#kyi's debut!!

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#kyi's debut!! #chooqueuetrain #selfship art #self ship community #selfshipping #my art #ratiin

[redofthewestcountry]

FEBRUARY'S THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD AND THE WONDERFUL

Month 2

1st Feb: Myanmar military coup - Aung San Suu Kyi and other democratically elected leaders detained

1st Feb: Dustin Diamond (Saved by the Bell) passed away

1st Feb: India cuts Internet in New Delhi - agriculture reform protests

1st Feb: French football crisis deepens as league fails to resell TV rights

2nd Feb: Captain Sir Tom Moore dies from Corona virus

2nd Feb: Man wakes from 10 month coma with no knowledge of covid

2nd Feb: Space X prototype crashes, again

2nd Feb: Rare black leopard spotted in Indian wildlife park

3rd Feb: Myanmar dance video goes viral with Coup in the background

3rd Feb - Proud Boys labelled as terrorist group in Canada

3rd Feb: Perth wild fires

3rd Feb: Navalny jailed

3rd Feb: Biden signs three executive actions to reunite migrant families separated by Tr*mp policy  

4th Feb: Kenyans celebrate zero Rhino killings in 2020

4th Feb: Iran diplomat jailed for plot to bomb French Rally in 2018

4th Feb: Denmark politicians gives green light for first 'energy island' in North Sea

5th Feb: Christopher Plummer passed away - Sound of Music

5th Feb: Smallest reptile on earth discovered in Madagascar

5th Feb: John Pullin - Former England Rugby player passed away

5th Feb: Stutthof Camp - 95 year old woman accused of aiding mass murder in holocaust

5th Feb: 185 German actors come out ad LGBT+ in campaign for more visibility, diversity, and recognition

6th Feb: Myanmar Internet shut down

7th Feb: Pope appoints first female undersecretary to the Synod of Bishops

7th Feb: Tampa Bay win super bowl

7th Feb: Indonesian Town turns red as flood waters hit textiles factory

8th Feb: Tangier illegal underground factory flood

8th Feb: Uttarakhand, India dam disaster

8th Feb: UK's youngest terror offender sentenced

8th Feb: First major snowstorm in Netherlands in a decade

9th Feb: Second Impeachment Trial begins - votes trial to impeach is constitutional

9th Feb: New Mozambique Military Chief dies from Covid

9th Feb: UAE Probe makes it into orbit around Mars

9th Feb: Weetabix suggests baked beans on weetabix

9th Feb: 116 year old French nun survives Covid

10th Feb: Saudi women's right activist released from jail

10th Feb: First photo of Mars from UAE Hope orbiter

10th Feb: Lawyer accidently uses cat filter on zoom

11th Feb: Hundred car pile up in Texas

11th Feb: Blues' Clues new alphabet song includes P is for Pride

11th Feb: Biden cancels funding for Tr*mps border wall

12th Feb: 5km wide Dartmoor Fire

12th Feb: Mario Draghi named new Italian Prime Minister

12th Feb: Belarusian migrant given a 90 day bus pass, and a free Polish language course for pushing bus out of the snow in Warsaw

12th Feb: "Convict Tr*mp and Lock Him Up" banner flown over Mar-a-Lago

12th Feb: Indian Village teacher wins $1 million prize for world's most exceptional educator

12th Feb: Female founded dating app Bumble tops $13 billion in market debut

13th Feb: Tr*mp acquitted of inciting insurrection

13th Feb: Japan appoints Minister of Loneliness

13th Feb: Stonehenge linked to original site in Wales

13th Feb: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) issued for people with learning disabilities with covid

15th Feb: First woman appointed Head of World Trade Organisation

15th Feb: Southern states snow storms

15th Feb: Hidden world of bizarre creatures discovered under Antarctic ice

17th Feb: Tr*mp era in Atlantic City ends with three thousand sticks of dynamite

17th Feb: Zanzibar Vice-President dies of Covid

17th Feb: Wife of North Korean leader reappears after a year

18th Feb: National League North and South teams vote to null and void season

18th Feb: NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

19th Feb: China-India border clash

19th Feb: First colour photos from Mars

19th Feb: First Black Hole ever discovered far bigger than first thought

19th Feb: 2,300kg of cocaine worth £184 million found in banana boxes from Colombia in Portsmouth

19th Feb: Man fakes kidnapping to avoid work

20th Feb: Algerian protests start again

20th Feb: Boeing 777 scatters engine debris over Denver homes

21st Feb: Daughters of Malcom X ask for murder investigation to be reopened in light of new evidence

21st Feb: Israel oil spill on Mediterranean coastline

22nd Feb: H5N8 Bird flu infects humans

22nd Feb: Daft Punk split after twenty eight years

22nd Feb: Gender reveal device kills dad-to-be

22nd Feb: Boeing 747 drops engine parts in Netherlands

22nd Feb: NASA releases first audio recordings from Mars

23rd Feb: Public inquiry into Capitol riots begin

23rd Feb: Tiger Woods car crash

23rd Feb: Oldest Australian rock art discovered approx 17,300 years old

24th Feb: Neil Lennon resigns as Celtic manager

24th Feb: Detention camps reopen on Mexican border, to hold hundreds of children

24th Feb: First delivery of UN Covax vaccine

24th Feb: 12th Century bathhouse discovered in Sevilla

2th Feb: 28 whales saved from stranding spot

24th Feb: Syrian ex intelligence officer jailed

26th Feb: Unexploded WW2 bomb found in Exeter

26th Feb: Over two hundred prisoners escape from Haiti prison

26th Feb: Amazon rainforest plots being sold on Facebook market place

27th Feb: Archaeologists uncover chariot outside Pompeii

27th Feb: Indian man killed by own rooster during cockfight

27th Feb: Iceberg the size if Bedfordshire breaks off Antarctica

27th Feb: WW2 bomb found in Exeter detonated

28th Feb: Russia launches Space satellite Arktika-M on first mission to the Artic

#news #feb 2021 #2021

[blackkudos]

Harold O’Neal

Harold Mujahid O'Neal FRSA (born March 27, 1981) is an American composer, pianist, actor, dancer, and public speaker. He has recorded and performed with artists in a variety of musical genres (U2, Lupe Fiasco, Busta Rhymes, Damien Rice, Aloe Blacc, and Jay Z). O'Neal has been compared to Duke Ellington and Maurice Ravel by The New York Times and is considered to be of this generation's greatest pianists and composers. In 2019, he was inducted into the Royal Society of the Arts with the Patron being Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Career

Harold O'Neal was born in Arusha, Tanzania, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. His great-grandfather, Ollie Harold Pennington, was a jazz pianist and composer for silent film in Kansas City, where his grandmother walked to school with Charlie Parker. Harold began playing the piano by ear at age 4 on his father's miniature keyboard. He found his earliest inspirations in the music of Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, and Disney. While growing up, his family had a tradition of playing games together to find the distinct rhythms of songs. Having spent much of his youth living in the projects (Public Housing) and surviving near-death experiences, he credits music with saving his life.

O'Neal attended the Paseo Academy Of Fine And Performing Arts, with classmates Logan Richardson, Lil' Ronnie, and Brian Kennedy, where he began his jazz piano studies while being mentored by Ahmad Alaadeen. He studied classical piano and composition with Margie Cameron-Jarrett, whose musical lineage can be traced back to Franz Liszt. He began working with musical luminaries from a young age — touring the world with Bobby Watson when he was 19 after studying composition at the Berklee College Of Music. He then went on to study at the Manhattan School of Music. It was there where Harold met the great American jazz pianist and composer, Andrew Hill, with whom he soon became the apprentice of. Mr. Hill was an apprentice of prolific composer Paul Hindemith. Following Andrew Hill's advice, O'Neal left the Manhattan School of Music to replace pianist Jason Moran in the influential band, the Greg Osby 4, making his major-label debut recording for Blue Note Records at the age of 21. In 2004, O'Neal premiered a jazz quartet featuring Greg Osby, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Matt Brewer.

In the following years, O'Neal released a number of albums including "Charlie's Suite" (2006), which was a compilation of his family's legacy, "Whirling Mantis" (2010) with a jazz quartet and a solo piano album "Marvelous Fantasy" (2011) on Smalls Records. He then partnered with Ski Beats and Damon Dash, after being signed to Universal Music Group as a songwriter and producer, to release the albums 24 Hour Karate School 2 (2011), Twilight (2012) and Cam'Ron And Vado's Blu Tops (2012). In 2012, O'Neal formed a partnership with producers Lil Ronnie and Jerry Wonda working with many Pop and R&B artists (Miguel, Akon, Melissa Ethridge, Raphael Saadiq, French Montana). In 2013, he released the album "Man On The Street" featuring a jazz quartet as well as solo piano for Universal. O'Neal worked as an additional composer on the 2015 Disney film Tomorrowland with Anthony Giacchino, which starred George Clooney and Britt Robertson. The film was directed by Brad Bird with the bulk of the film-score being composed by Michael Giacchino. His solo piano album "Piano Cinema" was released in May 2018, with "Sam and Sam" serving as the lead single. Following the album release, O'Neal completed a spring tour across the U.S. with The Blk Shp with Pixar as a partner.

Notable Events

Electric Burma

On June 18, 2012, Harold performed with U2, Lupe Fiasco, Bob Geldof, Damien Rice, Angelique Kidjo and many other major artists for the presentation of Amnesty International's prestigious 'Ambassador of Conscience' Award to Aung San Suu Kyi. The award was originally announced from the stage when U2 played Croke Park in July 2009 - while the Burmese Nobel Peace Prize recipient was still under house arrest in Burma.

Global Citizen: World On Stage

On September 22, 2016, Harold performed with Aloe Blacc and Maya Jupiter for The Global Citizen Festival's The World On Stage, a night curated by Tom Morello and Jon Batiste. The evening was dedicated to several prominent speakers who addressed various causes—such as education, the refugee crisis, gender equality, poverty, hunger, and much more—and the presentation of the inaugural George Harrison Global Citizen award, presented by Paul Simon to Olivia and Dhani Harrison (George's widow and son).

The BLK SHP Bus Tours

Harold is a key member of Blk Shp (Black Sheep) -- a diverse collective of educators, entrepreneurs, and artists. With the recent Blk Shp Bus Tour the group traveled across the U.S. in search of untold American mentorship stories. Exploring a range of disciplines: from classroom experiences to museums to blacksmiths; BLK SHP partnered in this project with Pixar. Pixar—who are famous for their original and inspiring movies—co-hosted many of the Bus Tour workshops, having inspired the origin of BLK SHP back in 2012. Today, the BLK SHP community includes over 3,000 creative specialists in North America and abroad.

Benjamin Franklin Medal Ceremony

Herbie Hancock received the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal (Royal Society of Arts) from the Royal Society for the Arts on December 4, 2018 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—being recognized for his long lifetime of creative achievements and humanitarian efforts. The 264-year-old Royal Society for the Arts, based in London, includes Franklin as a founding fellow and initiated the Benjamin Franklin medal in 1956 to honor people who transcend their vocation to generally benefit mankind. The ceremony featured bassist Christian McBride and pianist Harold O’Neal as guest star performers, each musically representing the electric and acoustic side of Herbie's legacy.

Film and Television

In 2009, O'Neal appeared as an actor in Jay Z's music video for the hit record Young Forever, from his multi-platinum album The Blueprint 3. In 2010, he was cast in the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire, portraying James P. Johnson. He was also featured in MTV's Sucker Free as a principal dancer.

Miscellaneous

Harold is the nephew of Pete O'Neal, former leader of the Black Panther Party

He holds a black belt in kenpo karate having spent significant time as a full contact kickboxer

Harold's cousin is Emanuel Cleaver, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives

He is a member of the legendary breakdance crew, the Dynamic Rockers

Harold is considered by many to be a polymath.

#03/27

[zaynmalikupdates]

New album release decision! This blockbuster consists of a double album that includes all the singles released in 2018!

(The following text is a translation from the original press release in Japanese using Microsoft Translate)

2018.12.03

Finally, the second chapter of the Zane to fruition. "Icarus Falls" is the second full album for the solo, which was officially decided to be released on Friday, December 14, and the CD on Friday, December 21. At the same time, the album tracklist "Rainberry" becomes a new delivery, itunes, etc. has started the album reservation that can obtain the total of 7 songs and seven pieces of the total single six songs released in 2018.

[Icarus Falls] pre-delivery Song audition album Reservation Link: Https://lnk.to/ZAYN_IcarusFallsAW

The first single "Pilowtalk"/album "Mind Of Mine", which was announced about one year after the impact of one-direction withdrawal from the shock, Zane a resounding solo debut of the first place in all U.S. and British. After the "Mind of Mine" release, he played with Taylor Swift, Chris Brown & Usher, M.I.A., and Shia, and entered 2018 A single release, including a co-starring with Nicky Minaj, who was announced two weeks ago, was completed with the creation of the "Icarus" (flight) and falls It takes a double album composition consisting of two works that have been completed in its own contrast and complement each other (two CDs are set).

Zane himself was involved in the production of all the songs including the lyrics, and MYKL (Makeyouknowlove), the Grammy Award winning Malay (Frank Ocean), Rob Cavalo (Green Day/ Linkin Park, etc.), Timbaland (Jay Z/Beyonce/Justin Timberlake/Aaliyah/Missy Elliott), Frank Dukes (Drake/Kanye West), Greg Kurstin (Adele/Shia /Foo Fighters, and Murda Beats (Drake/party Next door), Enrique Andrade (Justin Bieber/Zane/Fifth Harmony), Saltwives (Charlie XCX, etc.) We also work with new collaborators regardless of their careers and achievements. All singles released in 2018 ("Let Me" (April) "Entertainer" (May) "Sour Diesel" (July) "Two-match feat. Timbaland" (August) "Fingers" (October) "No Candle no Light Feat. In addition to Nikki Minaj (November), Japan Limited "Dusk Til Dawn feat. Feat (September 2017), "still got time. Party next Door (March 2017) will also be included in the decision. It is a blockbuster that spans all 29 songs.

The means of communication are music > and never say much, "I want to be different from myself and anyone else, and I think it will. So I'm looking forward to hearing people's reactions, not just "different", but it will all make sense when the album is finally finished," Zane. It is expected that the experience, stimulation and creativity gained between the previous two and a half years from the highly acclaimed work, and the one and only voice and expressive power have reached the top, "Icarus Falls". The jacket photo has not been released yet, but it is approaching the time when the whole picture is revealed.

Release Information / Related Videos 

Zane | Zayn New album > Icarus Falls | ICARUS FALLS "

2018 Release Single 6 songs + Japan Limited bonus track included (29 songs)

- Delivery Delivered on December 14, 2018 29 Songs/2,500 yen

- Japan Board CD December 21 (Fri), 2018 worldwide simultaneous release 29 Songs (Disc1 "Icarus": 14 Songs/disc2 "Falls": 15 songs) There is a buyer's privilege on first come, (special mini clear file of jacket photograph picture) SICP5903-4/2,800 yen + tax

- Import CD Will be released on December 21, 2018. All 27 songs/disc1 "ICARUS": 13 Songs/disc2 "FALLS": 14 songs)

Pre-delivered songs and album Booking Links: Https://lnk.to/ZAYN_IcarusFallsAW

[Icarus Falls] Tracklist >

- "No Candle no Light feat. Nicki Minaj" 2018 Vol. 6 (November 15, 2018) Lyric video Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1eQKlzy6Lk　

- "Let Me" 2018 Vol. 1 (April) Music videos Https://youtu.be/J-dv_DcDD_A

- "Entertainer" 2018 Vol. 2 (May) Music Video Viewing Links: Https://youtu.be/voG07pt-KYI

- "Sour Diesel" 2018 Vol. 3 (July) Watch music Videos Https://youtu.be/yux8WKn5NQ0

- "Dusk Till Dawn feat. Sia" Released in September 2017 Music videos Https://youtu.be/tt2k8PGm-TI

- "Still Got Time feat. PartyNextDoor" Released in March 2017 Music videos Https://youtu.be/cHOrHGpL4u0

Related Sites Official site: http://www.inZAYN.com

(via Sony Music Japan)

#zayn malik #press release #sony music japan #icarus falls #12.03.18

[nillilimambos]

galaxy masterpost

based on loona, galaxy is a 12 member girl group. introduced to the public one by one with solo songs, and divided into three subunits, galaxy centers around a space theme and their main goal is to explore as many genres as they can. galaxy is considered an international girl group, with four korean members, three chinese members, a thai member, a half thai-half chinese member, a taiwanese member, a burmese member and a japanese member.

members

001. moon hyunjung “jennie” 19 y.o || south korean || bella (elris) main dancer & lead vocalist of galaxy (heejin vc) leader, main dancer & lead vocalist of the sun unit (heejin/choerry/yves vc)

002. saito kotono “kota” 22 y.o || japanese || mariya (akb48) lead vocalist of galaxy ( hyunjin vc ) lead vocalist & visual of the sun unit (hyunjin/kim lip/olivia vc)

003. wen biyu 18 y.o || taiwanese || shuhua (g-idle) main vocalist of galaxy (haseul vc) main vocalist & maknae of the sun unit (haseul/jinsoul/chuu vc)

004. wong qicheng “sona” 19 y.o || half thai half chinese || eing (rosequartz) visual & vocalist of galaxy (vivi vc) visual, rapper & lead dancer of the sun unit (vivi/not-applicable/gowon vc)

005. wong ziyi 16 y.o || chinese || yuqi (g-idle) maknae, lead dancer & lead rapper of galaxy (yeojin vc) maknae, lead dancer, lead rapper & vocalist of the moon unit (jennie rap lisa vocals vc)

006. jintara jaorenpura “tara” 18 y.o || thai || demi (rosequartz) main dancer of galaxy (kim lip vc) leader, main dancer & visual of the moon unit (jisoo vc)

007. alexis moon “lex” 19 y.o || south korean || soyeon (g-idle) main rapper & lead vocalist of galaxy (jinsoul vc) main rapper & lead vocalist of the moon unit (lisa rap jennie vocals vc)

008. kim sohee 23 y.o || south korean || blue (pungdeng-e) leader, main vocalist & lead dancer of galaxy (choerry vc) main vocalist & lead dancer of the moon unit (rosé vc)

009. xu haoyue 21 y.o || chinese || fujing (rocket girls) lead dancer & lead vocalist of galaxy (yves vc) leader, lead dancer & lead vocalist of the earth unit (haein vc)

010. aung san suu kyi “suzy” 18 y.o || burmese || cindy (rosequartz) main vocalist of galaxy (chuu vc) maknae & main vocalist of the earth unit (soyeon vc)

011. lee minjin “min” 18 y.o || south korean || aeji (hashtag) main dancer & lead rapper of galaxy (gowon vc) main rapper & main dancer of the earth unit (solbin/yulhee vc)

012. wu laodi 19 y.o || chinese || chaoyue (rocket girls) lead dancer & lead vocalist of galaxy (olivia vc) visual, lead dancer & lead vocalist of the earth unit (zn/yujeong vc)

linear discography

january 2017

on january 2, galaxy’s company (home to a couple of very big groups) drops the song favorite-- a full group song. it is completely faceless-- while there are some silhouette shots of dancing, no girls are shown in any way that can identify them.

on january 5, teasers start to go up for jennie’s debut, leaving fans a little confused but excited, and on january 10, jennie debuts with her solo vivid

february 2017

on february 1, a video is dropped of jennie running in space holding a baton. she passes it to a faceless girl.

on february 2, teasers begin to drop for kota’s debut, with her solo, egoist, dropping on february 5. the video features a faceless girl rapping, who turns out to be lex.

march 2017

on march 1, a video is dropped of kota running in space with a baton and jennie in the background cheering. kota passes it to a faceless girl. 

on march 2, teasers begin to drop for biyu’s debut, with her solo, trouble, dropping on march 5

april 2017

on april 1, a video is dropped of biyu running with the baton, with jennie and kota hugging in the background and cheering. biyu passes it to a fourth girl, faceless in this video

on april 2, teasers begin to drop for sona’s debut. every day i love you, featuring a faceless girl (who later turns out to be min) rapping, drops on april 5

on april 10, galaxy’s company announces that the first four girls are the ‘sun unit’, and a video is dropped of all four of them greeting fans. teasers for a unit song also drop

on april 15, the sun unit’s first song, love & live, is released 

on april 20, a group song, wee woo, is released. the only members show in this video are the sun unit-- all other members are faceless in this video, but it is clear that there are at least eight upcoming members in the group.

on april 25, the second sun unit song is released, girl front

may 2017

on may 1, a video is dropped. jennie is running with her baton, and when the camera zooms out, it is clear that she is racing a faceless girl, who also has her own baton

on may 2, teasers begin to drop for ziyi’s debut, kiss later, which is released may 5

june 2017

on june 1, a video is dropped. ziyi pulls ahead of jennie in the relay race, and passes her own baton to a faceless girl.

on june 2, teasers begin to drop for tara’s debut. eclipse is released june 5

july 2017

on july 1, a video is dropped. tara runs the space relay race, and passes her baton to a faceless girl.

on july 2, teasers being to drop for lex’s debut. she is revealed to have been the rapper on egoist. kkpp is released on july 5

august 2017

on august 1, a video is dropped of lex passing the baton to another faceless girl, while the members of the sun unit run in the distance.

on august 2, teasers begin to drop for sohee’s debut. love cherry motion is released august 5

on august 9, there is a special vlive with all 8 revealed members, and on august 10, a video is dropped of the moon unit announcing their unit debut. teasers for the unit drop that day

on august 15, the moon unit’s first song, whistle is released

on august 20, a group song ( we like ) is released. all eight revealed members are show in the video, and four remain faceless

on august 25, the moon unit releases their second song, playing with fire

september 2017

on september 1, a video is dropped. the members of the sun and moon units are at the finish line of the space relay race, out of breath. the camera pans to a ninth girl-- just her shoes.

on september 2, teasers begin to drop for haoyue’s debut. i wish, featuring an underground male rapper, is released on september 5

october 2017

on october 1, a video is dropped. haoyue turns around from the running track and heads under the bleachers, where she meets with another faceless girl

on october 2, teasers begin to drop for suzy’s debut. summer dream is released october 5

november 2017

on november 1, a video is dropped. suzy and haoyue, hand in hand, emerge from the bleachers. the sun unit is seen in a huddle and the moon unit is seen celebrating their relay win. suzy and haoyue approach a lonely faceless girl and extend a hand to her.

on november 2, teasers begin to drop for min’s debut. it is revealed that she was the one who featured on sona’s song. singing in the rain is released on november 5

december 2017

on december 1, a video is dropped. suzy, haoyue and min are seen in a huddle on the track. a faceless girl clears her throat, and the three turn to look at her

on december 2, teasers begin to drop for laodi’s debut.  ninano, featuring a male underground rapper, is released on december 5

on december 10, the earth unit announces their first song and teasers are dropped

on december 15, the earth unit releases their first song, shooting love

on december 20, the earth unit releases their second song, hwi hwi

on december 25, galaxy as a whole group release versions of favorite, wee woo, and we like that aren’t faceless or partially faceless.

january 2018

on january 1, galaxy debuts with hi high

march 2018

on march 1, teasers of the sun unit are dropped

on march 10, they release their third song, sweet crazy love

on march 12, jennie releases her second solo, shut up and groove, featuring a male vocalist

on march 14, kota releases her second solo, camo

on march 16, biyu releases her second solo, why don’t you know, featuring an underground male rapper

on march 18, sona releases her second solo, awoo

on march 20, the sun unit releases their fourth song, love4eva

july 2018

on july 1, teasers of the moon unit are dropped

on july 10, they release their third song, as if it’s your last

on july 12, ziyi releases her second solo, one and only

on july 14, tara releases her second solo, spotlight

on july 16, lex releases her second solo, lip & hip

on july 18, sohee releases her second solo, heart attack

on july 20, the moon unit releases their fourth song, forever young

november 2018

on november 1, teasers of the earth unit are dropped

on november 10, they release their third song, only u

on november 12, haoyue releases her second solo, new

on november 14, suzy releases her second solo, mind your own business

on november 16, min releases her second solo, c’mon

on november 18, laodi releases her second solo, black

on november 20, the earth unit releases their fourth single, between us

#( galaxy ) #( idol masterpost )

[foxcaribbean530]

Xbox Myanmar New Song 2019

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(Reuters) - Rapper Lil Nas X will perform in a virtual concert and debut a new music video on Roblox this weekend, in the first such venture for the hugely popular kids gaming platform.

Roblox said on Tuesday it would partner with Columbia Records to bring the 'Old Town Road' singer to its millions of users for three free live virtual concerts, as video games become a popular means for artists to promote their music when coronavirus curbs have barred big gatherings.

Epic Games, the makers of Fortnite, held a three-week-long concert series in the game's party royale island in September, while Roblox hosted an album launch party for popstar Ava Max in the same month.

Gallery: 20 vinyl records worth a lot of money (Espresso)

Roblox Corp, which is among the world's most popular gaming sites for children with an estimated 150 million monthly active users as of July, said last month it had filed for a New York stock market listing.

20347a enu trainerhandbook pdf. Reuters had earlier reported the listing, which cashes in on a lockdown boom in video game sales and online spending, would value the company at as much as $8 billion.

2019 Myanmar New Music

(Reporting by Uday Sampath in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

[majornelson]

Trulon: The Shadow Engine Is Now Available For Xbox One

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Game Description: Enter a world of steampunk and magic by experiencing the debut title of the Trulon series. The adventure RPG is based on a new novel from Jak Koke, an award-winning author who is known from the best-selling Shadowrun trilogy, The Dragon Heart Saga. Featuring a unique card combat system that combines traditional deck management with random elements, the tactics are intuitively activated using over 50 cards in an easy to play way. This makes both RPG veterans and new players feel immediately at home.

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[mastcomm]

Wuhan Coronavirus, Australia Firefighters, Myanmar Ruling: Your Friday Briefing

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Good morning.

We’re covering a lockdown in China to prevent the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, a resurgence in Australia fires after a brief reprieve and the gentrification of Paris.

Tens of millions on lockdown in China because of a viral outbreak

The authorities imposed strict travel restrictions on five cities, including Wuhan, the epicenter of a deadly respiratory virus that has already spread to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and the U.S. Here are the latest updates.

Experts said the size of the lockdown, which affects roughly 20 million people, was unprecedented. A patient also died in the province of Hebei, 600 miles north of Wuhan, in the first confirmed death outside the epicenter.

The World Health Organization decided not to declare a global health emergency — yet. Several members thought it was “still too early,” the W.H.O. said in a statement.

The details: The virus has killed at least 18 and sickened more than 600. Here are maps of its spread. The victims are so far mostly older men, many of whom had previous health issues.

What’s next: The Lunar New Year holiday, when hundreds of millions travel across China, begins today. Epidemiologists fear it could make the outbreak harder to contain.

The fiery crash, on a hill near a wildlife sanctuary, ended a brief lull in the country’s summer of deadly wildfires. Rain had offered a reprieve, but temperatures roared back on Thursday to over 100 degrees.

“We’re devastated because those Americans, they’re not going home,” said Alison Myers, a deputy captain with the Numeralla fire brigade, which covers the surrounding district.

Context: At least five firefighters have been killed this season, and the death toll from the fires now exceeds 30. More than 2,500 homes have been destroyed, and millions of acres have burned.

Myanmar must protect Rohingya, Hague court rules

The International Court of Justice ruled on Thursday that Myanmar must “take all measures within its power” to protect Rohingya Muslims, who have been killed and driven from their homes in what the country’s accusers have called a campaign of genocide.

The court said the Rohingya faced “real and imminent risk” as it put Myanmar under judicial oversight. The move essentially rejected the defenses offered by the country’s civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Impact: Some observers noted that because the court did not outline specific steps and does not have enforcement power, it would take more action to protect the ethnic minority group. “The chances of Aung San Suu Kyi implementing this ruling will be zero unless significant international pressure is applied,” said the director of one human rights group.

Background: In 2017, Myanmar’s military waged a brutal assault against the Rohingya in the western state of Rakhine, prompting more than 700,000 to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.

If you have 7 minutes, this is worth it

The gentrification of Paris

When the brothers Ali and Amar Sitayeb, above, opened a convenience store in 1984 in the Marais, Paris’s historically Jewish quarter, the neighborhood had plenty of textile and metal factories.

Today, their shop is among the independent businesses being swept away by gentrification. A Japanese-owned lingerie chain will take the space.

“How is a bra going to replace my orange juice?” asked a retiree who has lived next to the shop for two decades.

Here’s what else is happening

Angola: Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the country’s former president, is set to face charges after an investigation into the embezzlement of millions from the state oil company, which she once headed. A banker who managed the company’s account was found dead at his Lisbon home in what was most likely a suicide, a police source said.

Impeachment: House managers laid out their legal case against President Trump. The Senate is expected to meet for an abbreviated session on Saturday. Follow our updates here.

Jungle prince, epilogue: For those of you who were as obsessed as we were with Ellen Barry’s story about a Delhi family that presented itself as royalty, here’s an update based on leads from readers’ letters and emails.

Snapshot: Above, world leaders coming together in Israel for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. They talked about rising anti-Semitism.

What we’re reading: This profile of Lizzo in Rolling Stone “reveals how hard the Grammy-nominated singer fought to become a new kind of superstar,” writes Remy Tumin on the Briefings team. “The photos by David LaChapelle alone are worth the read.”

Now, a break from the news

Cook: Pasta alla vodka is a 30-minute dinner that leaves enough time to make a salad and pour a glass of wine. Skip the pancetta to make it vegetarian.

Watch: Twenty-five years after the release of “Before Sunrise,” the film’s stars and creators spoke to The Times about how they made movie magic out of a tiny budget and capricious trains.

Read: “Leadership Strategy and Tactics,” by the former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink, is a No. 1 debut on our advice, how-to and miscellaneous best-seller list.

Smarter Living: Our Climate Fwd: newsletter usually brings us a weekly tip on “One thing you can do for the environment,” but this week, its team is looking at the bigger picture.

And now for the Back Story on …

The impeachment diet

Of the many rules that govern the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, there is none more incongruous than the food and drink allowed on the floor during the marathon proceedings: water, milk and candy. That’s it.

The candy is thanks to the “candy desk,” a historical relic that is currently assigned to Senator Patrick Toomey of Pennsylvania. It’s on the Republican side of the chamber, in the back row on the aisle.

The tradition of the candy desk started in 1965 with Senator George Murphy, a sweet-toothed California Republican, and in recent years has been controlled by lawmakers from Pennsylvania, which has the country’s biggest confectionary industry. It’s currently stocked with Hershey bars with almonds, Rolo caramels, Milky Ways, 3 Musketeers bars, Palmer Peanut Butter Cups and Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews.

As for beverages, only water is permitted — either still or sparkling — though a legislative rule book does refer to a lawmaker being permitted to ask for a glass of milk in 1966. Unfortunately for everyone involved in the proceedings, which have so far made for some very long days, coffee is not allowed.

That’s it for this briefing. See you next time.

— Melina

Thank you Mark Josephson, Eleanor Stanford and Chris Harcum provided the break from the news. Adam Pasick, on the Briefings team, wrote today’s Back Story. You can reach the team at [email protected].

P.S. • We’re listening to “The Daily.” Our latest episode is about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. • New York Magazine profiled Michael Barbaro and the team behind “The Daily.” • Here’s our Mini Crossword, and a clue: Presidential candidate Klobuchar (three letters). You can find all our puzzles here.

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Congrats! Actress Niti Taylor gets engaged to beau Parikshit Bawa, see pics

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Television actress Niti Taylor who was last seen in Ishqbaaz gets engaged to beau Parikshit Bawa on August 13 in Gurgaon.

The couple gets engaged in the presence of their close friends and family members. Several pictures and videos from the ceremony is doing the rounds on social media.

In the pictures, the actress looked beautiful in a white Indo-western lehenga and her fiancé Parikshit wore a white sherwani. She kept her look very simple with minimal jewellery and make-up.

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  #Repost @ananyag8 • • • • • My Favourites just got engaged! #partitayles #NitiTaylor @nititaylor

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 Niti Taylor gets engaged to beau Parikshit Bawa,

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  ISHQ WALA LOVE😍😍😍😘😘 COUPLE DANCE😘😘😘😍😍😍 . . . . . . #partitayles #nititaylor #niti #parikshitbawa #engaged💍 @nititaylor @parikshitbawa

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  Niti’s dance with her family 😍😘😘😘😘😍😍😘😘 . . . . . . #partitayles #nititaylor #niti #parikshitbawa #engaged💍 @nititaylor @parikshitbawa

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  Ring ceremony 💍 @nititaylor @parikshitbawa #nititaylor #parikshitbawa #parti #partitayles

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  Credit to from @mahima.mua (@get_regrann) – makeupaddict #hairtutorials #makeuphotoshoot #celebritymakeup #makeup #makeupartist #delhimua #delhimakeupartist #makeupoftheday #mtv #ztv #sonytv #paniforever #partitayles #mananforever #nitistans #nitiofangels #nitiyananda #nititaylor #nititaylorblog #nititaylor_world #freshmakeup #mehndi #bridemakeup #telereporter – #regrann

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  🎶एक लड़की को देखा तो ऐसा लगा एक लड़की को देखा तो ऐसा लगा जैसे खिलता गुलाब, जैसे शायर का ख्वाब, जैसे उजली किरण, जैसे मन में हिरण, जैसे चांदनी रात, जैसे नर्मी की बात, जैसे मंदिर में हो एक जलता दीया… ओ🎶 #NitiTaylor #PARTITAYLES

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The couple were seen beaming with joy at their engagement ceremony.

Recently, the actress announced her engagement in an adorable way. She took to her Instagram account to announce her engagement to Parikshit Bawa. The post reads, “We decided on FOREVER. On the eve of beginning my life’s most beautiful moment, I feel all the love and happiness there possibly can be. It only feels complete after letting you all know. I’ve had your love and support since the past decade and with great happiness, I’d like to inform everyone that I’m getting ENGAGED!” she wrote.

“We would like to share this moment with you all and seek your blessings and good wishes for this new innings in our lives… #PARTITAYLES,” Niti further added.

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  We decided on FOREVER 💍 On the eve of beginning my life’s most beautiful moment, I feel all the love and happiness there possibly can be. It only feels complete after letting you all know. I’ve had your love and support since the past decade and with great happiness I’d like to inform everyone that I’m getting ENGAGED! We would like to share this moment with you all and seek your blessings and good wishes for this new innings in our lives…❤️ #PARTITAYLES

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Niti Taylor announces her engagement to beau Parikshit Bawa, looks resplendent at her mehendi ceremony

Niti Taylor made her TV debut with Pyaar Ka Bandhan and rose to fame with Kaisi Yeh Yaariaan. She also appear in shows like Gulaal, Bade Acche Lagte Hain, Savdhaan India, Laal Ishq, Khatra Khatra Khatra and others.

Our heartiest congratulations to the actress!

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Manchester United footballer Marouane Fellaini sues sportswear firm for £2m over 'defective boots' | New Balance

Shoppers go nuts over $25 New Balance Running shoes. New Balance have argued that Fellaini told them he was happy with the boots. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in The Finish Line in the second quarter worth $102,000. Several cabinet secretaries are to be dropped and others redeployed to other portfolios to reflect new balance of power and 2022 succession plan.

Boston-based New Balance Athletics, Inc. debuts 'Winter Peaks', a New Balance Made US 998 model, in advance of the winter season. Footpatrol and New Balance will be linking up for a special and limited Black Friday release. Above you will find the Footpatrol x New Balance M576FPF set to release in a few days.Trainers and Black Friday go together like Michael Jordan and Nike, Adidas and Kanye West or New Balance and, erm, other people. Judging from her body language during and after her meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Nay Pyi Taw, one could easily assume that Myanmar's relations with the European Union are reaching a new phase.

A High Court judge might have to examine a series of WhatsApp messages if asked to rule on a row over footballer Marouane Fellaini's boots. Bosses at sportswear giant New Balance have shot back after Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini complained that his football boots rubbed.But New Balance claim they have WhatsApp messages to prove Fellaini was happy with the boots. The Duke and Duchess both made a quick change into something a little sportier for their afternoon activity, with Kate swapping her knee-high boots for a pair of more appropriate New Balance trainers. The report tracks the research on Global Softball Shoes Market 2017 with major market events such as launching products, technological developments, trendy and innovative business strategies, mergers and acquisitions. Roy Woods is back with some "Balance." Before dropping Say Less, the OVO crooner delivers his dvsn and PnB Rock collaboration.

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Europe Edition: Iran, Italy, Roy Moore: Your Tuesday Briefing

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Europe Edition: Iran, Italy, Roy Moore: Your Tuesday Briefing

Four congressional officials told us that Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, had online conversations during the 2016 presidential campaign with WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group that last year released a hacked trove of Democrats’ emails.

And Republicans, for their part, are likely to press Mr. Sessions on their demands for investigations into the Clinton Foundation and an Obama-era purchase of American uranium mines by a Russian-backed company.

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• Several E.U. countries moved toward a joint defense force amid President Trump’s lack of enthusiasm for NATO. The European foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, above right, called the deal a “historic moment in European defense.”

Foreign and defense ministers of most member countries signed on to a program of joint military investment in equipment, research and development, but Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Malta and Portugal did not.

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• The British government said it would to allow Parliament to debate, amend and vote on the terms of Brexit, a concession to rebellious lawmakers.

The announcement seemed intended to soften resistance ahead of the parliamentary debates that begin today on a separate bill that would transfer existing European law to the British statute books.

Meanwhile, derogatory stereotypes about England’s north are being dismantled by statistics. The figures suggest that Craven, an area of Yorkshire, is the country’s happiest place.

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• Italy failed to qualify for the soccer World Cup for the first time in six decades after a scoreless tie meant it lost its playoff to Sweden, 1-0, on aggregate.

Today’s playoff pits Ireland against Denmark after their initial scoreless draw on Saturday.

And in tennis news, Rafael Nadal pulled out of the ATP Finals with a knee injury.

Business

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• Russia is effectively privatizing Kalashnikov, the Russian gun maker, leaving a single investor with a controlling stake.

• A furious race is on to develop self-driving trucks. They may hit the road sooner than most people think.

• America’s “energy renaissance” and the rapidly falling cost of renewables are some of the themes in the International Energy Agency’s annual global outlook report.

• General Electric cut its dividend for just the second time since the Great Depression.

• Here’s a snapshot of global markets.

In the News

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• France paid homage to the victims of the coordinated terrorist attacks that left 130 dead and more than 600 wounded two years ago. [The New York Times]

• The Trump administration’s debut at the United Nations climate conference in Bonn, Germany, was met with noisy protest and harsh questions. [The New York Times]

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• President Trump made little mention of human rights in his meeting in Manila with Rodrigo Duterte, his Philippine counterpart, who is accused of carrying out a campaign of extrajudicial killings. [The New York Times]

• A federal appeals court in California allowed President Trump’s latest travel restrictions to partly take effect, meaning that people from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen who lack ties to the U.S. can be barred from entering. [The New York Times]

• In France, two cases in which 11-year-old girls were assessed as having agreed to have sex rather than having been raped renewed calls for a minimum legal age for consent. The justice minister suggested 13. [France 24]

• In Syria, at least 53 people were killed in airstrikes on a town swollen by the arrival of refugees from nearby battles. [Associated Press]

• Zimbabwe’s top military commander waded into an escalating feud within the country’s governing party, issuing a rare warning to President Robert Mugabe. [The New York Times]

• The Church of England said that children should be able to “play” with identity and wear tutus or tool belts without judgment, fueling a debate over the handling of gender. [The New York Times]

• Bob Geldof, the Irish musician, returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin award to protest his fellow recipient Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s response to the repression of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. [Reuters]

Smarter Living

Tips, both new and old, for a more fulfilling life.

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• Pick up the Korean condiment gochujang and make this braised chicken dinner.

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• Should we bother to count calories? Yes and no.

• Advice for how to handle sexual harassment in the workplace.

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He Draws New York’s Skyline From Memory

Join the artist Stephen Wiltshire at the Empire State Building as he draws the New York skyline after spending less than an hour observing it by helicopter.

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• The British artist Stephen Wiltshire is able to draw complex scenes entirely from memory. Watch him draw New York City’s skyline after a 45-minute helicopter ride around Manhattan in our latest 360 video.

• Georgia may be the birthplace of wine. In a new study, researchers found wine residue on pottery shards dating to 6,000 B.C.

• For the first time, U.S. drug regulators approved a digital pill — a medication embedded with a sensor — that can tell doctors whether, and when, patients take their medicine.

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The biannual fashion weeks hosted in New York, London, Milan and Paris have dominated the industry calendar for decades. In recent years, however, a clutch of new contenders have started jostling for attention, including Dubai, where Arab Fashion Week begins tomorrow.

The five-day event is a predictably splashy affair, showcasing talent from the 22 countries that make up the Arab League. Plenty of emerging Western designers are also on the schedule, keen to cater to the valuable Middle Eastern client base.

Expect a broad mix of both Western-style ready-to-wear and modest clothing from the catwalk collections. As a growing global chorus of women demands attire that is in tune both with Islam and the societies around them, designers are responding with flowing printed tunics and colorful head scarves. Interestingly, designers from abroad are often the more conservative.

Modest fashion is becoming a commercial phenomenon. The global Muslim clothing market is forecast to be worth $368 billion by 2021, according to the latest Global Islamic Economy report. With its blend of trends from all over the world, Arab Fashion Week is playing a considerable role in reshaping perceptions of 21st-century Muslim female identity in ways that go far beyond the veil.

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Elizabeth Paton contributed reporting.

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Events 9.27

1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the River Somme, beginning the Norman conquest of England. 1331 – The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought. 1422 – After the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1529 – The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city. 1540 – The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. 1590 – Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history. 1605 – The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm. 1669 – The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year-long Siege of Candia. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States, for one day after the Second Continental Congress evacuates Philadelphia to avoid invading British forces. 1822 – Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta Stone. 1825 – The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened. 1854 – The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean. 1875 – The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool. 1903 – The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad. 1905 – The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper, "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc². 1908 – The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan. 1916 – Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu. 1922 – King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II. 1928 – The Republic of China is recognized by the United States. 1930 – Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur. 1938 – Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow. 1940 – World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. 1941 – The National Liberation Front (Greece) is established and Georgios Siantos is appointed acting leader. 1941 – The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships. 1942 – Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River. 1944 – The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II. 1949 – The first Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China. 1954 – The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC. 1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. 1959 – Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan. 1962 – The Yemen Arab Republic is established. 1962 – Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1964 – The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. 1968 – The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973. 1975 – The last use of capital punishment in Spain sees the executions of five members of militant organisations, sparking worldwide protests against the Spanish government and the withdrawal of numerous ambassadors. 1979 – The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency. 1983 – Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system. 1988 – National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar. 1993 – The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia. 1996 – In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah. 1996 – The Julie N., a tanker ship, spills thousands of gallons of oil after crashing into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine. 1998 – The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday. 2001 – Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself. 2003 – SMART-1 satellite is launched. 2007 – NASA launches the Dawn probe. 2008 – CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk while flying on Shenzhou 7. 2012 – A mass shooting takes place at Accent Signage Systems, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, killing six people, including the gunman who committed suicide, and wounding two others. 2014 – Eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.

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French President Defends International Cooperation At UN

French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

UNITED NATIONS -- French President Emmanuel Macron issued a ringing defense of global cooperation Tuesday, telling world leaders that solving major challenges otherwise will be reduced to "the survival of the fittest."

In his first appearance at the U.N. General Assembly, Macron vowed to press ahead with the Paris accord to combat global warming, although the United States has said it is withdrawing.

He also said France won't "close any door to dialogue" with North Korea and that it would be "a grave error" to unwind the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran as it faces strong criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. Macron also called for investing in education and health, and he proposed appointing a U.N. representative for press freedom.

Seven decades after the end of World War II and the creation of the United Nations, international bodies are confronting doubts, Macron said.

"We have allowed the idea to proliferate that multilateralism is a kind of game, a game for diplomats sitting around a table," he said, but have come up short on addressing such major threats as climate change.

"Today, more than ever before, we need multilateralism" to work on that and other global issues, such as war and terrorism, Macron said.

"We can only address those challenges through multilateralism," he said, "not through survival of the fittest."

Macron presented a counterpoint to Trump, who in his own debut speech at the General Assembly a few hours earlier had urged countries to embrace their own "national sovereignty" to do more to ensure their own prosperity and security.

Trump had tough words for North Korea, threatening to "totally destroy" the Asian nation if the U.S. is forced to defend itself or its allies against aggression, and also for the Iran pact, which he called "an embarrassment" to the U.S. He hinted that his administration could soon declare Iran out of compliance with the deal, which could unravel it.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, meanwhile, warned that the threat of a nuclear attack is at its highest level since the end of the Cold War and "fiery talk can lead to fatal misunderstandings."

His message in his first state-of-the-world report since taking the reins of the United Nations on Jan. 1, was implicitly directed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but also at Trump. The two have traded tough rhetoric amid Pyongyang's continuing nuclear and missile tests.

Speaking to presidents, prime ministers and monarchs at the opening of the General Assembly's annual ministerial meeting, the U.N. chief put "nuclear peril" as the leading global threat, warning that "we must not sleepwalk our way into war." He said there must be a political solution to North Korea's activities, stressing: "This is a time for statesmanship."

Beyond the nuclear threat, Guterres painted a grim picture of a troubled world facing grave challenges with many people "hurting and angry" because they "see insecurity rising, inequality growing, conflict spreading and climate changing."

"Societies are fragmented," he said. "Political discourse is polarized. Trust within and among countries is being driven down by those who demonize and divide."

"We are a world in pieces," Guterres said. "We need to be a world at peace."

Guterres said there are seven threats and tests that stand in the way: nuclear peril, terrorism, unresolved conflicts and systematic violations of international humanitarian law, climate change, rising inequality, unintended consequences of innovation, and people on the move.

These issues are expected to dominate the six-day meeting. On day one, however, the spotlight was on Trump and Macron.

Many world leaders were getting their first chance to hear and meet Trump. He said the United States seeks harmony and friendship, not conflict and strife on the world stage, but he warned that Americans "can no longer be taken advantage of."

He said all responsible nations must work together to confront terrorists and Islamic extremists that inspire them. And "it is time to expose and hold responsible" nations that provide funding and safe harbor to terror groups, Trump said.

He spoke after Guterres and Brazil's president, who for more than 35 years has been the first leader to address the 193-member General Assembly.

Brazilian President Michel Temer, charged last week with obstruction of justice and leading a criminal organization, continued the tradition.

He said the U.N. has represented "hope and prospects for a more just world" for the last 70 years and at "this time in history, marked by so much uncertainty and instability, we need more diplomacy, not less - and "we need the U.N. more than before."

But Temer said it is imperative to reform the U.N., particularly to expand the powerful Security Council to align it with the reality of the 21st century. Brazil is part of a group with Germany, India and Japan seeking permanent seats on the council.

Not far behind North Korea on the list of issues needing urgent international attention is the plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, victims of what Guterres called a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" that has driven nearly 400,000 to flee into Bangladesh in the past three weeks.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who canceled plans to attend the General Assembly in a decision widely seen as a response to international criticism, earlier Tuesday defended the government and said her country does not fear international scrutiny. She invited diplomats to see some areas for themselves.

Guterres told leaders in his General Assembly address that "I take note" of Suu Kyi's speech.

"We are all shocked by the dramatic escalation of sectarian tensions in Myanmar's Rakhine State," he said. "The authorities in Myanmar must end the military operations, and allow unhindered humanitarian access. They must also address the grievances of the Rohingya, whose status has been left unresolved for far too long."

The world leaders gathered as Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm, smashed the small Caribbean nation of Dominica with 160 mph winds. It ripped the roof off even the prime minister's residence and caused what he called "mind-boggling" devastation. The storm was on a track to strike Puerto Rico on Wednesday.

On Monday, Guterres and top government officials from several countries devastated by the other Category 5 storm, Hurricane Irma, addressed a hastily called U.N. meeting and appealed for help to rebuild following that storm's destruction.

Guterres has repeatedly focused on the challenge posed by climate change.

He called this year's hurricane season "the most violent on record" and warned that extreme weather linked to climate change is having an impact all over the world, "including floods in southern Asia and landslides and droughts in Africa."

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ - Sep 19, 2:16 PM EDT

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