Новости за 19.05.2016

Ed Adamczyk
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) -- The House of Representatives passed a bill providing $622 million to combat the Zika virus, a third of what the White House requested.

ENSCHEDE - Supporters van FC Twente zijn op internet een petitie begonnen met als doel te bereiken dat de club haar proflicentie behoud. Donderdag rond 19.00 uur hadden al ongeveer 6.500 mensen de petitie getekend. De teller loopt nog steeds gestaag op.

ALMELO – De rechtbank heeft drie Twentse bedrijven failliet verklaard. Fashion Evolution BV uit Rijssen hield zich bezig met de exploitatie van websites en de ontwikkeling van internetconcepten. Curator is mr. Niemans.

Trade prospects brighten after the signing of 14 agreements

(ATTN: FIXES year in 6th para) SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of South Korea and Mongolia agreed Thursday to seek an increase in flights between the two nations and expand cooperation in the latter's infrastructure construction and overall econ

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO invited the Balkan nation of Montenegro to become its 29th member, agreeing Thursday to expand for only the seventh time in its history despite Russia's angry objections.

Uber is testing its first self-driving car on Pittsburgh's streets.

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Stephan Manning, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Marcus M. Larsen, Copenhage Business School
One of the themes in the presidential race is how decades of free trade have dealt a blow to the American worker as millions of jobs were shipped overseas.

Keith Urban, Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan are among the country superstars who will perform during the 2016 CMT Music Awards, the network announced...

University of Toronto professor Robert Reisz says Tyrannosaurus Rex likely had lips to cover its jagged teeth

You'd be hard pressed to find somebody in the United States who doesn't know what a Chuck Taylor is.

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - ING-topman Ralph Hamers had donderdag een gesprek met de Italiaanse premier Matteo Renzi. Volgens een woordvoerder van het financiële concern had die ontmoeting geen specifieke aanleiding.

As a recurring feature, our team combs the Web and shares some amazing Amazon deals we’ve turned up. Here’s what caught our eye today, May 19.

HENGELO - De brandweer is donderdagmiddag uitgerukt naar de Twekkelerweg in Hengelo, waar een caravan in brand stond. De brand was snel geblust.

Keith Urban was specifically promoting his new album, Ripcord, when he spoke to USA Today earlier this month, but he could have easily been talking...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates were little changed this week, at or near their lows for the year. The low rates come amid the spring home buying season, luring prospective purchasers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ticked up to 3.58 percent from 3.57 percent last week. It's far below its level a year ago of 3.84 percent. The average rate on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages was steady at 2.81 percent.

Op verzoek van de advocaat van Badr Hari (30) is het proces tegen de kickbokser in Marokko uitgesteld tot 24 mei. De verdeging heeft meer tijd nodig om zich voor bereiden, wisten lokale media te melden.

Er zijn flinke celstraffen geëist in de rechtszaak rond de terreurcel die vorig jaar werd opgerold in het Belgische Verviers. Tegen de vier voornaamste leden van de cel eiste de Belgische justitie gevangenisstraffen van 18 jaar, 16 jaar en 15 jaar (tweemaal).

Mine rescuers were on Thursday battling at a Rustenburg mine in North West to retrieve two miners who are trapped underground.

The Lagos state government has sealed the popular Alade Market in the Ikeja area of Lagos state. The closure was carried out on Thursday, May 19 by the Lagos state waste management authority (LAWMA) as a result of poor environmental sanitation exercise. There have been reports of impending closure of the market and a relocation […]

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson will be speaking at IGNITION: The Future of Digital about how he keeps the company on the cutting edge by expanding into digital media and beyond.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad Al Hussein praised the US drug manufacturer Pfizer's decision to restrict sales of drugs used in lethal injections, according to a statement released by his office on Thursday.

The International Monetary Fund’s board will consider disbursing $1.7 billion in assistance to Ukraine upon successful conclusion of the second review tentatively scheduled for July, IMF Communications Department Director Gerry Rice said in a press briefing on Thursday.

 – Ibrahimovic will leave PSG  – The player is reportedly in talks with numerous top clubs  – The forward says he already knows his next club  – Ibrahimovic’s wife will reportedly choose next club for the player According to the rumors Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s EPL move after departing Paris Saint-Germain at the end of his contract in the summer […]