Новости за 19.05.2016

British police say they have arrested a man who scaled a wall and got into the grounds of Buckingham Palace.

Iggy Pop took center stage at the press conference for Jim Jarmusch's documentary Gimme Danger, which focuses on his punk band The Stooges....

– Flight operations continue despite threats – Security operatives take over the airport – All staff remained at their duty posts A faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) failed on Thursday to ground flights at the Lagos airport in what has now been considered an unsuccessful attempt to force a reduction of fuel price […]

England and Wales remain banned from naming the people involved in a much publicised extra-marital threesome.

It looks like Benjamin Netanyahu, in his 4th term as premier, has pulled off another piece of political sleight of hand worthy of a “House of Cards” script.

Clayton Kershaw is arguably in the midst of the best 6-season run ever seen by a starting pitcher in MLB history. What is really scary is that this year he is on pace to have his best season yet.

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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos fired back at Donald Trump, calling the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's barbs at him not “appropriate.”

Marco Pannella, veteran politician who was best known for his role in the legalisation of divorce and abortion in Italy, has died.

A sweet viral photo is touting the benefits of skin-to-skin contact with newborn babies.

(ATTN: ADDS paras on strong home sales of "The Vegetarian") SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- Sales of Man Booker International Prize winner "The Vegetarian" by South Korean novelist Han Kang have soared overseas, a Korean literary agency said Wednesday.

Hawkish Federal Reserve minutes may finally push mortgage rates off their near-three-year lows.

Japanese atomic bomb survivors say an apology from President Barack Obama for the US bombing of Hiroshima would be welcome.

A court motion was filed on behalf of family members identified as a niece and a great-niece.

Justin Trudeau apologised to lawmakers after an altercation in which he accidentally struck a member of the opposition with his elbow.

Wall Street investment banks had a lousy January and February. 

That put a serious dent in revenues, as the first quarter of the year is usually responsible for a disproportionate fraction of annual revenues.

March and April were better, and we're now midway through May. 

So far, two months have been terrible, and two months have been OK-ish. So where do we go from here?

According to JPMorgan banks analyst Kian Abouhossein, the answer is probably down.

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Paul Ryan's willingness to bring the amendment up for a vote suggests he plans to stick by his commitment to taking tough votes on spending bills.

The founder of SelfWealth has ambitious targets for his crowd-based comparison tool that is outperforming the ASX by more than 13 per cent.

A commercial featuring two gay men kissing over a dinner table has sparked outrage among South African viewers.

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PARLIER, Calif., May 19 (UPI) -- A Canadian couple traveled to California to demonstrate their love for each other and animals as they were married in front of more than 1,000 cats.

In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, NNSA researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) recently demonstrated ways to accelerate materials science.

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Watch a film clip from "Maggie's Plan," starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke and Maya Rudolph. Photo: Sony Pictures Classics

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is calling on Greece's European creditor nations to ease the country's debt repayment terms substantially, but agrees that no outright cut to the loans is needed.