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President Obama nominates Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court President Obama is expected to nominate Merrick Garland to serve on the Supreme Court. Here is what you need to know about Garland. (Claritza Jimenez,Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) President Obama on Wednesday nominated Merrick Garland to serve on the Supreme Court, setting up a protracted political fight with Republicans who have vowed to block any candidate picked by Obama in his final year in office. Garland, 63, is a longtime Washington lawyer and jurist who is chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Considered a moderate, Garland is widely respected in the D.C. legal community and was also a finalist for the first two Supreme Court vacancies Obama filled. [LIVE updates on Obama’s pick: Reactions from the GOP and more] In announcing his choice in the White House Rose Garden, Obama said he followed “a rigorous and comprehensive process” and that he reached out...

US election 2016: Obama warns against campaign anger US election 2016: Obama warns against campaign anger US President Barack Obama has warned White House contenders to avoid raising tensions, a day after a rally by Donald Trump was called off amid clashes. Mr Obama said candidates should not resort to “insults” and “certainly not violence against other Americans”. Mr Trump, who leads the race for the Republican nomination, cancelled his Chicago rally after fighting broke out between his supporters and protesters. His rivals and others have accused him of using inflammatory rhetoric. What Trump says about protesters at his rallies Why are Americans so angry? How extreme is Donald Trump? Could Trump’s vulgarity cost him the nomination? Later on Saturday, Mr Trump suffered heavy defeats in Republican caucuses in Washington DC and Wyoming. Mr Obama, who will be standing down next January following November’s presidential election, was speaking at a Democratic Party fundraiser in...

Watch Xiaomi launch its new flagship phone live at Mobile World Congress Watch Xiaomi launch its new flagship phone live at Mobile World Congress Buzzy Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi is making its first major appearance at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year. The company is set to unveil the Mi 5, its latest flagship smartphone, in what it calls a “Global Launch Event.” Could that naming, along with the event’s location, hint that Xiaomi might be looking to expand its borders further beyond Asia? It’d be a long shot, but you can tune into the live stream above to find out. XIAOMI ANNOUNCES THE MI 5, ITS LATEST FLAGSHIP PHONE Xiaomi rose to prominence a few years ago as one of the first companies to sell competent smartphones at extremely low prices, gathering a large user base with the intention of hooking people on a broader ecosystem. Hype around the company peaked in late 2014, when it was valued at a staggering $46 billion. THE PRESSURE IS ON Amid an...

Airstrikes hit two Syrian hospitals, with Turkey condemning ‘obvious war crime’ The prospect of even a temporary truce in Syria seemed as distant as ever on Monday, as violence continued unabated across much of the country with hospitals in two towns apparently being bombed by forces supporting Bashar al-Assad, days after Russia denied it was targeting civilians in its aerial campaign. The attacks highlighted the fragility of a deal agreed last week in Munich for a “cessation of hostilities” and the impact on civilians of an unforgiving air war led by the Kremlin that has helped consolidate Assad’s position and exacerbated the misery of the five-year conflict, driving tens of thousands out of their homes towards the Turkish border. The bombardment of a hospital is a too-frequent ‘accident’. It’s also a war crime Bernard Kouchner Read more Assad, the Syrian president, made a televised address on Monday saying that any ceasefire did not mean each side had to stop using weapon...

What will a world with 5G look like? Your smartphone will have a faster connection, for sure. But that just scratches the surface of what 5G could be capable of. Everyone in the wireless industry agrees that 5G is coming by the end of the decade. But what will it be used for? That’s still up in the air. Nokia on Tuesday previewed a demonstration it plans to present at Mobile World Congress later this month, detailing its vision for 5G. Nokia’s 5G forecast includes some surprising capabilities: 5G will make cars safer to drive. It will make instant replay more instant. And doctors will be able to perform surgery using wirelessly controlled robots.. And, yes, 5G will be much faster. Faster speeds Nokia (NOK), aiming to be one of the world’s biggest 5G players, claims that it has tested a 5G connection with download speeds of 30 gigabits per second. That’s more than 1,000 times faster than your average 4G connection. In the real world, there’s very little chance of your phone...

NFC chip: Pakistan has exposed the drama of Samsung: The danger is that the semi-Hakim, the semi-mixed threat is believed by the common people on the tips outlined your life, faith and property can be deadly.      A video on the Internet has a viral, which left many people in Pakistan and other countries too, especially smart phones, smart phones, Samsung has junk.   The video, titled " Pakistan has exposed the drama of Samsung ", two men regularly uncover a secret Abbreviated showed how determined the people are getting personal video sharing on the Internet. There are, perhaps, he would have no such upload.   Reported that things are a scam, if it was not intentionally extreme degree is foolish. The chip in the chip detective was actually hy.ayn NFC chip NFC (Near Field Communication) makes data exchange between two devices. This data, which is very scarce,   Device very close distance of a few centimeters, and is between.   This...

In India terrorist mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi asking Pakistan to hand over the US and the UK, in the context of the neighboring country on Tuesday on the good sense must prevail and that terrorism must be serious. "Pakistan. It is necessary to get serious on the issue of terrorism Pakistan should understand this and good sense must prevail against it," the home minister Kiran Rijijutold reporters. were answered. "This is a very good thing. The US and UK then we must get serious on the issue of terrorism understand that," said cord. Islamabad High Court bail yesterday, according to the statement of the case, the prosecution "write the extradition of both countries were India," he said. Pakistan government's detention extended for another month, according to the statement after the public until February 18 (MPO) will remain in prison. Lakhvi and six others - Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hammad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmedand...

Chicago Public Schools and more than 125 school districts in the area have decided to close Wednesday as a cold front sliding off the Canadian Rockies threatens to drive wind chills into dangerous territory for the next two days. Chicago school buildings will be open for any students who show up and administrative staff, building engineers and custodians will be on hand. "The safety and well-being of our students comes first," CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett said in a statement. "The frigid temperatures and winds make a dangerous combination, and it is in the best interest of our students to cancel classes." School officials are faced with a forecast that calls for temperatures to drop into the single digits below zero overnight Tuesday and wind chills as low as 40 below, according to the National Weather Service. The high on Wednesday may not get past zero, with gusting winds again driving wind chills to 30 below or worse. Metra already was experiencing...

Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor on ESPN, 49 years old, died Sunday morning. Among the features of the new ESPN studios in Bristol over the years made famous on-air talent is a wall of catchphrases. An amazing nine of them belong to one man - his signature "Boo Yah!" "Pillow as cool as the other side to" "She School bus drivers must be cuz it was TAKIN." To Stuart Scott is the man, and his contribution to sports dictionary are writ large. But they are only one aspect of his legacy. When he died, he left so much behind. His sheer talent, his work ethic and devotion to his daughters, Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15. He said that a new century network to bring in violation of the Convention and criticism impressed with their peers. He is a fluent and ESPN President John Skipper, say that I was talking with a style that was very players "changed everything." "They did not just push the envelope," sports radio host and former ESPN anc...