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Xi shores up power with demand for army obedience and foreign respect

President warns that China will not ‘swallow bitter fruit’ of threats to sovereignty, while telling military: ‘The Communist party commands the gun’ President Xi Jinping has vowed China will never “swallow the bitter fruit” of foreign meddling or invasion, in his latest move to assert his authority ahead of a key political summit marking the end of his first five-year term. In a 50-minute speech at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, the Mao era arena of Communist party rule, Xi told members of the military their calling was not as an aggressive or expansionist force. Continue reading... The Guardian http://ift.tt/2vd2Zgk August 01, 2017 at 09:42AM
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Gone in the blink of an eye: Scaramucci's glittering 10-day White House stint in full

Trump’s communications director began his tenure with an air-kiss to the White House press corps. Less than two weeks later, he was dumped Anthony Scaramucci’s tenure as White House communications director was as short as a four-letter word and just as shocking. His stint began with such promise: an appearance in the briefing room where he repeatedly declared his love for the president and parted with an air-kiss to the White House press corps. A summer’s fling, it was over almost before it had begun. Continue reading... The Guardian http://ift.tt/2hilkml August 01, 2017 at 03:14AM
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Ninth right whale carcass found in Canada gulf - BBC News

BBC News Ninth right whale carcass found in Canada gulf BBC News The deaths of critically endangered right whales in Canadian waters is raising alarms. Three more carcasses of the whales were found in recent days on the west coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. That brings the total of right whales found dead in the ... and more » news - Google News http://ift.tt/2vdgfRQ July 31, 2017 at 09:58PM
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North Korea's night lights show improving economy despite sanctions - Fox News

Fox News North Korea's night lights show improving economy despite sanctions Fox News The institute regards such satellite images as one of the best tools “to demonstrate a region's urbanization, population density and economic activity,” South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported. As it happens, 2016 was a banner year for the North ... and more » news - Google News http://ift.tt/2vd0ZEE July 31, 2017 at 11:48PM
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Brazil's president faces key congressional vote

Brazilian President Michel Temer faces a congressional vote on his future Wednesday, a showdown coming in a month dreaded by leaders of Latin America's largest nation _ August has seen Brazilian presidents be impeached, resign and even kill themselvesABC News: Top Stories http://ift.tt/2hi6fRE August 01, 2017 at 09:06AM
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Many Indians don’t know the real architect behind the country’s economic reforms

At an interaction with students at a university near Delhi, in the winter of 2015, I asked the audience what the year 1991 meant to them. A young man replied without hesitation, and to laughter all around, “I was born that year!” I suggested that something else may also have happened that year. Few hazarded a reply. Earlier that year, addressing a meeting of the Hyderabad Management Association, I had asked my middle-aged audience the same question. Many were quick to reply. It was the year in which the government had introduced new economic policies that opened up the Indian economy. So who was responsible for that, I asked my Hyderabad audience. “Manmohan Singh!” said many, without hesitation. True, Manmohan Singh was the finance minister who read out the famous budget speech on 24 July 1991—one that contained several important policy initiatives and defined a new framework for India’s macroeconomic policy. He became the face of the new turn in India’s economic policies and pla...
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Late-night says goodbye to Scaramucci

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Ford adds a 'mute' button for the Mustang's V8

CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero http://ift.tt/2vhD4nn August 01, 2017 at 08:31AM
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How we made Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket

‘Instead of Vietnam, we went to Beckton gasworks. All we had to do was put signs on it and blow it up’ I received the script through my mail slot in New York with a letter from Stanley introducing himself: “Hi, my name is Stanley Kubrick . I’ve got this film I’m making about the Vietnam war and I wonder if you’d consider participating.” He didn’t say it was for the part of Private Joker, and I’d finished a movie just previous to this called Birdy. So when I read the script, I thought maybe he was asking me to audition for Private Pyle, because of the fragility of that character. But I was never sure, because Stanley never said. Continue reading... The Guardian http://ift.tt/2tTfucP August 01, 2017 at 09:00AM
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Tesla: More Bad News On Wednesday? - Seeking Alpha

Seeking Alpha Tesla: More Bad News On Wednesday? Seeking Alpha August 2, 2017. 5:30 PM EDT. A date and time we will long remember! (at least until next quarter). This should prove to be a very "lively" conference call on August 2. Musk will not be presenting or discussing much in the way of good news . Bulls and ... and more » news - Google News http://ift.tt/2wgjvJ7 August 01, 2017 at 01:55AM
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President Xi says China loves peace but won't compromise on sovereignty

BEIJING (Reuters) - China loves peace but will never compromise on defending its sovereignty, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday while marking 90 years since the founding of the People's Liberation Army. Reuters: Top News http://ift.tt/2wgkbOW August 01, 2017 at 08:13AM
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James McCloughan, Medal of Honor recipient, tells his story - CBS News

CBS News James McCloughan, Medal of Honor recipient, tells his story CBS News SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. -- President Trump on Monday awarded the nation's highest military honor to 70-year-old James McCloughan. Back in 1969, at the age of 23, McCloughan served in Vietnam, where he repeatedly risked his life to save wounded ... Trump awards Medal of Honor to Army medic 48 years later Fox News all 114 news articles » news - Google News http://ift.tt/2w0rKtu August 01, 2017 at 03:59AM
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See THAAD missile hit mid-air target

The US military says it successfully tested the THAAD missile defense system over the Pacific Ocean. This comes just days after North Korea tested a missile that analysts say has the potential to hit major US cities. CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero http://ift.tt/2tOXss8 July 30, 2017 at 10:04PM
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Making RoohAfza cool again: How to sell a traditional favourite to Indian hipsters

Winds of change are sweeping through Old Delhi’s Hamdard House, the headquarters of a century-old herbal healthcare products maker. Carrying forward the ancient Unani tradition of medicine, Hamdard Laboratories India—Hamdard is Urdu for “a companion in pain”—has been revamping itself for a whole new set of consumers. But with this generation already hooked to an entire array of millennial brands and products, what are the chances for the company best known for its beverage concentrate RoohAfza? The answer may emerge at the end of the furious churn it is going through. “We began a journey of transformation some three to four years ago when there was a need felt to bring around change. Change in the way we do business, our processes, everything,” Mansoor Ali, head of sales and marketing at Hamdard said. Forty-six-year-old Ali, who joined in 2015, now manages the company’s 500-odd products. We want to “make Unani cool to the youth of this country,” he said from behind his desk in the ...
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Video Shows Possible Failure of North Korean ICBM Test

Just days after North Korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that experts say is capable of reaching major U.S. cities like Los Angeles, Denver, and Chicago, new video footage suggests that a key part of the missile broke into pieces upon re-entering the earth’s atmosphere. The evidence—taken by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK—was first identified by Michael Elleman, a missile expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, who blogged about the issue on 38 North, a research site affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. According to Elleman, the missile’s re-entry vehicle (RV) shed “small radiant objects” before dimming as it returned to the earth’s atmosphere on Friday, suggesting that it disintegrated prematurely. “Had the RV survived the rigors of re-entry,” he writes, “it would have continued to glow until disappearing behind the mountains.” Here’s more from his analysis: A reasonable conclusion based on the video evidence is...
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Fareed: Trump is making America irrelevant

CNN's Fareed Zakaria gives his take on America's reputation in the midst of Donald Trump's presidency. CNN.com - RSS Channel - HP Hero http://ift.tt/2v8XSgT July 31, 2017 at 03:57AM
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Trumped in America, Indian IT looks across the Atlantic

With their relationship with America going cold, India’s information technology (IT) giants are warming up to Europe. So far, North American clients have comprised over two-thirds of the business for Indian IT behemoths, with Europe accounting for just over 20%. However, with growth in the US stalling and the market nearing saturation, all eyes are shifting across the Atlantic. And although analysts expected delays in IT spending and weaker revenues in the aftermath of Brexit, there is much optimism for the longer-term. Already, two of India’s biggest IT companies—Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys—are seeing Europe deliver strong numbers. For the first quarter of the 2018 financial year, business in the region grew by 5.9% (excluding the UK, where growth was 0.7%) and 3.1% for TCS and Infosys, respectively, on a constant currency basis. Revenue growth in North America for the same period stood at 1.7% for TCS, while Infosys did worse at 1.3%. “Europe’s growth has been ...
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New data on H-1B visas prove that IT outsourcers hire a lot but pay very little

Hard numbers have been released by the US government agency that screens visas for high-skilled foreign workers, and they are not pretty. Data made available by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the first time show that the widely made complaint about the visa program is true: a small number of IT outsourcing companies get a disproportionately high number of H-1B visas and pay below-average wages to their workers. The H-1B program was put in the spotlight in April, when US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order called “Buy American, Hire American” as part of his push to tighten immigration rules. Three months later, the USCIS formally disclosed the number of H1-B visas issued over the last two years by employer. Previously, the data was only available as estimates for companies petitioning for information, or by request under the Freedom of Information Act. Almost 4,000 companies submitted H-1B visa applications in fiscal year 2016. The top 20 ...
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