Новости за 25.08.2016

Sonia Rykiel, the eponymous designer of the French brand best known for Parisian chic and whimsically printed knits, passed away Thursday at age 86. The French designer succumbed to Parkinson’s disease after battling the affliction for well over a decade.

The world's longest aircraft came into contact with "high voltage power cables" before nosediving on landing, UK Power Networks says.

There's a new A-list star in Jimmy Kimmel's neighborhood! Kendall Jenner recently moved out of her condo and into a house of her own, and it just so happens to be across the...

Jimmy Choo stock is surging after the company said sales of men's products are spiking and its business in China is booming.

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EpiPen price hikes may be causing outrage, but those pale in comparison to the huge increases that Mylan Laboratories took on dozens of other medicines earlier this year.

For instance, the company raised the price of ursodiol, a generic medicine used to treat gallstones, by 542 percent.

There was also a 400 percent boost in the price for dicyclobm/cateine, which combats irritable bowel syndrome, and a 312 percent increase for metoclopramide, a generic drug that treats gastroesophageal reflux disease. Читать дальше...

Bijan Zanganeh will attend gathering of ministers in Algeria in September

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — The Sigma Nu fraternity has suspended all activities of its Kappa Sigma chapter at Texas A&M University following the death by drug overdose of a member last weekend.

Soldiers and police sealed off some of the Buddhist pagodas around Myanmar's ancient capital of Bagan after at least 187 of the brick temples were damaged in a powerful earthquake.

Two bands earn No. 1s on Billboard's rock airplay charts (dated Sept. 3), as Cage the Elephant tops Alternative Songs and Kaleo crowns Rock...

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Tre Mason, the 23-year-old Rams running back who went missing earlier this summer and who was eventually checked into a hospital after acting strangely in an encounter with the police, is not expected to return to the NFL anytime soon.

According to his mother, Tina, that is because concussions have given the former Auburn standout "the mindset of a 10-year-old."

Earlier this week, TMZ obtained audio of a conversation between police officers and Mason's mother. Читать дальше...

Josh Innes, the drive-time host at WIP, was let go Wednesday, the CBS-owned station confirmed to Philly news outlets.

Ironically, perhaps the first honest thing she's said this campaign, however inadvertent.

Republican nominee Donald Trump is linking his "movement to take back the country" to Britain's surprising vote to leave the European Union.

Scientists from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (NRNU MEPhI) developed a plasma generator that creates a high-intensity pulsed magnetron discharge in the steam of melted material, the university's press service reported.

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MANCHESTER, England, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Tiny bubbles made of graphene, the famed one-atom-thick material, can withstand tremendous pressures.

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has lost his place in England's senior squad after being called up for the Under-21s.

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Today, on August 25, 2016, the U.S. National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday.

From the founding of the first park — Yellowstone — to today, the park service has protected and preserved large swaths of wilderness, from shorelines to mountain ranges, as well as myriad of historic sites and monuments. And today, the park system expands across 84 million acres, covering 412 sites.  

Over the last century, these parks are, and have always been... Читать дальше...

Val Derbyshire argues that some Mills and Boon books are feminist texts and Radio 4 newsreader Kathy Clugston reads some extracts.

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Presidential candidate Evan McMullin, the independent running as a "Never Trump" conservative alternative, told Business Insider on Wednesday that Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence had left him "confused."

When asked during a Wednesday interview about his initial thoughts on several individuals, McMullin seemed hesitant to deliver a one-word description of Pence, the Indiana governor who is Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's running mate. Читать дальше...

Are you a pro when it comes to pastry?

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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A Colorado police department said a 300-pound bear was relocated after spending two days camped out under a resident's porch.

Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Wal-Mart all looking into claims cheap sheets were passed off as premium cotton

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's outlawed Kurdish PKK militant group attacked a convoy of the main opposition party leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, while he was traveling in the northeast of the country on Thursday but he escaped unharmed, the interior minister said.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish rebels opened fire Thursday at security forces protecting a convoy of vehicles carrying Turkey's main opposition party leader in the northeast, wounding three soldiers, Turkey's interior minister said.

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. U.S. stock indexes are wavering between small gains and losses as a late summer lull on Wall Street continues. Several companies fell sharply in midday trading Thursday after reporting disappointing results. Dollar General dropped 14 percent after its earnings