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A confidential report soon to be submitted to the U.N. Security Council says anyone who travels to the event would likely be in violation of sanctions because it previously featured “discussions of cryptocurrency for sanctions evasion and money laundering,” Reuters reported. The 2020 Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference is set to take place in the capital between February 22-29, according to its website. Cybersecurity experts say North Korea has links to a hacking unit known as Lazarus, which is allegedly responsible for targeting banks, bitcoin exchanges, cash machines and ransomware outbreaks in an attempt to generate funds for the regime....

General Glen VanHerck, the head of the Northern Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that testing may be conducted “in the near future.” He didn’t mention any specific intelligence on the issue, but a resumption of the testing could increase tensions on an already strained relationship between North Korea and the United States. “The Kim Jong Un regime has achieved alarming success in its quest to demonstrate the capability to threaten the U....

So on Tuesday, Ramogi Huma, a former UCLA linebacker and current president of the National College Players Association, filed a petition in Chicago on behalf of Northwestern players to be represented by a labor union. MORE: Top 10 for 2014 | New coaches for 2014 | 73 schools, 73 iconic players RELATED: Iyer: NFL players respond to Northwestern plight | LOSTLETTERMEN: This is not a cash grab “A lot of people will think this is all about money; it’s not,” Colter told Teddy Greenstein of the Tribune....

RELATED: Wii Games That Made Great Use Of The Motion Controls This made development for multiplatform releases a little tricky. Some developers opted to skip bringing their games to the platform altogether. Publishers were also known to commission separate developers from the mainline version of the game to develop the Wii edition. The end results across the board were certainly interesting. 7 Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands UbiSoft released Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands to coincide with the distribution of the Jake Gyllenhaal-starring film, released in May 2010....

In the comics, Nova is the superhero alter ego of two characters: the first and original Nova was Richard Rider, a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps, similar to the Green Lantern Corps of DC comics. The second was a young boy named Sam Alexander, a teenager from Arizona who takes up the mantle after learning his father was a member of the Nova Corps....

Edwards has returned to form in the past two games. The junior guard set the tone Saturday by scoring 25 points on 9-of-16 shooting, helping the No. 14 Boilermakers beat Ohio State 86-51 to take sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. “I took what the defense gave me and I was able to make some shots,” said Edwards, who hit half of his eight 3-point attempts. “I was trying to come out aggressive and I was able to move without the ball....

Amakhosi have managed to collect 14 points from their opening 10 league matches; a return which could make it difficult for them to win the title. Previously, coaches set a target of 60 points in order to stand any chance of winning the league, and Chiefs have already fallen behind that with at least six points. However, Komphela is not worried at all, because Chiefs are not the only team struggling....

Experienced players of space flight simulators know very well that sending anything to space is an awesome feat of engineering, but actually building something on another world without the benefit of being there is just short of astounding. When NASA set its sights on making lunar exploration more sustainable for the Artemis program, with a target for putting new footprints in the regolith by 2024, it was obvious that it would need to pick its partners carefully....

Some images online clearly depict about Nokia branding and the device is just a prototype with an NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor clocked at 1.3GHz, 2GB or RAM, an HDMI out port, a USB port, SIM slot, a 16-point multitouch screen and Windows RT. It also uses a similar magnetic power connector, like the one found on Microsoft’s Surface tablets. With the release of two tablets in coming months, the company would likely substitute the processor with an ARM, Tegra 4 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset for faster performance and better battery life....

It’s essentially a rental service. You lease your phone from Nokia rather than own it outright. Programs like Circular are a good idea, but have Nokia made it worth your while, and what could other schemes like this do differently? What Is Nokia Circular? Circular is Nokia’s subscription service designed to incentivize keeping handsets longer while avoiding adding to the ever-growing problem of e-waste. On the surface, it seems similar to existing device rental schemes....

With Swansea City awaiting the winners, Barnet followed up an away victory at Sheffield United in the previous round by again going toe-to-toe with second-tier opposition. Brentford twice hit the same post in the first half before Ollie Watkins’ long-range strike found the bottom-left corner. But Shaquile Coulthirst stabbed in following the interval after good work from Ephron Mason-Clark, and then doubled his tally amid a frantic scramble in the visitors’ area three minutes later....

NAFLD is commonly associated with obesity and diabetes, and it can progress if these conditions are not well controlled or if they are not treated. Progression leads to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which is a type of liver failure that causes fatigue and potentially life-threatening metabolic problems. There is no medication that can cure NAFLD or NASH, and controlling the associated risk factors is a vital part of minimizing future liver damage....

In the end, it worked. Last week a Miami jury convicted Panama’s former “Maximum Leader” of helping the world’s most notorious drug cartel smuggle cocaine into the United States from 1981 to 1986. Noriega was found guilty on eight of 10 counts, including racketeering, conspiracy, distribution and money laundering. The first foreign leader to be convicted of violating U.S. law, Noriega now faces up to 120 years in prison. Yet the seven-month trial focused attention on the questionable tactics prosecutors sometimes use to nail high-profile defendants like Noriega....

Phil Berger, the GOP state Senate Leader, said this week that he and the bill’s other supporters hope to prevent the teaching of critical race theory, or their perception of the concept. The theory is focused on the idea that systemic racism preserves the power of white people in society, AP reported. “We don’t want to indoctrinate folks in what I think is the core of critical race theory, which is that race is determinative of whether or not someone is going to be successful, that race is determinative of all matter of things that happen in society and that past discrimination justifies current discrimination,” Berger said....

According to the Raleigh News & Observer, they turned themselves in to the Chapel Hill Police Department Thursday after arrest warrants were issued for both players. Stewart, a sophomore, was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. Police charged Hughes, a freshman, with one misdemeanor count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. MORE: Heinous crimes connected to athletes | ACC Power rankings “We have been aware of this situation since the night of the altercation and have been working closely with the university and Chapel Hill Police to gather relevant information,” Fedora said in a statement....

The Tar Heels lost their first game of the season on Thursday with a 92-89 loss to Texas. North Carolina freshman Coby White had one of the best games of his young career, scoring 33 points in 30 minutes. MORE: Watch North Carolina vs. UCLA live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) UCLA was blown out by Michigan State 87-67 on Thursday. The Bruins shot 35.6 percent from the field in the loss, including 29....

The school said Friday that Mark will miss home games against California on Aug. 30 and Northern Illinois on Sept. 6. Mark was granted a medical hardship waiver by the Big Ten and allowed to return for a fifth year after missing most of last season with a broken ankle. He was limited to three games in 2013 after rushing for 1,366 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior. He ranks fourth all-time at Northwestern with 4,271 all-purpose yards....

The former Vikings offensive coordinator on Sunday revealed his reason for abruptly stepping down Wednesday morning. Although Turner’s decision caught head coach Mike Zimmer and the team by surprise, a unidentified source was adamant that Turner was not forced out by the organization. WEEK 9 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread “It’s something people may not understand,” Turner said, via NFL.com. “It’s not me against somebody else. The situation was such … I don’t think I could get done the things we needed to get done....

Lets be honest here, and I mean no disrespect to Norwich City or their supporters when I say this, yesterdays game on paper is a game should be winning based on the quality we have to call upon compared to theirs. However, as I have said time and time again, it doesn’t matter how good you appear to be, you need to get out on that pitch and perform and for 45 minutes, Chelsea were totally dominant, a goal up and more than comfortable....