| Aircraft carrier, bombers shifted to Middle East to send 'very loud' message to Iran Posted: 07 May 2019 03:55 PM PDT  The Pentagon has responded to an urgent request to confront Iran, fearing attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East.
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| 41 dead as Russian plane bursts into flames on landing Posted: 05 May 2019 07:44 PM PDT  Dramatic footage that went viral on social media showed Aeroflot's Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crash-landing and then speeding along the runway at Sheremetyevo international airport on Sunday, flames pouring from its fuselage. "There were 78 people including crew members on board the plane," which was bound for the northwestern city of Murmansk, Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement. Eleven people were injured, Dmitry Matveyev, the Moscow region's health minister said earlier in the day.
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| U.S. lifts sanctions on Venezuelan general who broke with Maduro Posted: 07 May 2019 03:40 PM PDT  An attempted uprising last week led by Juan Guaido, the opposition leader backed by the United States and other Western countries, failed to dislodge Maduro, as have a series of U.S. sanctions against his government. Pence's speech was the first look at how the Trump administration plans to recalibrate its strategy to support Guaido. While U.S. officials have previously dangled what they called "off ramps" for those hit with sanctions who abandon Maduro, this is the first time the Trump administration has made good on its pledge.
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| Deceased pets recovered from plane in Florida river Posted: 06 May 2019 02:19 PM PDT  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Deceased pets have been recovered from a chartered jet that ran into a river at a Florida military base.
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| Florida's Gillum calls bill to limit voting by ex-convicts a 'poll tax' Posted: 06 May 2019 02:07 PM PDT  Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor who last November lost a close race to become Florida's governor, sharply criticized new restrictions placed on voting by people with felony convictions at a congressional hearing on Monday. "The unfortunate thing" about Florida, Gillum said, was that "we almost look directly at how we disenfranchise as many people as we possibly can," citing alleged attempts to close polling sites and dismiss absentee ballots. Gillum made his comments at a Monday hearing of the Committee on House Administration devoted to voting rights in Florida.
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| Rainbow Sangria, Mermaid Mules, and More Creative Cocktail Recipes Posted: 07 May 2019 02:29 PM PDT |
| Thai king to greet subjects on final day of coronation Posted: 05 May 2019 10:59 PM PDT ![Thai king to greet subjects on final day of coronation]( "Thai king to greet subjects on final day of coronation") Thailand began the third and final day of coronation ceremonies for King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who will meet foreign diplomats and greet his subjects from atop a balcony, a day after a grand procession through Bangkok. The coronation started on Saturday after a period of official mourning for the king's revered father, who died in October 2016 having reigned for 70 years. On Sunday, the king was carried through the streets on his gilded palanquin for the royal procession.
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| The Met Museum Pulls Out All the Stops in Its Quest for Camp Posted: 06 May 2019 01:16 PM PDT  Go inside this year's Met Costume Institute exhibition and gala with head curator Andrew Bolton and acclaimed theatrical designer Jan Versweyveld
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| Palestinians step up rocket attacks as Israel strikes Gaza Posted: 05 May 2019 06:01 PM PDT  Israeli forces struck dozens of targets throughout Gaza, including militant sites that the military said were concealed in homes or residential areas.
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| Iran dismisses US naval deployment as old news Posted: 06 May 2019 11:53 AM PDT  Iran on Monday dismissed as old news a U.S. announcement it is sending a naval strike group to the Middle East in order to deliver the Islamic republic a message, Tasnim news agency reported. US National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Sunday that the United States was deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force as a "clear and unmistakeable message" that it will retaliate against any attack on its interests or its allies' by Iran.
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| ‘The View’ Confronts Crenshaw for Defending Trump on Charlottesville: ‘Why Do You Apologize for Him?!’ Posted: 06 May 2019 10:54 AM PDT  Appearing on The View on Monday, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) was challenged by hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin when he claimed that President Trump never referred to white nationalists or neo-Nazis as "very fine people" during his response to the deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally.Towards the end of his multi-segment Monday morning interview, the Texas Republican was asked about his vocal criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Crenshaw, in case you forgot, helped spark conservative outrage against Omar last month, resulting in increased death threats against her when he attacked her for out-of-context remarks about 9/11.Meghan McCain asked Crenshaw why he felt Democrats were "reluctant to call [Omar] out," prompting the GOP congressman to reply that it was because "we're playing a team sport today.""We just had a long discussion about how Republicans feel about Trump," Crenshaw added. "I think you're seeing the same issues play out on the Democrat side with somebody on their own team and they're not sure how to handle it even though might, behind closed doors, disagree with what she's saying."Co-host Joy Behar then jumped in, noting that Omar is a new congresswoman before contrasting conservatives' reaction to her with the president's Charlottesville response."On the right, what we have is the President of the United States in Charlottesville saying there are good people on both sides and people are yelling 'Jews will not replace us.' There are not good people on both sides," she exclaimed.Crenshaw interrupted, claiming that "in the same sentence" the president said that he was "definitely not referring to white nationalists." (This, however, is not entirely true, as the president insisted there were "very fine people" on the side of a rally organized entirely by white supremacists and neo-Nazis.) "Why do you apologize for him?!" Behar shot back, causing Crenshaw to double down on his defense, telling her she needed to "read what he actually said."Hostin, meanwhile, claimed that Trump didn't admonish white supremacists in the same sentence but rather in a fumbling later statement. As they continued to argue about whether or not Trump condemned white nationalists, McCain rallied to Crenshaw's defense, saying she didn't "think it matters" because "bigotry and any kind of statements like these should be called out."As for Crenshaw's assertion that Trump said he wasn't referring to white nationalists during his Aug. 15, 2017 remarks, this really comes down to hair-splitting and not looking at the comments in a larger context."Excuse me, they didn't put themselves down as neo-Nazis, and you had some very bad people in that group," Trump said at the time. "But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides."Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here
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| Families of Lion Air crash victims criticise Boeing over alert issue Posted: 06 May 2019 02:18 AM PDT  Families of victims in the Indonesia Lion Air crash hit out at Boeing Monday over its admission that engineers had identified a safety system glitch well before the fatal accident, in the latest knock to the plane maker's reputation. Boeing said Sunday engineers had found the safety alert issue on its 737 MAX aircraft in 2017, a year before the deadly crash in Indonesia that killed 189 people. According to Boeing, a supposedly standard piece of equipment that tells pilot about disagreements between angle of attack (AOA) indicators -- which measure the plane's angle vis-a-vis oncoming air to warn of impending stalls -- did not activate unless an additional optional indicator was purchased by airlines.
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| After the Stock Carnage, Wait for the Yawn Posted: 06 May 2019 06:29 AM PDT  S&P 500 Index futures fell as much as 2.2 percent Monday and China's CSI 300 Index closed 5.8 percent lower after news that Beijing is considering delaying a trip by its top trade negotiators in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to raise tariffs.
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| Presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) wants national gun owner registry Posted: 06 May 2019 10:17 AM PDT  Senator Cory Booker put forth a national licensing proposal calling for all gun owners to obtain federal firearms licenses.
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| Hero student who tackled North Carolina gunman remembered as 'selfless' Posted: 05 May 2019 07:52 PM PDT ![Hero student who tackled North Carolina gunman remembered as 'selfless']( "Hero student who tackled North Carolina gunman remembered as 'selfless'") Riley Howell, 21, was one of two people killed on Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte when a former student opened fire inside a classroom of nearly 50 students. Four other students were injured. Howell, a member of the university's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), was given full military honors at the memorial.
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| Mike Pompeo rejects Canada's claims to Northwest Passage as 'illegitimate' Posted: 07 May 2019 10:04 AM PDT  Speech to Arctic Council delegates prompted frustration and surprise among experts and government officials Secretary of state Mike Pompeo giving a speech to delegates from the Arctic nations in Rovaniemi in northern Finland on Monday. Photograph: Vesa Moilanen/Rex/ShutterstockMike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has rejected Canada's claims to the Northwest Passage as "illegitimate", in a high-profile foreign policy speech that prompted frustration and surprise among experts and government officials.Delegates from Arctic nations – Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US – had gathered in Finland to discuss balancing climate change with resource development in the region."No one denies Russia has significant Arctic interests," Pompeo told delegates of the Arctic Council on Monday. "We recognize that Russia is not the only nation making illegitimate claims: the US has a long contested feud with Canada over sovereign claims through the Northwest Passage."The Arctic route linking the Atlantic and the Pacific offers a potential shortcut between Europe and China. Although the passage remains ice-bound for much of the year, it has become increasingly usable because of global warming and the retreat of Arctic sea ice.While the United States has long maintained that the route, often blocked by sea ice, lies in international waters, Canada has argued the waters pass through sovereign territory.Foreign affairs minister Chrystia Freeland dismissed Pompeo's remarks after a meeting with her American counterpart."Canada is very clear about the Northwest Passage being Canadian. There is both a very strong and geographic connection with Canada," Freeland told reporters.EmbedMichael Byers, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia and author of International Law and the Arctic, said Pompeo's remarks were consistent with US policy. But he said the "belligerent" speech contained numerous,"factual mistakes and logical inconsistencies".Byers said: "He talked about Chinese investments in infrastructure in the Canadian Arctic, [but] there are none. That was a straight-out factual misstatement."Pompeo also came in for criticism for enthusing about the "abundance" of resources available for extracting in the Arctic as climate change causing ice to retreat. "Steady reductions in sea ice are opening new passageways and new opportunities for trade, that can potentially slashing the time it takes for ships to travel between Asia and the West by as much as 20 days," he said.The council meeting ended without a joint final statement from council members, after the US delegation balked at the inclusion of the phrase "climate change".It marked the first time the Arctic Council had failed to produce a declaration since 1996."I actually celebrate the fact that the seven other countries stood up to the Trump administration" said Byers. "We're talking about about six close allies of the United States – four of them Nato partners – drawing a line in the snow saying you cannot have a declaration without acknowledging the crisis of climate change."
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| US sending B-52s to Middle East against Iran 'threat' Posted: 07 May 2019 11:58 AM PDT  The US Air Force is deploying massive B-52 Stratofortress bombers to the Gulf in response to an alleged possible plan by Iran to attack American forces in the region, the Pentagon said Tuesday. "The deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force are considered a prudent step in response to indications of heightened Iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against US forces and our interests," said acting Pentagon spokesman Charles Summers in a statement.
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| US Trade Rep Accuses China of Backtracking on Trade Talks, Says Tariffs Will Rise Friday Posted: 06 May 2019 04:29 PM PDT  Trump administration officials confirmed Monday that the U.S. will raise tariffs on Chinese goods on Friday following a breakdown of trade negotiations last week."Over the course of the last week or so, we've seen an erosion in commitments by China, I would say retreating from commitments that have already been made, in our judgment," U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters in Washington, D.C. on Monday.The Trump administration will raise tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods from 10 percent to 25 percent, effective on Friday. The U.S. also currently has a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese high-tech products.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin added that negotiations went "substantially backward" over the weekend after he and Lighthizer visited Beijing last week. However, the officials plan to continue trade talks with a Chinese delegation scheduled to travel to Washington D.C. on Thursday and Friday.Stocks dipped Sunday after President Trump warned about increased tariffs, but were largely recovered by Monday morning."For 10 months, China has been paying Tariffs to the USA of 25% on 50 Billion Dollars of High Tech, and 10% on 200 Billion Dollars of other goods. These payments are partially responsible for our great economic results. The 10% will go up to 25% on Friday. 325 Billions Dollars of additional goods sent to us by China remain untaxed, but will be shortly, at a rate of 25%," Trump said in a pair of tweets Sunday. "The Tariffs paid to the USA have had little impact on product cost, mostly borne by China. The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!"The president continued the pressure campaign on China Monday morning, writing in a tweet that, "With China we lose 500 Billion Dollars. Sorry, we're not going to be doing that anymore!"
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| Scientists Figured Out How to Make Neural Networks 90 Percent Smaller—but Just as Smart Posted: 07 May 2019 06:37 AM PDT ![Scientists Figured Out How to Make Neural Networks 90 Percent Smaller—but Just as Smart]( "Scientists Figured Out How to Make Neural Networks 90 Percent Smaller—but Just as Smart") Now that AI can get the job done without the dead weight, the applications could be huge.
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| Watch a Tesla Model 3 quickly swerve on its own to avoid an accident at the last second Posted: 06 May 2019 04:06 PM PDT  It's a shame that much of the narrative surrounding Tesla these days centers on the company's stock price, Elon Musk's shenanigans on Twitter, or other trivial details that don't truly capture some of the impressive automotive innovations Tesla has rolled out at a slow and steady pace over the years.Even today, a talking head on CNBC proclaimed that the 'Tesla dream' had come to an end and that the reality is that Tesla simply is unable to execute as promised. But if we move past the talking points, there's a lot of good news lurking beneath the surface. As a prime example, the number of Tesla vehicles on the road has exploded in recent years. To this point, Tesla deliveries from Q1 of 2018 to Q1 of 2019 jumped by an astounding 110%. In turn, we've seen a discernible uptick in videos depicting Tesla vehicles on Autopilot avoiding potentially tragic collisions.The latest example was posted to Reddit earlier today and depicts a Model 3 swerving out of harm's way after being rear-ended and almost careening into a car ahead:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVdTAwU07Jc"This morning I was rear ended coming to a stop by a lady driving about 40-50 mph," the uploader of the video notes. "The swerve in the video is not me. I don't really remember in the moment but I think it was the Tesla that avoided the front collision. Saved me from bigger damage."Now is it possible that the driver instinctively swerved to the left to avoid the car ahead and simply doesn't remember? Of course. That said, there are rumblings on the Reddit thread that Tesla will take a look at the logs and see exactly what happened.Interestingly enough, this is the second Autopilot video we've seen make the rounds in just the last two weeks:https://twitter.com/RaghuKonka/status/1120209206995406848
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| Security high in restive Kashmir as India votes again Posted: 06 May 2019 01:46 AM PDT  India held the next stage of its marathon election on Monday, with 90 million people eligible to vote in key seats for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and security heavy in restive Kashmir. The world's biggest poll has been plagued by violence, with militants throwing a grenade at a voting booth Monday and shooting dead a candidate in south Kashmir over the weekend. At the 2014 election, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 39 of the 51 constituencies up for grabs on Monday, as he swept to power and the opposition Congress party suffered its worst ever result.
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| Third parent pleads guilty in college admissions scandal: This one paid $400K to get son into Georgetown Posted: 07 May 2019 01:56 PM PDT  Stephen Semprevivo pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying $400,000 to Rick Singer to get his son into Georgetown University, part of a nationwide scandal.
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| Iran's Zarif says Tehran not pulling out of nuclear deal: state media Posted: 07 May 2019 03:02 PM PDT  Iran will reduce some "voluntary" commitments within its nuclear deal with world powers as a response to members' inability to resist U.S. pressure, but will not withdraw from it, state media on Wednesday quoted Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying. Iran's state media said earlier Tehran would write to the countries still signed up to the deal - U.S. allies Britain, France and Germany as well as Russia and China - on Wednesday to give them details about plans to "diminish its commitments" under the deal. "Iran's future actions will be fully within the (nuclear deal), from which the Islamic Republic will not withdraw," Zarif said, according to state media.
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| Should President Trump be worried about Kim Jong Un's command to troops to be 'on alert?' Posted: 06 May 2019 03:25 AM PDT  National security analyst Ryan Mauro weighs in on North Korea's recent test-firing of short-range projectiles.
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| Mnuchin Rejects House Democrats' Demand for Trump's Tax Returns Posted: 06 May 2019 03:43 PM PDT  The rejection of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal's request for six years of the president's returns opens the door for Democrats to pursue more forceful measures, such as issuing a subpoena or filing a lawsuit. Mnuchin had put off a firm response for nearly a month but in a letter on Monday officially declined the request.
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| Forgot about Mother's Day? These gifts are on sale. Posted: 07 May 2019 02:00 AM PDT  Let's face it: You're not going to nab that coveted "Son/Daughter of the Year" title by showing up to Mother's Day brunch with a body lotion gift basket you bought at Walgreens 20 minutes earlier. Luckily, even the most chronic procrastinators can score a thoughtful gift for Mom if they know where to find some eleventh-hour bargains.Below, we've rounded up five last-minute (but still awesome) deals on flowers, wine delivery services, and more -- enough to ensure you don't get written out of the will, at least. Teleflora Mother's Day CreditSure, it's a little predictable, but you can't go wrong with a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. With this deal from Teleflora, you can take your pick from dozens of stunning flower arrangements that have been handcrafted by local florists. Once you've made your selection, it'll be delivered speedily in an elegant vase (not a plain old box) right to your mom's doorstep.Get $40 in Teleflora credits for just $18 -- a savings of 55%. Image: Teleflora $40 Teleflora Mother's Day credit -- $18 See Details Florists.com Mother's Day SpecialFlorists.com is offering its own special Mother's Day promotion with 50% off your choice of credit value. Same-day delivery is available on all of its flowers, plants, gift baskets, and fruit bouquets. Plus, you've got the option of adding a balloon or chocolates to your order to truly make Mom's day. Get $30 in credits for $15 or $40 in credits for $20. Image: florists.com Florists.com credit -- 50% off See Details Personalized socksThere's a good chance she'll never wear them out of the house, but your mom will definitely get a kick out of these silly personalized socks featuring her favorite person's (or pet's) face. Simply visit the Lovimals website and upload a photo of said face. Their in-house art team will then fine-tune the design and have it printed on your choice of blue, green, red, or pink suede-feel socks. Snag a pair for just $22.49 -- 25% off the original retail price of $29.99. Image: lovimals Personalized socks -- $22.49 See Details Winc Wine DeliveryFor a gift that's a surefire hit this Mother's Day, look no further than a wine subscription service. The quality blends offered by Winc are handpicked by wine gurus based on your mom's individual taste and shipped right to her front door along with flavor notes, vineyard backstories, and food pairing ideas. Get your mom her first four bottles of wine from Winc for only $26 -- a 50% discount on the usual price of $52. (That's less than $7 a bottle, FWIW.) Image: winc Winc Wine Delivery -- four bottles for $26 See Details Wine AwesomenessAnother solid pick as far as wine delivery services go, Wine Awesomeness is like an at-home version of a fancy wine club. With this limited-time deal, your mom gets three creatively curated bottles of vino inspired by a specific region or theme, plus a magazine packed with tasting notes, recipe pairings, and playlist suggestions -- all delivered straight to her doorstep each month. A $45 value, you can get your mom's first Wine Awesomeness box for only $30 -- a 33% savings. Image: wine awesomeness Wine Awesomeness box -- $30 See Details
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| Israel-Hamas truce: Will it last? Posted: 06 May 2019 10:02 AM PDT  Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip agreed a ceasefire Monday after a two-day flare-up that brought them to the brink of war, but analysts remain unconvinced any truce will last. On Friday two Israeli soldiers were shot and injured during protests and clashes along the Gaza border. Israel blamed the attack on an Islamic Jihad sniper.
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| These Brunch Cocktails Are What Your Mom Really Wants For Mother's Day Posted: 07 May 2019 11:44 AM PDT |
| US warns China, Russia against aggression in Arctic region Posted: 06 May 2019 08:05 AM PDT  ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — The Trump administration warned China and Russia on Monday that the U.S. won't stand for aggressive moves in the Arctic region, which is rapidly opening up to development and commerce as temperatures warm and sea ice melts.
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| 6 facts about bonds that you need to understand now Posted: 06 May 2019 06:43 AM PDT ![6 facts about bonds that you need to understand now]( "6 facts about bonds that you need to understand now") Conventional wisdom says bonds zig when stocks zag, smoothing out bumpy periods for investors who own both. Yet last year, that didn't happen.
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| Australian republicans send cheeky congrats to Harry and Meghan Posted: 06 May 2019 06:44 PM PDT  Australians campaigning to end the former colony's allegiance to the British monarchy "warmly" congratulated Harry and Meghan on Tuesday on the birth of their son. Australians voted to keep the British monarch as their head of state in a 1999 referendum, but the opposition Labor party has vowed to hold a new plebiscite on the issue if they win national elections on May 18, as opinion polls predict. Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison, a supporter of the monarchy, tweeted "huge congratulations" to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex after their baby son was born overnight.
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| Exclusive: Pence to offer 'carrots' to Venezuela military, warnings to judges Posted: 06 May 2019 07:02 PM PDT  In a speech to the Americas Society at the State Department, scheduled for 3:25 p.m. (1925 GMT), Pence will also warn that the United States will soon move to sanction 25 additional magistrates on Venezuela's supreme court, the official said on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity. Pence will also offer assistance for refugees who have fled the country, and an economic aid package contingent on a political transition, according to the official. Pence's speech will be the first look at the Trump administration's recalibrated strategy following massive street protests last week led by Juan Guaido, the opposition leader backed by the United States and most other Western countries.
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| Video shows Apple’s new iPhone 11 design with one change we’re not so sure we like Posted: 06 May 2019 05:17 AM PDT  Apple isn't always first when it comes to introducing new smartphone features. The company is known for taking its time and getting things right rather than trying to be first to market. Just ask Samsung about the travesty that is the Galaxy Fold and you'll understand why Apple is more than happy to do things well instead of just doing them quickly. When it comes to smartphone design, however, Apple has always been a trendsetter.Most people likely don't even remember what smartphones used to look like before the first iPhone debuted in 2007. Fast-forward a decade, and rival smartphone makers still scramble to copy Apple's every move. 2018 was indeed a rough year for smartphone fans since just about every handset out there was nothing but a boring iPhone X copycat, but 2019 is going in a completely different direction. In fact, something quite interesting is happening this year: For the first time since companies like Samsung and others popularized the phablet form factor, Android companies are actually moving away from copying Apple and starting to come up with their own novel designs.The upcoming iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Max, and iPhone 11R (if that's what Apple ends up calling it) are shaping up to be nearly identical to their predecessors in terms of design. There will some refinements here and there, and we know that it's going to put Android phones to shame when it comes to fit and finish. But overall, the iPhone 11 design we've seen leak time and time again is anything but exciting and new. Now, a new video has taken the information from all the leaks we've seen over the past few weeks and used it to show us what Apple's next-generation flagship iPhone models will look like.We still have more than four months to go before Apple announces its new iPhone 11 series smartphones, but the leaks have really picked up over the past month or so. Long story short, we now likely know just about everything there is to know about Apple's iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max design.The image above shows what will likely end up being the iPhone 11's only distinguishing feature as far as hardware design goes. The front of the iPhone 11 will look exactly like the front of the iPhone XS and the front of the iPhone X -- an all-screen design interrupted by a large notch at the top of the screen. Around back, however, both the iPhone 11 and the iPhone 11 Max are expected to have a large square camera array consisting of three camera lenses and an LED flash. Only, it won't actually end up looking like it does in the render above, because we recently learned that Apple has a pretty big change planned for the rear camera on its iPhone 11 series phones.In the iPhone 11 Max render above, the phone itself is gold but the area around the cameras is black. Like other smartphone makers out there, this is the design Apple has always used on its iPhones. This year, however, word from the world's most accurate Apple insider suggests that Apple has decided to color-match the iPhone 11's rear camera so that it blends in with the rest of the back of the phone. Honestly, we're not so sure how we feel about the change.It looks pretty good in the render above, but this render uses some shading on the sapphire crystal to darken the glass. As a result, there's still some contrast between the back of the phone and the camera array. The actual iPhone 11 models Apple releases later this year obviously won't have any shading on the sapphire crystal, and now a new video created by graphic designer Gunho Lee shows us what Apple's next-generation iPhones will look like with color-matched cameras.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsWPUfmn74We'll obviously have to wait to pass a final judgement until we see the real iPhone 11 series phones Apple unveils this coming September. For the time being, however, we're not so sure we like this change.
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| Warren Buffett says U.S.-China trade war would be 'bad for the whole world' Posted: 06 May 2019 06:20 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Warren Buffett said on Monday that a trade war between the United States and China would be "bad for the whole world."
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| This U.S. Ally Could Buy Russia's Su-57 Stealth Fighter and S-500 Air Defense System Posted: 06 May 2019 12:40 AM PDT  Turkey's plans to purchase the Russian S-400 missile system marked a major shift in Ankara's defense orientation, eliciting a sharp response from Washington. Nonetheless, the S-400 deal barely scratches the surface of the blooming Turkey-Russia defense relationship and the threat that it poses to NATO's military coherence.The Kremlin and Rosoboronexport-- Russia's state arms exporting agency—are seeking to capitalize on the political goodwill from the S-400 sale with several other high-profile contracts, including Russian jet fighters and next-generation missile defense system. When the US defense department suspended F-35 transfers to Ankara "pending an unequivocal Turkish decision to forego delivery of the S-400" early last month, Russian and western defense commentators speculated that Russia would pounce with a snap Su-35 offer. It now appears, however, that Moscow has its sights set on a bigger deal. In an interview given to Turkish state media, Rostec chief Sergei Chemezov suggested that Moscow is open to inking a Su-57 contract: "These fifth-generation Russian fighter jets [the Su-57] have outstanding qualities, and show promise for export."
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| John Singleton: Private funeral set for Monday, larger memorial in coming weeks Posted: 05 May 2019 07:02 PM PDT  The late "Boyz n the Hood" director John Singleton is being laid to rest in a private funeral Monday.
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| Ikea opens city-centre concept store in Paris Posted: 06 May 2019 04:19 AM PDT  Ikea opened a new city-centre concept store in Paris on Monday as the Swedish furniture giant tries a new strategy for winning over urban consumers that will be rolled out internationally this year. The Paris outlet at Place Madeleine, a short walk from the bottom of the Champs-Elysees avenue, is four times smaller than Ikea's typical blue-box megastores, which are usually located on cheaper land on the edge of cities. From the opening, we will start learning," the chief executive of Ikea's parent group, Jesper Brodin, told AFP.
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| Venezuela's top court targets opposition lawmakers Posted: 07 May 2019 02:25 PM PDT  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's top court on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation against six opposition lawmakers following a failed attempt to spark a military uprising against President Nicolás Maduro.
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| 25+ Mother's Day Desserts That Are Better Than A Gift Posted: 07 May 2019 02:58 PM PDT |
| RPT-INTERVIEW-In wake of deadly attacks, Sri Lanka president vows stability before vote Posted: 05 May 2019 07:32 PM PDT ![RPT-INTERVIEW-In wake of deadly attacks, Sri Lanka president vows stability before vote]( "RPT-INTERVIEW-In wake of deadly attacks, Sri Lanka president vows stability before vote") Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena said on Saturday the security forces would "eradicate terrorism" following devastating suicide attacks on Easter Sunday and restore stability before a presidential election due by year-end. Sirisena also said in an interview he believed Islamic State was behind the April 21 attacks, which targeted churches and luxury hotels and killed more than 250 people including 42 foreign nationals. "Elections cannot be postponed, therefore before the elections I will bring about stability and I will eradicate terrorism," Sirisena told Reuters.
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| Kamala Harris Calls for Full Repeal of Trump's 2017 Tax Law Posted: 06 May 2019 05:00 PM PDT  Harris's stance goes further than most Democrats, who have called for repealing parts of the 2017 law that grants steep tax breaks for corporations and upper earners, as well as restoring the full state and local tax deduction, which was limited to $10,000. Getting rid of the entire law would also mean repealing the doubling of the standard deduction and higher child tax credit, which benefit middle-class Americans.
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