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TestDeath toll in Brazil dam collapse rises to 115
Brazilian miner Vale needs to change its behaviour, cooperate more with authorities and be more transparent after a deadly dam collapse at one of its mines that likely killed more than 300 people, Brazil's solicitor general said on Saturday. [Full Article...]
White House says Trump's State of the Union address will be "traditional"
In tone, it will be optimistic and visionary, looking toward the future, the official said. He says that the impasse over the border wall is to do with language. Democrats also intend to send a message with their guests, bringing along federal workers who were affected by the government shutdown as well as Victorina Morales, an immigrant from Guatemala who was in the US illegally and who had wor... [Full Article...]
Here's Punxsutawney Phil's Prediction for Groundhog Day 2019
As the Midwest and East Coast try to recover from this week’s risky Arctic blast, Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog is gearing up to reveal whether an early spring is on the way or if winter will stick around. Why is Groundhog Day a thing? "Phil! Phil!" But predicting the weather, that's my song; for 133 years, I've never been wrong. If not, spring comes early. [Full Article...]
El Chapo feared prosecution on US soil
Standing in front of a table piled with trial evidence including assault rifles and bricks of cocaine, Goldbarg took a calm, no-nonsense approach as she walked the jury in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, through the charges against Guzman one by one. [Full Article...]
Guaido: Opposition Holding Secret Talks with Venezuelan Military
The 35-year-old leader argued that Russian Federation and China's interests would be best served by switching the side they back in Venezuela , an OPEC member which has the world's largest oil reserves but is in dire financial straits. Spain's National Institute of Statistics says the number of people born in Venezuela who live in Spain jumped from 165,000 in 2015 to 255,000 a year ago. [Full Article...]
Fortnite is hosting a live DJ Marshmello concert in the game
The full list of Showtime challenges can be found below. Marshmallow tweeted about the event as well, calling it a "special event", so perhaps he created some special music exclusively for Fortnite . Flashback: Marshmello previously teamed up with popular esports gamer Ninja for the " Fortnite " celebrity tournament at E3 a year ago. Although, it could be argued that the victory had more t... [Full Article...]
Moscou dénonce la "stratégie" US de "s'affranchir de ses obligations" — Traité nucléaire
Tandis que le Président Donald Trump a annoncé le vendredi 1er février avoir lancé la procédure de retrait des Etats-Unis du Traité FNI, Washington précise aujourd'hui se réserver le droit de revenir sur son intention de quitter l'accord, a-t-on appris d'une source auprès du département d'État. [Full Article...]
Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil says 'a attractive spring it shall be'
The groundhog has seen his shadow 104 times and has not only 18 times in the past between 1887 and 2018. A countdown clock on-screen says 15 minutes until the 7:20 a.m. Chattanooga Chuck, a distant cousin of our friend Phil, will make a similar, if less opulent, appearance Saturday morning at 10:30am at the Tennessee Aquarium's River Journey lobby. [Full Article...]
Warren Apologizes To The Cherokee Nation About DNA Test
But the Times said Warren privately expressed concern she may have hurt her standing with Native-American groups and her own supporters. But the test was controversial for Native Americans, for whom being part of a tribe is cultural and includes living under tribal laws, rather than simple genetic links. [Full Article...]
Meghan Markle wrote messages on bananas to sex workers
Kensington Palace even posted a series of photos of the fruit, which included notes like, " You are strong ", " You are loved ", and "You are fearless". "I think this will be the first generation that start talking about it". "The same thing happened to me", Harry told the boy in his private conversation, as was reported by People . [Full Article...]
Knife-wielding man causes security lockdown at Australian Airport
Queensland Police tweeted that there were no reports of injuries to members of the public or police. It is understood there are suspicions of a knife being involved. Eyewitnesses on the Gold Coast shared photos on social media of tanks from the Explosive Ordinance Response Team, or bomb squad, arriving at the Bruce Bishop vehicle park, where it's understood the man detained at Brisbane Airport... [Full Article...]
Forget Chess, They've Made A Genius Robot That Plays Jenga!
The robot, which was developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), uses a camera, force-sensing wrist cuff and soft-pronged gripper to assess, probe and remove the blocks. Fazeli says, "We believe that the ability to create useful abstractions, much like this robot does for the interactions between Jenga pieces, and the ability to reason about physics in the domain o... [Full Article...]
Apple Blocks Google's Internal iOS Apps For Breaking Rules
But rather than being available through the App Store, the app relied on an Apple developer certificate to run. Apple offers enterprise certificates to large companies like Google and Facebook for the objective of distributing apps internally, amongst the companys employees that facilitate their jobs. [Full Article...]
Budget 2019: FM Piyush Goyal makes announcement for filmmakers in 'URI' style
Rs 6,000 per year will be given in three instalments and will be transferred directly to the farmers' bank accounts. "Keeping this in view I propose to further reduce the tax burden on such taxpayers". Telangana has introduced Rythu Bandhu or Farmers' Investment Support Scheme, under which the assistance of Rs 8,000 an acre to all eligible farmers in two installments of Rs 4,000 each would be give... [Full Article...]
Polar vortex `just sort of evaporates' and US Midwest warms up
Some areas of the Midwest were expected to warm up dramatically by the weekend. "This morning is some of the coldest of the temperatures across the upper Midwest, and we still have some risky wind chills", said Andrew Orrison, a National Weather Service forecaster. [Full Article...]
Mueller asks for time to review evidence in Roger Stone case
The judge imposed a gag order in that case after a lawyer for Manafort addressed reporters after his first court appearance. Investigators already appeared to have sufficient email and witness evidence to press last Friday's indictment of Stone on five counts of lying to Congress over his contacts with WikiLeaks, and one count each of obstruction and witness tampering. [Full Article...]
Kellyanne Conway Suggests Cory Booker Is Sexist Because He's Running For President
He also issued a video. While Booker attempted to channel the Civil Rights movement, his announcement video arguably represents the more divisive identity politics of the modern Left, rather than the inclusive identity politics of Martin Luther King, Jr .'s movement. [Full Article...]
President Trump Hammers 'Chuckie' Schumer, Dems on Iran
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Thursday she was "stunned" that President Donald Trump publicly chastised top USA intelligence officials by saying they were "naive" after they disputed several of his claims of foreign policy success. [Full Article...]
L'ancien président ivoirien Laurent Gbagbo libéré sous conditions | Afrique
L'ancien président ivoirien sera dans l'obligation de résider dans un Etat membre de La Cour pénale internationale . L'interjection d'appel attendra, quant à elle, la communication par les juges de la Chambre de première instance de leur décision écrite, accompagnée des motifs juridiques justifiant l'acquittement, a-t-elle précisé. [Full Article...]
Death toll in Vanderbijlpark school collapse climbs to 4
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday joined the chorus of mourning for the three Hoërskool Driehoek pupils who died when a walkway collapsed at the school in Vanderbijlpark in southern Gauteng on Friday morning. There was nothing I could do. Tragedy: Moments ago a walkway collapsed at Höerskool Driehoek, Sedibeng Region. "We thank the ambulances, police, local councilors and ordinary members... [Full Article...]