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Deceptively difficult duels await fighters in ‘Arms’

Stars and Stripes 

“Arms,” Nintendo’s most recent addition to its growing Switch library, is a bright, colorful brawler that is sure to be high on many a child’s summer gaming wish list. Be warned: it's bright aesthetic hides a difficult challenge.

Inoue to make first defence on August 10th!

Asian Boxing 

Earlier today saw the announcement that Japanese Light Middleweight champion Takeshi Inoue (10-0-1, 5) [井上 岳志] would be making his first defense of the title on August 10th, with his challenger set to be #1 ranked domestic challenger Riku Nagahama (7-0-1, 3) [長濱 陸].Inoue, who won the title back in April when he stopped veteran  Koshinmaru Saito for the vacant title, has had a great year already with wins over Sa [...]

S. Korea leader warns North after latest missile launch

Yahoo Autos 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea's latest launches of several suspected anti-ship missiles were short-range and landed well short of past efforts, but they still served as a defiant message for its enemies that Pyongyang will continue to pursue a weapons program that has rattled its neighbors and Washington.

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Qatar won't back down in face of pressure: minister

Yahoo! News 

Far from backing down in the face of unprecedented pressure from Gulf rivals, Qatar's foreign minister said Thursday that no other country could determine its policies. In an interview with AFP, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani described as an attempt at "collective punishment" a decision by Saudi Arabia and its allies to cut ties with Qatar over alleged financing of extremist groups. Qatar would not yield to it, he said.

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Hungarian Government Will Amend Proposed Measure on NGOs

Voice of America 

Hungary will modify proposed legislation on nongovernmental organizations that get foreign funding to address objections by the Council of Europe, the government said Thursday, backtracking on some elements of the controversial bill. Under a bill drafted by right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government, NGOs with foreign donations of at least 7.2 million forints ($26,207.55) would have to register with the authorities and declare themselves as foreign-funded. The government said the aim was to ensure greater transparency. Читать дальше...

Kiwis beat British to reach America’s Cup challenger finals

TheRepublic.com 

Emirates Team New Zealand rebounded nicely from a heart-stopping capsize two days earlier on Bermuda’s Great Sound to clinch a spot in the America’s Cup challenger finals. Britain, meanwhile, still hasn’t bounced back from its loss in 1851 to the schooner America. Led by 26-year-old helmsman and 39-year-old skipper-wing trimmer Glenn Ashby, Emirates Team New

Facebook, IBM, and 5 other big-name tech companies based in small-town America

BusinessInsider.com 

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San Francisco and Palo Alto may be major tech hubs, but they're not the only places big-name tech companies call home.

Some tech companies, in fact, are located a bit off the beaten path in areas with relatively small populations.

Business Insider recently scoured the Fortune 500 list to find such companies.

To compile our list, we skipped right over any tech companies headquartered in the biggest US cities. From there, we ordered each company's location based on population size... Читать дальше...





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