Новости за 30.08.2019

Carlos Roa

Economics, Asia

The protests and Beijing's pressure could destroy Hong Kong's special place in the global and Chinese economies.

The situation in Hong Kong is disconcerting for China’s government: what started as a protest in opposition to a controversial extradition bill has morphed into nothing less than an outright revolt against the city’s indirect rule by mainland authorities. The “one country two systems” compact seems dead to demonstrators on the street who are showing up in the hundreds of thousands.

The president was reportedly “eager to project optimism that might boost markets,” which should hearten the Chinese.

Bitcoin’s recent drop below $10,000 split an already fractured cryptocurrency community into two distinct camps. On one side are the optimists who believe Bitcoin’s drop to $9,400 is merely a blip on the way to the moon – and an excellent opportunity to buy more coins. On the other side are those who believe the […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials have rejected one of Idaho’s requests for a waiver for Medicaid expansion. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday in a letter to Idaho Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron said the state’s application didn’t provide enough information for the department to evaluate the waiver. The […]

We asked our favorite entertainers and tastemakers to create their dream dinner party table ahead of Labor Day.

For the first time in nearly 40 years, Wolverhampton Wanderers will be playing in the main stage of a European competition.

Hello Friends, It was raining steadily at 0730 this morning. Down at North Head the wind was out of the south at 18-25 kts and air temperature was around the 14C mark. At 0600 the MHL Sydney buoy was registering 3 metres of 9-second energy from the south (168°). Visibility from RealSurf HQ high atop […]

UNAI EMERY backed Arsenal star David Luiz to get back to his best ahead of their derby clash with Tottenham. The Gunners’ new £8million centre-half Luiz was directly responsible for both of Mo Salah’s second-half goals during his team’s 3-1 defeat against Liverpool. But Emery expects Luiz to be firing on all cylinders for the […]

When the first school bell rings next week, Bill 21 will be implemented in all EMSB institutions.

Slavia Prague’s delegates began chuckling as they discovered their Champions League opponents (Picture: BT Sport) Slavia Prague’s delegates could only laugh when they were placed in the Champions League group of death – and can you ...

News4 tested bulletproof backpacks from three different brands, and while each stopped bullets, none stood a chance against a high-powered rifle. A ballistics expert warned parents not to get caught up in...

Addressing the significant mass burning of the Amazonian rainforest -- the ecosystem biomass of which produces 20% of Earth's oxygen — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro recently told the rest of the rightfully concerned world, "You have to understand that the Amazon is Brazil's, not yours."

DirecTV subscribers in Las Vegas can once again watch KLAS Channel 8. According to a news release from DirecTV parent company AT&T, Nexstar Media Group, which ...

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From SABR member Mark Simon at The Athletic on August 29, 2019:There’s a school of thought that the best way to deal with the shift is to hit the ball over it. Some hitters have changed their swings and adjusted their approach to do that more often. But not everyone is going to have success with that approach every time up. There’s still something to be said for the guys who are finding other ways to beat the shift by figuring out other ways around it. One of the... Читать дальше...

Prior to their preseason finale on Thursday night, both the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns decided to do a little roster reshuffling.

President Trump marked the establishment of the U.S. Space Command in the Rose Garden, and unveiled its flag for the first time during a ceremony Thursday afternoon.

Celtic defender Christopher Jullien has revealed that Celtic have two tasks this week: To qualify for the group stages of the Europa League and to beat Rangers at Ibrox.

Naomi Osaka had a bit of extra motivation on Thursday at the U.S. Open with Kobe Bryant and Colin Kaepernick in the stands.

• Naomi Osaka cruised through her match at the US Open, defeating Magda Linette 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the tournament.
• After the match, Osaka said she was motivated by the fact that Kobe Bryant and Colin Kaepernick were cheering her on from her box at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
• "It was just like I really didn't want them to sit in the sun too long, honestly," Osaka said of her guests. "That was the thing that was on my mind. I was, like, I don't really want... Читать дальше...

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Another highly successful money manager is suggesting investors avoid “bread and butter” U.S. stocks Some of the brightest minds in investing see a paradigm shift for U.S. stocks out on the horizon. In a recent Digest, we featured analysis from billionaire hedge fund manager, Ray Dalio. He described a paradigm shift in the stock markets this....

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CLEVELAND — Suspended Browns running back Kareem Hunt has undergone surgery for a sports hernia. Hunt, who will serve an eight-game NFL suspension for two physical off-field altercations while he played for Kansas City, had the operation Thursday — hours before the Browns played Detroit in their exhibition finale. Hunt had been expected to play

President Mnangagwa yesterday negotiated a fresh financial package for Zimbabwe from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) after meeting the bank’s president, Professor Benedict Okey Oramah.

When one in five of our kids is dangerously obese, the loss of 347 playgrounds since 2014 in England alone is a self-defeating Conservative ideology recklessly gambling with lives

Mauro Icardi – will he stay or will he go? That is the question in the final days of the European transfer window, as two [...]

A 58-year-old man suffered a graze wound to his head in the Gilroy shooting, police say. Three people died in addition to the 17 wounded.