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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...

Chelsea’s Alonso charged with violent conduct by FA.

Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso has been charged with violent conduct by the Football Association after an incident during the Premier League match against relegation-threatened Southampton. The left wing-back appeared to stand on the back of Southampton striker Shane Long’s leg during Saturday’s game but the incident went unpunished by referee Mike Dean. However, the FA has since reviewed footage and sanctioned the Spaniard, who has until 1700 GMT on Wednesday to respond. Alonso is facing a three-match ban if he accepts the charge, which would rule him out of Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final, also against Southampton, and Premier League games against Burnley, on Thursday, and Swansea. “Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso has been charged with violent conduct following an incident with Southampton’s Shane Long,” an FA statement said. “It happened in the 43rd minute of Saturday’s game… and was not seen by the match officials but caught on video.” Off-the-ball incidents not seen at the tim...

Man City Striker Aguero recovering from minor knee surgery.

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is recovering from minor surgery on his knee but said on Tuesday that he is “motivated” to get back on the pitch soon. The Argentine — City’s record goalscorer — has been troubled by a problem in his left knee for the past five weeks. On Friday, City boss Pep Guardiola admitted he was unsure when the 29-year-old, who has scored 30 goals this season and 199 in total for the club, would be fit again. Aguero has now had keyhole surgery in a bid to resolve the issue. “Recovering from an arthroscopy on my knee,” he tweeted. “Fully motivated to get back soon to the field.” No timescale for his recovery has been given but, with City already crowned Premier League champions, the World Cup in Russia, which starts in June, will be his main target. Aguero has not started a game since City’s victory over Chelsea on March 4, although he was an unused substitute against Basel on March 7. Following a month-long lay-off he returned to act...

Misuse of Data during brexit campaign.

Britons’ personal data may have been misused by a pro-Brexit campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum that voted for leaving the European Union, a former Cambridge Analytica employee who worked with the Leave.EU group told MPs on Tuesday. Brittany Kaiser, who stopped working for the British political consultancy in March, said she suspected that data was being shared between businesses owned by Arron Banks, a major funder of Leave.EU, and the campaign for the 2016 EU referendum. “I now think that there is reason to believe that misuse of data was rife amongst the businesses and campaigns of Arron Banks,” Kaiser said in a statement to MPs to accompany her testimony in front of a British parliamentary committee. “If the personal data of UK citizens who just wanted to buy car insurance was used by GoSkippy and Eldon Insurance for political purposes, as may have been the case, people clearly did not opt in for their data to be used in this way by Leave.EU,” she said. Her c...

Kim arrive in Cleveland to visit Khloe Kardashian and her baby (Photos).

Kim  and  Kourtney Kardashian  along with  Kendall Jenner  landed in  Cleveland, Ohio,  on Monday to visit their sister  Khloe  and her newborn daughter  True Thompson . The Keeping Up With The Kardashian stars were pictured as they made their way from a private jet after flying in from  Los Angeles. Khloe, 33, welcomed her first child, True Thompson with her baby daddy  Tristan Thompson  last Thursday in Cleveland.  See more photos below...

What to Know about Google Go (programming language) and how it works.

Go  (often referred to as  Golang ) is a  programming language  created at  Google  in 2009 by Robert Griesemer,  Rob Pike , and  Ken Thompson . [11]  Go is a  statically typed  language in the tradition of  C , with  memory safety ,  garbage collection ,  structural typing ,  and  CSP -style  concurrent programming  features added.  The  compiler  and other tools originally developed by Google are all  free  and open source. Go originated as an experiment by Google engineers Robert Griesemer,  Rob Pike , and  Ken Thompson  to design a new programming language that would resolve common criticisms of other languages while maintaining their positive characteristics. The developers envisioned the new language as: Statically typed and scalable to large systems (like  Java  or  C++ ) Productive  and readable, without excessive...

'I wasn't criticising Conte' - Rudiger thinks Chelsea absence down to misunderstanding.

The centre-back feels he was left out of the squad recently because his manager misinterpreted recent comments Antonio Rudiger believes Antonio Conte mistook the defender's recent comments as a personal criticism, leading to him being dropped from the Chelsea squad. The centre-back was left out of Saturday's 3-2 win over Southampton  because he questioned the Blues' inability to hold on to a lead  in the wake of their previous draw with West Ham. It is understood the Germany international will not be rested for Thursday's trip to Burnley or Sunday's FA Cup game against Southampton. Instead, Rudiger believes he is being punished because of a misunderstanding as his comments were directed to the team as opposed to his coach. Asked on   ZDF  if he was absent from the squad because of what he said, Rudiger replied: "Probably. But I didn't mean it that way. "It was a fact, it wasn't about the tactics. I did not attack anyone persona...

Rafa Benitez has reached his prediction at Newcastle with 5 games left.

Would you like to know what happens when you put an elite coach in charge of a team without infinite resources and with more modest talent? Look no further... Some people question what Pep Guardiola could do with less money at his disposal and less talent. Well, if they care to look at Rafael Benitez and Newcastle they might get an approximation of the answer. With plenty of players who came up from the Championship - and with an owner unwilling to spend in the transfer market - Benitez is demonstrating what good coaching and a clarity of purpose can do for a club of modest means. It would be natural to look at Newcastle – with their massive stadium and illustrious history – and conclude they are a team who belong in the upper reaches of the Premier League. But for Benitez to have this squad of players aiming for a spot as high as eighth in their first season back in the top flight is a momentous achievement.  And like Guardiola - who’s won the title with five gam...