The Southern Steel won’t be too concerned about results in their two-match pre-season netball series against the Sunshine Coast Lightning this weekend. The timing of the matches means that the Steel will be entering the series at the University of the Sunshine Coast Sports Stadium on the back foot.
Day: February 6, 2017
Appeals court weighs Trump ban as travelers arrive to tears
Just hours after an appeals court blocked an attempt to… . Members of International Migrants Alliance in Hong Kong hold placards during a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s selective country travel ban outside of the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.
Quest for Diaspora Dollars Takes Nigerian Bank Globetrotting
Tunji Adeyemi traveled from Lagos to Britain seeking to persuade Nigerians living there to deposit their pounds in his bank’s vaults. Based on the crowds of people sitting at tables filling out forms in a Glasgow arts center, he’s finding a receptive audience.
In Japan’s Countryside, Villages Fight to Keep Tradition Alive
But as Japan ages and rural towns face depopulation, many unique cultural traditions are being lost. This year Kanegasaki will have to forego the centuries-old “deer dance,” a prayer for a bountiful harvest and an homage to the townspeople’s ancestors.
BRIEF-Jeffrey Jay reports 18.97 percent stake in Connecture Inc
* Whitebox Advisors LLC reports a 6.8 percent passive stake in Comstock Resources Inc as of January 27, 2017 – SEC filing Source text: Further company coverage: JAKARTA, Feb 7 Indonesia will hold a court hearing on Tuesday into a billion-dollar dispute between Goldman Sachs and a local tycoon, who says the Wall Street giant’s unit unlawfully sold shares he owned, in the latest test for the country’s legal system.
Just what should be said that can’t be said under 18C?
Ask those who want to repeal section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act : just what is it you want to say, exactly? The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into freedom of speech in Australia has perhaps a misleadingly broad title. As Zaahir Edries, Muslim Legal Network New South Wales branch President, pointed out at the February 1 hearing in Sydney, the inquiry only concerns itself with the effects of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act on freedom of speech and not, say, defamation or counterterrorism law.
It’s ‘Obvi’ Why ‘American Idol’ Alum Elliott Yamin Teamed Up With Bangladesh-Born EDM Producer Sanjoy
There was a connection between an EDM artist from Southeast Asia and an Idol from America even before they met to team up on the new single “Obvi.” Sanjoy , born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and now living in San Jose, Calif., tells Billboard it all dates back to the first time he kissed a girl at a high school “Sadie Hawkins” dance.
Video: The best ad of the Super Bowl was a
Until Hyundai aired this ad, my vote for the best commercial spot in the Super Bowl went to the Honda CR-V ad that used high-school yearbook photos to talk about being bold in pursuit of your dreams. Later in the game, though, Hyundai aired a spot that highlighted those who have truly been bold in pursuit of our liberty.
Jensen’s latest chart topper
The former Australian Idol and The Voice finalist released the EP on February 3, where it also reached number 17 on the all-genre charts. Jensen, who was born in Albury and grew up in Canberra before moving back to Wodonga at age 10, said inspiration for the album came after the passing of her father in 2016.
Galahs and Jets can’t be split during classic
BIG SERVE: Thurgoona’s Jo Hughes puts everything into her swing during her section one pennant match at Albury on Saturday. Picture: SIMON BAYLISS The section one men’s clash between Forest Hill Galahs and Thurgoona Jets lived up to expectations, producing a thrilling draw.
Stop picking Tulsi
I’m getting really tired of US House Rep. Tulsi Gabbard being targeted. She’s one of the few members of Congress actually attempting to do her job, When Liza Featherstone started her nonsense on Tulsi, I stopped going to Featherstone’s Twitter feed.
No farm, no hindrance to dog triallists
Dog trialist Freddie Gane, far right, with Marlborough Collie Dog Trial Club members, from left, Trevor Gibson, Scott Downing and Jim Burrows. Former musterer, and dog trialist newbie, Freddie Gane thought his days of working with dogs were over when he came back to work on the family vineyard in Marlborough.
World’s Longest Flight Touches Down in New Zealand
A Qatar Airways jet touched down in Auckland, New Zealand Monday, shattering the record for the world’s longest flight by distance. The Boeing 777 took off from Doha, Qatar and was in the sky for 14,535 km before landing in New Zealand.
Amnesty says at least 13,000 people hanged at Syrian prison
Syrian authorities have killed at least 13,000 people since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at a prison north of Damascus known to detainees as “the slaughterhouse,” Amnesty International said in a report Tuesday. It covers the period from 2011 to 2015, when Amnesty said 20-50 people were hanged each week at Saydnaya Prison in killings authorized by senior Syrian officials, including deputies of President Bashar Assad, and carried out by military police.
China’s 1st Large Homemade Passenger Jet to Fly in 2017
After years of delays, China’s first large homemade passenger jetliner will take to the air for its maiden flight in the first half of this year, state media reported Monday. State-owned aircraft maker Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd., or Comac, based in Shanghai, has nearly completed work on the 175-passenger C919, the ruling Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily reported.
Britain Celebrates Queen’s Sapphire Jubilee
Sixty-five years ago, Britain’s Princess Elizabeth, then 25 years old, became the monarch following the death of her father, King George VI. In Britain Monday, the queen’s sapphire jubilee was marked with gun salutes at London’s Green Park and at the Tower of London.
San Diego, Tijuana mayors extol virtues of cross-border ties
San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, left, and Tijuana, Mexico, Mayor Juan Manuel Gastelum discuss the benefits of cross-border ties at a news conference at San Diego City Hall, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. The mayors of the largest metropolitan area on the U.S.-Mexico border called for stronger binational ties, striking a sharp contrast with U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to build a wall and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Report: At least 13,000 hanged in Syrian prison since 2011
In this combination of two photos of Omar Alshogre, a 21-year Syrian former detainee, now living in Stockholm, Sweden. The left picture is of Alshogre taken on January 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.
In Chinese Investment Treaties, Questions Arise on Who Qualifies for Protection
Despite recent criticism from some quarters concerning the use of investment treaties and free trade agreements, the Chinese investment treaty system remains firmly in place. Since 1982, the People’s Republic of China has concluded over 100 investment treaties with a variety of countries, including numerous African, Latin American and Southeast Asian states.
Military police families’ protest paralyzes Brazilian state
Protests by friends and family of military police officers in a coastal Brazilian state have touched off a crime wave and forced the shutdown of some state services, authorities said Monday. At the request of the Espirito Santo state government, federal troops began arriving Monday night to help patrol the streets.
South African World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen dies aged 45
World Cup winner Joost van der Westhuizen has died after a long battle with motor neurone disease at the age of 45. The former South Africa scrum-half was diagnosed with the condition in 2011 and was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital on Saturday morning. Van der Westhuizen became one of rugby’s greatest scrum-halves in a 10-year Springboks career which began in 1993 and spanned 89 caps.
Davis: Campe n Argentina es eliminado en primera ronda
El italiano Fabio Fognini regresa un tiro del argentino Guido Pella en el quinto y decisivo partido de la primera ronda del Grupo Mundial de la Copa Davis, el lunes 6 de febrero de 2017, en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cloudy skies early, then off and on rain showers overnight.
Western Digital begins production of the world’s tallest 3D NAND ‘skyscraper’
Western Digital today announced that it has kicked off production of the industry’s densest 3D NAND flash chips , which stack 64 layers atop another and enable three bits of data to be stored in each cell. The 3D NAND flash chips are based on a vertical stacking or 3D technology that Western Digital and partner Toshiba call BiCS .
Chile’s President Says Cataclysmic Wildfires Are Largely Under Control
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says wildfires that killed at least 11 people and caused more than $300 million in damage are mostly under control. “[These are] the worst wildfires that Chile has suffered in its history … [but] are now mostly under control,” Bachelet said over the weekend, according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle .
Face of Defense: Deployed Siblings Reunite After 10 Years Apart
U.S. service members ordinarily have to say goodbye to their family as they head out for deployments, but one recent deployment allowed a brother and sister to reunite after 10 years of separation. Air Force Tech.
I.S. militants besieged in Syria’s Al-Bab
Syria’s army and its allies have severed a main road linking Al-Bab, held by Islamic State, with the militants’ strongholds further east. It comes after weeks of advances, and as power-brokers Russia, Iran and Turkey discuss how to shore up a brittle ceasefire.
Things To Do Today In London: Tuesday 7 February 2017
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DICKENS: Celebrate author Charles Dickens’s 205th birthday with a guided walk around Barnet and surrounding areas. Learn about the author’s birthday celebrations and visit places closely connected to his life and work.
‘Moderate’ earthquake shakes Delhi, NCR
New Delhi, Feb 7 – A earthquake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, shook residents of Delhi and north India on Monday night, creating panic and causing office workers to evacuate buildings, the IMD said. There were no reports of any casualties or any damage yet.
Man accused of killing parents, girlfriend, brought to Kolkata
Kolkata, Feb 7 – Bhopal resident Udayan Das, who was arrested for allegedly killing his parents and live-in partner, was taken to Bankura Aby a team of West Bengal Police officers on Monday late night. The state Police said the accused was taken to West Bengal’s Bankura district by road directly from the metropolis, where he was flown earlier in the evening.
This Polish Village Has Been Covered in Flower Paintings Since the 19th Century
Poland where you’ll find yourself surrounded by intricate flower paintings. In Zalipie, a small town located northeast of Krakow, has a tradition dating back to the 19th century that has left its corridors, homes, churches, and schools adorned in paintings of flower bouquets.
Queen Elizabeth’s historic milestone honored on new stamp
The sapphire jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II was marked Feb. 6 by a royal gun salute and a new postage stamp from Great Britain’s Royal Mail. The queen ascended to the throne Feb. 6, 1952, upon the death of her father, King George VI.
Brazil sends troops to state torn by violence due to police strike
Brazil’s president on Monday ordered 200 troops to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where a police strike in recent days sparked a wave of violence including what is already believed to be dozens of murders. The law enforcement stoppage in a state struggling with a budget shortfall is the latest example of how depleted public finances, amid Brazil’s worst recession on record, are crippling even basic health services, education and security in some states.
Jenny Meirens Was a Key Figure in Martin Margiela’s Formative Years and Success
It’s clear from T Magazine’s profile story that Margiela wouldn’t be where they are if it wasn’t for the careful guidance of creative and business partner, Jenny Meirens. Meirens was pivotal to the rise of Martin Margiela, being there since the beginning – she pushed the designer in both creative and business aspects.
Runcorn care home ‘requires improvement’ after number of unreported falls
A RUNCORN care home has been told it ‘requires improvement’ after inspectors found there had been a large number of unreported falls by residents. Health and social care watchdog the Care Quality Commission discovered that there had been 165 falls by people living at Norton Lodge since January 2016.
U.S. immigration ban could lead affected chemists to Europe
Although many scientists oppose a presidential order banning nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S., chemists from those nations could head to Europe or elsewhere in the industrialized world. David Black, secretary general of the International Council of Scientists, says chemists from affected nations “may seek to go to other developed countries” to pursue their work.
Turkey hit by 2 magnitude 5.3 quakes; 11 villages damaged
Two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.3 jolted Turkey’s northern Aegean Sea coast on Monday, damaging dozens of homes in 11 villages and injuring at least five people, officials said. The first quake, which was centered beneath the Aegean off the coast of the town of Ayvacik in Turkey’s northwestern Canakkale province, struck at 6:51 a.m. , according to the government’s crisis management agency.
Merkel to visit euroskeptic Poland in struggle to save EU
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Warsaw on Tuesday for talks with Poland’s top leaders, taking efforts to save the European Union to a country that is keen to keep as much national power as possible and fears being marginalized in a “two-speed Europe.” Her trip is “one of the most important visits in Polish-German relations since 2004,” when Poland joined the EU, said Sebastian Plociennik, an expert at the Polish Institute of International Affairs.
The Latest: Trump press need for tougher immigration checks
President Donald Trump is pressing the need for more stringent screening while his immigration order is on hold by the courts. Trump says in remarks at the U.S. Central Command at the MacDill Air Force base in Florida that, “We need strong programs” so that “people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in” and those who “want to destroy us and destroy our country” are kept out.
New Planning Chief’s Story: Brooklyn Roots, Citigroup’s Crisis, Obama’s Farewell
Marisa Lago, then an assistant secretary of the treasury, appearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee in 2015 as President Obama’s nominee to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. The nomination was held up in a dispute over the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Fighting abates in eastern Ukraine, OSCE says
The mother of Elena Volkova, a victim of shelling, cries at her daughter’s grave during her funeral in Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Fighting between government forces and Russia-backed separatist rebels has escalated over the past week in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 36 people, including civilians, and wounding dozens.