More than a quarter of a million people have fled in terror as opposition militias plot their return ... “If we don’t get help soon, it may be too late.” ... “They arrive during the evening and have nothing to eat until they get taken to the official refugee camps the next day ... “Up country it’s much harder to get things out; they are happening away from the camera,” said Nigarura, recalling one series of abuses flagged up by letter ... Twitter ... ....
In a bad news for astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life in deep space, NASA's planet-hunting spacecraft Kepler has gone into an emergency mode 75 million miles from the Earth. ....
SpaceX has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), delevering the world's first inflatable tent for astronauts. The US aerospace company's unmanned Dragon cargo ship, carrying lettuce seeds, lab mice and an inflatable pop-up room, arrived on Sunday at the space station where six spacecraft are now docked ... "It looks like we've caught a Dragon," said Peake ... Source. AFP. ....
An Indonesian pop star died Sunday after a king cobra, which was part of her act, bit her onstage, The Inquisitr reports. IrmaBule was famous for using venomous snakes and other reptiles, but one of her snakes fatally bit her, mid-performance ... The king cobra’s bite wasn’t supposed to sting, as the pop star was sure the snake was defanged ... She was usually partial to a boa or a python ... She was usually partial to a boa or a python....
At Iraq’s Mosul Dam, only one of the two bottom outlet gates is functioning, angrily spitting out water in a foamy white churn as birds fly above the spray, CNN reportsThe dam is considered by some experts to be among the most dangerous of its kind in the world. Completed in the mid-1980s, it was considered a necessity at the time ... – U.S. government. The lives of at least 1.5 million people could be at risk, according to U.S....
Two years into her high school career, Westmoore sophomore Jessi Murcer already has quite the reputation as a scorer ... “She's a dynamic scorer,” Westmoore coach Andrea Guziec said ... ... Q ... "My teammates are getting me the ball, setting good screens, helping me get open ... "We want to get back to the state tournament. Just gettingbetter ... It's something that I've grown up knowing, and it just makes you want to achieve something even better."...
In the wake of his stunning win at the Masters, we’re all getting to know Danny Willett a little bit better. One thing that we quickly learned, even as the unheralded Englishman was passing an imploding Jordan Spieth on the leaderboard, was that he has one funny brother. PJ Willett live-tweeted Danny’s final round Sunday, and the […] ... ....
Everyone knows by now about “SkinnyLowry” — the results of an off-season diet change that helped elevate Toronto’s point guard from an all-star to someone who could get a handful of MVP votes this season ... “You’re less tired, you’re feeling better,” he said. With the NBA going smaller all the time and traditional big men getting rarer, Valanciunas made a smart call....
I think we've got to make better decisions in certain aspects of the game, but we made a few mental errors today that ended up hurting us ...Early, in the first week, we made a few mental mistakes that we're better than." ... "It was a sloppy game overall and we need to fix a lot of things, especially mentally, and eventually getbetter," Correa said....
Encouraging your staff to get more sleep can be a boon to your business, said Mark Bertolini, chief executive officer of Connecticut-based health insurance company Aetna ... "Being present in the workplace and making better decisions has a lot to do with our business fundamentals ... "You can't be prepared if you're half-asleep," he said, citing research that better sleep can lead to bigger profits....
My daughter dances. I mean like, competitively. Make-up, eyelashes, sparkling costumes. All of it. She's danced since she was three-years-old. She's now 16 ...Dance studio. one. Daddy. zero. I never pushed my daughter to dance. This was something that she truly enjoys doing ... She sweats ... She pulls muscles and gets hurt ... I would like to think that we could all better ourselves, which would in turn better others, which would, in turn, better the world....
Excerpts.. What is your assessment of the state of the economy? ... We have seen an improvement in growth rate in the last two years and we should grow a bit better this year at about 8% ... He is right ... When budgetary enquiries go up, it means people are getting ready to invest when the time is ripe. The time will be right when capacity that has been created gets absorbed, demand picks up adequately and then new investment is required ... ....
ANYONE BETTER? ... That will be quite a bit of championship experience for other teams to contend with in Ottawa in December 2017, and Koe believes they’re going to only getbetter ... What a year we’ve had — world champions, we’ve won a lot of other big events, and hopefully we’ll just keep gettingbetter ... It’s only our second year playing together, and with more time, I think we’ll getbetter....
WASHINGTON. The ObamaPresidential finale is gettingbetter and better. For more than seven decades after the US levelled Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atom bombs to defeat Japan in World War II, the twin cities have been politically radioactive for American Presidents despite the post-war US alliance with Tokyo... "I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." ... ....
"I feel a little bit quicker, and my bat speed feels a little bit better," Markakis said. "Hopefully, it just continues to progress and getsbetter as the season goes.". Markakis' three doubles matched the career high he had set when he notched a trio of two-baggers against the Tigers on July 14, 2012... Markakis' RBI double STL@ATL. Markakis belts an RBI double to deep center ... "It's nice to see him get hot again." ... ....
In his new book, BrightInfiniteFuture.net and an excerpt in The New Republic, the Host explains how generational trends, the GOP lurch from mainstream to extreme, the successful presidencies of Clinton/ Obama as compared to Bush43's miserable one -- and the prospect of either Cruz or Trump -- will this Fall ratify a continuing shift in the progressive-conservative tug-of-war because the former now simply have the better case....
SEATTLE -- After a tough weekend, the Mariners could use a spark Monday when they open a three-game home series against Texas...The Mariners scored only four runs in the three losses. "We've got to do more offensively," manager Scott Servais said ... We're just not getting it done with the bats right now." ... "I thought Nelson had some better at-bats today ... "Wednesday afternoon we were pretty happy ... ....