Saudi Arabia is pulling Lebanon apart — and a sectarian conflict is a very real possibility

Aziz Taher/Reuters The resignation last month of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the hands of Saudi Arabia has put Hezbollah, a Shia jihadist group, at the helm of Lebanese politics. Impoverished Sunnis, many who feel leaderless and have radicalized over the decades as a result, may become pushed into sectarian violence with Shias in the […]

When F2P goes wrong: NCSoft gave latest game five months before pulling plug

Say goodbye to all of your favorite MxM characters, like… uh… that one dude from City of Heroes, and… er… frog-person. (credit: NCSoft) Korean game studio NCSoft took an hours-before-Thanksgiving moment to announce bad news for fans of its most recent game, Master X Master: the free-to-play (F2P) game, which only launched five months ago, […]

China just revealed its plans for pulling ahead in the space race — and they include building a nuclear-powered shuttle

Reuters/Bobby Yip China has unveiled goals it hopes to achieve by 2045 that include a nuclear-powered space shuttle. They also include a reusable space plane and vehicles for asteroid mining operations. China hopes to become a leader in the aerospace field by 2045. China continues to make steady progress on its space exploration plans: from a deal with Russia to the […]

Snap is pulling in about $1.17 in revenue per user — far less than Facebook was seeing right after its IPO (SNAP)

As was pretty clear from Snap’s earnings report Tuesday — just its third since going public in March — the teen chat app maker has a lot to work on. Its revenue isn’t growing as quickly as expected, the number of people using its Snapchat app is barely growing, and even company CEO Evan Spiegel thinks the […]

Visceral’s Canceled ‘Star Wars’ Video Game Featured Scoundrels Stealthily Pulling Off Heists

Recently, the video game production company Visceral Games was shut down, and that meant the developing Star Wars video game they were working was shifting gears. The game was codenamed Ragtag, and up until now, very few details were known about the project. But with the game being reworked by Electronic Arts now, details are […]

Iraq’s Kurds continue retreat, pulling out of Sinjar without a fight while Shiite militias move in

Thomson Reuters IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s Kurdish fighters have lost more territory in Iraq, a day after Iraqi forces pushed them out of the disputed oil-rich city of Kirkuk. In the town of Sinjar, commander of the local Yazidi militia, Masloum Shingali, says the Kurdish forces left before dawn on Tuesday, allowing Shiite-led militiamen […]

Trump Pulling The Plug On Obamacare 🏥❌

The White House intends to stop providing federal subsidies to help cover the costs of insuring low-income Americans on Obamacare, it announced late Thursday night, just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to dramatically undermine the health care law. “Based on guidance from the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and […]

Trump is pulling a Libya on Iran

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Word is out that President Trump this week will “decertify” the nuclear deal with Iran, also known as JCPOA, for Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. This is the deal struck with Tehran not only by the United States but also by France, Germany, Russia, China, the UK, and the European Union. It’s a […]

Pulling The Plug

President Trump, cornered, weakened, and apparently unable to get his hands on the usual levers of presidential powers, has adopted pretty much the worst possible strategy for someone trying to wield the power of the most powerful job in the world: He’s shooting the hostages. Trump can’t seem to get the hard stuff associated with […]

What Are The Best Tips Or Products For Dealing With Hair Pulling?

According to the NHS, trichotilomania is a type of “impulse-control disorder, a psychological condition where the person is unable to stop themselves carrying out a particular action”. People with trichotilomania might pull out the hair on their head, eyebrows, eyelashes, arms, or other places. The physical side effects of compulsive hair pulling can lead to […]