Singapore pro LambySeries on being a Grandmaster in Hearthstone
Singapore Hearthstone professional player Wesley “LambySeries” Seek talks to Game Changer host Deborah “Wolfsbanee” Sim on what it's like being a Grandmaster.
Singapore Hearthstone professional player Wesley “LambySeries” Seek talks to Game Changer host Deborah “Wolfsbanee” Sim on what it's like being a Grandmaster.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 20 (ANI): Aizawl FC grabbed their first win of the I-League after defeating Gokulam Kerala FC 2-0 here at the Mohun Bagan Training Ground on Wednesday. Strikes by Malsawmzuala and Lalrammawia were enough to hand Aizawl the three points.
The lower house of the Czech Parliament approved on Wednesday a requirement that supermarkets carry a minimum share of local food, a move to be less dependent on imports. The share of Czech food in stores that are bigger than 400 sq. meters (4305 sq. feet) should be at least 55% in 2022 and increase to at least 73% in 2028, according to the bill. It was drafted by the opposition populist Freedom and Direct Democracy party that pushed it through the house with the help from the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
The Evening Standard spoke to some of the companies that have signed for new central London offices since the first lockdown started…
President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer who was sentenced to prison last year for stealing trade secrets from the tech giant related to robotic vehicles. Anthony Levandowski left Google in early 2016 where he worked in the autonomous vehicle division to start his own company called Otto. Before leaving, Levandowski downloaded a trove of Google’s self-driving car technology, leading eventually to 33 counts of intellectual property theft against him.
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump, who won the White House in part by promising to "drain the swamp" of Washington political maneuvering, on Wednesday revoked his executive order barring aides and other administration officials from lobbying. The restrictions, imposed soon after he took office in 2017, had targeted the kind of insider culture the Republican Trump had campaigned against and blocked the kind of lucrative gigs that he had said makes politicians beholden to business interests instead of everyday Americans. In an executive order released overnight, hours before he was due to leave office, Trump withdrew the ethics order that had said his appointees would not lobby their own agency for five years after leaving, and would not lobby any government appointee for two years.
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The French skating federation said the ice dance world champions will skip the March 22-28 event in Stockholm, Sweden to focus on preparing for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Papadakis and Cizeron, who both contracted the novel coronavirus and recovered last year, are four-times world champions. "We have never known such a long time without competition," Cizeron said in a statement.
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Margao (Goa) [India], January 20 (ANI): ATK Mohun Bagan have dropped five points in their last two games in the Indian Super League (ISL). The Kolkata team lost against Mumbai City FC and drew with FC Goa which nearly cost them the second spot. However, as they prepare to take on Chennaiyin FC at the Fatorda Stadium on Thursday, coach Antonio Habas claims to have 'no added pressure' on him, despite results going against his side.
Stone is among the quickest bowlers in English cricket and made his test debut against Ireland in July 2019, but a succession of injuries throughout his career have stunted his progress, leaving him questioning his future. England coach Chris Silverwood suggested Stone could play in the second test against Sri Lanka and, if not, then during the four-match series in India that follows.
Sophie turns 56 on Wednesday and is likely to have a busy year as duties increase.
Altered Innocence has picked up U.S. rights to Fabrice du Welz’s dark contemporary fairytale “Adoration,” which premiered at Locarno Film Festival. A release is planned for summer. “Adoration” combines a violent thriller with a romantic sexual awakening story, capturing the teenage intensity of “amour fou.” It features rising stars Thomas Gioria (“Custody”) and Fantine Harduin […]
A small group of Japanese fans of Donald Trump took to the streets of Tokyo on Wednesday, shouting support for the outgoing United States president hours before his successor Joe Biden is sworn into office. About 120 people joined the march in central Tokyo, with participants waving American and Japanese flags and holding banners claiming Trump was "the true winner" of the Nov. 3 election. Democrat Biden won the election with 306 Electoral College votes to Trump's 232.
Traditional sea shanties and sea songs are doing the rounds on social media, and even making a dent in the UK charts, but what’s the story behind it all? Roisin O'Connor dives in
Yesterday afternoon this adventurous pup was tired and trapped in the cold water at Sterne Park in Littleton. People on shore did the right thing by staying off the ice and calling 911. A Firefighter quickly and safely provided a little help and thankfully the dog was ok. Littleton, CO – Government South Suburban Parks and Recreation Video credit South Metro Fire Rescue
Biden is to be sworn in as U.S. president shortly after noon (1700 GMT), taking over from Republican Donald Trump. "I look forward to working with him (Biden), and with his new administration, strengthening the partnership between our countries and working on our shared priorities: from tackling climate change, building back better from the pandemic and strengthening our transatlantic security."
Villagers from Kamala Harris's ancestral home in southern India made offerings of fruit, lit firecrackers and prepared hundreds of snacks in celebration of her swearing-in Wednesday as US vice president.
March 2020 was when the coronavirus pandemic began spreading across most of Europe and October is the last month for which data for all 27 EU member states are available. Statistics from Eurostat showed that across the bloc, excess mortality - the increase in total number of deaths, from any cause, compared to that of previous years - peaked during the early rise of COVID-19 in April 2020 at 24.9%. Summer lulls began at different times across the region, before numbers rose again in autumn, and still further in November in all member states with available data.
Britain will learn lessons from its COVID-19 response but it is not be a good use of resources to have an inquiry while the National Health Service (NHS) is under strain from a winter wave of infections, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. "The NHS is under unprecedented pressure (and) the entire British state is trying to fight COVID to roll out the biggest vaccination programme in the history of our country," Johnson told lawmakers.