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- Israel army disperses Lebanese protesters at border
- Egypt annoyed as Britain continues suspension of flights
- Taliban leader encourages people to plant trees
- An Ecstatic Crowd Greets Obama At NYC Starbucks
- One dead, two injured in Germany car attack
- Trump Administration Seeks to Loosen Hiring Requirements to Beef Up Border Patrol
- Here’s the three new Nokia Android phones you’ve been waiting for
- MH370 Search Must Continue, Australia’s Former PM Says
- Pope quietly trims sanctions for sex abusers seeking mercy
- White House bars some news organizations from briefing
- Syria's White Helmets rescuers will not attend Oscars
- This Week Fast Forward 02.26.2017
- Photos of the day - February 25, 2017
- Congress Is Making It Harder To File A Class-Action Lawsuit
- Pence: Administration backs Israel abroad, business at home
- Dakota protesters regroup, plot resistance to other pipelines
- Here's What Samsung Will Be Showing At MWC 2017
- Haiti gov't creates commission to probe prison conditions
- French legal probe ratchets up pressure on Fillon election bid
- In besieged Gaza, first English library to open window to world
- Protesters mark Philippine revolt by condemning killings
- Where these 'Shark Tank' companies are today: Part 6
- South Carolina Republican's town hall starts rowdy, ends peaceably
- Here's How To Watch Ring Of Fire Eclipse Sunday Morning
- Official Samsung teaser confirms the Galaxy S8 will launch March 29th
- Guatemala orders expulsion of abortion ship, crew
- 5 Reasons a Riding Mower Snow Plow Is a Bad Idea
- Photos of the day - February 26, 2017
- Pentagon seeks to expand fight against extremists in Somalia
- Magistrates to probe France's Fillon over 'fake jobs'
- Melania Could Have Been A Deportation Priority Under New Immigration Rules
- Interview: Secret messaging app Confide wins new fans in the Trump era
- Thorny skate will not be added to endangered species list
- Jerk alligator steals a huge fish off a little boy's line
- US to seek extradition of ex-Guatemalan vice president
- In Puerto Rico, pensions' decline pits retirees against lenders
- Christian Louboutin adds eye products to existing makeup collection
- Libya govt secures ceasefire after Tripoli clashes
- Iran's Rouhani to run for second term: vice-president
- How To Watch Mardi Gras Online
- You’ll never look at your TV the same way again
- WWII Navy officer who helped rescue Kennedy dies at age 97
- France's Hollande fires back at Trump over Paris comments
- Judge decides against fining widow who called police 'pigs'
- Brazil's Carnival begins with parades, parties but no mayor
- FCC chair to block stricter broadband data privacy rules
- 7 Reasons Why We Love MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolours
Israel army disperses Lebanese protesters at border Posted: 25 Feb 2017 11:03 AM PST Israel's army dispersed dozens of Lebanese demonstrators Saturday after they crossed the border protesting against the alleged installation of spying equipment in their village, the Israeli army and media said. "Dozens of people gathered at the border between Lebanon and Israel," a military spokeswoman said. "Upon the group crossing of the international border, IDF forces fired dispersal means in order to disperse the gathering and prevent further infiltration into Israeli territory," she said, adding there were no casualties. |
Egypt annoyed as Britain continues suspension of flights Posted: 25 Feb 2017 11:33 PM PST Egypt expressed frustration on Saturday at Britain's refusal to lift a suspension of flights from the United Kingdom to the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, imposed after Islamic State brought down a Russian airliner in 2015. The issue of airline security came up in talks involving visiting British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukry. Johnson praised Egypt as a longstanding friend of Britain and said they were strong allies against terrorism and extremist ideas, according to a British statement. |
Taliban leader encourages people to plant trees Posted: 26 Feb 2017 05:18 AM PST |
An Ecstatic Crowd Greets Obama At NYC Starbucks Posted: 24 Feb 2017 09:33 PM PST |
One dead, two injured in Germany car attack Posted: 25 Feb 2017 02:00 PM PST One person was killed and two injured Saturday when a man rammed a car into pedestrians in the southern German city of Heidelberg, said police, adding that it did not appear to be a terror attack. After the crash, the driver, a 35-year-old German man, fled on foot armed with a knife on a busy city centre street but was shot and wounded by police. |
Trump Administration Seeks to Loosen Hiring Requirements to Beef Up Border Patrol Posted: 25 Feb 2017 01:09 PM PST |
Here’s the three new Nokia Android phones you’ve been waiting for Posted: 26 Feb 2017 09:26 AM PST About five years too late, Nokia has finally entered the Android market. It's probably not quite what you were expecting: the phones really come from Nokia's new Finnish owner, HMD Global. But hey, they're Nokia phones running Android, and they look half-decent, so who are we to complain? Things get better when you hear about the design decisions HMD has been making. Just a few small companies (and Motorola) have done in the past, HMD is shipping all three phones with pure Android, no gimmicks, no bundled apps, and no bungled re-skinning. The three devices are called the Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6. The specs and price increase along with the number, but all three handsets look distinctly mid-range. It starts with the Nokia 3, the most basic of the new devices. It's featuring a 5-inch display up front, generic quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM underneath, and 16GB of storage, expandable with a microSD. The design looks a lot like the Nokia we've recently become familiar with: curved edges, a polycarbonate frame, and most of the flair coming from color. It's not a bad design, normally, but in a world of aluminum unibody, it's sorely in danger of feeling cheap. That's exactly what the Nokia 3 is, though, as it should be available in the spring for around $150. Just like the new 3310, there's a range of colors for you to choose from. The Nokia 5 looks like a small step up in price, but hits a much more attractive place with the specs. Ther's a 5.2-inch display, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a Wualcomm Snapdragon 430 underneath. That's a decent amount of power for a mid-range Android device, and especially given that it's running a naked version of Android with no bloat, should be enough for most day-to-day use. The polycarbonate body is also upgraded to aluminum, which helps with a more premium feel. It still looks to have a lot of bezel compared to this year's crop of smartphones, but at the price of the 5, you can lett that go. It should be shipping in Q2 for $200, which is a steal for a serious low-end handset these days. There's also one other piece of classic Nokia to be found in the 5's hardware: a 13-megapixel camera at the back and 6-megapixel front-facing camera. Provided that these are good lenses and not just gratuitously thrown on there to save the spec sheet, that could mean that Nokia's legendary mobile cameras are back for good. Finally, we've got the Nokia 6. It many ways, it's similar to the 5: aluminum body, Snapdragon 430 processor, but the screen has been upgraded to 5.5-inches and the RAM to 3GB. The camera also gets a small bump to 16 megapixels. There's also a limited edition available with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, if that really catches your eye. It's still not priced anywhere close to flagship smartphone pricing, with the regular version running about $250. None of these phones are going to change the world or compete with a new iPhone, but it looks to be a solid first step back into the phone-making business for Nokia. We'll have to wait and see how sales actually go -- for low-end phones like these, it will probably depend if they can get into any carrier retail stores -- but the future looks a little brighter for Nokia after today. |
MH370 Search Must Continue, Australia’s Former PM Says Posted: 25 Feb 2017 09:31 PM PST |
Pope quietly trims sanctions for sex abusers seeking mercy Posted: 25 Feb 2017 05:54 AM PST |
White House bars some news organizations from briefing Posted: 24 Feb 2017 06:49 PM PST By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House excluded several major U.S. news organizations, including some it has criticized, from an off-camera briefing held by the White House press secretary on Friday. Spicer's off-camera briefing, or "gaggle," replaced the usual televised daily news briefing in the White House briefing room. Reuters was included in the session, along with about 10 other news organizations, including Bloomberg and CBS. |
Syria's White Helmets rescuers will not attend Oscars Posted: 25 Feb 2017 09:16 PM PST Rescue workers from Syria's White Helmets group - the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary - will not attend this weekend's Academy Awards ceremony because of intensified regime bombing and a rejected passport. Raed Saleh and fellow White Helmet member Khaled Khatib had been set to attend Sunday's ceremony in Hollywood, where "The White Helmets" is shortlisted for best short documentary. Sad, but important work to do here," Khatib tweeted Saturday from Istanbul. |
This Week Fast Forward 02.26.2017 Posted: 26 Feb 2017 08:47 AM PST |
Photos of the day - February 25, 2017 Posted: 25 Feb 2017 11:45 AM PST Iraqi security forces transfer displaced Iraqis who fled their homes during fighting between Iraqi special forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq; Supporters of the ruling AK Party wave Turkish flags during a campaign meeting for the April 16 constitutional referendum, in Ankara, Turkey; and, Jacqueline Loelling of Germany competes in the third run of the IBSF World Championships Bob & Skeleton 2017 at Deutsche Post Eisarena Koenigssee in Koenigssee, Germany. These are just a few of the photos of the day for February 25, 2017. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr. |
Congress Is Making It Harder To File A Class-Action Lawsuit Posted: 25 Feb 2017 05:20 AM PST |
Pence: Administration backs Israel abroad, business at home Posted: 24 Feb 2017 11:30 PM PST |
Dakota protesters regroup, plot resistance to other pipelines Posted: 25 Feb 2017 03:08 AM PST By Terray Sylvester CANNON BALL, N.D. (Reuters) - Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline who were pushed out of their protest camp this week have vowed to keep up efforts to stop the multibillion-dollar project and take the fight to other pipelines as well. The Oceti Sakowin camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, was cleared by law enforcement on Thursday and almost 50 people, many of them Native Americans and environmental activists, were arrested. The number of demonstrators had dwindled from the thousands who poured into the camp starting in August to oppose the pipeline that critics say threatens the water resources and sacred land of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. |
Here's What Samsung Will Be Showing At MWC 2017 Posted: 26 Feb 2017 07:51 AM PST |
Haiti gov't creates commission to probe prison conditions Posted: 24 Feb 2017 07:16 PM PST |
French legal probe ratchets up pressure on Fillon election bid Posted: 25 Feb 2017 01:16 PM PST A French prosecutors' decision to launch a full judicial inquiry into claims that presidential candidate Francois Fillon paid his family for fake jobs leaves him facing a fraught two months before elections, media commentators said Saturday. Rightwing standardbearer Fillon, who was previously leading the race, will be investigated over allegations of embezzlement for putting his wife Penelope on the public payroll, prosecutors said Friday. The Paris daily Le Parisien said the decision unleashed a "surge in the pressure" on Fillon. |
In besieged Gaza, first English library to open window to world Posted: 25 Feb 2017 11:04 PM PST Mossab Abu Toha has never actually left Gaza, instead devouring books as an escape. Now he is struggling to open the first English-language library in the beleaguered Palestinian territory. Abu Toha, like so many Gazans effectively trapped in the Palestinian enclave by Israeli and Egyptian restrictions, dreams of travelling. |
Protesters mark Philippine revolt by condemning killings Posted: 25 Feb 2017 07:59 PM PST |
Where these 'Shark Tank' companies are today: Part 6 Posted: 24 Feb 2017 05:58 PM PST |
South Carolina Republican's town hall starts rowdy, ends peaceably Posted: 25 Feb 2017 04:00 PM PST By Harriet McLeod NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Tim Scott faced a quandary on Saturday in hosting his town hall: he promised to meet with his South Carolina constituents, but he wanted to avoid the kind of adversarial free-for-all so many Republicans encountered this week. Scott decided to ban placards from his North Charlestown meeting in hopes of averting the raucousness that erupted at dozens of town halls during the first congressional recess of Donald Trump's month-old presidency. The senator also required the crowd submit questions in writing ahead of time after other Republican lawmakers faced a wave of anger on issues ranging from Trump's immigration and healthcare policies to the president's ties to Russia. |
Here's How To Watch Ring Of Fire Eclipse Sunday Morning Posted: 26 Feb 2017 03:20 AM PST |
Official Samsung teaser confirms the Galaxy S8 will launch March 29th Posted: 26 Feb 2017 11:12 AM PST In an otherwise tablet-dominated press release in Barcelona, Samsung found 15 seconds to tease its next big smartphone for all of us. As expected, we're going to have to wait a month longer for the Galaxy S8 launch, but it could well be worth it. A Samsung invite sent out confirms that the launch event is going to happen in New York City on March 29th. Until then, this teaser trailer is all we've got to go on. https://twitter.com/SamMobiles/status/835927473896435713 The teaser takes us through the history of the cellphone, beginning in the 1980s. It's a showcase of design, decade-by-decade, with the oh-so-subtle hint being that the Galaxy S8 is going to dominate 2017. If we're really reading into it, the teaser also seems to confirm that there will be very little bezel on the side, no physical home buttons (or buttons of any kind), and some kind of symmetrical bezel top and bottom. That lines up pretty well with what the rumors have suggested so far. One thing we're still completely in the dark about is the number of devices that Samsung is going to reveal. We're expecting to see the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ at this event, but Samsung has only hinted at the one device so far. https://youtu.be/Ozng2cTF8_0 |
Guatemala orders expulsion of abortion ship, crew Posted: 24 Feb 2017 06:35 PM PST |
5 Reasons a Riding Mower Snow Plow Is a Bad Idea Posted: 26 Feb 2017 04:00 AM PST |
Photos of the day - February 26, 2017 Posted: 26 Feb 2017 11:43 AM PST Somali migrants cross the U.S. border into Canada; figure skating Gold medalist Choi Da-bin of South Korea, performs during the closing ceremony of the Asian Winter Games; Portland Timbers midfielder David Guzman and Los Angeles Galaxy forward Giovani dos Santos vie for the ball. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr. |
Pentagon seeks to expand fight against extremists in Somalia Posted: 26 Feb 2017 04:30 AM PST |
Magistrates to probe France's Fillon over 'fake jobs' Posted: 24 Feb 2017 07:58 PM PST Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate in France's presidential election, will face a probe by investigating magistrates into claims he gave members of his family fake jobs, prosecutors said. Fillon, one of the frontrunners in the presidential race, will be investigated for alleged embezzlement of public funds and misappropriation of corporate assets, prosecutors said in a statement. The 62-year-old former prime minister has not been charged at this point, but under French law investigating magistrates can decide to bring charges. |
Melania Could Have Been A Deportation Priority Under New Immigration Rules Posted: 24 Feb 2017 11:11 PM PST |
Interview: Secret messaging app Confide wins new fans in the Trump era Posted: 25 Feb 2017 11:15 AM PST It started with an email, which led to a swapping of voicemails, which led to several days of back and forth until the two professionals trying to connect with each other finally decided -- this is taking too long; it shouldn't have to be this hard to communicate. So they did what any technology-minded executive with means would do in that scenario. They launched an app. It was back in 2013, and the result was Confide, a secret messaging app -- Snapchat for professionals, as they like to call it -- whose chats self-destruct after they've been read. Four years on, the service has raised $3.4 million, is available in 15 different languages and works across major platforms from iOS to Android to PCs. Its profile has also skyrocketed in recent weeks -- not due, really, to efforts from the company, which doesn't have much in the way of an advertising or marketing push to speak of. No, Confide is in the counterintuitive position of being a secret messaging service dealing with a gush of notoriety because -- well, ok, like so much of the news these days, there's a Trump connection in there somewhere. Anyone who's gotten whatever the news audience equivalent is of whiplash from trying to keep up with the head-spinning pace of news out of the Trump administration will already be clued in to this: not all of the press, shall we say, has painted the newest occupant of the White House in the most flattering of lights. And some of that coverage has been stoked by leaks from within the mighty bowels of the country's great ship of state. Trump tweeted on Feb. 16 that the hunt was on for "low-life leakers!" That's helped spawn a culture of secrecy throughout the administration, as staffers have reportedly begun taking steps to cover their tracks and communicate using Confide. Talk about an unexpected journey. Confide co-founder Jon Brod says they set out to help business people communicate securely. Now worried staffers are using it to keep themselves away from the scrutiny of the leader of the free world. From the beginning, Brod tells BGR, "what we realized was the permanent digital record of the Internet is truly an impediment to efficiency and is dangerous as it relates to sensitive communication. "And so we said -- Snapchat was gaining some popularity at that point and was getting people comfortable with the notion of ephemerality. And we sort of said, huh, what if we could apply some of those principles of security and ephemerality to communications particularly among professionals and business people. Wouldn't that solve some interesting problems and create a private and efficient way to communicate." The app he went on to co-found has tended to see spikes in use around big hacks and other security-related events like the Sony Pictures breach in 2014. Confide keeps user numbers close to the vest, but lately Brod says every month has been producing new record highs for the service -- and while the U.S. is its biggest market, usage overseas also represents a significant chunk of the business. Usage of Confide among GOP operatives and staffers to send messages securely -- which was reported by the digital political news outlet Axios -- has brought the service new recognition. That recognition will help with the go-forward game plan, which includes bringing Confide to additional platforms along with an even higher-level goal. Brod wants to see the brand reach the ubiquity of something like "follow us on Twitter" or "Like us on Facebook." Maybe one day, he hopes, people will say with the same familiarity, "send with Confide." Again, with a focus on business profiles -- we are to Snapchat, Brod says, what LinkedIn is to Facebook. Among other quick facts about Confide:
"If you think about conversations throughout history, they were the spoken word, whether through a face-to-face meeting or a phone call," Brod says. "And in those conversations, you generally know who you're speaking to, and only the intended recipient can hear those conversations. And then after the words are spoken, they disappear. "With the advent of digital communication, all of that got turned on its head. And now everything you communicate digitally is archived forever in the Internet's permanent record. While that's really good for innocuous conversations, because it allows you to communicate on any device, in real time, it's exactly those characteristics and those copies that make it vulnerable and dangerous for sensitive communication. So that's how we think about the business." And about what's next for getting users to confide in, well, Confide. |
Thorny skate will not be added to endangered species list Posted: 25 Feb 2017 08:25 PM PST |
Jerk alligator steals a huge fish off a little boy's line Posted: 26 Feb 2017 07:07 AM PST Today, a little boy named Connor learned the brutal lesson that Mother Nature has no manners. In a clip posted to the Bass Masters And Fish Experts Facebook Page, a thieving alligator had an easy lunch thanks to some humans fishing off a pier. In the clip, a young boy hooks a pretty sizable fish, and as one man encourages the boy to reel in the fish all on his own, another spots an alligator lurking near the pier. The man tries to distract the gator by hitting the side of the pier with his arm, but the reptile was determined to get its eats. "You need to cut your line," one the of the men tells the little boy as the gator swims away with his catch. Although it's unclear where the incident occurred, many commenters insisted it happened in Florida. [h/t: UPI] BONUS: Giant nets harvest fog to solve water crisis in Morocco |
US to seek extradition of ex-Guatemalan vice president Posted: 24 Feb 2017 05:59 PM PST |
In Puerto Rico, pensions' decline pits retirees against lenders Posted: 26 Feb 2017 08:55 AM PST The U.S. territory is doing all it can to present itself as a reliable place to invest, but resolving the pensions issue will require a careful balance. Benefit structures are widely seen as unsustainable, but draconian cuts to pensioners could deepen the population's reliance on government subsidies and compound rampant emigration. "Many of our retirees are already under the poverty line," Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello told Reuters in an interview this past week, saying any pension cuts would attempt to protect the poorest beneficiaries. |
Christian Louboutin adds eye products to existing makeup collection Posted: 25 Feb 2017 05:03 AM PST The luxury French brand is set to launch a series of four eye products this March, WWD reports. The range will comprise a "Lash Amplifying Lacquer" mascara designed to offer a luminous effect, a "Luminous Ink Eyeliner" that includes a vivid shade of red, a "Velvet Eye Definer" eyeliner pencil and a "Brow Definer" eyebrow pencil. The mascara and eyeliners will come in shades of black and brown, with the eyeliner pencil also available in teal. |
Libya govt secures ceasefire after Tripoli clashes Posted: 25 Feb 2017 06:28 AM PST A ceasefire went into force early Saturday in the Libyan capital after two days of fighting between rival gunmen injured nine people and forced residents to cower indoors, the government said. The fighting between two rival armed groups in eastern Tripoli erupted on Thursday after one accused the other of kidnapping four of its members, the Tripoli-based news agency LANA reported. It said families trapped in the conflict zone of Abu Slim appealed to the authorities to intervene to halt the violence which closed down the city centre. |
Iran's Rouhani to run for second term: vice-president Posted: 26 Feb 2017 01:22 AM PST Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has decided to run for re-election in May, the vice-president for parliamentary affairs said on Sunday, according to state news agency IRNA. "In recent weeks, Mr Rouhani has reached a conclusion to take part in the presidential elections," Hosseinali Amiri told reporters. Rouhani, a 68-year-old moderate who has pushed for greater social freedoms and improved ties with the West, has been widely expected to run for a second term but has yet to formally announce his candidature for the May 19 election. |
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WWII Navy officer who helped rescue Kennedy dies at age 97 Posted: 26 Feb 2017 01:04 PM PST |
France's Hollande fires back at Trump over Paris comments Posted: 25 Feb 2017 03:51 AM PST French President Francois Hollande fired back at Donald Trump on Saturday after the U.S. president remarked in a speech that a friend thought "Paris is no longer Paris" after attacks by Islamist militants. Hollande said Trump should show support for U.S. allies. Here, you don't have people with guns opening fire on the crowd simply for the satisfaction of causing drama and tragedy," Hollande said, responding to questions during a visit at the Paris Agric fair. |
Judge decides against fining widow who called police 'pigs' Posted: 25 Feb 2017 02:42 PM PST |
Brazil's Carnival begins with parades, parties but no mayor Posted: 24 Feb 2017 06:42 PM PST |
FCC chair to block stricter broadband data privacy rules Posted: 25 Feb 2017 09:52 AM PST By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will block some Obama administration rules that subject broadband providers to stricter scrutiny than websites, a spokesman said on Friday, in a victory for internet providers such as AT&T Inc, Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc. The rules approved by the FCC in October in a 3-2 vote were aimed at protecting sensitive personal consumer data. Ajit Pai, the FCC chairman appointed by President Donald Trump, believes all companies in the "online space should be subject to the same rules, and the federal government should not favor one set of companies over another," said FCC spokesman Mark Wigfield. |
7 Reasons Why We Love MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolours Posted: 25 Feb 2017 08:00 AM PST |
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