Новости за 03.08.2016

RIO DE JANEIRO — When Hungarian native Szandra Szogedi steps onto the judo mat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, she’ll be making history as the first-ever female judoka to represent Ghana. Born in Budapest, Szogedi started judo at age 11, after a friend of her father’s recommended the sport. With a background in gymnastics,

James Bell X poses with his guitar while performing at the It’s So Miami Lounge at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown hotel on Saturday (July 30) in Chicago, Ill. The 18-year-old singer played a special set during Lollapalooza weekend that afternoon. James is a rising star and guitar prodigy who you should keep an eye on! [...]

Once a month (or so), I'm bringing you an episode of the Pickathon Pumphouse Series, filmed in the tiny Pumphouse studio on the grounds of the Pickathon music festival in Happy Valley, Oregon, by Live & Breathing. For more on the festival and the series, see this post.

Black Lives Matter activists force Bratton out of office in NYC and the Movement for Black Lives releases their policy platform.

Daniel J. Graeber
BISMARCK, N.D., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- With the governor calling for tighter purse strings, the oil-rich state of North Dakota said it had one of the strongest business environments in the country.

Editor’s note: President Muhammadu Buhari has been facing critisicm over sectionalism in his appointments. Musa Audu, NAIJ.com guest contributor, alleges that the president does not control the incumbent government and his own appointments. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the editorial policy of NAIJ.com. When President […]

The Obeid family's lawsuit against the former head of the NSW corruption watchdog has been reduced to a "vestige", the Supreme Court has heard.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s Constitutional Court is considering whether to make gay sex a crime after accepting a judicial review petition from Islamic activists. A group calling itself the Family Love Alliance says an existing law that criminalizes sex between adults and minors of the same gender, and which mandates prison sentences of up to

Police are investigating a case of assault in Grabouw after an independent ward candidate allegedly stabbed an ANC official.

The Republican establishment fights back. The Kansas State Legislature lost 11 Tea Party types close to Governor Brownback, including the Senate Majority Leader.

Andrew V. Pestano
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A new poll found 23 percent of Americans are at least somewhat worried about contracting the Zika virus while 77 percent are not seriously concerned.

There is one real Neymar in the Brazilian Olympic team who meet South Africa in Brasilia on Thursday night‚ and at least three who have been dubbed as “new Neymars” in the country.

Is anyone willing to ante up $90 million for the out-of-favor goalkeeper?

Azealia Banks has had a difficult relationship with the internet, one that she wants to end for good. So, on Tuesday, the controversial rapper...

If moving around the city hunting virtual monsters isn’t really your thing, but grazing on tapas on a bar crawl is, then Croquemon Go is quite possibly the game for you.

A plane has caught fire after it 'crash-landed' at Dubai International Airport on Wednesday afternoon.

ALBERGEN - Een auto is woensdagmiddag achterop een andere auto met een aanhanger gebotst op de Ootmarsumseweg in Albergen.

There were 282 passengers and crew onboard, including six Americans.

Volunteers spent an hour scrubbing the memorial.

A lot of animals have been escaping recently.

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe was calm and relaxed as he stood in the long queue at the Killarney Country Club in Houghton to cast his vote.

NEW YORK (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio has given good friend Jonah Hill a scare on a New York City street.

NEW YORK (ANP) - Het Amerikaanse mediaconcern Time Warner neemt een belang van 10 procent in streamingdienst Hulu. Dat maakte het moederbedrijf van onder meer HBO, CNN en de filmstudio's van Warner Bros woensdag bekend, zonder op bedragen in te gaan.