Новости за 21.04.2016

LOS ANGELES - Musicians, actors and other celebrities reacted to the death of music great Prince with shock and anguish Thursday. Here are some of the reactions they posted to Twitter or released in statements:

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Thursday Mexico would take steps toward legalizing marijuana-based medicines in a national drug policy overhaul that seeks to increase the amount that weed users can legally carry from 5 to 28 grams, Reuters reported.

Move follows French inquiry into whether carmakers beyond VW were cheating in emissions tests

Hyderabad openers chased down the target with 31 balls remaining.

Washington has no plans to closely cooperate with Moscow in Syria, the US Department of State said.

Legendary pop superstar Prince died at the age of 57 at his Paisley Park estate in Minnesota early Thursday morning. It didn’t take long for celebrities and fellow musicians alike to take to social media to share their reactions to the news, ranging from disbelief to honoring the award-winning artist. A spokesperson for MTV released the...Read more »

TALLAHASSEE, Florida - A man serving two life sentences for killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend will get a new trial after the Florida Supreme Court ruled his confession shouldn't have been heard by jurors.

Tuition-free universities were unlikely to become a reality in South Africa, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said.

Prince took to the stage at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards to accept his Icon award -- but instead of words, Prince just performed, rocking out on...

KAPOLEI, Hawaii - Two pilots are slowly carving their way into a new future of solar-powered flight as one of them embarks on the latest leg of their around-the-world journey in a plane powered only by the sun.

An Air Force official told members of the Pease Restoration Advisory Board it will "probably (take) decades to restore the water" at the former Pease Air Force Base.

In an exclusive for CNBC Pro subscribers, Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research, discusses the presidential election.

As tributes roll in from around the world, the Golden State Warriors paid a simple but thoughtful homage to music great Prince on Thursday.

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will ask Congress to raise the limit on decriminalized marijuana for personal use to 28 grams, or about one ounce.

ENSCHEDE-  Exploitant Arjan Ligtermoet van Diveworld is onaangenaam verrast dat het indoor duikcentrum volgens de gemeente ineens niet aan de regels voldoet. Diveworld kreeg onlangs een aanschrijving wegens het overtreden van de Wet Milieubeheer. Volgens Ligtermoet gaat het om een brandwerende ruimte voor de drukcilinders van duikers.

More than 13 years after an Egyptian cleric was kidnapped off the streets of Milan by CIA operatives, one former agency officer now living in Portugal faces extradition to Italy and the possibility of a four-year prison sentence for the abduction — an outcome that a former agency historian describes as "unprecedented."

On Wednesday, the first Russia-NATO Council meeting at the level of permanent envoys in Brussels in two years failed to yield any significant results due to the sides' disagreement on a number of geopolitical issues.

A year after he surprised the arts world by giving $100 million to Lincoln Center, David Geffen is dropping another cool hundred million on a second New York institution, the Museum of Modern Art.

Saudi Arabia is planning to build a canal that will connect the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Sea bypassing the Strait of Hormuz controlled by the Iranians. Since the canal would pass the Shia territories in Yemen, Riyadh needs to take the country under full military control, Craig Murray notes.

Naxaliites have threatened to blow up Gaya Junction railway station in Bihar, report claimed on Thursday.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday criticised the Modi government after Uttarakhand High Court quashed the order of that had put the state under President's Rule.

A musical genius, a cultural icon, a seemingly ageless and endlessly curious and challenging and infuriating and inspiring...