BEIJING. A Taiwanese warship on Friday "mistakenly" fired a supersonic "anti-ship missile" towards China as it celebrated 95th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party amid assertions by PresidentXi Jinping ruling out independence for Taiwan... "The missile was launched by operational error ... "We firmly oppose the 'Taiwan independence' secessionist activities," Xi said at the ceremony ... Stay updated on the go with Times of IndiaNews App....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingPerhaps a more fundamental question than to why politicians change their positions on certain issues is what gives a person the right to make binding decisions on behalf of the future ... Indeed, what would the United States be like if politicians never changed their views on slavery, civil rights or economic policies that included more people ... (Dallas Darling is the author of Politics 501....
Unlike his fellow prisoners, Hamoud Saleh Hamed does not wear leg shackles when he is pushed on a spanking new wheelchair into the Syrian prison governor’s guest room at the Mezze military jail. Impossible, since his trousered right stump and the missing lower half of his left leg mean that the 37-year old Saudi maths teacher from Mecca cannot escape by throwing himself from the second floor window ... ....
The Conservative party has collapsed into accusations of betrayal and treachery as the party's first leadership contest in a decade gets under way. Tensions are high after Boris Johnson sensationally dropped out of the race at the first hurdle following a shock intervention against his leadership bid from Cabinet ministerMichael Gove. Share Go To ... "He's ripped the Tory party apart ... THERESA MAY ... She said. “My pitch is very simple....
Jerry Brown, left, discusses a bill under consideration for his signature with Tom Dyer, his chief deputy legislative affairs secretary Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif ... Jerry Brown, left, discusses a bill under consideration for his signature with DanielSeeman, his deputy legislative affairs secretary Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif....
Studies of teenagers tend to confirm the thesis that “explanatory style” is a strong predictor of resilience. Explanatory style refers to the way an athlete reasons about his or her own performance. An optimistic explanatory style involves attributing bad outcomes to some particular event (“I was sick that day”) ... The more optimistic the athlete’s explanatory style, the easier to shrug off a bad performance....
A long-vacant textile mill in a rural upstate New York county was just the kind of place targeted for job growth as part of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature Start-Up NY economic development program ... ....
A signature job creation program created by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has so far generated only 408 new jobs according to a state report quietly published on a state website Friday evening ... ....
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A signature job creation program created by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has generated only 408 new jobs in its first two years, according to a state report quietly published on a state website Friday evening. Critics of Cuomo's economic development initiatives immediately seized on the report as evidence his economic development ideas aren't working ... ....
(Source. Seattle Sounders FC) ... Dempsey offered up his opinion on this topic in a guest appearance on Colin Cowherd's 'The Herd' talk show on FS1 Thursday ... 'I think so. I think that's fair ... 'We have a lot of different people from all different countries and everybody has kind of different styles - [we have to] kind of figure out what our style is as a country,' Dempsey said ... What's going to be your country's style of play? ... (noodl....
General Mills is expanding its recall of flour over a possible link to an E ... coli that may be potentially linked to Gold Medal flour, Wondra flour and Signature Kitchens flour, the company said in a press release ... ....
Set from 1962 to 1972, “Dreamgirls” follows the careers of women who are originally the Dreamettes, and later the Dreams, and the demands, corruption, and racism of the music industry. The music was perfect throughout; the quality of all the performances in all the styles presented was stunning....
--> ... The FIR was registered in 2002 ... However, the court said for about one year, no hearing could take place in the case at the trial court since the Dera chief had asked for examination of specimen handwriting and signatures of one of the two victims before forensic labs other than the CFSL. Prabhati NayakMishra. Info. ....
Visitors to Lisbon are usually quick to fall in love with the city's ubiquitous quiosques de refresco, vintage-chic food and drinks kiosks that have become as much a part of the city's drinking and dining scene as ginginha and pasteis de nata. Take a stroll through the city, and you'll soon spot these ornate iron structures, whose unique style reflects Art Nouveau and Moorish influences and history dates back to the 19th century... ....