Новости за 12.05.2016

The gun used to kill Trayvon Martin, a young black teenager who was shot in Florida, is being auctioned at a starting bid of $5,000.

British mountaineers Kenton Cool and Robert Lucas became the first foreigners to summit Mount Everest after a deadly earthquake ended last year's climbing season, an expedition operator said.

The FDNY is inviting the public to check out more than 200 firehouses and EMS stations for its second annual “open house” event on Saturday.

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It’s glitzy, it’s glam, it’s oozing with cheese – it can only be the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Aetna said it plans to continue its Obamacare health insurance business next year in the 15 states where it now participates, and may expand.

Analysts said the poor showing over the past couple of months is further evidence that the eurozone is facing a softer economic outlook in light of a number of factors, including uncertainty over the state of the global economic recovery, emanating in particular from the slowdown in China. Within the eurozone, economic confidence could be jolted by any renewed worries over Greece's future in the single currency bloc, though these appear to be easing, as well as the upcoming Spanish general election.

The Nigerian currency on Thursday, May 12, made an appreciable growth against the American currency after the removal of fuel subsidy. The announced removal of fuel subsidy on Wednesday, May 11, had created a widespread uproar by Nigerians who believe that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is insensitive to the plight of its citizens. But […]

Carlos Ghosn, left, chairman of Nissan, with Mitsubishi’s chairman, Osamu Masuko, at a news conference Thursday in Yokohama, Japan.

World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea signs a two-year contract extension with his Kawasaki Racing Team.

Funding cuts to the aged care sector threaten to push sick and frail residents into hospitals.

Central bank wants time to see how negative interest rates affect the economy

The Canberra Capitals have begun their rebuild by snaring two key signings for next season.

British Prime Minister David Cameron announced Thursday his country's commitment to establish in London a coordination center to tackle corruption.

Russia regrets that Ukrainian negotiators are too often changing their position during the peace process and do everything to avoid fulfilling their obligations. The issue of establishing an OSCE police mission in Donbass cannot be considered without the full implementation of the Minsk agreements, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

It's no no secret that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has in recent years been plunged into a crisis that has rendered it unrecognisable from the mighty federation it once was.

Guess there really is magic involved.

Disney India's Beauty And The Beast is currently playing at NSCI, SVP Stadium, Mumbai. Here's what the cast looks like before and after makeup:

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This is one of the most interesting editions of the BTC Cup in recent memory. All of the early money has been for Japonisme and it is easy to see why.

An antigovernment demonstrator outside Congress in Brasília on Wednesday.

Two men’s late-night walk with 11 goats was suspicious enough to attract the attention of patrolling police in KwaZulu-Natal who quickly established that the animals had been stolen.

Prince's ex-wives Manuela Testolini and Mayte Garcia have paid tribute to the late music star by organizing a special memorial service overnight...

Belarus owes Russia's energy giant Gazprom $125 million for gas deliveries for January-April 2016, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Thursday.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been suspended from office to face an impeachment trial in the Senate on charges that she broke budget accounting rules.

A parolee who served more than a decade in prison for killing two people, is using sport as a tool for transformation.