Day: February 18, 2017

Mihara wins Four Continents with strong free skate

Gold medallists Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China, center, and silver medalists Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada and bronze medalists Liubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch, right, of Canada during the medal award ceremony for the Pairs in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim of the United States perform in the Pairs Free Skating at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017.

One killed, 20 hurt after train derails near Brussels

One person has been killed and up to 20 others were injured after a passenger train derailed and flipped on its side near the Belgian capital Brussels. One person has been killed and up to 20 others were injured after a passenger train derailed and flipped on its side near the Belgian capital Brussels.

UN chief urges more development in conflicts prevention

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized the importance of development in conflicts prevention during his speech at the 53rd Munich Security Conference on Saturday. He said countries, institutions and civil societies should be made stronger and more resilient, so that the tendency of being involved in conflicts can be diminished.

Ap Fact Check: The audacity of hype

In the Washington week that wasn’t, President Donald Trump’s new administration whirred like a “fine-tuned machine,” piling on big-league accomplishments at a pace never before seen. Immigration agents newly empowered by Trump’s call to secure borders sent hordes of bad foreigners back home, validating a president who won the most lopsided Electoral College victory since Ronald Reagan.

Turkish army will not be directly involved in Raqqa op: Turkish PM

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Y ld r m speaks during a rally in Dusseldorf, Germany, on Feb 18, / AA Photo Turkish Prime Minister Binali Y ld r m said Feb. 18 that Turkish armed forces would not be directly involved in an operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant bastion in Raqqa, but rather give tactical support. “We will not be directly inside an operation [on Raqqa], we will provide tactical support, of course if we agree in principle,” state-run Anadolu Agency quoted Y ld r m as saying on Feb. 18 in Germany, where he is to attend the Munich Security Conference.

Germanya s Merkel backs free press amid Trump media criticism

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told an audience including U.S. Vice President Mike Pence that she supports a “free, independent press” and that Germany has good experience with mutual respect between the government and the media. Merkel was asked Saturday at the Munich Security Conference whether she doubts the quality of American newspaper reporting on domestic politics.

North Korea, Malaysia tussle over corpse; 4th suspect nabbed

A police officer closes the main gate to the forensic department at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Malaysia performed a second autopsy on the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader because the first procedure was inconclusive, piling on the intrigue surrounding what appeared to be a well-executed assassination at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, an official said Saturday.

Germany’s Merkel Backs Free Press amid Trump Media Criticism

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told an audience including U.S. Vice President Mike Pence that she supports a “free, independent press” and that Germany has good experience with mutual respect between the government and the media. Merkel was asked Saturday at the Munich Security Conference whether she doubts the quality of American newspaper reporting on domestic politics.

Sequans Communications S.A. (SQNS) Cut to Hold at Zacks Investment Research

According to Zacks, “Sequans Communications S.A., operates as a fabless designer, developer and supplier of 4G semiconductor solutions for wireless broadband applications. Solutions offered by the Company include baseband processor and radio frequency, or RF, transceiver integrated circuits, or ICs, along with signal processing techniques, algorithms and software stacks.

Everton’s Claudia Walker picked up the SSE Women’s FA Cup Player of the Round award

The thrills and spills of the SSE Women’s FA Cup is chiefly responsible for the increased coverage and attention on the women’s game in England. That’s the view of Everton Ladies manager Andy Spence, whose Toffees side safely negotiated their way to the fourth round of the competition after outclassing Brighouse Town 8-1 in Huddersfield on February 5. It was Everton’s first competitive fixture of the new season, and the players’ professionalism and clinical touch in front of goal left their coach hungry for success in the tournament.

Broughton Floral Club

There then followed Carole Norman amusing everybody with a talk entitled ‘You are Invited’. Carole has visited the club on a number of occasions demonstrating but obtaining her National Association of Flower Arranging Societies speakers’ certificate just two years ago.

In Europe, Pence says US will hold Russia accountable

Vice President Mike Pence vowed Saturday that the United States will “hold Russia accountable” even as President Donald Trump searches for new common ground with Moscow at the start of his presidency. Pence, in an address to the Munich Security Conference, also offered assurances to European allies that the U.S. “strongly supports” NATO.

The Latest: Pence: US to ‘will hold Russia accountable’

Vice-President Mike Pence says the United States will “hold Russia accountable” even as President Donald Trump searches for new common ground with Russia at the start of his presidency. Pence says at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that with regard to Ukraine, the international community must hold Russia accountable and demand that it honour a 2015 peace agreement aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine between government forces and Russia-backed separatists.

Rumford leads heading into match play at Super 6 in Perth

Brett Rumford of Australia shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to lead the World Super 6 tournament by five strokes and guarantee himself a bye in the first round of match play. Rumford had a 17-under total of 199 in the tournament at Lake Karrinyup Country Club in Western Australia, which is being sanctioned by the European, Australian and Asian tours.

U.S. think tank urges Trump to promote ties with China

A task force report released recently in Washington has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to reexamine his policy toward China and promote U.S.-China ties. Conducted by the Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations and the University of California San Diego 21st Century China Center, the report gathered opinions of around 20 bipartisan experts, including former government officials, scholars and think tank researchers.

Pence Reassures Europeans of `Unwavering’ U.S. Commitment

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence sought to allay European concerns about the presidency of Donald Trump, using a speech in Munich to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO and the European project. “Today, on behalf of President Trump, I bring you this assurance,” Pence said Saturday during an address to the Munich Security Conference.

Cummins backs Stanlake after tough T20I debut against Lanka

Melbourne [Australia], Feb.18 : Australian paceman Pat Cummins has called on his teammate Billy Stanlake to put his poor Twenty20 international debut behind and back his pace in the remaining two games of the three-match series against Sri Lanka. Unlike fellow debutants Michael Klinger and Ashton Turner, Stanlake had a forgettable debut during his side’s five-wicket defeat at the hand of Sri Lanka in the opening T20 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .

Tigers diagnosed with mumps

The Medicine Hat Tigers have been hit hard with the sick bug, as two players have been diagnosed with mumps, while two more and assistant coach Joe Frazer are awaiting test results. “We’re working with the league and Alberta Health Services to follow the protocol.

The Latest: Pakistani ambassador summoned by Afghanistan

Pakistani women light candles to pay tribute to the victims of Thursday’s suicide attack at a shrine, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. A brutal attack on a beloved Sufi shrine that killed dozens of people raised fears that the Islamic State group has become emboldened in Pakistan, aided by an army of homegrown militants benefiting from hideouts in neighboring Afghanistan, analysts and officials said Friday.

Federkeil back in the fold with Stampeders

After tweeting earlier this week that “No one wants to sign a 33 year old Canadian tackle with 2 or 3 more 9 game seasons left?” Federkeil did in fact sign Friday, cleared to be back in the lineup after undergoing shoulder surgery at the end of the 2016 season. “I wanted to take a step back and evaluate things after my shoulder surgery at the end of last season,” he said in a press release.

It was the best of Times

The town was aflutter this week after the New York Times published an online profile of the city, lauding it as a little Norway with a sovereign wealth fund and running through local history for readers. That led to a spike in civic pride, as well as more than a few questions of how and why the Gas City caught the attention of the global media outlet.

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Vice President Mike Pence vowed Saturday that the United States will “hold Russia accountable” even as President Donald Trump searches for new common ground with Moscow at the start of his presidency. Pence, in an address to the Munich Security Conference, also offered assurances to European allies that the U.S. “strongly supports” NATO.

Church set for windfall after oil painting priced around 10,000 at auction

A Watford church is set for a A 10,000 windfall next month when it sells a 100 year old oil painting by a Bushey artist. St Michael and All Angels Church, in Mildred Avenue,Watford, is selling the painting titled Love Divine at an auction at Bonhams in London on March 1. The six feet by three feet picture was painted in 1910, and exhibited at the Royal Academy in London that year, by George Henry Grenville Manton, who lived and worked at Pen-y-Bryn, in Bushey Grove Road, Bushey.