Новости за 16.08.2020

Lisa Diederich Photography / The Hermitage Hotel

• On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th and final state to ratify the 19th amendment, granting 27 million women across the US the right to vote.
• For six weeks leading up to that day, suffragists and anti-suffragists campaigned for the votes of state congressman in the halls of Nashville's The Hermitage Hotel.
• The fight for women's right to vote in The Hermitage Hotel became known as the "War of the Roses."
... Читать дальше...

It is less than two-and-a-half years since Sevilla stunned Jose Mourinho's Manchester United in the last 16 of the Champions League.

Sachin Tendulkar remembers how impressed he was with MS Dhoni's hard-hitting abilities during the latter's first tour.

The committee member, who did not wish to be named, also said that a “voluminous report” has been prepared, after carefully considering all aspects of the policy, and it will be submitted to the state government in a couple of days.

K-League 1 2020 - Matchday 16 - Played 16-Aug-20 - Posted by binger

Remote villages in Pathanamthitta to be opened for tourists to discover

A cascade of job losses loom for aviation amid the coronavirus pandemic as manufacturers work through cuts and airline aid is set to expire.

Earning the pole and taking off at RPM Speedway, Justin Zimmerman captured his eighth career victory with the ASCS Elite Non-Wing Series presented by Abilene Powder Coating. [...]

JERUSALEM, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Israel's GDP contracted by annualized 28.7 percent in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the first quarter of the year, according to a report released by the stat

1. Flight attendants turn to dog walking, contact tracing for extra income as they brace for job cuts  CNBC
2. United Airlines Saves Just 3,500 Flight Attendant Jobs Through Voluntary Measures; Proposes Last-Ditch Plan  Paddle Your Own Kanoo
3. United Airlines cabin crew in Hong Kong in last-ditch effort to save their jobs, as carrier mulls mass lay-offs  Yahoo Singapore News
4. View Full Coverage on Google News

By Alper Ali Riza As it is the silly season I shall ignore the dark clouds of war on the horizon and bury my head in the sand like the proverbial ostrich and wait for events before saying anything other than I told you so a long time ago. It...

Officers have sealed off part of Glasgow Green following the attack on the girl on Saturday.

K-League 1 2020 - Matchday 16 - Played 16-Aug-20 - Posted by binger

A restaurant in China has apologised for asking customers to weigh themselves before entering as part of a national campaign against wasting food. Customers at the Chuiyan Fried Beef restaurant in the city of Changsa were requested to stand on bathroom scales and enter personal information into an app before they sat down to eat. The app would then recommend food choices by matching their weight to the calorific content of a dish, according to state media China News Service. The app recommended... Читать дальше...

About 90 residents were sent to a nearby community centre while firefighters tackled the blaze.

EMMERDALE’S Bhasker Patel celebrated his return to set with a socially distanced selfie with his on-screen wife Rebecca Sarker. The actor – who plays Rishi Sharma in the ITV soap – looked over the moon to be back outside The Wool Pack yesterday after production bosses halted filming back in March due to the ongoing […]

4,224 officers have been diverted to the faceless assessment unit, leaving 2,000 in the residual jurisdiction, which will no longer carry out assessments

For those who like to place a wager on motorsport, there are many different sports you can bet on. One of those is NASCAR, a popular series of races that many people follow and wager on.

The number of coronavirus cases per 100,000 people in Greece has almost quadrupled in a fortnight - and looks to be passing the UK's quarantine threshold of 20

K-League 1 2020 - Matchday 16 - Played 16-Aug-20 - Posted by binger

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn called the test “groundbreaking” in its efficiency.

...

Jumbo said.

The next race on his calendar is the delayed Tour de France which begins on 29 August.

The Slovenian withdrew after a nasty fall which left the physical phenomenon badly gra