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Death Toll Rises To 359 In Sri Lanka Bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The death toll from the Easter suicide bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 359, police said Wednesday, as the country’s leaders vowed to overhaul the security apparatus amid a series of intelligence lapses before the attacks. U.S. Ambassador Alaina Teplitz, meanwhile, told reporters that “clearly there was some failure in […]
American accused of attacking N. Korean embassy denied bond
Christopher Philip Ahn had fought to keep the court documents sealed, citing North Korea’s history of hunting down opponents.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia before summit with Putin
Kim Jong Un’s Russia trip comes about two months after his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump failed in a dispute over sanctions.
$768 Million Wisconsin Powerball Winner ‘Pretty Much Felt Lucky’
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $768 million Powerball prize, the nation’s third-largest lottery jackpot, saying he “pretty much felt lucky” the day he bought his tickets and has been worried that people want to steal his ticket. Manuel Franco, of West Allis, said he was sorting […]
Luke Walton Accuser Kelli Tennant Talks About Sexual Assault Allegations
Former sports reporter Kelli Tennant spoke out Tuesday about her sexual assault allegations against Luke Walton, the new head coach of the Sacramento Kings. Tennant, who used to work as a reporter for Spectrum SportsNet LA, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging the NBA coach and former player forced himself on her after inviting her into […]
Stakes high as Supreme Court takes on LGBTQ employment cases
A ruling against the workers would relegate “LGBTQ people around the country to a second-class citizen status,” the ACLU’s James Esseks said.
Hillary Clinton: Anyone but Trump would have been indicted
Clinton also said if Trump was a private citizen and had acted as Mueller described, he would have been indicted.
Border Patrol finds abandoned toddler with phone number on his shoes at border
Agents have taken the three-year-old boy to a U.S. border station and are trying to find his parents using the number written on his shoes, officials said.
Twitter Users Very Skeptical About Trump’s Closed Door Meeting With Jack Dorsey
Dorsey also put a positive spin on the meeting, saying that it was “constructive.” But other Twitter users were skeptical the meeting would do anything positive. Very, very skeptical. Oh that is rich. I really hope it’s in the vein of Jack pinpointing the damage Trump is doing to the health of the public conversation […]
United Airlines Agent Accused Of Calling Black Customer A ‘Monkey’ Faces Charge
An employee of United Airlines accused of using a racial slur toward a black customer is facing a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. Houston police issued Carmella Davano a citation for disorderly conduct on Feb. 26, after United customer Cacilie Hughes alleged that the airline agent had called her a monkey ― a historically racist […]
Trump Administration Looks To Defy Tax Disclosure Law
WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump’s administration is not abiding Democratic requests for Trump’s tax returns under a federal tax disclosure law that gives Congress the power to request copies of anyone’s tax information. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said his department would provide a final answer by May 6 but strongly suggested that answer will be no. […]
New products, Apr 24, 2019: Asus VG278QR, Canon EOS 200D II and more
Asus VG278QR GAMING MONITOR Pricing and availability to be confirmed Designed for intense and fast-paced games, this 27-inch full high-definition gaming monitor features an ultra-fast 0.5-millisecond response time and a blazing 165Hz refresh rate. Conventional monitors have a refresh rate of 60Hz. The Asus VG278QR is also G-Sync compatible, which means it works with Nvidia […]
Excellent camera comes at a price
My anticipation for the Panasonic Lumix S1R has been building, having first encountered it as a non-working prototype in last year’s Photokina show before trying a working model two months ago at the CP+ international camera and photo imaging show. This is the first full-frame mirrorless camera from Panasonic. The review unit is the 47.3-megapixel […]
To have and to fold, or better to wait?
Last week, the US$1,980 (S$2,680) Samsung Galaxy Fold – the Korean giant’s first smartphone with a foldable screen – hit the headlines for the wrong reasons, with several reviewers reporting broken screens, flickering visuals and lost pixels. While other reviewers have reported no major issues with their review units, Samsung has decided to delay the […]
A mini wonder to behold
When the iPad mini stayed unchanged for more than three years, fans must have thought Apple had given up on its smallest tablet. But surprise – a new iPad mini was at last launched last month. The iPad mini 2019 looks exactly like the last iteration, the iPad mini 4. It has the same large […]
Singapore start-up Mighty Bear makes mighty leap into mobile gaming
A Singapore start-up, founded by four former employees of the United States-based studio behind hit mobile game Candy Crush, is looking at carving out a space for itself in the lucrative mobile gaming market. Fresh from receiving US$2.5 million (S$3.4 million) in seed funding from global investors last year, the two-year-old games studio Mighty Bear […]
Small, light smartwatch
Aimed at the fitness crowd, the Galaxy Watch Active is the smallest and lightest model of Samsung’s Galaxy smartwatch series. With a 1.1-inch (360 x 360 pixels) circular display on a 40mm case, it takes up less of your wrist than the flagship Galaxy Watch, which was launched late last year with two variants – […]
D-Link defends your home network against cyber threats
Defending your home network against external cyber threats is what D-Link’s latest consumer router, the D-Fend AC2600 Wi-Fi Router, also known as the DIR-2680, claims to do. It certainly has the credentials to do so as it comes with cyber security outfit McAfee’s Secure Home Platform service, which inspects network traffic for suspicious activity, warns […]
Tweaks make Dell ultrabook sweeter
One of my favourite laptops, the Dell XPS 13, received a minor makeover earlier this year. This new 2019 edition, which carries the 9380 model name, comes with a few tweaks that make this ultrabook even more attractive to consumers, while retaining the same, clean design that long-time users would be familiar with. The most […]
Routers get tough on home security
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Don’t get phished: Businesses here lost around $43 million in 2017 due to e-mail impersonation scams
You would not allow a thief to enter your home, but what if the thief was disguised as someone familiar and tricked you into opening the door? Phishing works in the same way – people open the doors to their data, giving up usernames, log-in information or other information to malicious e-mails, links or websites […]
Myanmar Court Rejects Imprisoned Reuters Journalists’ Final Appeals
On Tuesday, Myanmar’s Supreme Court rejected the appeals of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, two Reuters reporters who have been jailed in the country since December 2017, accused of disseminating state secrets pertinent to national security. The landmark case in which the journalists were sentenced to seven years behind bars last September has become […]
Iowa State Lawmaker Leaves Republican Party Because Of Trump
A state representative in Iowa is leaving the Republican Party because he says he can no longer support President Donald Trump and the views of the GOP. Rep. Andy McKean announced he was switching parties during a press conference on Tuesday in which he called the president a “poor example for the nation.” McKean is […]
U.S. Files First Criminal Charges Against Major Drug Distributor For Opioid Crisis
NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday filed its first criminal charges against a major drug distributor and company executives over their alleged roles in fueling the nation’s opioid epidemic by putting profits ahead of patients’ safety. Rochester Drug Co-operative Inc (RDC), one of the 10 largest U.S. drug distributors, agreed […]
Netanyahu Wants Israel To Name New Town On Golan Heights After Trump
GOLAN HEIGHTS, April 23 (Reuters) – Israel said on Tuesday it would name a new community on the Golan Heights after U.S. President Donald Trump as an expression of gratitude for his recognition of its claim of sovereignty over the strategic plateau. Israel captured the Golan from Syria in a 1967 war and annexed it, […]
U.S. Threatens To Veto UN Resolution Aimed At Supporting Survivors Of Rape During War
The U.S. is reportedly threatening to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at preventing the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war and terrorism. The issue at hand? The proposal includes promises to provide reproductive and sexual health support to survivors of rape in conflict — and the U.S. […]
Woman Arrested Under Terrorism Act After Death Of Journalist Lyra McKee
A 57-year-old woman has been arrested under the Terrorism Act in connection with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry/Londonderry, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said. In a short statement, the PSNI did not disclose any further details about the nature of the arrest, only that she had been taken to Musgrave Serious […]
Fox News Found A Whole New Way To Freak Out About Barack Obama And Hillary Clinton
Former President Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton tweeted condolences on Sunday to the people who were killed during an attack on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter. And Fox News is shredding them for it. “The attacks on tourists and Easter worshippers in Sri Lanka are an attack on humanity,” Obama wrote. […]
Trump says Congress ‘can’t impeach’ him
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday that Congress “can’t impeach” him over the findings of the Mueller report into Russian election meddling and his alleged attempts to hamper the investigation.Defiantly insisting that he did nothing wrong, Trump also denied a portrait of dysfunction in the White House where disobedient aides are said to have […]