Singapore is seeing an influx of ultra-wealthy families from China looking to protect their wealth from a Communist Party that increasingly views them with suspicion
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Day: February 4, 2023
Democrats, seeing a weaker Trump, are falling in line behind Biden
Nine months ago, amid sky-high gas prices and legislative gridlock, anxious Democrats routinely offered the same assessments of President Joe Biden as a candidate for reelection: too frail, too politically weak, too much of a throwback.
Democrats ready to battle for Biden as he mulls ‘four more years’
US President Joe Biden, who faced about 15 rivals in the party’s 2020 primary, looks destined to run unopposed if he does decide to extend his tenure. What will remain a mystery for the next year or so is the identity of his likely Republican opponent.
Western allies pledge precision rockets, missile systems to Kyiv
The United States on Friday announced a new $2.2-billion package of arms and munitions, which the Pentagon said included a new rocket-propelled precision bomb that could nearly double Kyiv’s strike range against Russian forces. France and Italy will de…
Is there a system that would meet my needs/wants? Lower power camera system
Looking for something that will capture on motion, use very low power, and can be linked into a switch to turn it off/on as I want. Would love if I could connect it to an rPi and output it to a monitor. And ideally it would be really small, and wouldn’…
Magic beat Wolves 127-120 after fight, 5 players ejected
Cole Anthony had 20 points and fellow reserve Moritz Wagner scored 19 as Orlando’s bench propelled the Magic to a 127-120 win against the Minnesota Timberwolves that included a fight between the teams and five player ejections.
A federal jury in San Francisco finds Elon Musk not liable in a Tesla shareholder suit over 2018 tweets in which he said he was considering taking Tesla private (CNBC)
CNBC:
A federal jury in San Francisco finds Elon Musk not liable in a Tesla shareholder suit over 2018 tweets in which he said he was considering taking Tesla private — – Tesla CEO Elon Musk was found not liable in a shareholder cla…
Mensah, No. 22 Aztecs beat Boise State 72-52 for MWC lead
Nathan Mensah scored 17 points for No. 22 San Diego State, which raced past Boise State 72-52 in a showdown of the Mountain West Conference’s top two teams despite an off night by leading scorers Matt Bradley and Darrion Trammell.
VanVleet has 32 as Raptors get 117-111 win over Rockets
Fred VanVleet scored 32 points, Gary Trent Jr. added 29 and the Toronto Raptors snapped a two-game skid with a 117-111 win over the Houston Rockets.
Brazil sinks decommissioned aircraft carrier in face of contamination fears
One environmental group said sinking the ship, which contains toxins including asbestos, would “equate to a state-sponsored environmental crime.”