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READ MORE It is that fun energy the hotel hopes to reclaim, while maintaining the distinctive design and architectural elements of its past. Jon Kastl, a partner in Champalimaud , the design firm charged with the renovation, stripped away the gaudy furniture and light fixtures in the lobby to show off the original architecture. “Did you know the entire hotel, the public areas and guest areas, were painted in the same color white, a color we now call Raffles white,” he said. “It has such a purity to it. It feels fresh and clean.” In the guest rooms, they kept the historic floors made of eucalyptus. The storied Long Bar has remained. The hotel serves a version of the Singapore Sling that is made by a gin named Sipsmith; it’s produced by Sam Galsworthy, a Brit whose great, great, great, great, great-uncle is Sir Raffles. (Mr. Galsworthy recommended ordering a drink to go, to drink in your room. “My preferred spot for a Sling would be on the veranda of o...

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READ MORE Protesters twice disrupted the Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday night, shouting from the packed crowd in the Fox Theater in Detroit with enough power to bring the candidates and the broadcast to a halt. During the opening statements, a group of protesters interrupted Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey by chanting “Fire Pantaleo!” — a reference to Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold on Staten Island in 2014. The death of Mr. Garner, which was caught on video and showed New York City police officers continuing to hold him down while he yelled “I can’t breathe,” prompted nationwide protests. This month, the Justice Department, led by Attorney General William P. Barr, ordered that the case against Officer Pantaleo be dropped. Mr. Booker paused as the protesters continued to chant. They were eventually removed from the theater. Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, who had spoken just minutes earlier, and who h...

READ MORE What Ms. Gabbard said: “When you were in a position to make a difference and an impact in these people’s lives, you did not, and worse yet, in the case of those who are on death row, innocent people, you blocked evidence from being revealed that would have freed them until you were forced to do so.” Ms. Gabbard is most likely referring to the case of Kevin Cooper, a black man on death row in California after being convicted by a jury for a 1983 quadruple murder. Ms. Harris, as attorney general, did not allow new advanced DNA testing in his case, denying Mr. Cooper’s request. After The Times wrote about the case, Ms. Harris told the Times columnist Nicholas Kristof that “I feel awful about this” and called on the state to allow for such testing. While Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has ordered additional DNA testing in the case and a number of legal and judicial experts say that Mr. Cooper was wrongfully convicted, the advanced testing ha...

READ MORE (Reuters) – The governing body of world athletics has hailed the Swiss court decision that ruled Caster Semenya out of their world championships as a victory for “parity and clarity”. Olympic 800 meters champion Semenya is fighting an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulation that middle distance female runners with a high natural level of testosterone must take medication to reduce it. On Tuesday, the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) reversed a ruling that temporarily lifted the IAAF’s testosterone regulations imposed on her, effectively ruling her out of the Sept. 28-Oct. 6 world championships in Doha. “This decision creates much needed parity and clarity for all athletes as they prepare for the world championships in Doha this September,” the IAAF said in a statement. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled the IAAF’s regulations were necessary for athletes with differences in sexual development (DSDs) ...

READ MORE The Carolina Panthers are reuniting with safety Tre Boston, who has agreed to sign a one-year, $3 million contract, according to multiple reports Wednesday. Boston, a former fourth-round pick by the Panthers in 2014, played the first three seasons of his five-year career in Carolina. After starting only 16 of his 42 games from 2014-16, Boston was cut by the Panthers in May 2017 before hooking up with the Chargers for what became the most productive season of his career. In 2018 with Los Angeles, Boston posted 79 tackles with five interceptions in a career-best 15 games started. Boston, 27, joined the Arizona Cardinals last season and again notched 79 tackles, recording three interceptions. Boston’s eight interceptions since 2017 rank sixth in the NFL. For his career, Boston has 262 tackles, 11 interceptions and 27 passes defensed in 72 games (44 starts). He has started 10 or more games in three straight seasons. —Field Level Media Article source: http://feeds.reute...

READ MORE (Reuters) – An attorney for a group of 13 state attorneys general who filed a lawsuit in hopes of stopping T-Mobile U.S. Inc’s $26 billion merger with Sprint Corp has requested a new trial date for the case. In a letter to Magistrate Judge Robert Lehrburger dated July 31, attorney Glenn Pomerantz said the states are requesting a new trial-ready date of Dec. 9 or as soon after that date that the court can schedule the trial, adding that the Oct. 7 trial date proposed earlier is “unworkable.” The states said they are still awaiting documents from the companies and it may take until late next month until they receive them. The companies “now unfairly seek to sandbag (the suing) states by forcing them to go to trial in just two months on a new transaction they have not had an opportunity to fully examine.” Judge Lehrburger has set a hearing for Thursday on the case in New York. Sprint and T-Mobile did not immediately comment late on Wednesday. L...

READ MORE WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Wednesday revoked awards given to several military prosecutors in the court-martial of a Navy SEAL who was acquitted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body. The move coincided with tweets from President Donald Trump repeating his support for Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher and directing Spencer to rescind awards that were “ridiculously given” to prosecutors who, according to Trump, “lost the case” against Gallagher. It marked the third time the president has publicly commented directly on the court-martial of the combat veteran, who was accused of committing various war crimes while deployed in Iraq in 2017. A total of 10 military awards – seven Navy Achievement Medals and three letters of commendation – recently given to military prosecutors for their work on the Gallagher case were revoked, Navy officials t...

READ MORE SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell to six-week lows on Thursday while the dollar jumped to two-year highs as the U.S. Federal Reserve poured cold water on market expectations of a lengthy easing cycle following a 25 basis-point rate cut. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan faltered 0.4%, extending losses for a fifth day to the lowest since mid-June. Japan’s Nikkei reversed early losses and were a shade higher, while Australian shares declined 0.1%. Chinese shares opened in the red with the blue-chip index down 0.3%. E-minis for the SP500 clawed back early losses and were marginally higher, after a sharp drop on Wall Street. Global share markets recoiled overnight after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday’s easing was “not the beginning of a long series of rate cuts”. Powell characterized the rate cut as “a mid-cycle adjustment to policy”, citing signs of a global slowdown, simmering U....

READ MORE DETROIT (Reuters) – Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and rival Kamala Harris battled over healthcare and came under attack from other candidates on their criminal justice records in a contentious and sometimes angry debate on Wednesday. On the second of back-to-back nights of debates among Democrats seeking the chance to face Republican President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election, Biden and Harris were at the center of a growing fight over healthcare that has split the Democratic Party and dominated the first candidate encounter in Detroit on Tuesday. Biden, who struck a sharper and more aggressive tone than in the first debate, ridiculed Harris’ contention that her recently unveiled healthcare plan would not require a middle-class tax increase or eliminate private insurance plans. “You can’t beat President Trump with double-talk on this plan,” Biden told Harris. “The plan no matter how you cut it costs $3 trillion. It...

READ MORE DETROIT (Reuters) – Democratic front-runner Joe Biden was again the main target of his rivals at the second presidential debate on Wednesday, as many of the nine other candidates on stage took aim at his track record on race, criminal justice, immigration and healthcare. “Go easy on me, kid,” the former vice president told Senator Kamala Harris of California with a smile as they greeted each other on stage before the debate began in Detroit. But neither one had any plans to go easy, and they went after each other in a series of tough exchanges. As the highest-profile candidates on the stage, both of them were also repeatedly targeted by the other candidates. Biden did better than at the first round of debates in Miami last month, but his performance was still uneven. Harris was also on the defensive at times, failing to repeat her dominant performance in Miami. Amid feisty exchanges, some candidates warned they should be focusing their fire on their real targ...

READ MORE Index, on Wednesday, witnessed short covering bounce post intraday breach below 11,000 levels. Close and sustenance below 11,300- its 200 DEMA- for the first time since it’s last breach on 18th February 2019 suggest downside pressure to sustain unless index recovers above 200 DEMA (11300). With most oscillators placed in their relative oversold territory intraday, short covering rallies can’t be ruled out .However, only a move surpassing 11,300 (highest call bearing strike) could sustain on the upside. A move and sustenance above 11,300 (200 DEMA) would attract a meaningful short covering moving target to 11,420 11,480. An acceleration in momentum on breach below 11,000 levels would move targets towards 10,880 levels. Hence expect more opportunities outside the index until the bottom formations occur and confirmed for the ongoing downtrend. Stock recommendation: HAVELLS Reco: BUY CMP: 645 Occurrence of “Bullish Hammer” formation on the daily sca...

READ MORE Chinese smartphone maker Huawei is gearing up to launch the Huawei Y9 Prime in India on August 1 at 12 noon. The phone is going to be the company’s first offering to feature an elevating selfie camera module in the country. An Amazon-exclusive product, the phone’s listing page is already live on the e-commerce platform with a ‘notify me’ option to pique user interest. First unveiled by the company in home country China in May, the phone has a Google Pixel-inspired dual-tone gradient design on the back. On the front, it has a 6.59-inch fullHD+ LCD display stretched in a tall 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The display boasts an obstruction-free profile with no cut-out area for notch or punchhole. Accommodating the phone’s front camera is a pop-up selfie camera module which rests on the top-left side of the chassis. It elevates when the front camera is activated for selfie or to recognise face to unlock phone. The elevating selfie camera module pops-up in o...

READ MORE As widely expected, the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut the interest rates by a quarter percentage point or 0.25 per cent for the first time since 2008 to insulate the economy from a global slowdown and escalating trade tensions. The short-term benchmark rate now stands between 2 per cent and 2.25 per cent. The US central bank also left the door open for more rate cuts in the coming months. However, Fed chair Jerome Powell, later in the presser, said that the Wednesday’s rate cut has been in the pipeline for a while and doesn’t necessarily portend a long cycle of rate cuts. Powell said the rate cut should be viewed as a “mid-cycle adjustment” to monetary policy that will help the economy perform as the Fed wants. The rate cut “will work” to help the economy. Eight of the 10 Fed officials voted in favour of a rate cut while two dissented from the decision in favor of holding rates steady. Wall Street appeared unimpressed by the Fed...

READ MORE Bright-eyed: Annette de la Renta, left, and Anna Wintour after a “Moulin Rouge!” performance. Article source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_entertainment/~3/PjeyRu6F9YM/index.html Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Loading... Best Wordpress Plugin development company in India       Best Web development company in India

READ MORE Listen and allow to a podcast from your mobile device: Via Apple Podcasts | Via RadioPublic | Via Stitcher Meredith Hall began analogous with her son 21 years after fixation him for adoption. The initial minute she sent him was heavily edited by a New Hampshire courts. When it arrived, a minute read, “My name is Meredith ———. we live in ———— on a seashore of ———.” On this week’s Modern Love Podcast, a singer Marcia Cross reads Ms. Hall’s 2015 letter about reconnecting with her son. Article source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_entertainment/~3/PjeyRu6F9YM/index.html Share this: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Loading... Best Wordpress Plugin development company in India       Best Web development company in India

READ MORE Where she succeeds, her discuss argues, is focusing on policies that will tangibly urge black voters’ lives. These embody proposals to enhance entrance to protected celebration water, grow minority businesses and decriminalize marijuana. What about a rest? This will not be a three-person debate, and other possibilities will be assured that, notwithstanding so most concentration on Mr. Biden, Ms. Harris, and Mr. Booker, they can also make an sense with black voters. Two possibilities to watch outward of a tip 3 — Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York and Mr. Castro. Mr. de Blasio, who can surveillance executive knowledge in America’s largest city, has been criticized by amicable probity activists for his doing of military abuse cases . But crime has continued to dump on his watch, and he has also invoked his interracial family to plan himself as a claimant who understands black people’s concerns. Mr. Castro and his concentration on policies, conversely, hav...

READ MORE Mr. Biden supports a supposed open choice though opposes Medicare for All, a unconditional single-payer offer that is a tip legislative priority of Senator Bernie Sanders and is upheld by other contenders in a field, including Ms. Harris. One thing to watch: Mr. Biden, allies say, was privately repelled and even harm by a forked conflict Ms. Harris done final month, given her loyalty with Mr. Biden’s late son, Beau Biden. Some of his supporters are still livid about her remarks. Can Mr. Biden effectively pull process contrasts with Ms. Harris, should a dual rivet again, though display flashes of annoy that confuse from his message? How did a final discuss change open opinion polls? The rematch between Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris has been billed as the must-see pairing of tonight’s presidential debate. But while a Jun discuss featured a rootless opening by Mr. Biden , and a dermatitis one by Ms. Harris as she challenged his record on race, it is tough to find most jus...

READ MORE President Trump was asked on Wednesday about a death, first reported by NBC News , though he declined to comment. The plcae of Mr. bin Laden had been a theme of open speculation. After a Sept. 11 attacks, he and other members of Al Qaeda fled to Iran, where they were detained. He was eventually authorised to leave Iran, afterwards reportedly changed with his family to a Pakistan limit region. At one point, comprehension showed that he had trafficked to Syria in a past several years, former officials have said. The C.I.A. has ravaged Al Qaeda, relentlessly targeting a operatives after 9/11. The group killed another son, Saad bin Laden, in a worker strike in 2009 while he was handling in a remote area of Pakistan. Another son, Khalid, was killed in a 2011 Abbottabad raid. The C.I.A. continues to hunt for Ayman al-Zawahri, who insincere a Qaeda care layer after Osama bin Laden’s death. Former comprehension officials pronounced a group launched a worldly bid in 2012 and 2013...

READ MORE GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) – Former universe series one Jordan Spieth is assured he will shortly be behind on tip form and believes this week’s Wyndham Championship will offer a possibility to sign a peculiarity of his game. Spieth, 67th on a PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points list, is one of a few large names in a margin as many of a tip ranked players opted to skip a eventuality to get some time off after a bustling few weeks. The American hopes his preference to play will compensate off. “I’m unequivocally pumped to play here. The usually time I’ve played here we unequivocally enjoyed it,” a Texan pronounced during Sedgefield Country Club, referring to a 2013 eventuality that he mislaid in a playoff to Patrick Reed. “I’m perplexing to play tournaments that are maybe good fits for my game. This march only stands a exam of time. It doesn’t preference any (type of) player.” Spieth has 11 PGA Tour victories, i...

READ MORE NEW YORK (Reuters) – Digital sports media association theScore Inc. struck a 20-year agreement with casino user Penn National Gaming Inc to yield entrance to sports betting markets in 11 U.S. states, a companies pronounced on Wednesday. The multi-state partnership gives a Toronto-based sports app with 4 million monthly users a possibility to turn a vital actor in a nascent U.S. sports betting industry. It could also be a challenger to anticipation sports sites DraftKings Inc and Flutter Entertainment PLC’s FanDuel, whose sportsbook apps browbeat a New Jersey market. “I can’t wait to go after that,” John Levy, theScore owner and CEO, pronounced of a anticipation sites’ marketplace share, in an disdainful talk with Reuters. TheScore is a initial media association in North America to contend that it will turn a sportsbook user itself. It is on lane to launch the sportsbook this tumble in New Jersey before football deteriorate begins. Reporting ...

READ MORE “We’re anxious to announce goal success for LightSail-2,” Bruce Betts, a module manager and a society’s arch scientist, pronounced in a statement. [ Sign adult to get reminders for space and astronomy events on your calendar .] The Planetary Society has been posterior a LightSail module for a decade, financed by 40,000 donations totaling $7 million. LightSail 2 launched on Jun 25, one of a payloads lofted by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The spacecraft, about a distance of a fritter of bread, successfully deployed 4 triangular sails of glossy Mylar a week ago . As it circles around Earth, 450 miles above a surface, a booster has been overhanging a sails to locate a sunlight, most like a sailboat tacking in a wind. In a past 4 days, it has lifted one side of a circuit by some-more than a mile. At a same time, a circuit is apropos some-more elliptical, and a other side of a circuit is overhanging closer to Earth. That creates a booster locate some-more o...