endees take photographs of an Oppo 5G smartphone model at a
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is making a strong push into overseas markets, after it strengthened its position as the second-largest player on its home turf.
Four carriers－Swisscom, Australia’s Telstra and Opt
and Sing-Tel of Singapore－will sell the as yet unnamed 5G Oppo phone first, which is scheduled to be launched in the second quarter of this year.
Shen Yiren, vice-president of Oppo, said the four overseas carriers are rolling out the 5G netwo
rks rapidly, so the company chose to first sell its 5G smartphones in Europe. Its partnership with Swisscom is the fastest.
The move marks the latest step by Oppo to build itself as an innova
tive brand in Europe, trying to lure consumers with cutting-edge products and design.
This is also proof of the company’s determination to conquer more develop
ed markets after its products became available in more than 40 countries and regions.
The deal is the latest in a series of patent license agreements
with key industry partners such as Qualcomm, Dolby and Nokia. This strategy is expected
to clear the patent obstacles for Oppo to better serve global consumers in the 5G era, said Fu Liang, an independent telecom analyst.
“Talent is what we are in dire need of, to explore overseas market,” Wu said.
Oppo aims to have 90 percent of its Europe-based staff sourced from the local talent po
ol, so as to better tap into the design and art scholars from local universities.
The company said it currently has over 40,000 emplo
yees globally, with 10 manufacturing facilities and six research institutes across the world.
Its mobile operating system ColorOS commands 250 million users w
orldwide. To expand its reach, Oppo has also set up over 400,000 points of sale worldwide.
Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel on Saturday also
extended her condolences to the victims and their families and people who are affected by the attacks.
“Our thoughts go to the victims and their families and everyone that being affect,” Dalziel said
. She also acknowledged the extraordinary response from the police and first responders.
“An attack on the Muslin community is an attack on us, on Christchurch and on New Zealand,” Dalziel said.
She believed that Christchurch people will go thro
ugh this together by “looking after each other … in many diverse communities in our city.”
Calling the event “an unspeakable tragedy,” the mayor told Xinhua, “We need to make
sure that everyone feels safe, everyone feels welcome and everyone feels a part of the city.”
Major public events during the weekend have all been cancelled across New Zealand a
fter the attacks. Flags were flown at half-mast in government buildings to mourn the victims.
The Chinese Consulate General in Christchurch has confirmed there was no casualty of Chinese citizen in the mosque attacks.
If they don’t talk to us, we’re going to do something that’
going to be very severe economically,” Trump said. “We’re going to tariff a lot of their products coming in.”
Most leaders go out of their way to avoid antagonizing their counterparts and wading into their delicate domestic politics.
Not Trump.
The exchange also revealed another one of Trump’s political tools: his fervent effort to inject an
appeal to his base — in this case on a signature issue, trade — into almost every political situa
tion.Trump also launched a mini-campaign rally, seizing on the Senate vote undoing his emergency declaration, to s
pell out his hardline policies on immigration and the wall — always with an eye on his most loyal voters.
In an interview published by Breitbart News this week, Trump revealed another aspect of his character — a sense
that he is being persecuted unfairly — that helps him identify with voters who feel neglected by political elites.
Complaining about Democratic investigations, the
President made a jarring comment that hinted at the possibility of political violence.
I can tell you I have the support of the police, the support
of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump — I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until
they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad,” Trump told the conservative website.
Trump’s incessant appeals for his base are undeniably effective.
One Republican, Sen. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, made an 11th
hour switch of his vote on the declaration of national emergency, falling into line behind the President.
A top GOP official in North Carolina told CNN’s Jim Acosta that
Tillis was under fierce pressure ahead of a potential primary challenge next year.
The official said, Tillis is “getting hit hard in the state.”
It wasn’t quite a George Clooney or Brad Pitt heist, but police say a brazen robbery attempt ended with gunfire and the suspect hospitalized in Las Vegas.
About 9:45 p.m. local time Friday, an armed man entered a packed Bell
agio Hotel and Casino and demanded money from a caged poker area, Las Vegas Met
ropolitan Police Capt. Nichole Splinter said.
He then fled and tried to steal a vehicle that ha
d just pulled into the valet lot, but he was immediately confronted by four police officers, Splinter said.
Nebraska has experienced historic flooding and extreme weat
Nebraska rescue teams have been pulling trapped residents out of flood waters since Thursday.
James Wilke, a Columbus farmer, got a call to assist a stranger, and never came home. Acco
rding to CNN affiliate KMTV, a close family friend posted on social media about his last moments.
”It is no surprise to anyone that knew James that when he got the phone call to assist eme
rgency responders … his answers would be yes,” Jodi L. Hefti wrote on Facebook.
”With the guidance of emergency responders, James drove his tractor over the Shell Cree
k bridge on the Monestary Road and the bridge gave out. James and the tractor went down into the flood water below.”
CNN affiliates KOLN and KGIN reported the Nebraska Emergency Management Agenc
y confirmed a flood-related fatality in Platte County. The mayor of Columbus also told the affiliate sta
tions that person was a farmer on a tractor out to rescue someone from the flood waters.
He fled Afghanistan to escape violence, only to watch a man
When Ahmed Khan moved to New Zealand as a refugee from Afghanistan 12 years ago, he thought he had left violence and death behind.
But on Friday, as he was praying at Linwood mosque in Christchurch, an armed man started shooting indiscrim
inately at worshipers — first outside the mosque, then through the windows as women and children huddled inside, screaming.
Khan said he pulled one injured child out of danger and was holding a man who’d been shot in the arm when the gunman returned.
”(The wounded man) was asking for some water. I said to him, ‘calm down, the police are here now’ and stuff. And the g
unman came through the window again while I was holding him and shot him in the head. And he was dead,” Khan told CNN.
Many people in the diverse city have ties to the community that stretch back generat
ions. Former refugees and migrants have told CNN they chose to make it their home because it was safe.
New Zealanders have rallied around their fellow citizens in the
wake of the Christchurch tragedy, laying flowers and messages of support on the side of Hagley Park, close to the Al Noor mosque.
A makeshift memorial grew in the center of the main street, below traffic lights that flashed orange to indicate roads leading to the mosque were closed.
No one was allowed to approach the building, not even local home owner Sue Harrison, whose c
ar was still parked in the driveway of her property behind the Deans Avenue mosque.
Christchurch resident Sue Harrison heard the gunshots from her house, near to the Al
Noor mosque, and called the police. Her son Zin (right) called her to check she was alright.
She remembers listening to the soothing chant of afternoo
n prayers when it was broken by gunshots. Harrison called the police and hid inside her
house as the gunman worked his way through the mosque, shooting as many people as he could.
”The time the shots were happening, it was terrifying, absolutely terrifying,” Har
rison said. “There was almost an immediate feeling that they’re being targeted.”
Barack Obama: “We grieve with you and the Muslim community”
