LA MORA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two months after tragedy struck, beefed-up security has helped calm the holdout residents of a tight-knit community of U.S.-Mexican families of Mormon origin. But with only a few families staying put, at least one village is being hollowed out. The gangland ambush by cartel gunmen in November on a dusty…
Image copyright EPA Image caption Kimia Alizadeh won a landmark bronze medal in taekwondo in the 2016 Rio Olympics Iran's only female Olympic medallist, Kimia Alizadeh, says she has defected.Alizadeh, 21, posted on social media that she had left Iran because she didn't want to be part of "hypocrisy, lies, injustice and flattery". She described…
Drama on, shirts off — A great example of how a TV series' expansion beyond books, games can succeed. Ani Bundel - Jan 11, 2020 7:50 pm UTC Enlarge / Netflix's version of The Witcher exercises wiggle room with three types of source material. For the series' spread of main characters, that's good news.The Witcher…
TAIPEI (Reuters) - China will not change its position that Taiwan belongs to it, Beijing said on Sunday, after President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election and said she would not submit to China’s threats, as state media warned she was courting disaster. Taiwan Vice President-elect William Lai and incumbent Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen celebrate at a…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Thousands marched through Paris on Saturday to protest against the pension reforms French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has offered a concession to unions in a bid to end nationwide strikes against proposed pension reforms.In a letter, Mr Philippe said he was willing to withdraw a proposal which would raise…
Recycling — Mostly iPhone and iPad models are affected; Macs didn't see much change. Samuel Axon - Jan 10, 2020 10:34 pm UTC Enlarge / The iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which will now gain consumers $40 less in trade-in value than before.Samuel AxonApple has proudly touted its trade-in and recycling programs, mentioning them…
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Ukrainian aircraft which crashed earlier this week in Iran had flown close to a sensitive military site and was brought down due to human error, Iranian state TV reported on Saturday. The responsible parties would be held accountable, the statement read on state TV said. Reporting by Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPompeo: "Imminent threat included attacks on US embassies" Democrats are demanding information about President Donald Trump's claim an Iranian general killed by the US was planning attacks on US embassies.Mr Trump first made the claim at the White House on Thursday. He repeated it in Ohio during…
No "saving" on these throws — Only 1,974 sets were made, to honor the game's 45th anniversary. Sam Machkovech - Jan 10, 2020 2:45 am UTC 2019 was both the fifth anniversary of D&D's Fifth Edition and the 45th anniversary of the game itself, so series handlers Wizards of the Coast decided to commemorate it…
TORONTO/EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - Canadians held candlelight vigils in several cities on Thursday to remember 63 citizens killed in a plane crash in Iran, in what Canada’s prime minister called a “tragedy that shocked the world.” Canada has been in mourning since Wednesday’s crash of the Ukraine International Airlines flight bound for Kiev from Tehran…
