| Court won't immediately stop wait-in-Mexico asylum policy Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:40 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal appeals court put a judge's order on hold Friday shortly before it would have stopped the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases move through U.S. courts.
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| Police: Mother tries karate, son strips and dog steals cornbread at Walmart Posted: 13 Apr 2019 01:30 PM PDT ![Police: Mother tries karate, son strips and dog steals cornbread at Walmart]( "Police: Mother tries karate, son strips and dog steals cornbread at Walmart") The incident occurred Wednesday evening when Eau Claire, Wisconsin, police responded to a theft call at a Walmart, the department said on Facebook.
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| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mentioned 3,181 times on Fox in six weeks: ‘We have an AOC segment every single day’ Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:31 PM PDT  Fox Media channels have mentioned freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez every day for about six weeks, as reported by media watchdog group Media Matters. Fox, headed by Rupert Murdoch, is best known for providing right-leaning news and political talk shows, like Justice Jeanine and Hannity. The New York representative was mentioned at least 3,181 times on the network between February 25 and April 7.President Trump is known to frequently watch Fox during his 'executive time'. Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, took to Twitter to respond. "Fox News brought me up 3,000+ times in *6 weeks.* That's how hard they're fighting against dignified healthcare, wages, & justice for all; and turning their firepower on the youngest Congresswoman in history to do it. Too bad for them, cause we don't flinch. ForThePeople."Ocasio-Cortez is referring to her championship of what Fox sees as radical liberal causes, like the fight for a liveable minimum wage, Medicare for all, and free college. Media Matters says that "Hosts and guests smear and misrepresent Ocasio-Cortez's agenda, caricaturing it while painting it as dangerous, far-left socialism". The watchdog notes how Fox has repeatedly invalidated Ocasio-Cortez due to her age, calling her a little girl, yet claim she's taken over the democratic party. Fox has also claimed she's pushing her "Latin American values" on the United States, despite the fact that Ocasio-Cortez is Puerto Rican and from the Bronx. Puerto Rico is an American territory.Media Matters notes that host Stuart Varney acknowledged, "We have an AOC segment every single day, almost every single hour. She's good for our ratings"
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| EU 'ready to respond' to US in Airbus/Boeing row Posted: 12 Apr 2019 10:18 AM PDT  French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire warned on Friday that Europe was ready to hit back at any US tariffs against Airbus as he pleaded for an "amicable solution" to the long-running dispute. "If we were to be hit again by unjustified and unjustifiable US sanctions, Europe would be ready to respond in a united and strong way," the minister said after his meeting with his US counterpart Steven Mnuchin. "All this would be bad for growth and bad for American and European prosperity," he said at a press conference on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
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| Bernie Sanders is now a millionaire Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:21 AM PDT  Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, who promotes policies to raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires, said he make his federal tax returns public by April 15.
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| Detailed Photos of the New 2019 Subaru Forester Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:57 PM PDT |
| The Latest: Possible Mississippi twister, no injuries Posted: 13 Apr 2019 04:41 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on a powerful storm system moving through the southern United States (all times local):
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| Jussie Smollett purposely misled police by saying assailants were white, lawsuit alleges Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:20 PM PDT ![Jussie Smollett purposely misled police by saying assailants were white, lawsuit alleges]( "Jussie Smollett purposely misled police by saying assailants were white, lawsuit alleges") "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett purposely attempted to mislead police by falsely describing the men who he said attacked him on a cold January night as white men, the city of Chicago claimed in a civil lawsuit filed Thursday.
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| The Anti–Bill Barr Smear Campaign Posted: 12 Apr 2019 02:20 PM PDT  The campaign against Attorney General Bill Barr is in full swing. We are told that he's a tawdry tool of Donald Trump, that he's disgracing himself and sullying his reputation, that he's the equivalent of a Roy Cohn, the sleazy lawyer who once represented Trump back in New York.The criticism of Barr reached a crescendo this week after he used the word "spying" in congressional testimony to refer to the surveillance of Trump-campaign officials in 2016. The reaction to his testimony was absurdly over-the-top. Yes, the word "spying" has a negative connotation, but it's functionally indistinguishable from "surveilling." To wit: The FISA court that approves the FBI's surveillance is sometimes referred to in the press as the "spy court."There is no doubt that Trump officials were surveilled or spied on. The FBI famously acquired a FISA warrant against Carter Page, who briefly served as a Trump foreign-policy adviser. It is true that the FBI began surveilling Page in October 2016 after he left the campaign, but the warrant allowed it to look back at his communications during his time with the campaign.The FBI also gathered information on Page and campaign adviser George Papadopoulos via an informant, who contacted Trump aide Sam Clovis as well.The question, as Barr said the other day, is whether this surveillance was properly predicated. Barr is being attacked as a partisan hack for saying he's going to find out. Democrats fear that Trump will use — and exaggerate — whatever is found for his own political purposes, but this isn't a good reason to oppose Barr's determining whether the FBI conducted itself with good judgment and in good faith during this episode. The public certainly has an interest in knowing the facts, which is why as many documents related to the beginning of the probe and its conduct should be released as possible.Barr is also taking a beating for redacting the forthcoming Mueller report. But it is his responsibility to take out grand-jury material — a D.C. court of appeals decision just affirmed that this material can't be released to Congress under current statute — classified information, and disparaging references to people incidentally related to the probe. This is simply good practice, and Barr has said he's combing through the report with Robert Mueller. You know, just like Roy Cohn would.The final count against Barr is that he wrote a memo prior to his appointment as attorney general outlining his view that the legally aggressive theory of obstruction of justice that Mueller seemed to be operating on was flawed. We are told this was Barr shamelessly kowtowing to Trump. But there's no reason to believe that this wasn't Barr's considered, sincere view of the law, and it seems to be the correct one, by the way.Barr didn't take the job of attorney general for the sake of résumé padding — he already had the job on his résumé. He thought his experience, knowledge, and credibility gave him a unique ability to lead the Justice Department at an incredibly fraught time. Nothing he has done so far has cast any doubt on that assessment. We trust he will shrug off the absurd rage directed at him, and carry on.
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| Employers at India's stricken Jet Airways protest Posted: 13 Apr 2019 07:35 AM PDT  Several hundred employees of India's beleaguered Jet Airways held a protest at Delhi airport on Saturday demanding to be paid and calling for the company to be rescued. All but around half a dozen of its 119 aircraft are grounded and all international flights are suspended until Monday. Once India's second-biggest airline by market share, the Mumbai-based firm has defaulted on loans and struggled to pay aircraft lessors and staff.
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| Russia finds Facebook failed to provide information on data-agencies Posted: 12 Apr 2019 06:46 AM PDT  A court in Russia fined Facebook on Friday for failing to tell authorities where it stores Russian user data, Russian news agencies reported, a ruling that highlights wrangling between tech giants and Moscow as it ramps up Internet controls. The court fined Facebook 3,000 roubles ($47) for not providing information in line with legislation that came into force in 2015 requiring social media companies to store user data on servers located in Russia. The only tools Moscow currently has to enforce its data rules are fines that often amount to small sums or blocking the offending online service, an option fraught with technical difficulties.
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| Trump Officials Considered Transporting Migrants to 'Sanctuary Cities' as Political Retribution, Report Says Posted: 11 Apr 2019 10:56 PM PDT  Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district was reportedly discussed as migrant release location
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| Suspect accused of burning black churches 'didn't seem right,' and used racial slurs Posted: 11 Apr 2019 05:55 PM PDT  St. Landry Parish neighbors react to arrest made Wednesday of 21-year-old neighbor in church fires.
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| Boeing makes 96 flights to test software on troubled Max jet Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:09 PM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — Boeing's CEO says crews have made 96 flights to test a software update for its troubled 737 Max jet and will make more in coming weeks as the company attempts to convince regulators to let the plane fly again.
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| Explainer: Israeli election - with the final count in, who won and who lost? Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:00 AM PDT  Netanyahu is heading toward a record fifth term in office confident of being able to put together a bloc of religious-rightist parties. It would be a slim majority against an opposition that is likely to be led by the centrist-left Blue and White party, which won 35 seats. In his victory speech, Netanyahu, 69, said he intends to form his new cabinet with right-wing and religious parties.
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| Tesla Finally Announces a Lease Program for the Model 3, Model S, and Model X Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:20 AM PDT  The cheapest Model 3 is $504 per month for a 10,000-mile, 36-month lease.
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| The Latest: Monday bond hearing for suspect in church fires Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:11 PM PDT  OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — The Latest on the arrest of a suspect in recent arson fires at black churches in Louisiana (all times local):
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| Indictment of Obama official in Mueller probe may pose a dilemma for Trump, so he takes it out on media Posted: 12 Apr 2019 08:49 AM PDT  Confronted with the novel situation of the special counsel's office going after a member of Barack Obama's administration, President Trump reacted with a tweet complaining about how the New York Times played the story in its Friday editions.
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| SpaceX carries out first commercial launch Posted: 12 Apr 2019 09:46 AM PDT  SpaceX carried out its first commercial launch on Thursday with its Falcon Heavy rocket easing a Saudi telecoms satellite into orbit. The bright white rocket rose with a roar and spewed thick gray smoke on the ground as it made its way up into clear blue skies over Cape Canaveral, Florida, trailing a long plume of orange fire. About 34 minutes after liftoff, the shiny silver satellite was successfully deployed.
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| Sudan's new military ruler vows to 'uproot' Bashir regime Posted: 13 Apr 2019 04:27 PM PDT  Sudan's second new military leader in as many days vowed Saturday to "uproot" deposed president Omar al-Bashir's regime and release protesters, in a bid to placate demonstrators demanding civilian rule. "I announce the restructuring of state institutions according to the law and pledge to fight corruption and uproot the regime and its symbols," General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said, a day after he was sworn in to head Sudan's new ruling military council. Career soldier Burhan took the helm of Sudan's transitional military council on Friday when his predecessor General Awad Ibn Ouf -- a close aide of ousted veteran president Bashir -- quit after little more than 24 hours in power.
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| Woman wanted in Pa. taunted police on Facebook. Then she was arrested Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:17 AM PDT ![Woman wanted in Pa. taunted police on Facebook. Then she was arrested]( "Woman wanted in Pa. taunted police on Facebook. Then she was arrested") A woman wanted on assault charges in Pennsylvania taunted police in a post on Facebook. That taunt led to her arrest, say police in Greene County.
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| RPT-Disney sees ESPN+ reaching up to 12 mln subscribers by 2024 Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:00 AM PDT ![RPT-Disney sees ESPN+ reaching up to 12 mln subscribers by 2024]( "RPT-Disney sees ESPN+ reaching up to 12 mln subscribers by 2024") ESPN+, Walt Disney Co's sports video streaming service, could attract between 8 million and 12 million paying subscribers by the end of the fiscal 2024 year, the company said on Thursday. Disney's forecast for significant growth in paying customers in the next few years was disclosed in a presentation of its streaming video strategy to Wall Street. Operating losses for ESPN+ are expected to be $650 million annually in both fiscal 2019 and 2020, Disney's chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, said during an investor day webcast presentation.
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| Trump and Netanyahu make me fear for a two-state solution and Middle East peace Posted: 11 Apr 2019 06:19 PM PDT  Trump acquiescence to West Bank annexation would threaten peace prospects, democracy, shared US-Israeli values and bipartisan support for Israel.
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| View the All-New 2020 Nissan Versa in Photos Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:17 PM PDT |
| GM to reveal next-generation Corvette in July Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:20 PM PDT  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — It's just the thing to make the hearts of Corvette fans race: A new rendition of the classic sports car is coming.
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| 2020 Vision: Democratic field now largest in history Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:48 AM PDT  With 18 candidates, the 2020 Democratic field is now the largest ever for a major party's presidential nomination.
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| Family and fans say goodbye to Nipsey Hussle Posted: 12 Apr 2019 10:19 AM PDT  Fans lined along a 25-mile funeral procession for the beloved rapper, Nipsey Hussle, after a memorial service at the Staples Center Thursday.
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| UPDATE 1-'Smart guy' Florida test taker pleads guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:33 PM PDT ![UPDATE 1-'Smart guy' Florida test taker pleads guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal]( "UPDATE 1-'Smart guy' Florida test taker pleads guilty in U.S. college admissions scandal") A former counselor at a Florida private school pleaded guilty on Friday to secretly taking college placement tests for the children of wealthy parents as part of the largest admissions fraud scheme uncovered in U.S. history. Mark Riddell, 36, was charged from a role in the scheme that prosecutors said allowed wealthy parents including the actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin to use cheating and bribes to help their children secure spots at universities like Yale, Georgetown and the University of Southern California. Riddell pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, prosecutors said on Twitter.
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| Palestinian teen killed by Israeli fire in border clashes: Gaza ministry Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:44 AM PDT  A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by the Israeli army Friday during renewed clashes on the Gaza border, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said. A ministry spokesman said Maysara Abu Shaloof, 15, was "shot in the stomach by the (Israeli) occupation east of Jabalia," referring to a demonstration site in northern Gaza. At least 48 others were taken to hospital with a variety of injuries from clashes at several spots along the border, the ministry said without elaborating.
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| New York Post rips Rep. Ilhan Omar over 9/11 comments. Here's what we know about her remarks Posted: 12 Apr 2019 04:04 PM PDT  Rep. Ilhan Omar is in hot water for her comments on 9/11. Here's what we know about the remarks and how they ended up on the cover of the New York Post
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| SpaceX successfully recovered Falcon Heavy’s nosecone, and it’s going to space again Posted: 12 Apr 2019 01:57 PM PDT  After many delays, SpaceX was finally able to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket this week, for just the second time ever. The company also made history by successfully recovering both of its side boosters and the central core booster, which it had never done before.Believe it or not, the trio of boosters aren't the only things that SpaceX managed to recover. SpaceX boss Elon Musk revealed on Twitter that both halves of the spacecraft's nosecone were also picked up, and they're going to send them back into space sooner rather than later.SpaceX's entire business model revolves around being able to reuse extremely expensive hardware. Landing a rocket booster back on the ground so it can be refurbished is one thing, but recovering other parts of the spacecraft, such as the nosecone fairing, helps to boost SpaceX's bottom line even more.https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1116514068393680896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1116514068393680896&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fboygeniusreport.wordpress.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D5705656%26action%3DeditUnfortunately, the fairing halves have proven difficult to recover. The nosecone halves don't have great aerodynamics, and SpaceX has been testing various ways of recovering them for many months. The company has tried catching them, but getting its net-equipped ship into the right position has frustrated their efforts.For the Falcon Heavy, SpaceX didn't catch the fairings but did recover them promptly from the ocean. Seawater isn't the best for rocket components, but the company is confident it can refurbish the fairings after they've been dunked in the ocean. Musk says SpaceX plans on reusing the fairings during the launch of its own Starlink satellite mission later this year.This would be the first time SpaceX has ever reused nosecone fairings it recovered from the ocean, and the company hasn't said a lot about the process(es) it plans to use to give the fairings a second lease on life. We'll see whether things pan out later this year, but SpaceX has been on a winning streak lately and there's little reason to think that will change.
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| What 100 Calories of Easter Candy Looks Like Posted: 13 Apr 2019 03:00 AM PDT  In 2018, Americans spent $3.4 billion on Easter candy—more than they spent on candy for any other holiday except Halloween, according to the National Confectioners Association. So it's not easy t...
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| Apple, Facebook, Google Asked to Pay for Wind Parks in Denmark Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:03 AM PDT ![Apple, Facebook, Google Asked to Pay for Wind Parks in Denmark]( "Apple, Facebook, Google Asked to Pay for Wind Parks in Denmark") The companies have chosen the Nordic country, partly because of its abundant supply of green electricity. The Red Green Alliance, a left-wing opposition party with 14 seats in parliament, wants a ban on new data centers until a law is in place that can ensure no business "mooches" on Denmark's efforts to achieve carbon-neutrality, according to a statement published by the party on Friday.
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| Volkswagen Atlas Basecamp Off-Road Concept Shows VW's Adventurous Side Posted: 12 Apr 2019 06:00 AM PDT  Customizations include a lift kit, all-terrain tires, and a compact camper trailer.
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| Iranians rally against US move against paramilitary force Posted: 12 Apr 2019 05:03 AM PDT ![Iranians rally against US move against paramilitary force]( "Iranians rally against US move against paramilitary force") TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Burning American and Israeli flags, Iranians rallied after Friday prayers against the U.S.'s decision to designate the country's powerful Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization.
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| Kim Jong-un solidifies grip on power with new title and leadership shuffle Posted: 12 Apr 2019 06:19 AM PDT  In one of the biggest leadership shake-ups in years, North Korea named a new nominal head of state and a new premier, and gave leader Kim Jong Un a new title, state media reported on Friday, moves analysts said solidify Kim's grip on power. In an expected move, Kim Jong Un was re-elected as chairman of the State Affairs Commission at a session of North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature that took place on Thursday, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. For the first time, however, state media referred to Kim as "supreme representative of all the Korean people." That title was approved by special decree in February, according to the Associated Press, but has not been used publicly until Friday. It's unclear whether the changes will be codified in the constitution, but analysts said the shake-up shows Kim has fully come into his own, eight years after he inherited rule from his father, Kim Jong Il. "The transition and power consolidation of the Kim Jong Un regime is complete," said Michael Madden, a nonresident North Korea leadership expert with the Stimson Center, a Washington-based think tank. "This is probably the largest party-government shake-up in many years," he said. The Supreme People's Assembly met on Thursday and agreed on a major reshuffle Credit: HOGP/KCNA via KNS The move came as Moon Jae-in, South Korea's leader, met with Donald Trump, the US president, in Washington in an attempt to kickstart talks over Pyongyang's nuclear programme since the collapse of the US-North Korea summit in Hanoi in February. The meeting ended with little fanfare. Mr Moon had been pushing for the US to agree to smaller steps towards denuclearisation to keep diplomacy with the North alive. Mr Trump said he was open to a third summit with Kim but stressed that he was looking for "a big deal," clarifying that this meant North Korea getting rid of its nuclear weapons. He confirmed he was unwilling to budge on the strict sanctions that are shrinking the North Korean economy. "We want sanctions to remain in place," said Mr Trump. There was no direct reference to the US during Thursday's plenary session in Pyongyang, but ahead of the meeting, Kim threatened that North Korea would "deal a telling blow to the hostile forces who go with bloodshot eyes, miscalculating that sanctions can bring the DPRK (North Korea) to its knees." The failure to secure any sanctions relief at the Hanoi summit was an embarrassing loss of face for the North Korean leader. Presidents Trump and Moon with FIrst Ladies Melania Trump and Kim Jung-sook Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP Since early 2018 Kim has embarked on a push for economic development, hoping to strengthen his economy through international engagement, including historic summits with the leaders of the United States, China and South Korea. The diplomatic route has reduced tensions but so far produced limited results, leading experts to speculate about whether Kim may resume a more provocative strategy. However, in a message congratulating Kim on his re-election as chairman, Chinese President Xi Jinping said China highly values its friendship with North Korea and is willing to push forward the bilateral relations, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Kim's focus at the first parliamentary session since March elections was a reshuffle of his top aides, the shoring up of his domestic power, and a renewed commitment to make the economy the centrepiece of his strategy. Choe Ryong Hae was named President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, replacing Kim Yong Nam. The person holding that position is constitutionally considered North Korea's head of state and usually represents the country at diplomatic events, though experts say real power remains concentrated in Kim Jong Un's hands. Kim Yong Nam, who was born in 1928, has been one of the longest serving senior officials, having held the position since it was created for him in 1998, Madden said. President Moon and President Trump held an extensive meeting in Washington but little was agreed Credit: Yonhap/EPA-EFE/REX His replacement, Mr Choe, was subjected to political "re-education" in the past, but in recent years appeared to be gaining more influence since he was promoted in October 2017 to the party's powerful Central Military Commission, South Korean intelligence officials previously said. Mr Choe was one of the three officials sanctioned by the United States in December over allegations of rights abuses. Several officials who have played leading roles in negotiations with the United States, including Choe Son Hui and Kim Yong Chol, were also promoted. North Korea also replaced the premier of its cabinet, an official at the centre of efforts to jumpstart the economy. Pak Pong Ju had served his current post as premier since 2013. According to analysts at NK News, a website that monitors North Korea, Mr Pak helped oversee a process of "radical reform" in the economy that enabled it to survive sanctions. Among those reforms were loosing control of state-run enterprises, allowing them to operate more freely in the market and to seek private investment, according to a 2017 profile of Mr Pak in NK News. Some of those reforms earned the ire of Kim Jong Un's father, Kim Jong Il, who led North Korea at the time. But the younger Kim has more openly embraced many of those market changes, and North Korea has sought to ease sanctions and attract more private investment. Mr Pak will now serve as a vice chairman of the ruling party, meaning that those economic reforms are still being embraced, said Hong Min, senior researcher of Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul. "It means Pak Pong Ju-nomics, or Pak Pong Ju-style economic reform is continuing," he said. There is little known about Mr Pak's replacement, Kim Jae Ryong, who has been serving as a party leader in Jagang Province, a mountainous area home to some munitions factories. The province is known within North Korea, however, for having a spirit of overcoming hardship, which may fit with Kim Jong Un's message of persevering under sanctions, Hong said.
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| In-Depth Photos of the 2020 BMW M850i xDrive Convertible Posted: 12 Apr 2019 11:41 AM PDT |
| Assange aide arrested trying to leave Ecuador: official Posted: 11 Apr 2019 07:35 PM PDT  A collaborator of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday in Ecuador while trying to flee to Japan, the South American country's interior minister said. Maria Paula Romo did not identify the person but told Sonorama radio he was very close to Assange, who was arrested Thursday in London on a US extradition request after spending seven years in the Ecuadoran embassy there. Channel Teleamazonas identified him as Ola Bini, a software developer focused on privacy, security and cryptography, but did not name its source.
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| Banks fight Puerto Rico oversight board's quest for bondholder information Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:26 PM PDT ![Banks fight Puerto Rico oversight board's quest for bondholder information]( "Banks fight Puerto Rico oversight board's quest for bondholder information") Four banks on Friday fired back at a move by Puerto Rico's federally created financial oversight board to force them to disclose customer information related to certain debt issued by the bankrupt U.S. commonwealth. The board on Monday asked the U.S. District Court judge hearing the island's bankruptcy cases to compel the banks to submit bondholder names and addresses along with related payments the bondholders received between 2013 and 2017 by an April 19 deadline. The Bank of New York Mellon, Bank of America Corp , JP Morgan Chase Bank, and U.S. Bank objected, citing concerns over disclosing confidential customer information, as well as the cost and ability to produce a large amount of information within the tight deadline.
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| Accused test taker in college scandal at court Posted: 12 Apr 2019 12:22 PM PDT  A Florida prep school administrator is set to plead guilty to taking entrance exams for students in a nationwide college admissions bribery scheme. Mark Riddell is due to enter guilty pleas Friday afternoon. (April 12)
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| All the Game of Thrones History You Need to Know Ahead of Season 8 Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:28 AM PDT  From the creation of the White Walkers to the Dance of Dragons to Robert's Rebellion, here are the events that will affect season 8.
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| Infiniti celebrates 30 years with special edition trim for Q50 Posted: 12 Apr 2019 07:04 AM PDT  Infiniti will be celebrating its 30th anniversary with the launch of a new trim for the Q50 sedan. The 2019 Q50 Signature Edition will debut next week at the New York International Auto Show. On Thursday Infiniti announced that it plans to celebrate its 30 years this year at the New York Auto Show with the launch of the 2019 Q50 Signature sedan.
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| Sudanese army holds 1st meeting with protesters since coup Posted: 13 Apr 2019 10:50 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese political parties and movements behind nearly four months of anti-government protests met with the country's military on Saturday, activists and the military said, holding the first talks since the army forced President Omar al-Bashir from power two days ago.
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| Top Asian News 3:46 a.m. GMT Posted: 11 Apr 2019 08:46 PM PDT ![Top Asian News 3:46 a.m. GMT]( "Top Asian News 3:46 a.m. GMT") SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has retained his most important leadership post as his rubber-stamp parliament made a slew of personnel changes that bolstered his diplomatic lineup amid stalemated nuclear diplomacy with the United States. Some observers say the personnel appointments could show Kim's desire to keep nuclear diplomacy alive rather than returning to a policy of ratcheting up tensions. In Washington, President Donald Trump and visiting South Korean President met Thursday and agreed on the importance of nuclear talks with North Korea. The North's Korean Central News Agency reported Friday that Kim was re-elected as chairman of the State Affairs Commission at the first session of the Supreme People's Assembly on Thursday.
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| Google takes on 'Africa's challenges' with first AI centre in Ghana Posted: 12 Apr 2019 08:21 PM PDT  An artificial intelligence research laboratory opened by Google in Ghana, the first of its kind in Africa, will take on challenges across the continent, researchers say. The US technology giant said the lab in the capital Accra would address economic, political and environmental issues. "Africa has many challenges where the use of AI could be beneficial, sometimes even more than in other places," Google's head of AI Accra, Moustapha Cisse, told AFP at the centre's official opening this week.
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