Since June, protestors have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to push back against a proposed bill that would allow the government of Hong King to deport residents and foreigners to China. Hong Kong, while technically part of China, has its own separate, less restrictive government from China’s mainland. Hong Kong residents fear the bill could send them to China and that they would suffer unfair legal prosecution....
Sony promised then that they would work to deliver compelling content, and though some may quibble about how successful they’ve been in making good on that promise, the latest PlayStation Plus bonus is sure to put smiles on the faces of gamers everywhere. Double Fine’s upcoming downloadable game, Stacking, will be a free day one download for PlayStation Plus subscribers. That’s right, next Tuesday, February 8th, PlayStation Plus members will be able to fire up their consoles and download the lastest title from the minds behind Costume Quest, Brutal Legend, and Psychonauts at no cost....
Skip a trip to neighboring Fiji, too. Two weeks ago, businessman George Speight and rebel followers took Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry captive, demanding more power for indigenous Fijians. (Chaudhry is an ethnic Indian.) Tribal chiefs tried to mediate, but much damage is already done in both island states: hundreds of foreigners were doing their best to get out of paradise.
Trump, in the period between his account being frozen and being banned, said he would buck tradition by not being present at the ceremony. This came shortly after the recent violence in Washington, D.C., where his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Five people died amid the chaos. In a poll conducted January 11 by YouGov, most respondents said they support him choosing not to be present on January 20. More than half overall supported this, 45 percent strongly and 12 percent somewhat....
The author of a scathing tell-all book about the Trump family told MSNBC that nothing surprised her about the speech, and suggested the president’s nomination acceptance speech was “monarchical” and “bizarrely convoluted.” She added that her uncle was to blame for making the U.S. a country of “division and decadence,” and said Trump spoke of Democratic nominee Joe Biden as if he were already in the Oval Office. Appearing on MSNBC’s The 11th Hour last night, Mary Trump said: “Nothing surprises me about what happened, but like you I’m repulsed, I’m heartbroken....
The former president spoke with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday night and discussed the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Trump also reflected on the withdrawal from Afghanistan under President Joe Biden and insisted that world leaders had lost respect for the U.S. as a result. “When this horrible situation happened in Afghanistan, it is not even believable how incompetent it was, the way in which they withdrew or surrendered or whatever you want to call it,” Trump said....
On Friday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk vowed to reveal “what really happened” with the Hunter Biden laptop story “suppression” after the social media platform blocked users from sharing the newspaper’s article because it violated its distribution of hacked materials policy. In a series of tweets dubbed the “Twitter files,” independent journalist Matt Taibbi posted a series of internal discussions at the behest of Musk, which allegedly reveal how Twitter staff “at highest levels of the company” made the decision to block the New York Post story, but without the knowledge of then-CEO Jack Dorsey....
A Fabrizio, Lee & Associates poll conducted for the former president’s Make America Great Again Committee showed Trump leading Biden in five swing states that the current president won in 2020. Those states were Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and make up a total of 73 Electoral College votes. Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan were also key to Biden’s victory in November. That poll was conducted among 600 likely voters in each of the five states from November 11 to 16 and had a margin of error of four percent....
Golden State dropped out of the top seed in the Western Conference to a half-game behind Denver. With Curry resting, Kevin Durant had 25 points and DeMarcus Cousins scored 19. The Warriors were 4 for 30 from 3-point range, with Durant going 0 for 8 and Klay Thompson missing all four of his tries. Doncic had 23 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Dallas had dropped 12 straight in Oakland since its previous victory in April 2012....
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It’s an easy game to get sucked into for a few hours at a time, but after a certain amount of playtime, the game can begin to feel a little lacking. From adding more features to allowing users a little more freedom in deciding how to play, here are a few ways Dorfromantik could potentially be improved. 7 Tile Exchanging Though the ability to exchange tiles in some manner might arguably be too against the Dorfromantik design of ‘doing your best with what you’re given’, many players argue that there does need to be some form of tile exchange available....
Three devices exploded close to the vehicle as it made its way to Signal Iduna Park for the quarter-final first leg with Monaco on Tuesday. Chinese clubs battle it out for Costa Defender Marc Bartra suffered a broken wrist and the match was rescheduled for Wednesday, with Monaco going on to win 3-2. Players including Nuri Sahin and Roman Burki, who was sitting next to Bartra when the explosions took place, admitted afterwards that focusing on the match had been extremely difficult....
Ramos has been at Dortmund since 2014, having scored 13 goals in 52 league matches but failing to hold down a regular starting spot with fellow forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the first choice for coach Thomas Tuchel. “Adrian Ramos already had a lucrative offer from China last season,” said Dortmund sports director Michael Zorc. “When he again expressed this winter his wish to transfer to China we decided to allow it to happen especially given the valuable offer for the player....
Trump is set to face off against Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the first presidential debate on Tuesday and following Trump’s recent nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, abortion and Roe v. Wade are two issues likely to be brought up. Here’s what Trump has said about both issues over the years. 1999 Interview on NBC News’ Meet the Press “Well, look, I’m very pro-choice,” Trump said when asked if he would ban partial-birth abortions as president....
Trump, who has opposed NATO policies for a long time and even discussed pulling the U.S. out of the military alliance, claimed in his new remarks that “there would be no NATO” without him. “I hope everyone is able to remember that it was me, as President of the United States, that got delinquent NATO members to start paying their dues, which amounted to hundreds of billions of dollars. There would be no NATO if I didn’t act strongly and swiftly....
Trump forced Sessions out of the administration, enraged by the attorney general’s decision to recuse himself from oversight of the Mueller investigation. Sessions removed himself from the Mueller process because of his involvement in the Trump 2016 campaign, which was a focus of the special counsel’s probe. The New York Times reported that Trump sent a message to Sessions last week warning him of public attacks if he runs for Alabama’s Senate seat, which he held held previously for 20 years, from 1997 to 2017 when he became attorney general....
By donating frequent flyer miles, Miles4migrant, the group that started the campaign, wanted to show support for the people fleeing Afghanistan during the Taliban takeover in mid-August. Individuals alone have donated enough credit card points to cover 20,000 flights, according to Miles4Migrants and Welcome.US, a nonprofit collection generating private-sector support for Afghan arrivals. “Government resources are limited, and we knew that the American people wanted to support Afghans who were arriving and help them find safe homes,” said the group’s co-founder, Andy Freedman....
Since that memorable 2002 World Cup, Donovan has competed in two more tournaments and stands on the verge of playing in his fourth World Cup this summer in Brazil. His role on the U.S. national team has changed dramatically through those tournaments. He has gone from a promising young prospect in 2002 to the team’s biggest star in 2006 to goal-scoring hero in 2010. His role for the 2014 World Cup won't carry as much responsibility as in past tournaments....
The 35-year-old striker, who last played for the American squad in 2014, would be a potential challenger to incumbent Sunil Gulati, who last week refused to resign in the wake of the US men failing to qualify for next year’s World Cup in Russia. Gulati, an India-born American, said he had not decided about running again but would come to a decision in the coming weeks if he felt he should be the one to lead the US program into the next World Cup cycle....
