Новости за 07.03.2019

1. Joey Logano — Logano dashed to the win at Las Vegas, holding off Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski for his first Cup in Vegas.

At the domestic box office this year, the straits have been so dire all theater owners are now singing the same song: "Help us, Disney, you're our only hope." By the end of the year, however, the rest of the film industry might be left thinking, "Damn, Disney, couldn't you have left anything for us?"

"I got an offer I couldn't refuse."

The US Department of the Interior determined that the population has rebounded enough to no longer need Endangered Species Act protection; conservation biologists disagree.

Disha, a partnership between the India Development Foundation and UNDP, helps improve women’s lives through education, training, employment and skill development

The 2019 Grey Cup Festival in Calgary will feature events at Stampede Park, including the first-ever Grey Cup Rodeo.

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A photo is surfacing on social media of a man crouching on a SkyTrain track, apparently trying to dig out something that's stuck — and Metro Vancouver Transit Police have a message for him.

These ‘priority corridors’ will have 46 stations; cost pegged at ₹24,948.65 crore

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Chris Kermode will leave his job as executive chairman and president of the men's professional tennis tour when his current term finishes at the end of this year.

President Kermode to leave men's tennis tour at end of 2019

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Chris Kermode will leave his job as executive chairman and president of the men’s professional tennis tour when his current term finishes at the end of this year. The ATP announced Thursday that Kermode’s tenure would come to a close. He became head of the tour in 2014. During his […]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for immediate talks between Afghanistan's government and the Taliban, saying the current moment represents "perhaps the most significant chance" to find a negotiated resolution of the country's 17-year war. The U.N. chief stressed in a report to the Security Council circulated Thursday that "a sustainable peace agreement can be reached only through comprehensive intra-Afghan dialogue." Guterres expressed hope that progress in... Читать дальше...

An infrastructure bill would struggle to improve the country’s transportation network if it lacks language to address threats from severe weather events, the top Democrat on the Senate’s surface transportation panel said March 6.

IndyCar tends to get a bad rap in the racing world. Not as elite or as large-scale as F1, not as rooted in American motorsport NASCAR, not as ground-breaking as Formula E, IndyCar is often pegged as something to shrug off—with the exception of the Indy 500. But, friends, IndyCar is an untapped reservoir of incredible…

Ms Omar is under scrutiny after she slammed the pro-Israel lobby

Bharti Airtel's Board has additionally provided an in-principle approval to raise up to Rs 7,000 crore through foreign currency perpetual bonds

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi must be pulling her hair out.

The Democrats had only just reclaimed the majority, had barely begun to hold the Trump administration accountable, when one of her own members handed the opposition a perfect wedge with which to divide her party. The objection of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to being forced to "pledge allegiance" to Israel has ignited a firestorm of criticism from pro-Israel Democrats. Attempts to censure her then prompted a vigorous pushback from progressives... Читать дальше...

Imagine if Donald Trump held a press conference admitting to directly colluding with Russia in the 2016 US election, but then said it wasn't actually a problem because he simply 'experienced' the concept of 'collusion' differently than other people

The exercise, called Dong Maeng, or "Alliance," began Monday and is running until March 12. It is seen as a replacement for the canceled annual Foal Eagle exercises that involved thousands of troops and massive displays of force, and for Key Resolve, an exercise involving computer simulations.