Новости за 15.03.2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency on Friday, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding.

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Alka Lamba has said if the Congress approaches her to join the party then she will consider the offer. She also said there is a po

Today, hundreds of thousands of children marched in dozens of countries around the world to send a clear, urgent message: governments should do more to tackle climate change now - not just with wor

Court takes cognisance of letters sent by seven undertrials

Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence and Mikey Garcia were both on weight on Friday at their weigh-in for Saturday’s fight on PBS on Fox PPV in Arlington, Texas. Mikey was first on the scale in weighing in at 145.5 pounds, and […]

SMIRKING double killer Christopher Halliwell was handed a whole life sentence in 2016 for the murder of prostitute Becky Godden. The cabbie was already serving life for the murder of Sian O’Callaghan in 2011 when he was finally brought to justice for killing Becky in 2003. Who is Christopher Halliwell? Taxi driver and former burglar Christopher Halliwell, […]

Steinhoff International Holdings plans to dig deeper into the accounting misdeeds that brought the retailing giant to its knees as it seeks to get to the bottom of some $7.4bn in fictitious or improper deals

James Rodriguez is unlikely to be involved in Real Madrid's first-team squad next season following the capture Eder Militao, according to a report.

Data being misused to call voters, misinform them: Gupta

Scientists at the University of Plymouth in the U.K. have released a remarkable video that shows an Apple iPhone being shredded to dust in a blender.

My name's Matt Turner, and I'm the Executive Editor at Business Insider. Starting today, I'm going to be sending out a weekly email highlighting some of the best reporting from our BI Prime coverage.

Hello!

My name's Matt Turner, and I'm the Executive Editor at Business Insider. Starting today, I'm going to be sending out a weekly email highlighting some of the best reporting from our BI Prime coverage. 

First off, here are some of the interviews we published this past week which I found especially interesting. 

• Joe Ciolli talked to Rob Arnott, the chairman and chief executive of the Pimco subadviser Research Affiliates LLC, about his big 10-year investing recommendation. Читать дальше...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a law giving clergy tax-free housing allowances is constitutional, overturning a ruling in Wisconsin that said it was an unconstitutional benefit. Religious leaders have fought for years to keep the substantial financial benefit. The lawsuit challenging it was filed by the Wisconsin-based Freedom From […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Authorities in New Jersey say a convicted sex offender lured a teenage girl to a boarding house and sexually assaulted her over a five-month period.

State govt had wanted to prosecute him for scaring young female customer

All things just keep getting better. At least, that's been the case for Antoni Porowski, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Bobby Berk and Jonathan Van Ness--aka your new Fab Five--ever since...

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday presented the BusinessLine Changemaker Of The Year award to Union Minister Arun Jaitley for successfully introducing the Goods and Services Tax (GST),...

San Francisco Giants alumnus Javier Lopez is bemoaning a rule change that might mean the end of the LOOGY — a left-handed, one-out guy. He was one of the greatest LOOGYs of all time and on three World Series rings with the Giants in the role.

From SABR member Rob Arthur at Baseball Prospectus on March 15, 2019:

Last week, MLB announced a partnership with the independent Atlantic League to experiment with sweeping, major rules changes. These included robotic umpire assistance and a three-batter minimum for relievers, as well as a two-foot increase to the distance from mound to plate. While it’s widely assumed that moving the pitcher’s mound back will benefit hitters by slowing down fastballs, the truth is more complicated. Читать дальше...

(CNN) — YouTube star Lilly Singh is ready to take on the mostly male world of late night TV. Singh will debut a new late night show in September called “A Little Late with Lilly Singh,” NBC announced Thursday. Samantha Bee and Busy Philipps both host their own late night shows, but Singh will be the only woman to host a show on one of the big four networks. The Indian-Canadian entertainer will take over for Carson Daly, who stepped […]

Wonder who helped Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell get new deals? Here are the agents behind the big contracts

No compromise on ban on movement of waste in open-top vehicles, says Collector

BJP filed defamation case saying remark hurt its reputation