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World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, North Korea worries

Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...

WHY EVEN HAZARD ALONE ISN'T THE SOLUTION TO BBC'S MADRID SHORTCOMINGS.

The 27-year-old attacker is admired by Los Blancos and is likely to be a summer target, but he is not the answer to their problems in front of goal There are problems that need to be resolved at Real Madrid. While it was the defence that took most of the heat following last weekend's 2-2 draw away to Celta Vigo, there are serious issues with the team's attack as well. In the aftermath of that result, which all but ended Los Blancos' hopes of retaining La Liga as they fell provisionally 14 points behind Barcelona, an alarming statistic emerged. For the first time in history, no Madrid player has scored more than four goals after 17 rounds of the Primera Division. Gareth Bale's double at Balaidos means he has four in the league this term, and he is the only player in the competition to have done so in fewer than 500 minutes in 2017-18. Unfortunately, however, those numbers only serve to highlight just how much he has missed, and just how much he has  been  mis...

5 Best Handgun Makers on the Planet (Sig, Glock and Ruger Made the Cut).

America’s prolific firearms industry means that choosing the top five manufacturers is no easy task. While boutique handgun builders may produce some very fine pieces, quantity has a quality all its own, and several companies ship hundreds of thousands of handguns a year. Like the auto industry, some of the best handguns come from foreign manufacturers. Here are the five best handgun manufacturers. Glock Gaston Glock’s initial attempt to build a handgun for the Austrian military has exploded into an international empire, all the more amazing considering that it was built solely on handguns. From the original  Glock 17 , the company now offers twenty-six handguns on the U.S. market in calibers from .380 Auto to  .45 G.A.P . The company’s simple emphasis on lightweight, slim-profile, “pointable” pistols was a recipe for success, impressing first-time shooters with their ease of use and longtime shooters with their reliability and accuracy. For all of the variety, Glock’...

Five Electronic Gadget Hacks You Need To Know.

Like every valuable commodity, electronic gadgets have easily become a part of people’s life. Electronic gadgets can boost your self-esteem, make you cry for joy or weep. These hacks are bound to change the way you see and handle your gadgets. Cheap Flights It would be amazing to know that the secret to obtaining cheap flight lies in your electronic gadget. The simple way to do this is to clear the cookies section and search history in your browser. Viola! You are one step away from flying. Wet phones You have probably heard that sun drying helps when a phone falls into water. Did you know that putting it into a bag of rice overnight is a more effective way getting the water out. Rice absorbs the moisture stuck on the phone. By morning, your phone will be as good as it was before the incident Watch your rice, it might get slightly wet. A Phone Battery In Rice. Photo credit: Pinterest Tip**  If you are paranoid about the rice getting wet, put the rice in a Ziploc,...

Trump would make ‘big mistake’ by leaving Iran deal: Moscow.

Back in the 1990s I recall reading Tom Clancy’s loving paean to the M1 Abrams,   Armored Cav , in which he related that the unkillable tank had never been knocked out by hostile fire. The Abrams’ 120mm cannon effortlessly peeled the turrets off of T-72 tanks in the Gulf War, while Russian anti-tank missiles and 125mm shells couldn’t pierce the American tank’s Chobham armor. In fact, the Abram’s  own gun  reportedly struggled to penetrate the Abram’s depleted uranium armor. Since then the Abrams has been involved in a lot more war, and it has had to forsake its invincible reputation. During the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, several were knocked out by massive IEDs or RPGs in the vulnerable rear armor, others by advanced Russian-made anti-tank missiles such as the  AT-14 Kornet . In the ongoing conflicts in Yemen and Iraq, dozens of Saudi and Iraqi Abrams have been taken out by such missiles. The Abrams also  hasn’t  encountered modern ta...

Iran rejects any change to nuclear deal.

Iranian motorists drive in Sadeqyeh Square in the capital Tehran on January 13, 2018.Iran rejected any modification of its nuclear deal with world powers after US President Donald Trump demanded tough new measures to keep the agreement alive.ATTA KENARE / AFP Iran on Saturday rejected any modification of its nuclear deal with world powers after US President Donald Trump demanded tough new measures to keep the agreement alive. Iran “will not accept any amendments in this agreement, be it now or in the future, and it will not allow any other issues to be linked to the JCPOA,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, using the 2015 deal’s technical name. Trump again waived nuclear-related sanctions on Friday — as required every few months to stay in the agreement — but demanded European partners work with the United States to “fix the deal’s disastrous flaws, or the United States will withdraw”. He said the new deal should curb Iran’s missile programme and incl...

Nigeria ends 2017 with 101,695 domain names.

Smartphone with internet. PHOTO: AFP/JUSTIN SULLIVAN The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) said on Friday that 101,695 domain names existed in the country’s domain registry as at 2017, up from 76,907 names recorded in 2016. The President of NIRA, Mr Sunday Folayan, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday. Folayan said that in December 2017, 5,547 domain names were recorded, showing a decrease of 753, as against 6,300 domain names recorded in November. According to him, of the 5,547 domain names in December, 3,560 were new registration, 1,917 were domain name renewal, while 70 were transfer of domain names. He said that of the 6,300 domain names recorded in November, 3,974 were fresh registration, 2,280 were for renewal and 46 were for transfer. “We noted a slowdown in fresh registrations and renewal of .ng domain names from November to December 2017. “The general slowdown could ...