Новости за 16.01.2019

William P. Barr is about to become, as Fox's Trump-trashing Sheppard Smith put it on Tuesday, the "new boss" of Robert Mueller's Russia election-interference investigation.

Burger King machte sich am Dienstag über US-Präsident Donald Trump lustig, nachdem er in einem Tweet über ein Bankett, das er am Montag für die Clemson Tigers im Weißen Haus gab, das Wort „Hamburger“ falsch geschrieben hatte.

A division bench of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred to January 28 the hearing on Associated Journals Ltd's (AJL) plea challenging the single bench order to vacate the Herald House.The division bench headed by Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Rajender Menon cited health reason and asked parties if "the case could wait another week".AJL is the publisher of the National Herald newspaper.On December 21 last year, the Delhi High Court's single bench had dismissed the petition filed by AJL... Читать дальше...

The BJP will kick-start a three-day series of rallies to be addressed by party chief Amit Shah across West Bengal on January 20, a day after Mamata Banerjee's mega show featuring opposition leaders from across the country. The announcement by state BJP president Dilip Ghosh comes amid an apex court directive asking the state government to allow the saffron party to hold public meetings. In a show of strength ahead of the national polls, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has organised a massive rally in Kolkata on January 19... Читать дальше...

The U.S. economy is taking a larger-than-expected hit from the partial government shutdown, White House estimates showed on Tuesday, as contractors and even the Coast Guard go without pay and talks to end the impasse seemed stalled. The longest such shutdown in U.S. history dragged into its 25th day...

Political films are the flavour of Bollywood in 2019 ahead of Lok Sabha polls but according to filmmaker Prakash Jha these movies have no effect on elections. While "Uri: The Surgical Strike" and "The Accidental Prime Minister" were the first releases of the new year, other films in the polarised political space to follow through are "Thackeray" and "The Tashkent Files". "The Accidental Prime Minister", starring Anupam Kher as former prime minister Manmohan Singh and based on a book by his former media advisor... Читать дальше...

Jose Mourinho says four-time Premier League winning goalkeeper Petr Cech will be a big loss to football. The former Manchester United and Chelsea boss says he is proud to have managed one of the modern game 39;s best goalkeepers, who announced on Tuesday he will be retiring at the end of this season. Mourinho and Cech arrived at Che ...

The Goa government has converted the old sub-jail in Mapusa town near here into a detention centre for foreign nationals who violate visa norms, a senior police official said Wednesday. The Public Works Department had earlier been asked to renovate the old jail, located in Mapusa town, so that the foreigners, who are overstaying in Goa after expiry of their documents, can be lodged there, Superintendent of Police Bosco George said. "We have set up all the facilities there and the recruitment of staff is pending. Читать дальше...

Virat Kohli has no peers when it comes to ODI cricket but he has priceless message for youngsters -- sole focus on limited overs formats shouldn't be used an "excuse" of not being able to cope with challenges that Test cricket presents. World's No 1 batsman with 25 Test hundreds warned that youngsters will have mental problems if they don't embrace the pristine form of five-day cricket. "If we focus too much on shorter formats - yes, they're important - but if we solely focus and look at them as... Читать дальше...

WOODHAVEN, Queens — A man was arrested in connection to a violent robbery at a Queens laundromat. Dontae Bennett was taken into custody Tuesday night for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 7 incident. Police said the suspect entered the Family Laundry laundromat along Jamaica Avenue in Woodhaven, punched the female employee and dragged her into the bathroom. The victim, 50, was choked until she lost consciousness, police said. Bennett allegedly removed the victim’s cell phone from the laundromat’s... Читать дальше...

Rising geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions are the most urgent risks the world faces in 2019, while worsening international relations are hindering a collective will to tackle these concerns, a new study said Wednesday. The annual 'Global Risks Report' by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) also flagged massive incidents of data fraud and large-scale cyber attacks among the biggest risks in terms of likelihood, while it also listed increasing polarisation of societies and growing wealth disparity among key concerns. Читать дальше...

Resident of Rechytsa Kanstantsin Stsiapanau got into a strange situation.

People are dying worldwide because they lack something most in developed countries take completely for granted.

The "Hamilton" creator has two sons.

The shutdown stalemate highlights how the president’s strategies contradict best practices, negotiation experts explain.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) jumped into the 2020 presidential race on

Fintech startup Instamojo Wednesday said it has raised USD 7 million (about Rs 50 crore) in funding led by existing investors AnyPay, Kalaari, Beenext and angel investor Rashmi Kwatra. The series B round also saw Japan's Gunosy Capital come on board as a new investor. The company, in total, has raised over USD 10 million in funding till date. Instamojo CEO and co-founder Sampad Swain said the fresh funds will be used to expand the offerings of the company, strengthen its mobile platform and talent acquisition. Читать дальше...

Back in December we reported that Kenya Yamashita (13-4, 10) [山下賢哉] would be returning to the ring on February 17th to take on former 2-weight world champion John Riel Casimero (25-4, 16). It now seems that those plans have changed slightly, but not significantly, and that more bouts from the card have been added, and in fact more details in general have now been confirmed for the card.So the change, is that the bout will not take place on February [...]

To hear the headlines tell it, the Supreme Court is a synecdoche battleground of our polity, a fraught locus of partisan angst and political maneuvering. If the president we don't like gets just one more appointment, America will be doomed to a permanent apocalypse in the style of either 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale (choose whichever you find more horrifying).

Whenever we have a total eclipse of the moon approaching, as we do now, my mind always drifts back to my very first total lunar eclipse more than half a century ago.

As per the survey, rising geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions are the most urgent risk in 2019, with 90% of experts saying they expect further economic confrontation between major powers in 2019

The announcement by state BJP president Dilip Ghosh comes amid an apex court directive asking the state government to allow the saffron party to hold public meetings

The downward spiral of TARTA, greater Toledo’s mass transit agency, continues. It cannot go on.

Trading slowed down in the seaborne coking coal spot market on Wednesday January 16 after a flurry of transactions earlier in the week.

China’s largest steel mill, Hebei Steel, has cut its monthly purchase price for silico-manganese, making this the second consecutive month its tender prices have been reduced.