Новости за 17.05.2016

Turns out the guy in the video is an aspiring dancer and he’s got plenty more videos where that one came from.

You know what they say: A happy worker is a productive worker.

And to prove it, Happify, a website and app that uses science-based interactive activities aimed at increasing your happiness, created this graphic to help employers and employees stay happy. Check it out:

Happify

NOW WATCH: The simplest way to get — and stay — happy, according to psychologists

President Jacob Zuma said the behaviour of EFF MPs who clashed with parliamentary security staff was the “product of a very violent society” borne out of the apartheid system.

She’s back, with love.  The K-pop world held its breath in 2014 as then-Girls’ Generation member Jessica Jung left the group,...

Who has won the accolade as the PL's best player 23 or under?

President of Brazil, poet, and sorcerer in league with The Devil?

Michel Temer has had a rough first couple of days as Brazil's interim president, following being called up from the vice presidency thanks to his boss being impeached.

He hired a cabinet full of only white men in multicultural Brazil and, unfortunately, managed to sound like he was possessed during his first big speech. You can hear his demonic voice at the 13:57 mark, right when he says... Читать дальше...

Alexis Tsipras said that he expects Greece's eurozone lenders to complete the review of the country's reforms next week with a view to resumed economic growth later in 2016.

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Bill Gates enjoys his summers just like the rest of us, but that doesn't mean he thinks our brains should take a vacation.

The Microsoft founder and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation head recently announced on his Gates Notes blog five recommendations for summer reading. They cover topics ranging from business to math to the origins of humanity itself.  

Here are the titles to keep an eye on.

"Seveneves" by Neal Stephenson

After a science-fiction dry spell of more than a decade... Читать дальше...

The search for the remains of a Bronx nurse ended with the grisly discovery of a partially buried suitcase.

Daniel Uria
NORTH CONWAY, N.H., May 17 (UPI) -- A weather observer in New Hampshire braved extremely windy conditions to see how long he would be able to stand upright.

Google heeft dinsdag een nieuwe project gelanceerd: de Art Camera. Een speciaal team heeft extreme close-ups gemaakt van bekende schilderijen, onder meer in Nederlandse musea.

WEST FORKS, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts man chaperoning his son's Boy Scout trip to Maine died after falling into the water on a whitewater rafting trip, officials said.

WEST FORKS, Maine (AP) — A Massachusetts man chaperoning his son's Boy Scout trip to Maine died after falling into the water on a whitewater rafting trip, officials said. Nearly 70,000 people pay commercial outfitters to lead whitewater rafting trips each year in Maine, and there hasn't been a death in several years, MacDonald said.

This faultless bed and breakfast on the shores of Loch Ness earns every one of its five stars. Exceptionally stylish with luxurious bedrooms, inviting public rooms, one of the best breakfasts in Scotland and glorious loch views from every room; you won’t find a better spot for monster-spotting.

Gold is back. The shiny metal has gained 17 percent this year as investors have moderated projections of U.S. economic growth. The surge has been enough to entice hedge fund guru George Soros — who once called gold “the ultimate bubble” — to buy into gold funds and related stocks, filings showed this week.

UK telecoms group raises its annual payout for ten years in a row

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has put forward a bill to extend human rights protections to transgender Canadians.

Carwyn Jones is set to be re-elected first minister as Labour and Plaid Cymru AMs back a deal to end the week-long deadlock over the post.

The Netherlands government finds new ways to fill prisons.

Andrew V. Pestano
CARACAS, Venezuela, May 17 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch has urged the OAS to invoke a measure that would initiate a council meeting over fears of a diminishing democracy in Venezuela.

The US' plans to supply arms to Libya's international recognized government might create even more division in Libya, in the absence of an agreement between Libya's warring factions, Mohamed Eljarh, nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, told Radio Sputnik.

Host Bob Boilen rejoins co-host Robin Hilton for this week's essential mix of new music, tales from Bob's week on the road and a heart-stopping amount of coffee.