Sunday, January 06, 2019

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  • A squirm-inducing probe of tropes about race, sex and power politics, Underground Railroad Game has confounded critics in the best possible way.
  • Facebook has pulled down an event page for the weekend's far right rally after it found posts with hate speech.
    • "Genuine concerns held by fair-minded Australians...should not be used as a cover or be hijacked to push hateful and ugly racist agenda."

  • India won the series 2-1 with victories in the first Test in Adelaide by 31 runs and in the third Test in Melbourne by 137 runs to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia had won...

  • While Rahul Gandhi said proof of the orders given to HAL was needed, the minister on Sunday released details of contracts signed and those where requests for proposal (RPFs) have been...
  • On Sunday, representatives from the Akhila Karnataka Vicharavadigala Vedik, and Breakthrough Science Society, an organisation of scientists and researchers that seeks to popularise...

    • Parts of Munnar witnessed sub-zero temperatures this weekend with Chendura, Chittuvara and Lakkad recording minus 3 degrees Celsius on Saturday. Thick layers of frost and fog turned...

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  • BEIRUT (AP) — A missile attack by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria killed at least one Kurdish fighter and wounded two British soldiers embedded with them, according to reports...


  • PM says parliament may get more say on EU ties but warns critics risk harming democracyTheresa May has insisted she will go ahead with a crucial vote on her Brexit deal amid growing speculation...
  • Thousands of members demand second referendum as poll reveals party’s share of vote would plunge if it backed exit dealThousands of Labour members have demanded their party oppose...

    • A 35-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of the murder of Lee Pomeroy on Guildford to London serviceDetectives have been given another 12 hours to question a man arrested...



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  • Awards season kicks into full gear Sunday night with the 76th Golden Globes.
  • As the first major awards ceremony of the year, the Golden Globes offers a hint of what to expect at next month's Oscars. And, just as importantly perhaps, its attendees give the fashion...

    • The nominations for the 76th Golden Globe Awards have been announced, with movies like "Black Panther," "BlackKKKlansman" "Bohemian Rhapsody," and "A Star is Born" making the cut...


  • Mahershala Ali won best supporting actor in a motion picture for “Green Book” while Regina King was awarded the best supporting actress prize for “If Beale Street Could Talk.”...
  • Leaders in the Netherlands fear that the best efforts of a nation that loves to be prepared may not be enough if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal to manage the withdrawal...



  • National security adviser John Bolton said that certain “objectives” must be achieved before the United States could withdraw troops. The president’s abrupt promise in...



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  • Ecovacs debuts two new home robots: the Deebot Ozmo 960 vacuum and the Atmobot air purifier at CES in Las Vegas.
  • HP’s Chromebook 14 is one of the first Google laptops to feature AMD processors. While the A4 chip in question isn’t exactly Ryzen-class, it’s a step up from the low-end, no-name...

    • AMD’s Cinderella story started with desktops and workstations in 2018, but for 2019 the chip company is extending its reach into laptops with new Ryzen with Radeon Vega processors...



  • Turkey is asking the U.S. to provide substantial military support, including air strikes, transport and logistics, so that Turkish forces can assume the main responsibility for...
  • The Vatican plans to try Archbishop Theodore McCarrick as early as this coming week in order to make a final decision on his fate before next month’s Vatican summit on sex abuse...

    • A former U.S. Marine arrested on espionage charges in Russia was removed from the military for trying to steal more than $10,000 in government cash while deployed at a base in Iraq...

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