Новости за 01.08.2016

Susan L. Jurevics

It's official — Pottermania is back.

The "Harry Potter" spinoff "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" is due at the box office this fall. The JK Rowling-approved play "The Cursed Child" opened in London Saturday to glowing reviews. Then the production's script hit shelves today — sparking record numbers of pre-orders in the US.

But then again, passion for this magical franchise never really went away, largely thanks to Pottermore. With former Sony exec CEO Susan Jurevics at the helm... Читать дальше...

WSJ. asks six luminaries to weigh in on a single topic. This month: Curiosity.

Three couples were given public lashings for their crimes.

McCain blasts Trump over remarks about family of Muslim American soldier

Physical intimacy is paramount for humans. So, all over the world people come up with stunning and even crazy traditions and practices. Learn what fathers in Cambodia do for their teenage daughters. In most countries, fathers are protective of their girls and do not allow them to be late out at night with their boyfriends. […]

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A bass caught on a One Knocker Spook.

We tend to hold onto the painful angling memories the longest and for me, that means missing an eye-popping topwater strike from a bass that rolled up from a piece of wood, knocked my One Knocker Spook a foot and a half into the air and then rudely denied me the follow-up bite.

Over the next 30 minutes, the Spook produced several catches, but none bore the dimensions of that first-cast bruiser. Читать дальше...

Sharon Stone played a weather forecaster over the weekend, reporting from a pool and telling her followers to “stay cool.”

Fantasy-sports websites FanDuel and DraftKings are cutting back sharply on their advertising, as they seek to rein in spending.

CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations-backed Libyan government has announced that the U.S. military has begun conducting airstrikes against the Islamic State group at the government's request.

British manufacturing activity tumbled to its lowest level since 2013 in the wake of the U.K.’s decision to exit the European Union, according to a closely watched survey.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Public Schools is set to open its first virtual school for kindergarten through eighth-grade students this month.

The Omaha Virtual School will be open to home-schooled students, giving them a mix of face-to-face instruction and online lessons, the Omaha World-Herald reported (http://bit.ly/2aJ5AFv ). Not every student can find success in a traditional school environment, and our school will be providing another option for families to explore. Students will be required to sign up for at least two courses, which cover core subject areas such as math and language arts, as well as several technology-oriented electives.

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If the city and the developer can pull off the redo of Macy's building, downtown St. Paul won't be missing much. (OK, there is one thing.)

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen apologized Monday to her island’s 530,000 indigenous Austronesian people to mark the government’s role in decades of racial discrimination, use of native land and forced cultural assimilation.

Audi boss Rupert Stadler was forced to pay nearly $14,000 to reimburse parent company Volkswagen for the cost of an expensive beer drinking competition.

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The good times may be over for stocks. At least that's what Goldman Sachs thinks. The investment bank downgraded stocks to underweight for the next three months.

France's foreign minister called on Moscow and Washington to facilitate peace process in Syria.