Новости за 02.08.2019

A US judge has recommended that a New York police officer accused of placing a black man in a banned choke hold just before his death five years ago should be fired, sources told AFP Friday. The landmark case fueled nationwide "Black Lives Matter" protests calling for police to be held accountable for the deaths of unarmed African-Americans in custody or facing arrest. NYPD Deputy Commissioner and departmental administrative judge Rosemarie Maldonado oversaw the disciplinary process for officer Daniel Pantaleo... Читать дальше...

The 19-year-old Jamaican artist is earning hits and hype, with an appearance in Toronto Aug. 5 at the Jambana One World Festival.

US President Donald Trump brushed aside North Korea's missile tests on Friday saying that while they may violate a UN resolution Kim Jong Un will not want to "disappoint" him because he has "too much to lose." Underlining his intense personal support for North Korea's leader, Trump fired off three tweets playing down the short-range missile launches. "There may be a United Nations violation, but Chairman Kim does not want to disappoint me with a violation of trust, there is far too much for North Korea to gain," Trump said. Читать дальше...

The head of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research said Friday he was going to be sacked following a row with President Jair Bolsonaro over deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Ricardo Galvao had accused far-right Bolsonaro of "cowardice" for publicly questioning satellite data produced by the INPE institute that showed Amazon rainforest deforestation had increased 88 per cent on-year in June. "My words about the president have caused annoyance, so I'm going to be fired," said Galvao. Two weeks ago... Читать дальше...

Virginia's attorney general has decided not to appeal a ruling that struck down a state law allowing police to arrest and jail people designated as "habitual drunkards."

The next step for rookie wide receiver Miles Boykin will be to use his strong training camp as a launching pad for a productive rookie season.

This week Samsung introduced the Galaxy Tab S6 Android tablet with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor and a $650 starting price. But it looks like the company may have another Snapdragon 855-powered device on the way — a Galaxy Book S that runs Windows rather than Android. A few details began to leak last month, […]

Jada Pinkett Smith was apprehensive. In late February, news surfaced that her longtime family friend Jordyn Woods (best friend to Kylie Jenner) had hooked up with Khloe Kardashian's...

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Singapore's Raffles Hotel reopens (photos) CNN Singapore's historic Raffles Hotel has officially reopened to guests following extensive renovations that left the hotel completely closed for a

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At. Long. Last. Rapper A$AP Rocky has been released from jail in Sweden. President Donald Trump celebrated the news Friday...

Free trade agreement between Singapore and Britain in the works: Vivian Balakrishnan CNA Singapore is working with Britain on a trade deal that will port the provisions of the EU-Singapore Free Trade

Snap Inc. turned to the consumer-packaged-goods sector to fill its new global head of brand role, tapping Procter & Gamble head of digital media and global partnerships Craig Stimmel. Stimmel revealed that he was leaving P&G in a LinkedIn post earlier this week, but he did not indicate his next move. Snapchat's parent company confirmed...

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Apparently "Inglourious Basterds" is the cleanest of Tarantino's nine feature film scripts.

1. ASAP Rocky trial: Swedish judge temporarily releases rapper  BBC News
2. A$AP Rocky freed from Swedish jail pending assault trial verdict  The Guardian
3. Rapper A$AP Rocky released from Swedish jail ahead of assault verdict  Sky News
4. ASAP Rocky released from custody amid assault allegations  Evening Standard
5. US rapper ASAP Rocky released by Swedish court - and can leave the country  Mirror Online
6. View full coverage on Google News

A gravity-defying tower aimed at 'sustainable urbanism' has opened in Singapore CNN The newly-opened Robinson Tower in Singapore might baffle you at first glance: the upper section appears to

Key data from the pricing sessions in China, Europe and the United States for the week ending Friday August 2.

Our main stories today: Security Council concern over DRC Ebola outbreak, head of UNICEF deplores ‘devastating week’ for children in MENA region, climate crisis to have ‘extensive’ effect on human settlement

Lonnie David "L.D." Cook, an Oklahoma native who was one of the last known survivors of the U.S.S. Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Wednesday at age 98, his daughter said.

The continued talks suggest that both sides hope to avoid a blackout of ESPN and other Disney channels.

RUTH LANGSFORD - who presents This Morning alongside her husband Eamonn Holmes - took to Instagram to show fans a wardrobe malfunction she suffered ahead of filming for her QVC show today.