Posts

Showing posts from November 9, 2019

The First Popular Mods For Red Dead Redemption 2 Are All About Skipping The Opening Chapters - Kotaku

The First Popular Mods For Red Dead Redemption 2 Are All About Skipping The Opening Chapters    Kotaku Graphics Settings Deep-Dive: Red Dead Redemption 2 PC (Parallax, Raymarch, & More)    Gamers Nexus What's your favorite Red Dead Redemption 2 moment?    GamesRadar+ Red Dead Redemption 2: How to complete the Help A Brother Out and Brothers and Sisters, One and All Stranger Missions    VG247 Red Dead Redemption 2 PC Benchmark: What You Need to Play at 4K - IGN    IGN View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2pWcRdC via Technology

This $31 Million Patek Philippe Just Became the Most Expensive Watch in the World - Robb Report

This $31 Million Patek Philippe Just Became the Most Expensive Watch in the World    Robb Report View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2qIbQWr via Technology

Best TV deals for Black Friday 2019 available now (and coming soon) - CNET

Best TV deals for Black Friday 2019 available now (and coming soon)    CNET View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2Q403N4 via Technology

Pakistan opens visa-free border crossing for India Sikhs

Image
The prime ministers of India and Pakistan inaugurated Saturday a visa-free border crossing for Sikh pilgrims from India, allowing thousands of pilgrims to easily visit a Sikh shrine just inside Pakistan each day. Imran Khan and Narendra Modi held separate opening ceremonies on their respective sides of the new border crossing. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2K5BfAy via Latest News

The uniting politics of second-chance justice

Oklahoma’s mass commutation reflects a bipartisan spirit of forgiveness that could find a place in American politics. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2K2cIw4 via Latest News

Transcripts Show GOP ‘Terror Campaign’ to Out Whistleblower

Image
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyRepublican lawmakers have sought to hijack several impeachment depositions in a crusade for information on the whistleblower who sparked the inquiry, according to a review of the transcripts by The Daily Beast. Efforts from Republican lawmakers and their counsel to elicit information on the whistleblower—both by asking leading questions and asking point-blank for the person’s identity—were repeatedly batted down by Democrats, and in one case the attorney of the witness in disputes that became increasingly caustic. Last week, The Daily Beast reported that Derek Harvey, an aide to Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, provided notes for House Republicans ahead of the high-profile testimonies of Trump administration appointees with the name of the alleged whistleblower. The goal was that once the transcripts became public, so would the name of the individual. In one example, during the deposition of Lt.

U.K. Conservatives' Lead Over Labour Narrows in Opinium Poll

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s Conservative Party’s lead over the opposition Labour Party narrowed this week as the campaign for the Dec. 12 general election picked up steam.The ruling Conservatives had 41% support compared with 29% for Labour, according to Opinium’s poll issued Saturday for the Observer newspaper. The Tories were at 42% last week and Labour at 26%.The Liberal Democrats were third, with 15%, followed by the Brexit Party at 6% and the Scottish National Party at 5%.The online survey of 2,001 U.K. adults was carried out from Nov. 6 to 8.There’s a 9-in-10 chance that the true value of a party’s support lies within 4 points of the estimates provided by the poll, and a 2-in-3 chance that they are within 2 points, according to Opinium.To contact the reporter on this story: Madison Park in San Francisco at mpark197@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Sebastian Tong at stong41@bloomberg.net, Steve GeimannFor more articles like this, please visit us at blo

This $31 Million Patek Philippe Just Became the Most Expensive Watch in the World - Robb Report

This $31 Million Patek Philippe Just Became the Most Expensive Watch in the World    Robb Report View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2qIbQWr via Technology

Some Kentucky Republicans warn against election challenge

Image
Some Kentucky Republicans are warning Gov. Matt Bevin against challenging the election results in his reelection bid unless he finds evidence of massive fraud. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2qDX8zG via Latest News

PHOTOS: For Syrian Kurds, and aid workers – the ‘safe zone’ is not so safe

Image
The Kurds are calling this area ‘the genocide zone’. The safe zone is not safe by any definition. It is the zone of the Turkish invasion. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2PZgRVi via Latest News

Argentina’s New Foreign Policy: Who’s Advising Fernandez

(Bloomberg) -- Argentina’s President-elect Alberto Fernandez isn’t showing any signs of moderating his foreign policy stance before he takes office in a month. This weekend, he will host a group of leftist politicians in Buenos Aires.Fernandez was one of the first to praise the likely liberation of Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from jail. He held a lengthy four-hour lunch with Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in his first trip abroad since the elections. And on Saturday he’ll be the key speaker of the Puebla Group, a body created in July that brings together left-wing leaders from the region.Read More: Argentina’s Fernandez Set to Shake Up Policy With U.S. and MoreFormer presidents such as Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, Uruguay’s Jose Mujica, Paraguay’s Fernando Lugo and Spain’s Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero are some of the higher-profile members of this self-proclaimed progressive group that will be discussing priorities for the region during a weekend mee

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers charged, student mourned

Image
Police in Hong Kong said Saturday that they have arrested and charged six pro-democracy lawmakers, a move that could escalate public fury a day after the death of a university student linked to months of anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The 22-year-old died Friday, succumbing to injuries four days after falling from a parking garage when police fired tear gas during clashes with protesters. Police said they arrested six lawmakers and charged them Saturday with obstructing the local assembly during a raucous May 11 meeting over a now-shelved China extradition bill that sparked the five months of protests calling for democratic reforms. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Q0KSUJ via Latest News

Greta Thunberg: Huge mural of climate activist appears in San Francisco to 'change hearts and minds'

Image
A huge mural of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has appeared in central San Francisco.The enormous eight-storey painting will tower over residents and visitors near Union Square in the heart of the city’s downtown. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NvbJXe via Latest News

Impeachment transcript details intrusion by GOP Rep. Gaetz

Image
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff did not take kindly to a protest waged by Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/32vaFH2 via Latest News

China sentences fentanyl traffickers after US tip about ring

Image
A Chinese court sentenced nine fentanyl traffickers on Thursday in a case that is the culmination of a rare collaboration between Chinese and U.S. law enforcement to crack down on global networks that manufacture and distribute lethal synthetic opioids. Liu Yong was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, while Jiang Juhua and Wang Fengxi were sentenced to life in prison. Working off a 2017 tip from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about an online drug vendor who went by the name Diana, Chinese police busted a drug ring based in the northern Chinese city of Xingtai that shipped synthetic drugs illicitly to the U.S. and other countries from a gritty clandestine laboratory. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36Fj9Pl via Latest News

This $31 Million Patek Philippe Just Became the Most Expensive Watch in the World - Robb Report

This $31 Million Patek Philippe Just Became the Most Expensive Watch in the World    Robb Report View full coverage on Google News from Technology - Latest - Google News https://ift.tt/2qIbQWr via Technology

9 Ingenious Smuggling Machines That Beat the Berlin Wall

from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NtFO9E via Latest News

Slain in Mexico, seven-month-old twins buried in rain-swept funeral

Image
Suspected cartel gunmen attacked Rhonita Miller LeBaron, 30, and four of her children on Monday, also striking two other vehicles, killing a total of three women and six children on an isolated dirt road in the hills of Sonora. All of the victims were dual U.S.-Mexican citizens. "We pray, Father, that good will come out of this terrible incident, that the way may be opened up for this country to find justice for those that don't have a voice," said Rhonita's father-in-law, Kenny Miller, speaking at the graveside where children lay flowers as a soft rain fell. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2O0gqYq via Latest News

US-born IS bride appeals again to come home from Syria

Image
A US-born woman who says she regrets having joined the Islamic State group has appealed again to come home from the refugee camp where she lives with her small son in Syria. The government is refusing to let Hoda Muthana return to the US, arguing that she is not an American citizen. In an interview with NBC News published Saturday, Muthana said she "regrets every single thing" done by IS, which she joined in 2014 after embracing extremist ideology while living with her family in Alabama. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2X3LgTR via Latest News

U.K. Conservatives' Lead Over Labour Narrows in Opinium Poll

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s Conservative Party’s lead over the opposition Labour Party narrowed this week as the campaign for the Dec. 12 general election picked up steam.The ruling Conservatives had 41% support compared with 29% for Labour, according to Opinium’s poll issued Saturday for the Observer newspaper. The Tories were at 42% last week and Labour at 26%.The Liberal Democrats were third, with 15%, followed by the Brexit Party at 6% and the Scottish National Party at 5%.The online survey of 2,001 U.K. adults was carried out from Nov. 6 to 8.There’s a 9-in-10 chance that the true value of a party’s support lies within 4 points of the estimates provided by the poll, and a 2-in-3 chance that they are within 2 points, according to Opinium.To contact the reporter on this story: Madison Park in San Francisco at mpark197@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Sebastian Tong at stong41@bloomberg.net, Steve GeimannFor more articles like this, please visit us at blo

Impeachment inquiry: Fiona Hill tells lawmakers she's received death threats

Image
Former top Russia expert at White House says harassment reached a peak after she agreed to testify in impeachment hearingsFiona Hill arrives for a closed door meeting as part of the House impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, 4 November 2019. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/APThe former top Russia expert at the White House has said she has been subjected to a campaign of harassment and intimidation, including death threats, which reached a new peak after she agreed to testify in congressional impeachment hearings.Fiona Hill, who was the senior director for Europe and Russia in the National Security Council (NSC) said other NSC staff had been “hounded out” by threats against them, including antisemitic smears linking them to the liberal financier and philanthropist, George Soros, a hate figure on the far right.In her testimony to Congress, a full transcript of which was released on Friday, Hill described a climate of fear among administration staff.The UK-born a

Next week's Arctic blast will be so cold, forecasters expect it to break 170 records across US

Image
Get ready for a taste of January. The incoming Arctic blast will bring cold temperatures to the Midwest, Plains, East Coast and Deep South. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2K1o8QI via Latest News

The Latest: Venezuela's Maduro celebrates Da Silva's release

Image
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is celebrating former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's release from jail as a step toward rebuilding unity in South America. Da Silva left the jail where he had been detained since April 2018 after a judge ordered his release. The judge's order followed a Supreme Court ruling that a person can be imprisoned only after all appeals to higher courts have been exhausted. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2p20Wur via Latest News