games news

• All eyes on Trump for landmark address to Congress

  26-02-2017 23:39 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump will have a chance to breathe new momentum into his month-old presidency in an address to Congress Tuesday night, but he will need to strike the right tone -- far from his score-settling tweets at foes of all stripes.For his maiden address to the American body politic -- the House of Representatives and Senate but also his own cabinet and the assembled Supreme Court justices -- the Republican leader will lay out his legislative priorities in a setting a far cry from the charged-up r
  
  Read more

• Nokia relaunches iconic 3310 mobile model

  26-02-2017 23:28 via yahoo.com
  
  Finnish brand Nokia, a former mobile star, on Sunday launched three new Android smartphones and unveiled a revamped version of its iconic 3310 model more than a decade after it was phased out.Unlike the original, which was known for its sturdiness, the new Nokia 3310 will allow web browsing.The new version will bring back its predecessor's popular "Snake" game and distinctive ringtones, said Arto Nummela, the head of Finnish start-up HMD Global which will produce the phone under a licensing agre
  
  Read more

• Alt-Oscars: Trump backers tuning out Academy Awards, because Meryl Streep

  26-02-2017 23:27 via yahoo.com
  
  Supporters of President Trump are calling for a boycott of Sunday’s Oscars, a celebration that brings together the two things conservatives hate most: the “liberal” media and the Hollywood elite.
  
  Read more

• Chinese Manufacturer Introduces Huawei Watch 2 At MWC 2017

  26-02-2017 23:25 via yahoo.com
  
  Huawei Watch 2 with 4G, built-in speaker, Android Pay and Google Assistant revealed at MWC 2017.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Tests show driver in Mardi Gras crash was legally drunk, police say

  26-02-2017 23:23 via yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - A driver accused of injuring 28 people in New Orleans after plowing a pickup truck into a crowd watching a Mardi Gras parade had a blood alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit soon after the crash, police said on Sunday.The suspect, identified as Neilson Rizzuto, 25, has been charged with two felony counts in the Saturday evening incident that brought chaos to one of the main events of the city's signature pre-Lent celebration.Rizzuto's blood alcohol level was measured at 0
  
  Read more

• 'Ring of fire' eclipse delights Africa, South America

  26-02-2017 22:34 via yahoo.com
  
  Stargazers applauded as they were plunged into darkness Sunday when the moon passed in front of the sun in a spectacular "ring of fire" eclipse.Astronomers and enthusiasts in Argentina were among the first to see the so-called annular eclipse as it crossed South America shortly after 1200 GMT, on course for Africa.The eclipse was most visible in a 100-kilometer (62-mile) band across Chile, Argentina, Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
  
  Read more

• WWII Navy officer who helped rescue Kennedy dies at age 97

  26-02-2017 22:04 via yahoo.com
  
  MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) — The WWII Navy officer who guided his warship into Japanese territory to rescue future President John F. Kennedy and his crew has died at age 97, his daughter said Sunday.
  
  Read more

• Casualties mount as Iraqi troops advance in IS-held Mosul

  26-02-2017 21:30 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — "We have wounded!" the men shouted from the roadside. Two soldiers, bleeding, were being bandaged beside their smoking vehicle on the side of a dusty dirt road.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Why did a Fox News program host a Swedish national security commentator who is unknown in Sweden?

  26-02-2017 21:24 via yahoo.com
  
  On a Thursday segment of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor," host Bill O'Reilly directed a debate over crime and immigration in Sweden. On one side of the issue was a Swedish newspaper reporter Anne-Sofie Naslund, who argued against the notion that immigration was making her country dangerous. On the other side was a man named Nils Bildt, who was identified onscreen and verbally as a "Swedish defense and national security advisor."
  
  Read more

• Los memes de los Oscars con acento argentino

  26-02-2017 21:12 via es-us.noticias.yahoo.com
  Los mejores tuits que relacionaron la entrega de los premios del cine con referencias nacionales
  
  Read more

• Le Pen blames media as Macron jumps in French polls

  26-02-2017 21:06 via yahoo.com
  
  French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday accused the media of "campaigning hysterically" in favour of Emmanuel Macron, her centrist rival for the presidency, as polls showed him enjoying a jump in support.Le Pen, speaking at a rally in the western city of Nantes, launched a series of attacks on the 39-year-old independent who has emerged as a frontrunner to become France's next leader.In an attack that recalled US President Donald Trump's confrontation with journalists, she added: "The me
  
  Read more

• Iraq forces in west Mosul aim for key bridge

  26-02-2017 20:49 via yahoo.com
  
  Iraqi forces battled jihadists in west Mosul on Sunday, aiming to build a floating bridge across the Tigris to establish an important supply route linked to the recaptured east bank.A week into a major push on the western side of the city, where an estimated 2,000 holdout jihadists and 750,000 civilians are trapped, government forces made steady progress."We had an important operation this morning to move towards the bridge," Colonel Falah al-Wabdan of the interior ministry's Rapid Response unit
  
  Read more

• Photos of the day - February 26, 2017

  26-02-2017 20:43 via yahoo.com
  
  Somali migrants cross the U.S. border into Canada; figure skating Gold medalist Choi Da-bin of South Korea, performs during the closing ceremony of the Asian Winter Games; Portland Timbers midfielder David Guzman and Los Angeles Galaxy forward Giovani dos Santos vie for the ball. See more news-related photo galleries and follow us on Yahoo News Photo Tumblr.
  
  Read more

• Buoyed centrist alliance, Macron seen beating Le Pen in French runoff

  26-02-2017 20:34 via yahoo.com
  
  French independent candidate Emmanuel Macron would easily beat far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second round of the country's presidential election in May, two opinion polls showed on Sunday.The pollsters said Macron has been buoyed by the alliance announced this week with centrist politician Francois Bayrou, which has enabled him to move ahead of conservative candidate Francois Fillon.A poll by Odoxa/Dentsu-Consulting showed 39-year-old Macron, a former economy minister running without the
  
  Read more

• Democrats must overhaul party, attack big business, Sanders says

  26-02-2017 20:28 via yahoo.com
  
  By Lucia Mutikani and Doina ChiacuWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday urged a major overhaul of his party, calling for more aggressive efforts to court working-class voters and fight big businesses from Wall Street to the pharmaceutical sector.Sanders, who spoke a day after Democrats chose Tom Perez, a veteran of former President Barack Obama's administration, as their new party chairman, said it was also crucial for progressives to do mo
  
  Read more

• 32,000 South Sudanese already entered Sudan in 2017: UNHCR

  26-02-2017 20:19 via yahoo.com
  
  About 32,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan since the start of the year, with tens of thousands more expected to arrive fleeing a famine in their country, the UN refugee agency said Sunday.On Monday, South Sudan, the world's youngest nation formed after splitting from the north in 2011, declared famine in some regions, saying 100,000 people faced starvation and another million were on the brink of famine.The UN refugee agency UNHCR said it was initially expecting up to 60,000 South Sudanese t
  
  Read more

• Official Samsung teaser confirms the Galaxy S8 will launch March 29th

  26-02-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  
  In an otherwise tablet-dominated press release in Barcelona, Samsung found 15 seconds to tease its next big smartphone for all of us. As expected, we're going to have to wait a month longer for the Galaxy S8 launch, but it could well be worth it.A Samsung invite sent out confirms that the launch event is going to happen in New York City on March 29th. Until then, this teaser trailer is all we've got to go on.https://twitter.com/SamMobiles/status/835927473896435713The teaser takes us through the
  
  Read more

• Nokia goes back to the future with 49 euro phone

  26-02-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  By Eric AuchardBARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Nokia'snewly revitalized phone business went back to the future on Sunday, re-introducing a brightly colored version of the classic 3310 talk and text phone, the world's most popular device in the year 2000.Nokia also launched four moderately priced smartphones ranging from 139 to 299 euros.It gets a lot of affection from millions and millions of people," Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri told a news conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, th
  
  Read more

• Colorado governor, once opposed, is softening his stance on legal pot

  26-02-2017 20:00 via yahoo.com
  
  In the four years since Colorado voters legalized recreational marijuana, Gov. John Hickenlooper — who originally opposed the referendum — hasn’t seen the negative effects he feared.“You know, at first, I opposed it,” Hickenlooper said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.Since then, Hickenlooper, the former Denver mayor and brewery owner, has softened his stance on weed.
  
  Read more

• Transgender wrestler wins Texas championship for girls

  26-02-2017 19:59 via yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Mack Beggs, a 17-year-old high school wrestler who is transitioning from female to male, took home gold in the 110-weight class of the Texas girls state championship after the state refused to allow the student to compete against boys.The University Interscholastic League, which governs school sports in Texas, said the state's education code allows the use of a banned drug such as steroids if it "is prescribed by a medical practitioner for a valid medical purpose."Beggs' win came day
  
  Read more

• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Sequel Leaked by Retailer

  26-02-2017 19:57
  
  A sequel to 2014's Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor has been leaked, thanks to a premature listing on US retailer Target's website.
  First spotted by NeoGAF, the sequel is titled Middle-earth: Shadow of War and will supposedly be released on August 22. According to the listing, which has since been removed, the sequel will bring back Shadow of Mordor's acclaimed Nemesis system, with Monolith Productions once again handling development duties.
  Target's now-removed listing for Middle-earth: Shadow of
  
  Read more

• Nearly 10 anti-migrant attacks a day in Germany: data

  26-02-2017 19:50 via yahoo.com
  
  Germany recorded more than 3,500 attacks against refugees and asylum shelters last year, according to new interior ministry figures, amounting to an average of nearly 10 acts of anti-migrant violence a day."People who have fled their home country and seek protection in Germany have the right to expect safe shelter," it read.A total of 2,545 attacks against individual refugees were reported in 2016, the ministry wrote, citing police statistics.
  
  Read more

• Guy quits his crappy job in the best way possible

  26-02-2017 19:44 via yahoo.com
  
  Sometimes, you need to go out with a bang. Or a flush. Giving two weeks is a pretty standard practice when employees move on from their current job. It allows the company a short amount of time to search for a replacement, and gives the employee an opportunity to leave on good standing. You never know when you may need that reference — or worse, when you may need your old job back. While most people quickly Google "two-week notice letter" and follow a pretty standard form, this guy decided
  
  Read more

• Nokia 3310 hands-on: not the retro featurephone you’re looking for

  26-02-2017 19:35 via yahoo.com
  
  On Sunday afternoon, Nokia's new Finnish overlord, HMD Global, confirmed what many rumors said before the kickstart of this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The iconic Nokia 3310 is being revived this year, under HMD Global’s version of Nokia. Unfortunately, it looks less like Nokia's big comeback, and more like a phone that just plain sucks.Yes, it’s true, there’s a new Nokia 3310 in town, one that’s so special to HMD Global that it was u
  
  Read more

• White House Says It's Too Early For Sessions To Recuse Himself From Russian Probe

  26-02-2017 19:34 via yahoo.com
  
  President Trump again took to Twitter to complain the focus on Russia was "fake news."
  
  Read more

• LG G6 Revealed: How it Compares With The Samsung Galaxy S8 And Apple's iPhone 7

  26-02-2017 19:31 via yahoo.com
  
  LG has introduced it flagship phone, the G6, here's how it compares with Apple's current iPhone 7 and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8.
  
  Read more

• Francis becomes 1st pope to visit an Anglican church in Rome

  26-02-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  
  ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday became the first Catholic pontiff to visit an Anglican parish in Rome, using the historic occasion to press for greater closeness after centuries of mistrust, prejudices and hostility between the two churches.
  
  Read more

• Croatia far-right leader arrested after Zagreb march

  26-02-2017 19:14 via yahoo.com
  
  Police arrested a Croatian far-right party leader on Sunday after dozens of supporters marched through the capital Zagreb chanting pro-Nazi slogans.Supporters of the far-right A-HSP party, which has no presence in parliament, marched through downtown Zagreb before gathering at the main Ban Jelacic square.The participants of Sunday's march, who were dressed in black, waved a US and a Croatian flag, as well as the flag of the German far-right NPD party.
  
  Read more

• Syrian warplanes pound rebel-held area in central city

  26-02-2017 19:07 via yahoo.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Government warplanes pounded a rebel-held neighborhood in the central city of Homs on Sunday, killing at least three and wounding dozens, Syrian opposition activists said, and President Bashar Assad's forces pushed ahead in Syria's offensive on the historic town of Palmyra held by the Islamic State group.
  
  Read more

• Arkansas State University revises Mexican campus contract

  26-02-2017 18:51 via yahoo.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State University is finalizing plans to open a campus in Mexico.
  
  Read more

• Pope makes historic visit to Rome Anglican church

  26-02-2017 18:48 via yahoo.com
  
  Pope Francis attended a service at the All Saints' Church in Rome on Sunday, becoming the first pontiff in history to visit an Anglican church in the Italian capital.Francis's visit marked the 200th anniversary of the All Saints' church, furthering a rapprochement between the Vatican and the Anglican Church of England that began last year.In a further sign of the closer ties, the pope spoke of the "possibility" of a visit to troubled South Sudan with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, hi
  
  Read more

• Trump Budget Plan Won't Touch Medicare, Social Security

  26-02-2017 18:43 via yahoo.com
  
  The president goes before a joint session of Congress Tuesday, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says he has nothing to talk about except how he has struck fear into people's hearts.
  
  Read more

• People of Al-Bab in Syria tell of last days under IS

  26-02-2017 18:40 via yahoo.com
  
  Al-Bab (Syria) (AFP) - In the days before the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Al-Bab fell, Umm Abdo's family sheltered underground both from the bombing and from jihadists themselves looking for somewhere to hide."Each time they (IS) found a family in a basement, they'd chase them out so they could take their place," the veiled and abaya-wearing Umm Abdo told AFP.At Umm Abdo's side, her three other children appeared to have regained some of their composure.
  
  Read more

• Trump scoffs at 'rigged' Democratic chairman vote

  26-02-2017 18:31 via yahoo.com
  
  Donald Trump on Sunday mocked the "rigged" election of a former member of Barack Obama's presidential cabinet to the post of Democratic chairman."The race for DNC Chairman was, of course, totally 'rigged'," Trump wrote on Twitter, one day after a gathering of Democratic party faithful elected Thomas Perez -- Obama's former labor secretary -- to head the Democratic National Committee.
  
  Read more

• Here’s the three new Nokia Android phones you’ve been waiting for

  26-02-2017 18:26 via yahoo.com
  
  About five years too late, Nokia has finally entered the Android market. It's probably not quite what you were expecting: the phones really come from Nokia's new Finnish owner, HMD Global. But hey, they're Nokia phones running Android, and they look half-decent, so who are we to complain?Things get better when you hear about the design decisions HMD has been making. Just a few small companies (and Motorola) have done in the past, HMD is shipping all three phones with pure Android, no gimmicks, n
  
  Read more

• US urges Russia to 'immediately' observe Ukraine ceasefire

  26-02-2017 18:08 via yahoo.com
  
  The United States called on Russia Sunday to "immediately" observe the ceasefire in Ukraine, accusing combined Russian and separatist forces of targeting international monitors."We call on Russia and the separatist forces it backs to immediately observe the ceasefire, withdraw all heavy weapons, and allow full and unfettered access to the OSCE monitors," the State Department said.State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the United States was closely monitoring growing violence in eastern Ukrai
  
  Read more

• Will Tom Perez unite the Democratic party?

  26-02-2017 18:05 via yahoo.com
  
  The Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to select former Labor Secretary Tom Perez to head the group, bring an end to a contentious race that pitted the more centric ideology of the party under former President Barack Obama against the progressive agenda of Sen. Bernie Sanders.Mr. Perez edged out Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, who received the backing of Senator Sanders (I) of Vermont, in an unprecedented second round of voting, taking 235 of the 435 votes.In a nod to the party’
  
  Read more

• In Puerto Rico, pensions' decline pits retirees against lenders

  26-02-2017 17:55 via yahoo.com
  
  The U.S. territory is doing all it can to present itself as a reliable place to invest, but resolving the pensions issue will require a careful balance.Benefit structures are widely seen as unsustainable, but draconian cuts to pensioners could deepen the population's reliance on government subsidies and compound rampant emigration."Many of our retirees are already under the poverty line," Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello told Reuters in an interview this past week, saying any pension cuts w
  
  Read more

• Man charged in crash at New Orleans Mardi Gras parade

  26-02-2017 17:54 via yahoo.com
  
  New Orleans police booked Neilson Rizzuto after taking him into custody in "a highly intoxicated state" immediately after the accident on Saturday evening, the department said.Rizzuto was charged with two charges of vehicular negligence injuring in the first degree, hit and run driving and the reckless operation of a motor vehicle, according to a statement.No further information about Rizzuto was immediately available.
  
  Read more

• School seminar near Chicago sparks civil rights, race debate

  26-02-2017 17:53 via yahoo.com
  
  WINNETKA, Ill. (AP) — When a largely white public school nestled in Chicago's wealthiest suburbs planned a daylong civil rights seminar, it drafted two National Book Award winners as keynote speakers and crafted a syllabus that would be the envy of most liberal arts colleges.
  
  Read more

• What we've learned about President Trump during first weeks in office

  26-02-2017 17:50 via yahoo.com
  
  ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports the latest in politics on "This Week."
  
  Read more

• This Week Fast Forward 02.26.2017

  26-02-2017 17:47 via yahoo.com
  
  Speed through the highlights from the latest "This Week."
  
  Read more

• Egypt's Sisi orders cabinet to help resettle Sinai Christians fleeing Islamic State

  26-02-2017 17:40 via yahoo.com
  
  President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday ordered the government to take all necessary measures to help resettle Christians who have fled Egypt's Northern Sinai after Islamic State killed several members of the community.Hundreds of Christian families and students have fled to Ismailia, north Sinai's neighbouring province, after seven Christians were killed in Arish between Jan. 30 and Thursday.Islamic State, which is waging an insurgency there, claimed responsibility for the killings, five of
  
  Read more

• White House does not rule out Sessions recusal on Russia probes

  26-02-2017 17:31 via yahoo.com
  
  The White House on Sunday did not rule out that Attorney General Jeff Sessions may recuse himself from Justice Department investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a deputy White House press secretary, said congressional investigations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election would have to run their course before Sessions, who was a top campaign adviser to Trump, needed to decide whether to step aside from the FBI investigations.L
  
  Read more

• Russians march to honor slain opposition leader Nemtsov

  26-02-2017 17:20 via yahoo.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russians marched through Moscow on Sunday shouting slogans such as "Russia will be free!" and "Putin is war!" to mark two years since opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was gunned down outside the Kremlin.
  
  Read more

• Father of dead Navy SEAL refused to meet Trump at ceremony

  26-02-2017 17:15 via yahoo.com
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The father of a Navy SEAL killed during an anti-terrorism raid in Yemen is demanding an investigation into its planning and criticized the Trump administration for its timing.
  
  Read more

• Drug suspects cut way out of Philippines police facility

  26-02-2017 16:55 via yahoo.com
  
  Thirteen people facing drug charges escaped from a police detention facility in the Philippines on Sunday after sawing through iron bars, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said.The guard on duty at the facility north of the capital Manila is now under investigation, said PDEA regional director Juvenal Azurin.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made the PDEA the country's main anti-drug agency after last month suspending police operations in the country's narcotics crackdown afte
  
  Read more

• Here's What Samsung Will Be Showing At MWC 2017

  26-02-2017 16:51 via yahoo.com
  
  Samsung is slated to show several new gadgets and devices at MWC 2017 in Barcelona. Watch the Samsung Tab 3 MWC press conference live stream here.
  
  Read more

• Anxiety, tears and prayers in California's immigrant community

  26-02-2017 16:49 via yahoo.com
  
  For the past three decades, Emilio Lopez Bautista has risen before dawn and headed to work in the farm fields of California, earning an honest living, buying a house, and steering clear of trouble.Lopez Bautista lives in constant fear that he or a relative could fall victim to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.
  
  Read more

• Moto G5 and Moto G5 Plus hands-on: The Moto G just went premium

  26-02-2017 16:45 via yahoo.com
  
  Motorola’s Moto G phones have been some of the most popular mid-range Android handsets we’ve ever seen. Year after year, Motorola kept upgrading the phones while keeping retail price surprisingly low. Multiple rumors ahead of this year’s Mobile World Congress edition suggested that Lenovo, Motorola’s parent company, plans to come out with a new Moto G5 Plus at the event, and the leaks were obviously accurate. The company launched not one but two distinct Moto G5 mode
  
  Read more

Follow @Newslockergames on Twitter!