HELSINKI, Finland — China launched an Earth observation satellite July 30, seeing the country equal its record for launches in a calendar year with 22. A three-stage Long March 4B lifted off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Monday, carrying the Gaofen-11 satellite […]
Daily Archives: July 31, 2018
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Briton Sir George is regarded as the saviour of Jamestown – the first British colony in America. When he arrived in 1609, the colony was in ruins and such was the dire situation of the remaining people there – those who had not starved or been killed by the native […]
The SX740 HS is the SX730 HS with a new image processor that gives it 4K video support and a few other tweaks. Canon Canon has put the latest version of its imaging processor, the Digic 8, inside last year’s model of its zoomiest compact and — voila! — you’ve […]
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake has rocked Kilauea’s summit on Hawaii’s Big Island. The tremor hit the south flank of Kilauea on Monday evening just after 10pm local time (9am BST Tuesday). The earthquake was felt as far away as the north of Hilo – 32 miles away – Hawaii County […]
Judge Dredd could be about the get the video game treatment. The 2000 AD comic book character has made surprisingly few video game appearances over the years. There was a 1995 platformer, which was released alongside that year’s film starring Sylvester Stallone. This was followed by Rebellion’s very own Judge […]
Call of Duty WW2 fans will be getting a major update on PS4 and Xbox One (Image: ACTIVISION) Call of Duty WW2 players will today be able to download a new update for PS4 and Xbox One which bring with it a host of improvements. The new patch from Sledgehammer […]
The prosecution’s first witness was Tad Devine, a well-known Democratic strategist who worked for Manafort in Ukraine. The prosecution used him to explain to the jury the ins and outs of how Manafort was running a team of consultants working for Ukraine’s Party of Regions, a political party that was backed by […]
In the defense’s opening statements, a Manafort lawyer told the jury that “He’s here because of one man: Rick Gates.” The defense says Manafort placed his trust in Gates to handle the lobbying firm’s operational and financial matters. But, defense lawyer Thomas Zehnle said, Gates was “embezzling millions” from the […]