Новости за 25.08.2016

Burkini bans in several French coastal towns this summer have prompted a debate in France and outrage among many people abroad. Proponents of the bans argue that burkinis represent the servitude of women and violate France's secular policies.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly fewer people filed for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign the American job market remains healthy. Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, suspects the flooding in Louisiana will put some people out of work and send unemployment claims higher over the next week. Overall, he says, "employers remain fundamentally optimistic over the economic outlook." Weak productivity growth could hobble the U.S. economy and keep a lid on pay gains.

The Video Music Awards are coming back to the city where they started, but going for the first time to one of the city's premiere venues, Madison Square Garden.

Justin Lopez, of Bushwick, was picked up Wednesday by members of the NYPD Special Victims Squad for the July 2 attack, officials said.

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TORONTO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Stan Lee has come to the defense of Zendaya following reports that the actress will be portraying Mary Jane Watson in "Spider-Man: Homecoming."

Social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are "consciously failing" to combat the use of their sites to promote terrorism and killings, according to a new report, which says they have become "the vehicle of choice in spreading propaganda and the recruiting platforms for terrorism."

Cillessen arrived on Thursday morning at Barcelona where he passed a medical and signed his contract.

Grâce à des petits cœurs. Tout à fait.

– Popular rapper Illbliss says he is done with music – Many finds it hard to believe as he was still talking about his third album less than 24 hours ago – Could this be a publicity stunt? Celebrated Nigerian rapper Illbliss is calling it quit with music? The Aye Po Gan singer took to […]

Schäuble would do better to spend more money at home, writes Martin Sandbu

Various forces are attempting to infiltrate sport with Cold War-style political tensions, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.

J. Lo's love don’t cost a thing — until you ditch her for a boys night out.

Samsung is joining the growing market of voice-assisted speakers that is currently being dominated by Amazon Echo. For its entry to this market, the South Korea company is designing a Bluetooth-connected speaker that has its own microphone for quick and easy detection of voice commands. The Galaxy Note 7 maker has already submitted documents about its upcoming speaker to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, so it won’t come as a surprise when the electronics giant announces the device and its release date soon.

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Global messaging service WhatsApp announced Thursday that it would begin sharing users’ account information with Facebook, which purchased the company for $19 billion in 2014.

The move, according to a WhatsApp blog post, is aimed at testing “ways for people to communicate with businesses in the months ahead.”

The company claims that it will continue to provide messaging services “without third-party banner ads and spam,” and that the change could... Читать дальше...

  Editor’s note: A university lecturer, Mr Kolawole Anthony has expressed his views on the state of affairs in the country especially terrorism. In this opinion article. he said everything about the campaign on terrorism has changed from the old orders with both international and local commentators now acknowledging the achievements of our military. He said […]

Ook op de redactie stijgt de temperatuur ons deze dagen naar het hoofd. Zo deden we een tamelijk vreemde ontdekking in alle weercijfertjes die onze redactie overspoelen. Wat blijkt? Een warme augustus in Twente betekent dat er alvast een streep kan door zowel de witte kerst als Elfstedentocht...

The bail bid of jailed twins Brandon-Lee and Tony-Lee Thulsie, who are accused of plotting terror attacks on Jewish and US interests, was postponed to October.

Uber lost at least $1.27 billion before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the first six months of 2016, Bloomberg reported.

– An jinkirta zaben fidda gwanin jam’iyyar APC a takaran gwamnan Jihar Ondo – An dakatad da shi zuwa karshen wata Jam’iyyar APC shiyar Jihar Ondo ta dakatad da zaben gidsa gwani na takaran gwamnan jihar Ondo da aka shirya yi a ranar 27 ga wata. Sakataren hulda da jama’a na jam’iyyar ya alanta hakan […]

S.C. Democrats are divided over a decision by their leaders to drop the party’s founders from the name of the Democrats’ annual fundraiser. Critics say the change is unnecessary and discounts the achievements of former Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Supporters say the S.C. Democratic Party must change with the times.

Kent Police have added a man with connections to Maidstone to their most wanted list.

Mmmmm, moist!

Alibaba ya tofa albarkacin bakinsa akan tsare mutumin da sanya ma karensa suna Buhari, yace shugaba buhari yayi gargadi da sifeto janar na yan sanda da kuma babban lauyan tarayya. Ya rubuta : “Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari dattijon arziki ne. Hakazalika kuma shugaban kasa msi ci ne . kada ayi komai domin bata sunansa ko gwamnatin […]

Liam Gallagher announced plans to release a new solo album in 2017.