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Japan rejoices at ‘Miracle in Glasgow’
Japan was euphoric Friday after their Blue Samurai scored a stunning 1-0 victory over champions Spain in one of the greatest upsets in Olympic football history. Newspapers hailed Thursday’s win as the “Miracle in Glasgow”, reviving memories of their famous “Miracle in Miami” victory over Brazil at the 1996 Atlanta…
Twitter explains new mystery outage
A freak double failure in its data centers took Twitter down for around an hour on Thursday, leaving millions without updates from friends, celebrities and news providers a day ahead of the Olympics. “We are sorry,” said Mazen Rawashdeh, Twitter’s vice president of engineering, in a message on the company’s…
U.S. ‘extreme drought’ zones triple in size
The drought in America’s breadbasket is intensifying at an unprecedented rate, experts warned, driving concern food prices could soar if crops in the world’s key producer are decimated. The US Drought Monitor reported a nearly threefold increase in areas of extreme drought over the past week in the nine Midwestern…
Facebook shares hit new low on growth worries
NEW YORK — Facebook shares on Thursday sank to a new low after the world’s leading social network reported a loss of $157 million in its first earnings after its public offering. The financial results were largely in line with expectations and were dragged down by reserves set aside for…
Protest targets Chick-fil-A food truck in same sex marriage row
WASHINGTON — Protesters targeted a Chick-fil-A food truck in downtown Washington on Thursday after the fast-food chain’s president came out candidly against same-sex marriage on religious grounds. “Ho-ho, hey-hey, Chick-fil-A is anti-gay,” chanted a young crowd of around 20 demonstrators, with no apparent impact on the steady flow of patrons…
UN chief makes 11th hour plea on arms treaty
UNITED NATIONS — UN chief Ban Ki-moon made a last-ditch effort Thursday to break the deadlock over a landmark treaty to regulate the conventional arms trade, urging countries to “show flexibility.” Ban issued a statement saying he was concerned at the “very limited progress” made during month-long negotiations in New…
U.S. braces for make-or-break economic data
WASHINGTON — The United States is bracing for growth figures that will set the tone for the last 100 days of the race to the White House and help decide if the Fed pulls the trigger on more economic stimulus. Early Friday in Washington, the Commerce Department will release its…
Judge to rule on Alec Baldwin ‘stalker’ case
EW YORK — A US judge said Thursday he will rule in September on an attempt by a Canadian actress to have stalking charges lodged by Hollywood star Alec Baldwin thrown out of court. Lawyers for Genevieve Sabourin, whom Baldwin accuses of sending love-struck emails and coming uninvited to his…
Apple pitches gadget security to hacker crowd
LAS VEGAS — Apple pitched security measures in its mobile gadgets on Thursday during its first presentation at a premier gathering of hackers and those intent on thwarting cyber attacks. The unprecedented talk by Apple head of software platform security Dallas De Atley at the 15th annual Black Hat conference…
U.S. Olympic shooters say don’t link us to Colorado theater horror
LONDON — US Olympic shooting competitors hope those watching the London Games do not link their firearm sports with the shooter who killed 12 people and wounded 58 others at an American theatre last week. But the Olympic medallists said they could see how the horrific incident last week at…
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