Tag: ‘if

26 NOV

Iran could increase its missile range ‘if Europe becomes a threat’ – Revolutionary Guard commander

Published time: 26 Nov, 2017 04:50 Europe is not a threat to Iran, but just in case it allies itself with the US and Israel and becomes one, Tehran has enough technical capabilities to increase the range of its missiles, the commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned. “Both the United States and […]

20 OCT

A Lloyd’s report urges insurers to ask “what if?”

ON JULY 7th disaster was narrowly averted when an Air Canada passenger plane, trying to land on a full taxiway at San Francisco airport, pulled up just in time. Five seconds longer, and it might have crashed into fully loaded planes and killed over 500 people, in potentially the deadliest aviation disaster ever. Instead, the […]

05 OCT

Sebastian Thrun on flying car safety: ‘If we screw it up it would put it off for decades’

Vanity Fair Flying cars are coming to skies near you in the foreseeable future if Sebastian Thrun, former Google executive and founder of the personal flight company Kitty Hawk, gets his way. There is one thing that could seriously delay Thrun’s Jetson style flying cars, and that’s safety. “I honestly think safety is the paramount thing for […]

30 SEP

‘If the US threaten us, we will make them pay with our nukes,’ says N. Korean official

Published time: 30 Sep, 2017 14:55 As Moscow received a high-level negotiator to discuss North Korea’s nuclear program, Pyongyang’s ambassador to Russia insisted that the Asian country is not backing down from its vow to deploy force if necessary. Read more “If the US behaves in ways that deny our state’s right to exist, our […]

19 SEP

‘If you want a shot of something, I can offer you anything,’ Lavrov tells Swiss FM

Published time: 19 Sep, 2017 06:01 Sergey Lavrov is known for his occasionally brusque demeanor with journalists and a penchant for trading friendly banter with foreign officials during photo ops. Both qualities were on display at a meeting with Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter. Asked whether he minded if photographers took a shot of the […]

16 JUL

‘If Don Jr’s Russian meeting was nefarious, why did Secret Service allow it?’ – Trump lawyer

President Donald Trump’s legal team insists that the campaign meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer was not illegal, did not involve the candidate himself, and contrasts favorably with links between the Clinton campaign and Ukraine. Jay Sekulow, a senior member of Trump’s legal team, toured all five of the major network’s political […]

11 JUN

A Way Out creator Josef Fares: ‘If you don’t like it, you can break my legs’

Electronic Arts showed a lot of potential blockbuster games yesterday, but one that showed its originality off was a little indie title from its EA Originals label, dubbed A Way Out. It was a wonderfully creative co-op game about two friends breaking out of a prison. Josef Fares, the head of Hazelight, a new studio […]

05 JUN

‘If We Employ Somebody Who Wants to Leave, and Can’t …’

In our ongoing series of responses to “My Family’s Slave,” we’ve heard from a number of readers who saw aspects of their own lives in Eudocia “Lola” Pulido’s situation, as well as some who recognized her story in arrangements made by their own families. Another reader, Dina, affirms: The kind of “slavery” the author narrated […]

03 JUN

‘If they knew about Christians, all would be executed’: Muslim saves dozens from ISIS in Philippines

Fierce fighting between government forces and jihadist militants has spread to the streets of the southern island city of Marawi in the Philippines. Amid the ongoing offensive, locals of various religions have been helping each other survive and flee for their lives. More than 160 people, nearly 50 children among them, were rescued from Marawi […]