Former President Donald Trump strongly indicated he is preparing to run for president and suggested an announcement will come soon.
Trump, who has repeatedly said that he’s made a decision on the 2024 race, was asked by Fox News Digital at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas when Republicans could expect a formal announcement.
“It’s certainly not a very long period, the time is coming,” said the former president. “I think people are going to be very happy, our country has never been in a position like this, we’ve lost everything.”
Trump said that America was facing both domestic and foreign policy crises. In particular, I have argued the country’s “prestige” had been damaged by President Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Our country has never been at a worse point,” said Trump. “They gave away $85 billion worth of equipment, dead soldiers, you still have Americans over there probably as hostages, eventually will be hostages, there has never been a time like this.
“We’ll be making an announcement in the not too distant future,” Trump added.
Trump has repeatedly said that he’s made a decision on the 2024 race.Yuki Iwamura for NYPost
The remarks came shortly after CPAC unveiled its straw poll showing Trump as the overwhelming favorite for the 2024 GOP nomination among the conservative grassroots. Trump captured nearly 70% of the ballots cast at the conference, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming in at a distant second at 23.7%.
Since leaving the White House in January 2021, Trump has maintained an active presence within the Republican Party.
The former president has endorsed an expansive list of candidates running for everything from local and state offices to the United States Senate.
Trump said that America was facing both domestic and foreign policy crises.Yuki Iwamura for NYPost
More details about Pokemon Scarlet & Violet were revealed earlier this week, as the game introduced many more characters such as academy director Clavell, homeroom teacher Jacq, and your shy new rival Penny. We also looked at the most famous gym leaders in the game, with most fans focused their attention on Grusha, the Ice-type leader. Exactly like Professor Turo and Sada earlier this year, fans were so excited.
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A lot of the supporters at NSFW floodfed Twitter and relevant sites that you might expect. However, Game Freak itself caused chaos and made fan artists question their sexuality when they revealed that, despite her more feminine appearance, Grusha is actually a guy with a pronouns. According to his official description of him, Grusha is a cool snowboarder who shares his true emotions in heated battles.
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When Grusha’s gender was confirmed, the NSFW fan artists had to knees before already having drawn multiple saucy drawings of Grusha thinking he was a woman. One fan — especially — went in full denial mode and decided to completely reject this new information. Some fans said they would embrace their bisexual awakening, one of them saying that “if Grusha a guy calls me gay,” a person saying. You know all the rage about Grusha, because bisexuals can stay in a standing position.
To mention the new Gym Leaders, we also got a first look at Paldea, the revelation that legendaries will be rideable from the beginning, and a showcase of the game’s new battle gimmick. Game Freak showed a few new Pokemon for Scarlet and Violet, with an adorable doggo made of bread called Fidough and a Paldean form for Wooper, making him the first Poison/Ground type to be added to the series since Gen 1.
Pokemon Scarlet & Violet will be launched on November 18 later this year.
Nick Kyrgios has reached his second consecutive final for the first time in his career in extraordinary circumstances in Washington.
Kyrgios’ 7-6(4) 6-3 victory over Mikael Ymer at the Citi Open was his third win in the space of just two days as bad weather in the US capital forced a number of delays.
On Friday, Kyrgios first defeated Reilly Opelka, before saving five match points in an epic quarter-final win over Frances Tiafoe.
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After his semi-final win over Ymer, Kyrgios revealed he barely slept after his two wins on Friday.
“I didn’t get to sleep until 4.50am. I had so much adrenaline. I ate some dinner, got some treatment and just my body was so sore after last night,” he said courtside.
“It was an epic battle (against Tiafoe). I didn’t really do much today and I felt like my energy was a little flat today early on.
“It’s understandable – I’m only human – but my adrenaline for the final is going to be right there. I’m super excited for it.
Nick Kyrgios of Australia returns a shot to Mikael Ymer of Sweden in the Men’s Semifinal during Day 8 of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Tennis Center on August 6, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) (Getty)
“I’m just happy to be in another ending,” Kyrgios said.
Kyrgios has adjusted well to the hot, humid conditions at the hard-court US Open warm-up. He won an uncharacteristic 24-shot rally on Ymer’s serve to go ahead 5-4 in the first-set tiebreak and served it out from there.
In the second set, Krygios secured the only service break of the match on a cross-court half-volley from no-man’s land to move ahead 5-3.
The 27-year-old Australian is No.63 in the rankings but would move to 37th if he takes the title on Sunday. Kyrgios won at Washington in 2019, the most recent of his six ATP titles.
Top-seeded Andrey Rublev was playing Yoshihito Nishioka in the second men’s semifinal on Saturday night.
Mikael Ymer of Sweden returns a shot to Nick Kyrgios of Australia in the Men’s Semifinal during Day 8 of the Citi Open at Rock Creek Tennis Center on August 6, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) (Getty)
Earlier in the women’s draw, Kaia Kanepi moved within one victory of her first title in nine years, overwhelming Daria Saville 6-3 6-1.
Kanepi, a 37-year-old from Estonia, won the last of her four WTA titles in 2013 in Brussels. But she has enjoyed a resurgence this year, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, and credits smart scheduling for her continued good form.
“It was amazing, actually, for me. I never thought I would make quarters in Australia. I thought it’s not just my place,” Kanepi, who previously reached the quarter-finals in the other three grand slam tournaments, said.
Daria Saville lost to Kaia Kanepi of Estonia. Photo: Patrick Smith (Getty)
“But I played really well, and then I continued playing well. I actually didn’t put any pressure on myself to achieve something special.”
Kanepi’s match record this year is 19-10, her winningest year since 2013, and she is ranked No.37. She plans to play two more hard-court tournaments before the US Open, which starts August 29.
In the final, Kanepi will face 60th-ranked Liudmila Samsonova, who breezed past Xiyun Wang 6-1 6-1. The 23-year-old Samsonova is seeking her second WTA singles title. She won a hard-court event in Connecticut in 2017.
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Four teenagers were shot late Saturday night in the city of Duquesne.It happened around 9:40 pm along Orchard Park Avenue and Ridge Street.Duquesne police officers responded to multiple calls for gunshots and people injured at Allegheny County Orchard Park Housing Community.Once on scene, they found the four victims. Two 17-year-old boys were found with lower body gunshot wounds. Another 16-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the head. One 17-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound to her lower body de ella as well. All four victims were transported to the hospital in stable condition. Police have not released information anymore but are investigating into how this shooting happened.
DUQUESNE, Pa. —
Four teenagers were shot late Saturday night in the city of Duquesne.
It happened around 9:40 pm along Orchard Park Avenue and Ridge Street.
Duquesne police officers responded to multiple calls for gunshots and people injured at Allegheny County Orchard Park Housing Community.
Once on scene, they found the four victims. Two 17-year-old boys were found with lower body gunshot wounds. Another 16-year-old boy suffered a graze wound to the head. One 17-year-old girl suffered a gunshot wound to her lower body from her as well.
All four victims were transported to the hospital in stable condition.
Police have not released information anymore but are investigating into how this shooting happened.
Intel has just shared a video update regarding the current state of gameplay on its Arc Alchemist GPUs. In a previous video, it was made clear that Intel’s cards may struggle with games that aren’t running on DirectX 12.
The video makes it clear that optimizing Intel Arc for DirectX 11 and older is still very much a work in progress that might never come to an end. On the other hand, AMD and Nvidia generally don’t share those problems. Will gamers even entertain trying out Intel Arc with these issues in mind?
Intel shared a quick Q&A video with Ryan Shrout and Tom Petersen, in which both the experts give an honest update on the state of things for the graphics card. While we still didn’t get any of the (perhaps even more pressing) juicy news, such as a release date, we’re slowly getting to learn more about the performance of Intel Arc.
The topic of DirectX 12 and Vulkan versus DirectX 11 first came up in a recent Linus Tech Tips video that both Shrout and Petersen also took part in. In the video, Linus noted that going from DX12 to DX11 resulted in a 45% performance drop in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. There’s no way to sugar coat this — this can be a problem.
While it’s a good thing that Intel Arc is so well optimized for DirectX 12, which means it will run some AAA titles with relative ease, a graphics card can’t only be used for the latest games. Plenty of older (and not even that much older) titles still rely on DirectX 11 or even older versions, and gamers are right to expect that they’ll be able to play these titles on their modern-day rig, too.
The problem is that DirectX 11 and 9 as well as other older APIs are much different from DX12 and Vulkan. Where DirectX 12 and Vulkan both chiefly rely on the game engine to handle all of the heavy-lifting, older APIs mostly apply pressure to the GPU driver.
This is something both AMD and Nvidia have had years to get used to and work with. This is why, whether you buy one of the best graphics cards or opt for something budget-friendly, you can feel safe in the knowledge that you’ll get decent performance in older games. Your mileage may vary, but you shouldn’t experience the kind of drop in frames per second (fps) that Intel is seeing right now, with nearly twice the performance in DX12 as opposed to DX11.
Intel is certainly aware of the problem, as can be seen in the refreshingly open Q&A. Petersen said, “We expect DX12 and Vulkan titles to be very good performance relative to the competition. […] On some DX11 titles, we’re gonna do great, but on other DX11 titles, we’re not gonna do great. It’s gonna be progress and improvement over time.”
Petersen then went on to note that Intel Arc hardware is a lot different than Nvidia and AMD, so Intel is now forced to go back and fine-tune all the things that developers have come to expect from a GPU driver. He also said that improving DX11 performance is going to be a “labor of love forever.”
It’s hard not to appreciate Intel’s transparency here. The truth is that if you’ll mostly be playing the games that Arc works well with, you might be fine — but it’s hard to expect gamers to only stick to a select few titles and never stray from those. Because of that, unless Intel Arc can keep working on optimization, it will have a hard time, as will the people who choose to buy it.
Lionel Messi scored a sensational bicycle-kick goal as Paris Saint-Germain began the defense of their Ligue 1 title with an emphatic 5-0 victory over Clermont at the Stade Gabriel Montpied on Saturday.
Messi netted a brace to go with goals from Neymar, Achraf Hakimi and Marquinhos as they followed up last weekend’s 4-0 Trophee des Champions victory over Nantes with another easy win.
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It took only nine minutes for them to get in front as Messi brilliantly flicked the ball into the path of Neymar, who finished an excellent move.
Hakimi scored midway through the first half from a lightning counterattack, before Marquinhos headed Neymar’s free kick into the net.
Neymar then provided a fourth for Messi, before the Argentine forward capped off an excellent performance with a stunning goal, chesting a pass from Leandro Paredes and providing a bicycle-kick finish.
PSG were without the third member of their star forward trio, Kylian Mbappe, due to injury. New coach Christophe Galtier handed Ligue 1 debuts for PSG to summer arrivals Vitinha, Hugo Ekitike and Nordi Mukiele.
There was also a debut for Warren Zaire-Emery, who, aged 16 years, four months and 29 days, became the youngest player ever to feature for PSG in a competitive match.
“A lot of satisfaction, first and foremost with the win,” Galtier said afterward. “Winning the game and scoring five goals is important, as is not granting any chances and maintaining high levels throughout, even when the gaps were getting larger.
“I liked the way that the team expressed itself in attack, of course. But also when the block needed to put in the team effort to win the ball back. There was a lot of effort put in for one and other, and putting in that effort for teammates is something that we are really insisting on a lot.
“I know that I have a very talented team with players who are very talented, but they need to play as a team, and that needs to happen over the whole of a match and then throughout the season.”
Earlier, Monaco won 2-1 at Racing Strasbourg after the home side had a last gasp equalizer ruled out by VAR.
Monaco, who play away in the Champions League preliminary round against PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday, went up 2-0 through Krepin Diatta and Sofiane Diop before Habib Diallo pulled one back in the 65th minute.
Diallo thought he had another goal, two minutes into stoppage time, when he headed home but teammate Alexander Djiku was found to be offside as he made the assist and the strike was ruled out to hand Monaco victory.
VINCENT, Ala. — A racist text message sent by a police officer has prompted officials in a small Alabama town to disband their police department and fire the police chief and assistant chief.
Vincent Mayor James Latimore on Thursday confirmed that Police Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief John L. Goss had been dismissed, al.com reported.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office on Friday condemned the two officers’ actions and said it stands with the city “in providing emergency law enforcement related service to the citizens (of Vincent) at this time.”
In the message, which recently surfaced on social media, someone identified as “752″ texts: “What do y’all call a pregnant slave?” An unidentified recipient responds twice: “?” and “??”
“752″ answers: “BOGO Buy one, get one free”
“This has torn this community apart. It doesn’t matter what color we are as long as we do right by people,” City Councilman Corey Abrams said during Thursday’s council meeting.
On Tuesday, Latimore said “appropriate action has been taken” against the officer alleged to have sent the text, though at the time he would not name the person or anyone involved.
The city’s website lists three people in its department: Srygley, Goss and Officer Lee Carden.
During the council meeting, Latimore announced he had suspended the chief and assistant chief, and the council voted to end the agency. Latimer said Carden turned in his resignation via text message just hours after the city council voted to dissolve the department.
Located in central Alabama, southeast of Birmingham, Vincent has a population of just under 2,000 people. It’s located in Shelby, St. Clair, and Talladega counties.
Oppo quietly unveiled the Oppo A77, their most recent phone, in India. The phone is available for Rs. 15,499 upon launch. You won’t find the finest chipset on the low-cost phone because it is an offline-focused device. Additionally, this Oppo phone won’t be in direct competition with products like Realme or Redmi. Even though it is a brand-new model on the market, it has the effect of making the phone appear dated.
But what does not look like it is since 2020 is the design of the phone. It comes with the latest design language of Oppo devices, with the squared-off sides and the camera array similar to other recent Oppo devices. Talking about the display, this phone comes with a 6.56-inch HD+ LCD display, that too with a 60Hz refresh rate. No other phone launched this year at this price comes with an HD+ display on this budget. Coming to the cameras, the phone comes with a dual camera setup consisting of a 50MP primary camera and a 2MP depth sensor. And there is an 8MP selfie camera at the front.
The phone is available to buy from the Oppo store now(opens in new tab). It will soon be available on Flipkart and Amazon, but the availability on e-commerce platforms has not been officially announced. The phone will soon be available in all offline stores too. Oppo A77 is powered by Mediatek Helio G35 SoC. This might seem like a joke, but it’s not. The phone is indeed powered by a 2-year-old budget SoC. It is not at all comparable with other phones in the segment. Even phones under Rs. 10,000 have better chipsets such as Mediatek Helio G85, Mediatek Helio G88 and even Snapdragon 680.
The phone is backed up by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 33W fast charging. The 33W charging is one of the only features in this phone that keeps up with other phones on this budget. Another feature that is better than other phones is the presence of a stereo speaker setup. This looks like a typical Oppo phone used to launch back in the day. But Oppo currently has much better phones in the segment with similar pricing. Such as Oppo K10 and Oppo F19. Oppo even has similar features in a phone priced less than this phone, Oppo A16 and Oppo A57.
Abhijith specializes in phones, computing and everything Tech at Techradar. He is based out of Kerala. He has been writing about Tech since 2013, on his own blog. He also used to host a YouTube channel about phones.
But the reason why this phone seems like a phone from 2020 is that it is a phone meant to be sold in retail stores, and not online. Oppo’s A series has always been a series of phones aimed at the offline market. And the phones in this series usually come with mediocre specs for the price. We cannot expect much from the A series phones anyway. This phone reminds us that not much has changed with Oppo with their A series of smartphones, and its offline-centric pricing.
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The Oppo A77 seems to be a phone that Oppo did not launch in 2020
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Queensland rugby league has been rocked after one of the State’s star players was tragically killed in a car crash at the age of 28.
Michael Purcell sadly lost his life on Sunday morning following a car crash in Brisbane.
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The star winger-fullback had played a total of 82 games for the Ipswich Jets and Brisbane Tigers, registering 68 tries and 22 goals.
Purcell, nicknamed “The Kangaroo Catcher” after he once was said to have chased down a kangaroo during a race, was one of the fastest players in Queensland.
His standout abilities on the field led to him receiving an NRL contract with the Melbourne Storm last year.
He joined the Storm for pre-season training before returning to Queensland and playing for the Brisbane Tigers in the Intrust Super Cup.
His death rocked the rugby league community with tributes flooding in following Sunday’s tragic crash.
“I am shattered, it’s so, so sad,” Ben Walker said to the Courier MailPurcell’s former coach at the Ipswich Jets in the Queensland Cup
“He was a really talented kid who definitely had the ability to play NRL.
“We got a tip about this kid playing reserve grade and his nickname was the ‘Kangaroo Catcher’ because the story went he was so fast he once chased down a kangaroo during a cross-country run in the bush.
“We signed him to the Ipswich Jets and he ended up scoring 66 tries in 71 games. He had incredible speed.”
Surveillance video shows the initial panic of many patrons along Main Street as shots began to ring out overnight in Over-the-Rhine early Sunday morning. At least nine people were shot, police said in an update early Sunday morning. Cincinnati police said it happened at the corner of 13th and Main streets around 1:30 am According to police, that’s where one person fired into a crowd outside a bar. Authorities say the shooting occurred in the aftermath of an altercation between two groups, in which two people took out guns. Officials said a police officer discharged their weapon while responding to the scene. Police say they do not know if the shooter was hit but did say the shooter was actively shooting when the officer fired at them. All of the victims were found at the scene at the corner of 13th and Main streets.Police said none of the victim’s injuries were life-threatening.Video shows multiple people standing outside of and passing by The Hub when, all of a sudden, people begin to run by or into the Over-the-Rhine bar. The Hub owner Lindsey Swadner told WLWT that she heard upwards of 30 shots in two different rounds and said The Hub had not only bar patrons but people near the area looking for cover come in. A second camera angle, this one looking down from the archway, shows people rushing into the bar, and the bar’s door closing shut for an extra layer of security.
CINCINNATI—
Surveillance video shows the initial panic of many patrons along Main Street as shots began to ring out overnight in Over-the-Rhine early Sunday morning.
At least nine people were shot, police said in an update early Sunday morning.
Cincinnati police said it happened at the corner of 13th and Main streets around 1:30 am According to police, that’s where one person fired into a crowd outside a bar.
Authorities say the shooting occurred in the aftermath of an altercation between two groups, in which two people took out guns.
Officials said a police officer discharged their weapon while responding to the scene. Police say they do not know if the shooter was hit but did say the shooter was actively shooting when the officer fired at them.
All of the victims were found at the scene at the corner of 13th and Main streets.
Police said none of the victim’s injuries were life-threatening.
Video shows multiple people standing outside of and passing by The Hub when, all of a sudden, people begin to run by or into the Over-the-Rhine bar.
The Hub owner Lindsey Swadner told WLWT that she heard upwards of 30 shots in two different rounds and said The Hub had not only bar patrons but people near the area looking for cover come in.
A second camera angle, this one looking down from the archway, shows people rushing into the bar, and the bar’s door closing shut for an extra layer of security.
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