Detained pastor case important for midterms, so US will ramp up sanctions on Turkey – ex-envoy

Pastor Andrew Brunson’s fate is important to evangelical voters in the looming midterm elections in November, so Washington may impose more sanctions on allied Ankara, a former Turkish envoy to the US says. “There will be additional sanctions, not just rhetorical threats,” Osman Faruk Logoglu told RT. “They have invested a lot of pressure into […]

Energy-hungry China to ramp up imports of Russian natural gas

China is seeking to increase gas purchases from Russia and a number of other countries, according to the State Committee for Development and Reforms. The Committee’s head He Lifeng said the reason was an extreme lack of reserves. “As for gas supplies, we are going to build them with the help of neighboring countries – […]

PlayStation continues to dominate Xbox and Nintendo as gaming ads ramp up for December

Y’all really like watching commercials for PlayStation games, as Sony has again has more TV ad impressions than any other video game publisher in the U.S. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention and conversion analytics from more than seven million smart TVs, to bring you a monthly report […]

Nintendo reportedly plans to ramp up Switch production in 2018

The Switch, Nintendo’s latest hybrid console is doing pretty well for the company, which expects it to outdo the Wii U’s lifetime sales within a year. The company obviously thinks so, too, according to a new report at The Wall Street Journal, which says that Nintendo plans to ramp up production of the hardware itself, […]

TRUMP: Time to ramp up ‘Extreme Vetting Program’ after New York City attack

AP President Donald Trump emphasized his “Extreme Vetting Program” following the deadly attack in New York. Law enforcement officials are investigating the incident as an act of terror. Uzbekistan, the suspect’s country of origin, does not fall under the list of countries in Trump’s current travel ban. Following the deadly attack in New York that killed […]

Coal power plant closures ramp up in spite of White House plans

The Trump administration may hope that it can reverse coal power’s decline by ending the Clean Power Plan and other eco-friendly efforts, but the industry’s moves suggest otherwise. Luminant has announced plans to close three major coal plants in Texas (in Freestone, Milam and Titus counties) between January and February of 2018. The shutdowns will […]

‘Extreme violence’ or extreme hype? UK police chief, Telegraph ramp up Russia ultras scare

The UK official responsible for policing British fans at next year’s World Cup in Russia claims the supporters are in danger of an “extreme level of violence” at the hands of Russian ultras. Mark Roberts, the National Police Chiefs’ Council national football policing lead, spoke to the Telegraph newspaper, one of the British outlets that […]

Adobe has hired a media buying veteran to help ramp up its advertising bona fides

Adobe Adobe is stacking up the advertising industry executives in its ranks. Adobe last year dove head first into the ad tech sector with the acquisition of TubeMogul, which helps marketers buy video ads all over the web using software and data. Now, the company has brought on an executive straight from the media-buying world to help […]