Новости за 21.04.2016

President Andrew Jackson, who is the face of the $20, will be replaced by abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to Susan Ades Stone, co-founder of the group Women On $20s.

Desperate African migrants often camp out in the forest for months or years waiting for a chance to jump fences and walls toward two nearby Spanish enclaves — their opportunity to reach Europe.

A day after the first criminal charges related to Flint's lead tainted water were filed, residents of the Michigan city and others wonder how high up the investigation into the crisis will go.

Tennessee's alternative to Obamacare is faltering. Steve Inskeep talks to Knoxville's mayor about health and political issues. Chris Green of Berea College weighs in on the area's political leanings.

A federal appeals court ruled a transgender boy may sue the school board for discrimination because it banned him from using the boy's bathroom. Attorney Joshua Block talks to Lourdes Garcia Navarro.

Volkswagen’s shares continued to gain ahead of a court deadline when the car maker is expected to submit a proposal to resolve its emissions-cheating scandal in the U.S.

Gwinnett County Public Schools spokeswoman Sloan Roach tells news outlets that 40-year-old Michael Appelbaum was arrested Tuesday after a former student told police she had had a sexual relationship with Appelbaum while she attended the Gwinnett County School of Mathematics. Jail records show Appelbaum is facing multiple counts of aggravated child molestation and one count of sexual assault by a teacher.

Lender is backed by the billionaire Pears family and plans to offer savings products and mortgages

Melbourne is stuck in traffic gridlock, with every major road heavily congested and pouring rain adding to drivers' woes tonight.

–  Ijaw youths want the Bayelsa Assembly to swear-in opposition lawmakers – The youths say the Assembly is not executing its duty – The state governor disowns himself from the controversy surruonding the Assembly The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has issued a warning to the Bayelsa state House of Representative to swear-in the three lawmakers […]

The parallel lives of two women celebrating their 90th birthday

Life as a Chinese government official just ain’t what it used to be.Officials pinched so many pennies last year amid an austerity push that they didn’t spend all of their travel and entertainment budget.Spending on these perks — travel, vehicles and entertainment — came in 15% below budget at 5.37 billion yuan ($830 million), according to the Ministry of Finance.”Various departments strictly implemented the savings requirements,” the ministry said on ...

ENSCHEDE- TV Enschede FM is dit jaar opnieuw genomineerd voor de titel Beste Lokale Omroep van Nederland. Dat is donderdag bekend gemaakt door de OLON, de Organisatie van Lokale Omroepen in Nederland. De zeven genomineerde omroepen presenteren zich half mei voor een vakjury, met presentator Toine van Peperstraten als voorzitter. Op vrijdag 10 juni wordt de winnaar bekendgemaakt in Beeld en Geluid in Hilversum, als afsluiting van de Week van de Lokale Omroep.

Dutch police found a secret room at the Brussels airport where Islamist radicals would gather to pray, a Dutch broadcaster reported.

– John Odigie-Oyegun, the APC national chairman said the party would never allow the PDP to take over the Senate leadership should Bukola Saraki be removed – He said APC is still the majority party in the Senate so the issue of losing the number three position does not arise – Oyegun had earlier hinted that […]

South Korean group beats forecast while European mills struggle

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–  An artist has transformed his wife into Prof Wole Soyinka – The result is awesome An unnamed Nigerian artist has transformed his beloved wife into a man. Not just an ordinary man but to the well-loved Nigerian literary icon and Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. The artist displayed his dexterity with painting when he […]

The golden segment of Turkey's economy has been killed by a series of unforgivable domestic and foreign policy mistakes, columnist Mehmet Tezkan wrote in Wednesday’s issue of the Istanbul-based newspaper Milliyet.

Moeder Esther Daniels krijgt een likje van dochter Floor Wensing (9), rechts op de foto zit Mees van Maren (9) met een hoorn in de hand.

There are more black African students from poor or working-class backgrounds at South Africa’s universities than ever before. But research shows that very few of them actually finish their degrees. Many drop out at undergraduate level.