Washington has been on a mission to discourage its allies from using Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei’s equipment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm earlier slammed the US for using politics for unfair competition. Read more Washington has been up in arms over Huawei’s worldwide expansion, “having initiated an extraordinary outreach campaign” to press its European and […]
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FCC presses pause on review of the T-Mobile and Sprint merger
The FCC just announced it’s “pausing the Commission’s informal 180-day transaction shot clock” on the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. The reasoning for this apparently comes from material submitted only recently by the companies, that break down a planned network engineering model, as well as T-Mobile’s “Build 9” business model explaining the deal’s financial backing. […]
Lam presses AB’s case with brilliant try
Video Lam presses AB’s case with brilliant try1:02 Super Rugby: Ben Lam is continuing his push for an All Black’s jersey with a scintillating start against the Chiefs. April 13th 2018 2 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/ Sport NRL News AFL Rugby Gold Football Cricket SuperRacing MotorSport Tennis Boxing Basketball Golf Cycling US Sports […]
The Price Is Right: For simple Saturday night fun this presses all the right buttons
CHANNEL4 The show has been going since the Fifties, and has appeared around the world in similar formats Islanders held day-long dances, stopped going to work, slaughtered all their livestock and threw money into the sea. They said a massive shipment of goods was on its way to them in boats. There would be guns […]
John Oliver Presses Dustin Hoffman on Sexual Harassment Allegations
A seemingly innocuous anniversary film screening turned decidedly fraught at New York’s 92nd Street Y last night, as John Oliver used part of a Wag the Dog panel to press Dustin Hoffman on recent accusations of sexual misconduct – and Hoffman angrily pushed back. Oliver was moderating the hour-long discussion for the 1997 film, with […]
Don’t Stop the Presses! When Local News Struggles, Democracy Withers
The sad story of the East Bay Times exemplifies how the decline of community journalism erodes civic engagement. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a1f397f8a857c413fae7220/master/pass/20171128_EB_Oak_newspapers_047.jpg Feed: All Latest
Congresswoman presses Federal Election Commission to investigate Trump Jr.’s Russia emails
Wikimedia Commons A Democratic congresswoman from New York is asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate President Trump’s 2016 campaign committee following revelations that Donald Trump Jr. was open to receiving damaging information about Hillary Clinton from a Russian source. The email, made public Tuesday, makes a reference to the Russian government wanting to assist […]
Jake Tapper presses Bernie Sanders after congressional shooting on whether his ‘revolution’ rhetoric encourages violence
CNN CNN’s Jake Tapper pressed Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday on whether his calls for political “revolution” to remake the American economic system could be misinterpreted as a call for violence. “You have been speaking the language of revolution for many years,” Tapper said, after noting Sanders’ repeated condemnations of violence. “Are you concerned that some individuals are […]
CNN anchor presses Rahm Emanuel to say whether he wants Hillary Clinton to run in 2020
CNN CNN’s Dana Bash pushed Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday to answer whether he wanted Hillary Clinton to run for president in 2020, a query he repeatedly attempted to dodge. In an interview on “State of the Union,” the CNN host repeatedly pressed the former adviser to President Bill Clinton whether another Clinton bid would benefit the […]
Zombie apocalypse plan: Senator presses Spanish govt to reveal doomsday ‘protocols’
The Spanish government has provided a detailed response on what it plans to do in the event of a zombie apocalypse. The statement was in response to a senator who used an unusual method of inquiry to protest formal, non-informative replies. With his patience exhausted by government’s failure to provide substantial response to what he […]
