Unlike the first Olympics pandemic in Tokyo last summer, which featured all but empty seats at the opening and closing, a modest but energetic crowd populated the seats of Beijing’s “Bird’s Nest” stadium. It felt somewhat incongruous — a show bursting with color and energy and enthusiasm and even joy, the very things that couldn’t … Read more
The Beijing Winter Olympics is drawing to a close Sunday, rounding off the Games that will go down in history as much for their coronavirus restrictions and geopolitical tensions, as their nail-biting competitions and emotional moments. The closing ceremony kicks off at 8 pm local time (7 am ET) at Beijing’s famous Bird’s Nest stadium. … Read more
Brunel, who was in his 70s, was detained at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport in 2020 as part of a broad French probe unleashed by the US sex-trafficking charges against Epstein. A frequent companion of Epstein, Brunel was considered central to the French investigation into alleged sexual exploitation of women and girls by the US … Read more
A fresh hunt has been launched for the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 jet after a new report has claimed to pinpoint a possible resting place of the missing plane A tribute to the missing jet at a beach in Malaysia ( Image: AFP via Getty Images) A fresh hunt for the missing MH370 airplane has … Read more
MIAMI — A Colombian businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was secretly signed up by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a cooperating source in 2018 and gave agents information about bribes he paid to Venezuelan officials, according to new court records unsealed Wednesday in the closely watched corruption case. Alex Saab forfeited nearly $10 … Read more
With the necessary approvals now in place, the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD†/Xilinx deal will most likely close this week. However, Raymond James’ Chris Caso notes that due to AMD’s continued success since the deal’s announcement, its consumption comes with a price. “At the time the deal was announced in October 2020, AMD expected the transaction … Read more
Snow caused delays at Games; Kaillie Humphries close to gold, ice dance medals Sunday The post Snow caused delays at Games; Kaillie Humphries close to gold, ice dance medals Sunday appeared first on XDigitalNews.
Brave pal Paris Thompson gave talented footballer, Josh Dunne, CPR and mouth-to-mouth after calling an ambulance, recalling how she thought he was “coming back” as the boy took one big breath but he sadly lost his battle Josh, from Ballymun, Dublin was fatally injured in a stabbing incident last January ( Image: Irish Mirror) A … Read more
The US women’s hockey team surged to a 4-1 win against the Czech Republic at the Beijing Games on Friday, advancing after a victory that, for a time, seemed uncertain. The Czech Republic’s Michaela Pejzlová scored first, but Hilary Knight immediately answered with the first US goal to end the second period tied 1-1. The … Read more
meta -formerly Facebook- is, together with Google, one of the Internet giants that built and/or founded the online life that we know and use every day. Facebook and Instagram are among the largest social networks in existence, used daily by almost half of the world’s population. But they are also ‘weapons’ that meta is using … Read more