Новости за 17.01.2019

The Sinaloa Cartel bribed a onetime campaign associate of current Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador during his first failed bid for the seat in 2006, explosive new court documents allege. “The bribe in question had been paid to an individual associated with the failed presidential campaign, over a decade ago, of the current president...

Rita Baranwal has been nominated for the post of assistant secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), Aditya Bamzai for Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and Bimal Patel as the assistant secretary of Treasury.

Jonathan Freedland, Guardian

Rachel Leah, Salon
The Clemson Tigers won a championship so they were invited to Trump's

John Lott, Townhall

Feb 24, 2019 4-event youth series for the 2018-2019 season, open to all age eligible, unrated fencers. Registration closes at 11:59pm the Wednesday before the event. Entry fee per event $25 pre-registered on AskFred. $35 walk-ins at the door. Cash/check only

Steve Hilton, FOX News
Yesterday's historic rejection of Theresa May's Brexit agreement, the worst parliamentary defeat for a UK government in a century, is just the latest humiliation for a feckless British ruling class that appears to have suffered some kind of collective nervous breakdown since the country voted to leave the EU in June 2016.

New Zealand have included Colin de Grandhomme, Tom Latham and Mitchell Santner in their squad for the first three ODIs against India.

T.A. Frank, Vanity Fair

Mike Dawson, Washington Post

Josh Kraushaar, Natl Journal

Buy ICICI Bank Ltd. at a price target of Rs 385.0 and a stoploss at Rs 371 from entry point.

Will Lloyd, The Spectator

As DeMarcus Cousins’ Golden State debut looms Friday night against the Clippers, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has yet to iron out Cousins’ substitution pattern. "Honestly, we haven’t mapped it out," Kerr said before Wednesday night’s game against New Orleans at Oracle Arena. "All I’ve said is I’ll start him. From there, it’s going to take him some time to get a rhythm and all that stuff." Kerr has spent recent weeks figuring out which wrinkles to add to his system that can showcase Cousins’ unique skill-set. Читать дальше...

I’ve changed my mind about building a wall along the Mexican border. Build it! The US government is shut down and the economic ramifications will be great. Not only are the families of people who’ve been put out of work being hurt but the entire economy is going to be affected. Challenger Gray & Christmas,...

Straight out of the gate, Porsche's new 911 is at the top of its game.

'Why do we say we know that when we don’t really know that?'

A Canadian woman who was blocked from visiting her ailing father in China last week has again been barred by Chinese officials, this time at a Beijing airport as she tried to fly home.

According to public notes by Lord Carlile of Berriew, former External Reviewer of Anti-terror Legislation for the Minister of Interior and anti-terror expert, Assange is wanted in relationship to sex crimes... To the best of my knowledge it is a flat lie, serious defamation of Assange, and serious misleading of the public at large. Lord Carlile of Berriew has been asked to comment on this report...

Recent analysis of civil helicopter accidents from 2006 to 2016 (mainly the major ones) has found that they were related to loss of situational awareness, leading to controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).

In a four-page order dated January 10, the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) said that DIAL can levy X-ray baggage charges from February 1.

President Trump's chief legal defender denied on Wednesday ever having said that the Trump campaign didn't collude with Russia.

For years, tech companies have been under fire for causing soaring housing prices in certain areas. Now, Microsoft Corp. is doing something about it.

The NFL conference championship games this Sunday will determine which AFC and NFC teams will meet in Super Bowl LIII on February 3. We’ll show you how you can watch the championships and the big game itself without an expensive cable or satellite TV subscription.

By Michael R. Blood | Associated Press LOS ANGELES  — California endorsed a rule Wednesday that will allow home marijuana deliveries statewide, even into communities that have banned commercial pot sales. The regulation by the state Bureau of Cannabis Control was opposed by police chiefs and other critics who predict it will create an unruly […]