Новости за 10.02.2016

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said Wednesday that it would suspend operations at a joint industrial park with North Korea in response to the North's recent rocket launch, the first time in the park's decade of operation that Seoul has halted work there.

OECD study shows that 22 per cent of the teenagers struggled with arithmetic, with 17 per cent below par in reading, and 15 per cent in science

Nidhi Pandey, a housewife from Lakhimpur Kheri, 167-km from the state capital, contacted the helpline of a local news channel and sought to know how she can contact the hospital and proceed with her wish to donate a kidney to Koppad, who is battling for his life.

Twintig euro voor een patatje. Niet zomaar eentje, maar een friet kaviaar. Het is de nieuwste troef van patatzaak Tante Nel aan de Pannekoekstraat in Rotterdam, die behalve patat ook drank, zoals een hippe gin-tonic, serveert.

Built from modules and fitted with a car-stacker, this Rockingham apartment building is an innovative development.

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will unveil an upgrade of its Emad ballistic missiles this year, the defense minister was quoted as saying, advancing a program that has drawn criticism from the United Nations and sanctions from the United States.

The Islamic Republic would also start taking delivery of an advanced Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system in the next two months, Hossein Dogan added - a system that was blocked before a landmark nuclear deal with world powers. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is considering hitting North Korea with more stringent sanctions in the wake of Pyongyang's satellite launch and technical advances that U.S. intelligence agencies say the reclusive Asian nation is making in its nuclear weapons program. The bill that senators are expected to vote on Wednesday targets North Korea's ability to access the money it needs for developing miniaturized nuclear warheads and the long-range missiles to deliver them, according to the legislation's backers. Читать дальше...

SYDNEY - A 93-year-old World War II veteran from the United States embraced his wartime girlfriend in Australia in their reunion Wednesday after more than 70 years apart.

U.K. stocks struggle for direction in early trade on Wednesday, with mining firms getting hit as metals prices dropped across the board.

The UK oil company plans to tackle its $4bn debt pile by taking an axe to capital expenditure for 2017

– Nigerian army says the 250 protesting soldiers should not be taken seriously – The soldiers said they were dismissed because they were late for a parade – The army says the officers were among the 3. 000 soldiers dismissed for mutiny The Nigerian army has accused some soldiers of being unpatriotic in the ongoing […]

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday exhorted Congress leaders in Kerala to shed their differences and fight the coming assembly polls unitedly even as party leaders in the state asked the party vice president not to have any truck with the CPI(M) in West Bengal.

Jessica Alba heads to a doctor’s office on Monday afternoon (February 8) in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 34-year-old actress had big news to share that day about her company Honest Beauty, a spinoff of The Honest Company. The brand will be launched into 250 Ulta stores this month! “Ulta Beauty’s commitment to providing customers with [...]

Orange expects its Democratic Republic of Congo subsidiary to expand rapidly after it bought Millicom International Cellular SA’s operations.

Nissan Motor reports profit that beat analyst estimates as the Rogue crossover drove increased demand in the US.

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana - The defense for a Terre Haute man accused of killing his first wife in 1975 claims the case against him is circumstantial.

Hundreds of species of native tropical plants will soon have a chance to thrive in the cool climate of Canberra.

As Ebola fades in West Africa, a mental-health crisis is coming in its wake.

Thirteen-year-old Nicole Lovell was found dead by the side of the road 100 miles from her Blacksburg, VA home on January 30, 2016, three days after she disappeared in the middle of the night. In the months leading up to her death, the teen had been chatting with men on social media, and it has been reported that that is where she may have met the man charged with murdering her, 18-year-old Virginia Tech freshman David Eisenhauer.

Nicole’s father, David, says as soon as he learned about his daughter’s death... Читать дальше...

What the people here have said is, given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics, and establishment economics. Even if they are not supporting me now, I support them. Because I know, I know I have had a blessed life, but I also know what it's like to stumble and fall. [...] many people across America know that feeling. — Maybe just maybe we're turning the page on the dark part of American politics because tonight the light overcame the darkness, and you made it happen. Читать дальше...

The warm winter this year had many a rose growers worried about the quality and quantity of their produce. However, a drop in temperature between January 21 and 30 has the community cheerful again with production beating expectations.

TV psychic Lillyanne claims the error was made by admin staff and she had no idea.

Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber reveals “wish list” of issues to be tackled by Jacob Zuma in his #SONA2016 on Thursday.

SARS still does not know the full extent of tax evasion, despite its work probing foreign bank accounts held by South African residents.