Новости за 23.09.2019

Wales 43-14 Georgia: The Six Nations champions delivered a strong statement of intent less than a week before tackling Pool D rivals Australia in a huge group stage clash

Mutual fund managers have made hedge fund strategies available to retail investors who are looking for a boost to their returns or some added diversification. However, it's not for the uninitiated.

The minister also reiterated his intent to have Japan shut down its nuclear reactors to help prevent a possible repeat of the Fukushima disaster of 2011.

Ashleigh Barty remains the world number one for another week, according to the latest WTA rankings released Monday, but the Australian faces a tough battle in Wuhan if she is to stay on top.

“The hills are as alive” as ever, to reference the wonderful musical The Sound of Music. Certainly “Switzerland Gets Nature” as the lengthy poster on the red pristine airport bus insisted. Reaching Zermatt by train from Geneva airport, I slipped into neutral as the delights of the countryside passed me by. Less flashy than Gstaad, St. Moritz, or Klosters and more extreme, Zermatt is the last stop before the Alps create […]

What happened on Friday afternoon is what still has the small Vermilion Parish town buzzing. Continue reading…

FOXBORO, Mass. — New year, same result. In what is becoming a semi-annual tradition, New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore... Read More »

Travel agency Luxury Action is planning to build the "northernmost hotel in the world" by placing a group of heated glass igloos at the North Pole.  Named North Pole Igloos, the portable pods would each have glass walls and ceilings to allow guests to watch the northern lights play across the Arctic sky at night.

I'm in the midst of couple of weeks' worth of lectures, public events and teaching, and you can catch me in Toronto (for Seeding Utopias and Resisting Dystopias and 6 Degrees); Newry, ME (Maine Library Association) and Portland, ME (in conversation with James Patrick Kelly).

The arguments are heated but not insulting. The questions are probing with a purpose. This discussion on illegal immigration in the heart of North Texas is like many of those happening every day across the country, but this is not a normal discussion.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced Monday a probe into "inconsistencies" in laboratory data provided by Russia, raising the possibility of a fresh ban on the country in the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics. WADA said it had given Russia three weeks to respond after problems with the data came to light. The revelation opens the door for fresh sanctions against Russia, which was banned from the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics over doping. "Ensuring the authenticity of the Moscow (laboratory... Читать дальше...

With fashion favourite Rebecca Judd absent from this year's event, many WAGS and celebrities pulled out all the stops to bring glamour and glitz to the Brownlow Medal red carpet on Monday night.

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), which had queered the pitch for candidates of the Congress and the NCP in the April-May Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra on certain seats, on Monday ruled out alliance with these parties for the assembly elections scheduled next month. However, VBA leader Prakash Ambedkar has clarified that his party, Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM), was open to a seat-sharing dialogue with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul- Muslimeen (AIMIM), the estranged ally with which it had contested the Lok Sabha polls. Читать дальше...

A new report says refugee children need more mental health supports and education supports as well as help to integrate in Irish society.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Health insurance has emerged as a central issue in the Democratic presidential primary contest. The major candidates are divided between those who favor a national health-insurance system -- commonly referred to as Medicare for All -- and those who favor letting the government compete with private insurers, sometimes known as the public option. Either way, Democrats seem certain to make a big push for some sort of expansion of health insurance.The typical justification given... Читать дальше...

“Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE,” Drew Scanlon wrote on Twitter. “If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society.”

NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Oklahoma’s interim president is speaking out following a recent blackface incident. According to the OU Daily, a freshman posted a picture of himself wearing a black charcoal face mask on his Instagram account with the caption “another day, another case.” The freshman told the OU Daily his post was taken out of context. Earlier this year, two separate incidents of blackface occurred on OU’s campus. The first on January 18, after a Snapchat video […]

Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that it "would be troubling in the extreme" if President Donald Trump pressured Ukraine's president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden amid an ongoing controversy over a call Trump had with the foreign leader that was part of a whistleblower complaint.

Mini Soccer Awareness Workshop Surrey Youth League  are pleased to announce that SYL Referee Development officer Steve Worsley has arranged to run a Mini Soccer Awareness Workshop for both leagues at   Metropolitan Police Sports Club, Imber Court, Ember Lane, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 0BT Thursday 17th October 2019 7pm to 9.15pm. This workshop is […]

Before the guns fell silent in 1945, the Allies had already drawn up plans for gathering as much German technology as they could take. What did they find?

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A look at what the UFC makes and spends on their events

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Also, Dayman returns to TV this week, or something.

PPC confirmed the appointment of Roland van Wijnen as chief executive, who takes over from Johan Claassen on October 1.

This weekend Malaysians marched in a Global Climate Strike drawing attention to regional environmental degradation.