Новости за 12.04.2019

The Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran assumes that economic sanctions are weakening the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and that more sanctions will make the IRGC weaker still.

Cristiano Ronaldo debuted his golden hairdo with a diving header to earn Juventus a precious away goal against Ajax in a 1-1 draw in the Champions League quarterfinal first leg but the Italian press warned Thursday the young Dutch team remain dangerous after eliminating three-time holders Real Madrid.

Ahed’s remarkable 46-match domestic winning run ended Thursday after the recently crowned Lebanese Premier League champions stumbled to a 3-0 defeat to Ansar.

The pound stumbled below $1.31 Thursday after a delay of up to six months to Brexit left traders scratching their heads about the direction for the British currency, with few expecting wild price swings in the months ahead.

The universally beloved former pitcher had battled throat cancer in the last year.

Here's the match report for the last ball thriller between Rajasthan Royals and CSK.

HEAVENER, Okla. – The LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Silver Alert for a missing 83-year-old man. Harold Snyder was last seen Thursday morning wearing a black leather jacket, blue jeans, cowboy boots, and a brown cowboy hat. If you have any information on Snyder’s whereabouts, please the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office at 918-647-2317.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Thursday it would meet with American commercial airlines that use the Boeing 737 MAX, which has been grounded worldwide since mid-March following two accidents that killed 346 people. The meeting, scheduled to take place on Friday in Washington, comes as Boeing faces intense scrutiny after 157 people died in an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash on March 10 -- the second deadly crash involving the aircraft in five months. Security representatives from American Airlines... Читать дальше...

Hoping to revive stalled talks on eliminating North Korea's nuclear weapons, President Trump told South Korea's president Thursday that he won't lift "fair" sanctions on Pyongyang but is willing to consider "smaller deals" such as humanitarian aid for the communist North.

I'd say ... probably married or in a relationship.

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It has become common for Brooks Koepka to hit top form at a major. He and Bryson DeChambeau were the star performers at Augusta on Thursday.

Nearly 20,000 people gathered at LA's Staples Center to honor deceased rapper Nipsey Hussle in a public memorial service following his shooting death on March 31.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has said the manner in which the UK government executed the arrest of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is demeaning to human dignity, and his long-running persecution is a blow to journalism.
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Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas; Rand Paul, R-Ky.; and Mike Lee, R-Utah; are proposing a law that would unlink seniors from a longtime rule that requires them to participate in the “voluntary” Medicare program if they want their Social Security benefits. “Making this change will have no impact on those who have enrolled, wish to stay enrolled or […]

Nach der Auszählung aller Stimmen bei der Wahl in Israel hat die rechtskonservative Likud-Partei des Ministerpräsidenten Benjamin Netanyahu ein weiteres Mandat erhalten. Der Likud verfüge nun über 36 von 120 Sitzen im Parlament, teilte das Zentrale Wahlkomitee am Donnerstagabend mit. Das oppositionelle Mitte-Bündnis Blau-Weiß von Ex-Militärchef Benny Gantz blieb bei 35 Mandaten.

On Thursday, Pultizer Prize-winning business writer David Cay Johnston wrote an editorial laying out the hard truth for Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin: he has no legal choice but to hand over President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress. The law says he must. “The reason will no do...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The attorneys of former US army soldier Chelsea Manning in a press release said that the indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on conspiracy charges is strengthening their client's claim of grand jury abuse.

We aspire to treat 80 percent of our waste and landfill 20 percent, Environment Minister Fadi Jreissati announced Tuesday at the opening of this week’s Waste Management Expo at the Hilton Beirut Metropolitan Palace.

The International Monetary Fund warned of dangerous consequences for the U.S. economy if moves such as President Donald Trump’s calls for Federal Reserve interest-rate accommodation lead to monetary policy mistakes.

Wall Street’s main indexes dipped Thursday, hit by a drop health care shares, but gains in financials ahead of big bank earnings helped limit losses.

Carlos Ghosn’s illegal arrest has interrupted his care for chronic kidney failure, which the ex-Nissan Motor boss suffers from as a result of treatment for high cholesterol, his defense alleged in documents seen by Reuters Thursday.

Akram Kanaan looked toward an Israeli military position on a snow-capped mountain that overlooks the village of Shebaa in southern Lebanon, pointing toward the scenic area captured by Israel more than five decades ago.

MADRID, Spain – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, arrested in London on a US extradition request , is the target of "political persecution," the man coordinating his defense said Thursday, April 11.

Report: Amazon takes more digital advertising market share from Google-Facebook duopoly GeekWire Amazon will be the big winner in the digital advertising world for 2019, according to a new report tha

Scientists who promote the theory of anthropogenic climate change contend a rise in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to human activity is causing catastrophic warming. But a new scientific study finds that the current CO2 levels of 410 parts per million were last seen on Earth 3 million years ago, points […]