WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday laid out their impeachment case against President Donald Trump, accusing him of using the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 election. The Democratic-led House Intelligence Committee, which has spearheaded the impeachment probe that formally began in September, also…
Image copyright NT Police Image caption Phu Tran was found alive on Tuesday in Australia's Northern Territory A second person has been found alive after becoming stranded two weeks ago in Australia's remote outback.Phu Tran, 40, was discovered on Tuesday in the Northern Territory, police said.Mr Tran was with two other people who became stranded…
it's not a phone—yet—but it's a linux — The first Librem 5 backers have begun receiving mostly-working prototype devices. Jim Salter - Dec 2, 2019 7:05 pm UTC Lifting the lid off the Librem 5's box, you see the phone and a "getting started" manual. The Librem 5's accessories nestled beneath the phone: a charging…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of a major gun rights case could end in a misfire, with the justices on Monday debating whether to dismiss a challenge backed by the powerful National Rifle Association to a New York City handgun ordinance. A group among hundreds of supporters of gun control laws rally…
Image copyright YANG HENGJUN/TWITTER Image caption Yang Hengjun, a popular blogger and former Chinese diplomat, was detained in January Australia says the treatment endured by one of its citizens in criminal detention in China is "unacceptable".Chinese-Australian writer Dr Yang Hengjun has been held in Beijing since January. He has been accused of espionage - charges…
This is Sam. He lived in America. He was very happy. But he had one fault. He was too curious. NASA One day Sam saw a man. The man saw Sam, too. NASA "What a nice little monkey," the man thought. "I would like to take him to space." NASA The man picked him up…
FILE PHOTO: Thanksgiving traffic crawls in a rainstorm in Claremont, California, U.S., November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (Reuters) - Holiday travelers can go home again but it will take far longer than expected with snow, ice and rain slowing the busiest U.S. travel day of the Thanksgiving weekend on Sunday, forecasters said. As much as…
Prumsodun Ok is a choreographer and founder of Cambodia's first gay dance company.He performs Khmer dance, an ancient dance form with roots in Buddhism, Hinduism and animist practices in the region.Khmer dance used to be performed by both men and women, but over the last few centuries has become associated mainly with female dancers. Prumsodun…
Where are they now? science style — When it comes to performance, engineering matters more than physics. Chris Lee - Nov 30, 2019 3:00 pm UTC Enlarge / IBM's 16-qubit quantum computer from 2017.Last month, Google claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy—the overblown name given to the step of proving quantum computers can deliver something…
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Protesters burned tires and surrounded a police station in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya on Saturday, a Reuters witness said, pressing their demands for sweeping reform despite the prime minister promising to quit. Burning vehicle of Iraqi security forces is seen after clashes with protesters during ongoing anti-government protests, in Nassiriya,…
