Новости за 16.01.2019

(Washington Examiner) LORDSBURG, N.M. — Ranchers and farmers near the U.S.-Mexico border have been finding prayer rugs on their properties in recent months, according to one rancher who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation by human smugglers. The mats are pieces of carpet that those of the Muslim faith kneel on as they […]

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told CNN on Wednesday that Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner has already shoved aside acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and is essentially running the White House. During an interview with CNN’s John Berman and Alisyn Camerota, the hosts asked Haberman to...

The Trump administration views children not as the promise of a future, but as a threat to the present.

News and politics junkie Francis Irene Finley Williams frequently complained to daughter Cathy Duff about the president - but staff at her local paper refused to run an obituary making a dig at him

Wonder what's gone on there then

Statistics: Posted by John_D — Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:03 pm

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Bolstering urgent warnings from the global scientific community that the world must rapidly transition away from fossil fuels to avert climate catastrophe and keep global warming below 1.5°C within this century, a new study out Tuesday suggests meeting that end is simply a matter of political will.

Hungarian Nazi-collaborators shot tens of thousands of Jews on the banks of the Danube during the Holocaust.

Contact lenses are comfortable to wear but there are also high chances of getting eye infection if the lenses are not cleaned and maintained properly as directed. The lens care varies for the type of lens. The disposable extended-wear needs minimal care whereas the conventional soft lenses need utmost care. It is always wise to…

The elven people who died in the Shoreham air show crash lost their lives “purely because of pilot error”, a court has heard. 

Search crews that finally were able to dig through snowdrifts in efforts to find the bodies of four missing skiers recovered one of them Wednesday morning. The skiers, three men from Finland and a woman from Sweden, were caught in an avalanche in Tamokdalen on January 2. Massive search and rescue efforts were hampered by […]

The province has announced its anticipated review of Ontario's municipal government system. What could it mean for Waterloo region? CBC News asks Regional Chair Karen Redman.

Carter Felker’s introduction to John Prine almost sounds like it came from a John Prine song. He was a high school dropout working at a Grand Prairie liquor store when he first heard a Prine song. A co-worker, who insisted the name was “John Prime”, played Illegal Smile during a night shift. Felker was intrigued […]

Airlines and airports are warning of looming capacity freezes across Europe, after UK prime minister Theresa May's agreement on exiting the European Union (Brexit) was overwhelming rejected by the UK parliament.

A Marine veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder was held for three days for possible deportation before federal authorities learned that he was a U.S. citizen born in Michigan, lawyers said Wednesday.

1. Kremlin says it's 'stupid' to think that Trump could be a Russian agent  POLITICO
2. Rachel Maddow Explains Putin's Possible 'Blackmail In A Bottle’ On Donald Trump  HuffPost
3. Trump gave Putin the 'gift of the century' in plain sight while the FBI probed him as a Russian agent  Business Insider
4. Four Questions for Trump About His Contacts With Russia  Slate
5. Trump’s alarming failure to engage in basic counterintelligence hygiene with Putin  The Washington Post
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MEGHAN Markle carried out her first official visit to Mayhew in a tight dress costing less than £25 which perfectly framed her baby bump just days after becoming patron of the animal shelter charity.

1. Brexit: MPs debate no-confidence motion after May's deal defeat – Politics live  The Guardian
2. Brexit and no-confidence vote: Corbyn targets 'zombie government'  BBC News
3. The meaning of the vote  Financial Times
4. How should this Brexit crisis be fixed? Our writers’ verdicts  The Guardian
5. Pound climbs higher against dollar and euro after Brexit vote  The Sun
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Vane is a hard game to put into words, which is appropriate since it doesn’t have any in it. Initially, it plays like the descendant of The Last Guardian and other works from acclaimed director Fumito Ueda, but it slowly takes on a more sinister vibe. There’s a synth-heavy soundtrack with an industrial edge and unsettling, unexplained scenes that are reminiscent of Playdead’s macabre side-scroller Inside. Over the five-or-so hours the game lasts, it gets stranger and darker, but one thing remains consistent throughout... Читать дальше...

If the economy goes south, perhaps that will damage Trump's ego to get him to give up on the shutdown.

Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, at the White House last August.

Anything that involves any club paying and bond to enter the Cup is unacceptable for me

Statistics: Posted by John_D — Wed Jan 16, 2019 2:02 pm

L.L. Bean is backing its renewed focus on the outdoors by doubling its charitable giving and channeling all of the new dollars to outdoors-oriented nonprofits. That includes $3 million over … Click to Continue »

Officials in an eastern Iowa county have suspended the use of a waste material on gravel roads because of concerns it could be harmful, especially to children. The Muscatine Journal … Click to Continue »

Mehr als vier Monate nach der Parlamentswahl steht Schweden kurz davor, eine neue Regierung zu erhalten. Parlamentspräsident Andreas Norlen nominierte den bisherigen Regierungschef Stefan Löfven am Mittwoch im Reichstag in Stockholm offiziell für eine erneute Abstimmung über das Amt des Ministerpräsidenten.