Новости за 16.01.2019

In today's episode of the Cyclingnews podcast, brought to you in association with Sportful, Pinarello and Floyd's of Leadville, we look back at stage 2 of the Tour Down Under. Patrick Bevin (CCC Team) stole the show with a blistering turn of speed to win the stage and the Kiwi now leads the race from Elia Viviani by five seconds, but for the second day in a row Bevin has stolen a march on the pre-race GC riders and has a 15-second buffer on the likes of Daryl Impey, Richie Porte and Rohan Dennis. Читать дальше...

There’s a youth revolution that got underway on Long Island and it is looking to spread all over the country. Kids inspiring kids is what the Little Saint Nick Foundation is all about, and here is how you can get involved.

A gangland hitman is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of the murders of an underworld "Mr Big" and a mob enforcer.

At least 30 people have been abducted by suspected separatists in a troubled English-speaking region of western Cameroon, local sources said on Wednesday.

The Mpumalanga Community Safety Department has place four traffic officers on precautionary suspension following an altercation with a motorist.

Shutterstock has released its 2019 creative trends report, showing that we want cake letters and the 1980s fed into our eye holes.

Deal comes amid rising M&A activity in payments industry

THE latest trend to sweep Instagram is the #10yearchallenge where people compare what they look like now to a decade ago. While some celebrities haven’t aged and others look completely different, Katie Piper’s post has a powerful message behind it. The 35-year-old shared a snap of herself on Instagram dressed casually with brunette locks, alongside […]

Dan Evans says impressing against Roger Federer at the Australian Open has given him confidence to reignite his career.

Dan Evans says impressing against Roger Federer at the Australian Open has given him confidence to reignite his career.

The Cross River state governorship candidate of the Democratic Alternative (DA), Charles Offiong-Ephraim, has been suspended for endorsing the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state.

Goldman Sachs downgraded Nordstrom Inc. to neutral from buy as same-store sales growth on full-priced merchandise decelerates. Goldman has a $50 price target on Nordstrom stock. The downgrade follows the luxury retailer's holiday season sales announcement, which shows full-price same-store sales increased 0.3% compared with 1.9% growth for the third-quarter year-to-date. Nordstrom said full-price sales were below expectations. "Following two releases in which full-price comps have disappointed versus our expectations... Читать дальше...

I have not written a word about Donald Trump since his inauguration. In fact, I've written about him only once since he was elected. That entry is here.

The Russian and Serbian presidents are expected to discuss extension of the TurkStream gas pipeline to Serbia at the talks in Belgrade

"Mr Big" Paul Massey and mob "fixer" John Kinsella were shot dead in a feud between rival gangs.

Netflix is hitting viewers with the biggest price hike in its history. Monthly subscriptions are going up by 13 to 18 percent. Wired editor-in-chief Nick Thompson takes a closer look at subscription services, and how they don't seem to have trouble keeping customers -- even after price hikes.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday sent his and his party's best wishes to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who has left for the US for a medical check-up following a kidney transplant last year, and wished him a speedy recovery. "I'm upset to hear Arun Jaitley Ji is not well. We fight him on a daily basis for his ideas. However, I and the Congress party send him our love and best wishes for a speedy recovery. We are with you and your family 100% during this difficult period Mr Jaitley (sic)," Gandhi wrote on Twitter. Читать дальше...

The Bar Council of India today added its voice to that of a former High Court Judge, who has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, asking him to "ponder" the Supreme Court collegium's recommendation...

It was a cold day in the national capital with the minimum temperature dropping to three notches below the season's average. "The minimum temperature was recorded at 4.5 degrees Celsius, three notches below normal, while the maximum temperature settled at 21.3 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal," a MeT official said. The humidity levels oscillated between 100 and 55 per cent. The weatherman has predicted shallow fog for Thursday morning. "The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle... Читать дальше...

Alleging communalism of education, threat to campus democracy and privatisation of education, Left students' unions will march to Parliament on February 18 against the government, a statement from the unions said Wednesday. The unions, including SFI, AISF, AIDSO, PSU and AISM, have made a slew of demands from the government for the education sector. "Communalism has been another severe threat to the secular fabric of education system. Syllabuses have been changed drastically, under the BJP governments in various states... Читать дальше...

LETTING agents will be banned from charging tenants rip-off fees from June 1, saving renters hundreds of pounds. The long-awaited Tenant Fee Bill has finally been given a date when it will be made into law, almost three years after it was announced. Renters currently face forking out fees of around £432 when taking on […]

News from Assn of Salaried Medical Specialists GPs at Wellington’s Ora Toa Health practices will strike again tomorrow (Friday) for a full day because of the employer’s stubborn refusal to include dentists in the collective agreement. This is the second full-day strike – the first was on Christmas Eve – and follows a series of […]

Sergei Lavrov said Russia supported contacts between Kurdish representatives and Damascus"with the aim to agree on how to restore life to normal within a common state and without outside intervention"