Texas hosts West Virginia looking to boost NCAA hopes A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12: GAME OF THE WEEKEND: West Virginia at Texas. The Longhorns have lost five of seven and are on the verge of falling out of NCAA Tournament contention. A win over the […]
The Galaxy S9’s screen scored even higher than the iPhone X Every time a new smartphone comes out, DisplayMate‘s Ray Soneira puts the device through a series of tests designed to objectively measure which screen is the “best.” For spec junkies or people who love examining graphs of color gamut, […]
Saudi Military Gets the MBS Treatment An army band with bagpipes marched past displays of machine guns and laser-guided missiles in Riyadh this week as international defense companies showed off their hardware. Hours later, the Saudi government announced that several top commanders had been removed, including the chief of staff […]
Brussels raises Brexit tempo with Irish protocol The EU’s Brexit negotiators set out their answer to the Irish border question on Wednesday: take legal control of a large part of Northern Ireland’s economy. Cast as a last-resort measure to avoid a hard border in Ireland after Brexit, the European Commission’s […]
Australia’s Sydney Harbor Bridge sees first same sex wedding They met in passing while trying to lose weight but on Thursday Australian men Warren Orlandi and Pauly Phillips made history by becoming the first same sex couple to get married on top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. The couple took […]
UK police arrest 3 men over blast that killed 5 people Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after five people died in an explosion in Leicester, police have said. Leicestershire Police have been investigating the cause of the blast, which happened at a Polish supermarket with two […]
Australian amnesty nets 57,000 firearms and rocket launcher An Australian government report says more than 57,000 illegal firearms including a rocket launcher and machine guns were handed in during a recent amnesty in which gun owners could surrender such weapons without penalty. The government and some gun policy analysts were […]
Officials: Indian fire kills 2 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir Pakistan’s military says Indian troops have killed two Pakistani soldiers in the latest “unprovoked” fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. The gunfire from Indian troops on Wednesday struck Pakistani posts near Bhimber village in Pakistan’s part of Kashmir. The […]
Trump pushes Congress for broad bill on guns after school shooting U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday went his furthest yet toward endorsing restrictions on gun sales, bucking Republican Party orthodoxy as he challenged lawmakers to go big on legislation he said would help prevent more school shootings. Trump said […]
U.S. Senate passes Taiwan travel bill that has angered China The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bill promoting closer U.S. ties with Taiwan, which China has warned could threaten stability in the Taiwan Strait, but drew praise from the self-ruled island which pledged to deepen cooperation. Beijing considers democratic […]
