Новости за 13.07.2016

Scottish group slashes fund value in bid to stay operational

Newly appointed Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar has been tasked with looking after India's engagement with West Asia, a strategically key region with which the Modi government has stepped up its engagement.

France international defender Lucas Digne has joined Barcelona on a five-year deal from Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain, the Catalan club said on Wednesday.

A $25 million gift in October helped push fundraising at the University of Missouri's flagship campus to a record high despite several months of high-profile turmoil stemming from the administration's response to racial incidents

An analysis by the majority-Democratic New York City Council finds that Donald Trump's lightning-rod proposals to deport illegal immigrants and temporarily ban Muslims could hurt the local economy

Russian authorities briefly detained and then deported the chief of the board that oversees U.S. government broadcasting overseas, including the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, the agency said Wednesday, the latest move amid heightening friction between Washington and Moscow.

The son of late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry says his father would have been on board with an Enterprise crew member being portrayed as gay, but he's unsure if it should have been helmsman Hikaru Sulu.

A two-year-old drug-sniffing dog with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has died after being left alone in a hot car. 

Relieved NSW coach Laurie Daley is adamant he feels no pressure about his future after the Blues needed a last-gasp try for a face-saving win in the State of Origin dead rubber on Wednesday night.

In honor of Bastille Day, Yahoo Style and Yahoo Beauty are examining what it means to be a “French girl” — the myths, fantasies, and realities that all help define that certain je ne sais quoi. What’s  vrai, what’s faux, and what’s a total faux pas? When I think of ‘French girl beauty,’ there are generally two versions. The most famous one is probably the old school, sex kitten fantasy situation of decades past: The winged black liner and plush lashes, a poufy bouffant, and nude lips made famous... Читать дальше...

In honor of Bastille Day, Yahoo Style and Yahoo Beauty are examining what it means to be a “French girl” — the myths, fantasies, and realities that all help define that certain je ne sais quoi.

The total UK Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) debt is over £300bn. To put it more simply: this debt would cover the entire NHS budget for approximately two and a half years

He can't wear No. 4, because it's been retired.

An influential political lobby in Japan will do its utmost to capitalize on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's election victory and push for the constitution to be revised to allow a more active military, the group's chairman said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON — Russian authorities briefly detained and then deported the chief of the board that oversees U.S. government broadcasting overseas, including the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, the agency said Wednesday, the latest move amid heightening friction between Washington and Moscow. The Broadcasting Board of Governors said in a statement that its chairman,

The NBA enacted slightly more punitive rules against teams that employ Hack-a-Shaq. Surprise, surprise: Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and the league office don’t see eye-to-eye. Tim MacMahon of ESPN: Mark Cuban told ESPN he voted against new deliberate foul rules. "Rewarding incompetence is never a good business strategy," he said. — Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) July […]

Billionaire George Soros, who infamously made $1 billion in a single day, September 16, 1992, by short selling the British pound, becoming known as “the man who broke the Bank of England," now warns the UK that its referendum on Brexit is going to turn into “Regrexit”.

Russian authorities briefly detained and then deported the chief of the board that oversees U.S. government broadcasting overseas, including the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe

Nintendo has done the impossible once again. Not did the company get Pokémasters outdoors for some much-needed exercise, their new app now seems to be getting people off porn.

Commenting on what he sees to be a new attempt by US policymakers to use Europe as a battering ram against Russia, a prodigious Russian blogger and geopolitical analyst ponders the implications of the titanic efforts being made by Russia and China to detach the continent from Washington's embrace.

Wheat, corn oats and soybeans higher on the CBOT, beef mostly lower and pork higher on the CME

It's huge, it's historic and, if a group of petitioners get their way, it could soon be an official city landmark. It's Boston's Citgo sign.

By Paul Jankauskas, General Manager, Verifone Media

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