Новости за 31.05.2016

As the outcry against the Cincinnati Zoo’s killing of a 17-year-old gorilla continues to grow, officials insist that the three-foot tall barrier meant to keep visitors out is adequate and that the four-year-old boy’s ability to gain access to the enclosure was not due to negligence.

The New York City Porn Festival, an annual event that has become synonymous with summertime for queer and non-queer people alike in the Big Apple, is returning once again this weekend -- and we couldn't be more pumped about it.

 – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has called for sweeping political reform  – He said Nigeria is failing as a state and its states need greater autonamy  – The former leader made his comments while attending the launch of the book ‘We Are All Biafrans’ Former vice president Atiku Abubakar said on Tuesday that Nigeria, […]

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians have recalled right-handed reliever Shawn Armstrong from Triple-A Columbus.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians have recalled right-handed reliever Shawn Armstrong from Triple-A Columbus.

The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is working on contingency plans that up to 700,000 people could be displaced by a planned offensive to retake Iraq's second-largest city from the Islamic State group, according to the WFP's head in Iraq. Iraqi forces, with help from a U.S.-led coalition, this year are expected to push to retake Mosul, the de facto capital in Iraq of the terrorist organization, also known as ISIS.

– Forced marriages become second highest form of slavery in the country – Burundi is the only country that makes slavery awareness an annual practice The havoc of Boko Haram has made Nigeria more enslaved people than any other country in Sub-Saharan Africa with 875,500 out of 6,228,800 in Africa and 45.8 million in the […]

Retired Col. Morris Davis was dismissed from his Library of Congress job in 2009

As per the university's existing guidelines, the colleges are allowed to admit up to five per cent of its students under the sports and ECA quota.

It will take about 5 more months for the works to start under the Smart City project.

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An old alliance between Parisian Haute Couture and English aristocracy was rekindled on British soil today as Dior chose the Duke of Marlborough's residency in the Oxfordshire countryside as the setting for its latest cruise show. 

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GENEVA, Switzerland, May 31 (UPI) -- England, France and Australia will require standard, plain packaging for cigarettes, the first of several countries considering a WHO proposal to do so.

TWO EGG, Fla. (AP) — What came first, the Chicken or the Egg — or make that the Two Egg?

In the new Axwell Λ Ingrosso song "Thinking About You," the verses are underpinned by a light, snappy drum loop and a simple keyboard line...

The demise of Sports Authority has reignited a fight in Colorado over the future of the Denver Broncos' stadium, a place long tied to the city's identity.

The United States will cooperate with Russia on determining the details of the attack on the hospital in Syria’s Idlib province.

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A distant planet 1,200 light years away from Earth, which may have rocky topography and an ocean, could be capable of sustaining life, according to a new study.

"We found there are multiple atmospheric compositions that allow it to be warm enough to have surface liquid water," lead author Aomawa Shields, a postdoctoral program fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles, said in a press release. "This makes it a strong candidate for a habitable... Читать дальше...

– The bill for students to access loans to further their education has passed the second reading at the House of Representatives – Gbajabiamila argued that the bill would afford indigent students the opportunity to seek admission into higher institutions in the country – Speaker Dogara referred the bill to the committee on tertiary education and […]

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WASHINGTON, May 31 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice responded harshly to a judge's accusations that government lawyers deceived him in a case involving Barack Obama's immigration policy.

The US Census Bureau publishes annual estimates of population changes in the 381 government-defined metropolitan statistical areas in the country. Along with overall population change, the Bureau also releases the major subcomponents of population change.

In a trendy part of Manhattan, Cadillac is taking the next step in its efforts to revitalize its brand image.

Jurors have found former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson guilty of trying to hire someone to kill the prosecutor who helped convict him in his third wife's death

As you have likely heard, on this past Saturday a 4-year-old boy fell into the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo.