Новости за 14.12.2023

HANGZHOU, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Newcomer Sport Center I Club of Vietnam missed out on the semifinals at the 2023 FIVB Women's Club World Championship after losing 3-0 (25-10, 25-22, 27-25) to Brazil's Dentil Praia Clube of Uberlandia in Pool B here on Thursday.

HANGZHOU, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champions Chen Yufei of China and Carolina Marin of Spain booked their spots in the women's singles last four in advance after taking straight-set wins at the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals here on Thursday.

Oil prices rose on Thursday, extending the previous session's gains on a slightly improved global demand outlook for 2024 and a weaker dollar.

GENEVA -- Road traffic injuries remain the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years and back in 2019 they were the 12th leading cause of death when all age groups were considered, the World Health Organization (WHO) says here on Wednesday.

Hulu is just the latest company to sever ties with the former rapper.

Apple’s 9th-gen iPad is back on sale via Amazon for $249, which is a 24 percent savings from the MSRP of $329. This isn’t the lowest price ever for the standard 10.2-inch tablet, but it’s darn close. This is the entry-level model with 64GB of storage, but that's still plenty to load up the tablet with all kinds of streaming apps and games.

The hit Hebrew-language drama series Fauda is officially the most popular Israeli series on Netflix, according to the streamer’s engagement...

(Photo credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports) The New York Red Bulls announced the hiring of head coach Sandro Schwarz on Thursday. Schwarz, 45, most recently managed Hertha BSC in his native Germany. He played 12 seasons (1998-2009) before head coaching stints at multiple European clubs, including Russia's Dynamo Moscow (2020-22) and his hometown club Mainz 05 (2017-19). "We are very pleased to welcome Sandro (S

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Last week, the National Black Justice Coalition commemorated its 20th anniversary by bestowing $35,000 in microgrants to more than 30 organizations supporting Black LGBTQ youth. The grants, issued as part of the civil rights organization’s Benevolence campaign, seek to financially bolster social justice and service organizations that focus on improving the circumstances of Black LGBTQ […]

U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in November as the holiday shopping season got off to a brisk start amid deep discounting.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. retail sales ticked up 0.3 percent in November from the previous month, according to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday.

(Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) The New York Mets signed right-handed reliever Jorge Lopez to a one-year contract on Thursday. The team did not announce financial terms. ESPN previously reported the deal was for $2 million. Lopez, 30, pitched for the Minnesota Twins, Miami Marlins and Baltimore Orioles in 2023, posting a combined 6-2 record with three saves and a 5.95 ERA in 61 appearances. He was na

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday that its foreign exchange reserves had increased by 21 million U.S. dollars.

BANGKOK, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's economic growth is projected at 2.5 percent this year, down from 3.4 percent expected in October as global headwinds hampered economic recovery, the World Bank said on Thursday.

JAKARTA -- The Indonesian police have arrested nine people on suspicion of terrorist activities in the province of Central Java, the police said on Thursday.

A team of computational scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has generated and released datasets of unprecedented scale that provide the ultraviolet visible spectral properties of over 10 million organic molecules. Understanding how a molecule interacts with light is essential to uncovering its electronic and optical properties, which in turn have potential photoactive applications in products such as solar cells or medical imaging systems.

CAIRO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- About 20 percent of tourists have canceled their reservations in South Sinai, a province that is home to some of Egypt's most popular tourist destinations, since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict due to concerns over the spillover of the violence, an Egyptian tourism official said on Wednesday.

Navin Jones’ mum has admitted first-degree murder and his dad is on trial after police turned up at their home and found the poor boy emaciated, skeletal and unconscious

FRANKFURT, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday decided to leave its key interest rates unchanged.

GENEVA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Road traffic injuries remain the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years and back in 2019 they were the 12th leading cause of death when all age groups were considered, the World Health Organization (WHO) says here on Wednesday.

LONDON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of England (BoE) has voted to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 5.25 percent, the United Kingdom's (UK) central bank said in a statement on Thursday.

A new column ripped Donald Trump's lawyers to shreds for comparing special counsel Jack Smith to the Grinch.

Carlos Alcaraz has struggled with injuries and a dip in form over the last few months.

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