full Article...]
Sony's 3D scanning Xperia XZ1 makes its way to India
The latest version of Android 8 .0 Oreo helps to use this smartphone in a great manner. The company may forget about the bezel-less top, but they come up with the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 with the size of 5.2-inch (1080p HD). It comes with HDR screen and 19 MP rear camera . Although the device will be launched with a fingerprint sensor, the USA variant seems to lack the feature. [Full Article...]
Tag: 8th Gen Core
The flagship Core i7-8700K CPU, which has its sights set firmly on AMD's top-end Ryzen chips, will offer gamers are 25 per cent improvement in performance over Kaby Lake, according to Intel which used a direct comparison of the Core i7-8700K versus i7-7700K in Gears of War . [Full Article...]
TMC heavyweight Mukul Roy quits party
The TMC, the ruling party in West Bengal, had last week censured Roy for allegedly hobnobbing with BJP leaders and said it was keeping a close watch on him. The TMC while reacting sharply to the reports of his closeness with the BJP had said that a strict action will be taken against Roy. The party also said that the party has put him on observation. [Full Article...]
Samsung Galaxy X foldable smartphone could be the ultimate iPhone X rival
According to a report from LetsGoDigital on Friday, Samsung is likely using the model number SM-G888N0 for the foldable smartphone , which has gone through a series of regulatory steps in South Korea. Keeping up with its tradition of innovating in the display department, Samsung showcased a foldable display smartphone back in 2013 and announced its desire to make the phone a commercial pr... [Full Article...]
Almost 35000 evacuated as volcano in Bali experiences increased activity
Early on Saturday, officials said that increased seismic activity was ongoing, hours after the alert level was raised. The National Disaster Mitigation Agency said no one should be within nine kilometres of the crater and within 12 kilometres to the north, northeast, southeast and south-southwest where lava flows, lahars or rapidly moving white-hot ash clouds from an eruption could reach. [Full Article...]
Japan PM Abe plans to compile Y2 trln stimulus package - Yomiuri
At the annual gathering in New York, Abe devoted nearly his entire speech to North Korea , saying history shows that Pyongyang only uses direct talks to "deceive" its dialogue partners and buy more time to develop weapons. "Japan will avoid overt criticism of South Korea's aid move to give the impression of a harmonious three-way relationship with the United States, while being quite frank with S... [Full Article...]
For Rohingya Muslim child refugees, too many losses to count
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have told HRW that soldiers and police had burned down their homes and carried out attacks on villagers . Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has faced a barrage of global criticism over their plight, for not speaking out more forcefully against the violence or doing more to rein in security forces over which she has little power. [Full Article...]
Trump and North Korea war of words escalates
U.S. B-1B Lancer bombers flew in global airspace off North Korea's eastern coast in the latest show of force on Sunday as a war of words between the two countries escalated to fever pitch. The film issues a stern warning to the United States, with subtitles stating: "Should F-35, B-1B and the Carl Vinson lead the U.S. attack, they will head to the grave in that order". [Full Article...]
Mnuchin: NFL players can have the 'First Amendment off the field'
Mnuchin argues "the president was trying to unify the country because the national anthem is about unification". "The owners should meet and decide on this rule the way they decide on any other rule", Mnuchin said on CNN's " State of the Union ". [Full Article...]