The show of force comes after China, which claims the island as its own, condemned the visit after a period of sharply deteriorating relations between Beijing and the US. China, which threatened unspecified retaliation to the trip, flew J-11 and J-10 fighter aircraft briefly onto Taiwan’s side of the sensitive […]
Daily Archives: August 10, 2020
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An intense line of thunderstorms moving at a pace of 75 mph. A 112-mph wind gust. Vehicles flipped on the interstates in Iowa. Embedded tornado warnings. This is what parts of the Midwest endured Monday as a derecho blasted across multiple states. A derecho is a widespread, intense and long-lived […]
A man pouring a beer at a shebeen in South Africa South Africa’s ban on alcohol during the coronavirus pandemic has prompted the BBC’s Vumani Mkhize to reflect on why he and his country have such a toxic relationship with drink. I was a 17-year-old in my penultimate year at […]
At times watching this two-hour game of knockout football felt like sitting through an increasingly entertaining migraine. The RheinEnergieStadion was a mid-August firepit from the start. The colours swirled across the deep green spaces. And 12 months on from the start of the season, in the dog days of midsummer, […]
Morgan Stewart and fiancé Jordan McGraw are expecting their first child together! The Daily Pop and Nightly Pop co-host announced her pregnancy news on Monday, Aug. 10 by sharing a heartwarming video, where they learned the sex of their unborn little one. And, as the happy couple confirmed in their […]
Kang said: “Look, Negan killed Maggie’s husband, and burnt down her house, so it’s just not going to be an easy road, I think, for either of them, “Negan’s been on this whole other journey while she’s been gone, but it’s sort of like Maggie is coming in and she […]
Screenshot: Earthworm Jim 4 I have very fond memories of growing up with Earthworm Jim. Most of them centred around the incredible first video game on the Genesis, but maybe also the old cartoon as well? Anyway whatever, that’s ancient history, because Earthworm Jim in 2020 ain’t what it used […]
A politically charged episode of “black-ish” from 2017 that was shelved by ABC has found a home on Hulu By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer August 10, 2020, 11:57 PM 3 min read LOS ANGELES — A politically charged episode of “black-ish” from 2017 that was shelved by ABC has […]