Новости за 18.05.2016

The possibility of a new meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will be discussed at the May 18-19 NATO foreign ministers' meeting, the alliance's secretary general said on Wednesday.

Bangalore-based Namotel Company has launched Namotel Acche Din pricing it at just Rs 99 and claims that it is the cheapest smartphone in the world.

State Street’s Dave Mazza looks at six factors driving the 6-year-old global bond market, including demographics, financial regulation and others.

One of the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Nigeria, by Boko Haram in April 2014 has been found.

Monika Choudhary, alumna of the Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has been conferred with “Nestlé Research Award” in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of nutrition with focus on public health relevance.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton should apologize to the Poles for having said they think "democracy is too much trouble" and want to have an "authoritarian dictatorship," Poland's prime minister said Wednesday.

GOOR - Voor de 27-jarige Gornenaar Aschwin Kruders en zijn bedrijf Sportpromotions.nl breken drukke, maar mooie tijden aan. Want hij zal de belangen van vier Nederlandse topsporters tijdens de Olympische Spelen in Rio de Janeiro behartigen. Het gaat om de wielrensters Anna van der Breggen en Annemiek van Vleuten, atlete Jip Vastenburg en taekwondoka Reshmie Oogink.

A prominent public service building located a stone's throw away from Canberra's city bus interchange and the planned light rail terminus will hit the market on Thursday.

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WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman receives $17.5 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for KC-10 engine overhaul work.

Ed Adamczyk
CHICAGO, May 18 (UPI) -- Kevin Edwards, the third suspect in the November shooting death of Tyshawn Lee, 9, was returned to Chicago and charged with first-degree murder.

Editor’s Note:  The controversy surrounding the federal government’s decision to remove the fuel subsidy continues to rage across Nigeria.  Naij.com reader Emmanuel wrote in to tell us how lucky Nigerians were to have former president Goodluck Jonathan and how President Muhammadu Buhari’s rule is causing him to weep tears of sorrow for his nation. I […]

Screech caught up with Slater — but not to relive their glory days at Bayside High.

Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly appear to have called a truce in the fight that began at the first GOP debate.

Just a week after suspected Islamists hacked a Bangladeshi activist and an associate to death, another friend has received a chilling message.

Ringing Bells' Freedom 251 took the world by storm it was launched and declared as the world's cheapest smartphone at just Rs 251.

Drake and Jared Leto go under the microscope on today's episode of Ellen when they play "Never Have I Ever" with the host -- and...

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New York police fatally shot a man who the New York Police Department said came at officers with a knife during the early-morning rush in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday.

A police bullet also grazed a woman, who was being treated at Bellevue Hospital, according to The New York Daily News.

The man was killed at the corner of 49th Street and Eighth Avenue.

"I heard three shots," Abraham Obaretin, a local newspaper vendor, told DNAinfo. "Boom, boom, boom. Читать дальше...

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LOS ANGELES, May 18 (UPI) -- Michael Weatherly said of all his "NCIS" co-stars, he may miss his own character, Tony DiNozzo, the most.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been meeting with the Chief Ministers of drought affected states to find a collective solution to the burgeoning problem.

Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez may have died of cancer, but he didn't die of natural causes, according to the country's Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz.

Remember this LeBron James dunk from last night? The still photo is even better than the video: Look closely at that basketball. That's how vicious LeBron's first-half dunk was in Game 1. (via Tony Dejak/AP) pic.twitter.com/G29V5cJqwA — ESPN (@espn) May 18, 2016

Hundreds of thousands of people were also displaced, and officials said that the death toll was likely to rise.