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Only 15 months ago, a right-wing Islamist-led uprising helped defeat Jakarta’s ethnically Chinese, Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as “Ahok.” Then, earlier this year, a radicalized Muslim family killed 14 people at churches in Surabaya, sending shock waves through the Islamic world’s most populous nation. But now a secular backlash is brewing, and it’s […]
Students from China’s top universities are flouting government restrictions to support workers detained for trying to organize a trade union, following the biggest mass arrest of workers since 2015. Workers at Shenzhen’s Jasic Technology were arrested last week for protesting against the engineering company’s decision to prevent them from forming a trade union. About 30 […]
If you’ve got a hankering for a short and sweet slice-of-life story with some weirdness thrown into the mix this fine Sunday morning, might I recommend the demo for the upcoming narrative coffee shop simulator, Coffee Talk? Developer Toge Productions describe Coffe Talk as “a game about listening to people’s problems and help them by […]
MELBOURNE Storm is keen to “get one back” against Manly Sea Eagles — on the scoreboard — after being stunned in a fiery clash at home earlier in the season. Manly is the last team to beat Storm, way back in Round 11, in a game marred by a flurry of Curtis Scott punches to […]
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Video Storm brewing in North QLD1:04 NRL: The coaching negotiations have stalled in North Queensland potentially leaving Paul Green searching for a new home. April 5th 2018 14 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/NRL News/ NRL News Storm brewing in North QLD1:04 April 5th 2018 17 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/NRL News/ Should Ricky […]
The downtrend for the 10-year is at its end. Numerous indicators show we are in the midst of an economic transition. Yields could rise for a long time. Take a close look at the monthly chart of benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield (Fig. 1) for the period 1981-2018, a 37-year period. The dominant bear market […]
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The National Rifle Association is fielding a growing number of questions about its ties to Alexander Torshin, a prominent Kremlin-allied Russian banker, politician, and gun-rights activist. Torshin, who has been described as “President Putin’s emissary” in the US, said in 2015 that he knew President Donald Trump through the NRA. The FBI is […]
ABC’s Once Upon a Time will resume its farewell run on Friday, March 2 at 8/7c with a bit of a blast from the past, returning us to a place very familiar from the series’ first six seasons. RELATEDOnce Upon a Time‘s Magical Moments: Rewatch Emma and Neal’s Emotionally Intense NYC Reunion As one can […]
Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, Pool, File 91-year-old multimillionaire heiress Abigail Kawananakoa, a descendant of Hawaiian royalty, is considered by many to be Hawaii’s last princess. Now a court battle is playing out for her $ 215 million fortune, which she has used to fund various charities. Kawananakoa’s longtime attorney successfully petitioned to become her […]
