Новости за 14.11.2016

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York school district paid an 11-year-old child advocate $6,500 plus expenses for serving as keynote speaker for staff and hosting a student workshop last week.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York school district paid an 11-year-old child advocate $6,500 plus expenses for serving as keynote speaker for staff and hosting a student workshop last week.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York school district paid an 11-year-old child advocate $6,500 plus expenses for serving as keynote speaker for staff and hosting a student workshop last week.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York school district paid an 11-year-old child advocate $6,500 plus expenses for serving as keynote speaker for staff and hosting a student workshop last week.

Name-calling and a slew of insults were the order of the day when perceived “enemies” of the ANC Youth League came under fire.

8 of Donald Trump’s Most Surprising ’60 Minutes’ Answers President-elect compliments “strong and very smart” Hillary Clinton and “terrific” President Barack Obama President-elect Donald Trump sat down with Lesley Stahl for “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, and viewers may have been surprised by what they heard: The Republican who consistently trashed immigrants during his campaign — filled with rhetoric that many Americans believe has encouraged racist, sexist and xenophobic behavior across the country ... Читать дальше...

In July, Pistorius, 29, was given a six-year jail term after an appeals court upgraded his manslaughter conviction to murder.

Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain will be a "global champion of free trade," in a speech acknowledging that the election of Donald Trump and the U.K. vote to leave the European Union mark an era of profound world change. May is making her first major foreign policy speech Monday at ...

The University of Johannesburg says the security guard who allegedly murdered student Kelvin Baloyi at the Yard was not their employee.

The Chiefs spotted the Panthers a 17-0 lead on Sunday and trailed 17-3 heading into the fourth quarter when the game flipped. A field goal cut the Carolina lead to 11 points, Eric Berry’s interception return for a touchdown pulled the team even closer and another Cairo Santos field goal tied the game with 4:25…

Frank Kaminsky got his shot wrecked against the Cavaliers, but at least he was hounded by a defender – LeBron James, no less. Hornets teammate Spencer Hawes had no such excuse.

Cumhurbaşkanı Recep Tayyip Milli Tarım Projesi kapsamında Külliye'de önemli açıklamalarda bulundu. Erdoğan, "Başbakan burada! Bunu ilk defa söylüyorum. Ben diyorum ki yıl sonuna kadar sabredelim sonra...Devamı için tıklayınız

December is just around the corner, and in Spain that means it’s time for the much-hyped advert for the country’s Christmas Lottery. As usual, it’s a tear-jerker that is just as likely to leave viewers feeling blue as it is to make them optimistic over their chances of winning.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President-elect Donald Trump are scheduled to meet on November 17 in New York City.

The European Union should reconsider its approach to the bloc's defense and to increase its military spending, Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti said Monday.

SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it has signed an agreement to acquire U.S. automotive electronics firm Harman International Industries Inc. for about US$8 billion. With the deal, Samsung will secure "a significant pr

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US State Secretary John Kerry discussed on Monday in a phone call the Syrian crisis with the focus on the situation around the embattled city of Aleppo, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Global temperatures are soaring toward a record high this year, the U.N. weather agency said Monday, while another report showed emissions of a key global warming gas have flattened out in the past three years. The reports injected a mix of gloom and hope at ...

Andre Marriner, the referee who famously mistook Kieran Gibbs for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, will officiate the first meeting between the two sides this season

ROME — Police in Rome are investigating the apparent vandalism of the famed Elephant and Obelisk statue designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the Piazza della Minerva near the Pantheon in Rome.

The passing week has been a highly tensed one, with US presidential election come to an unexpected end. Nigeria and the world at large reacted in ways unimaginable. There an unsteady atmosphere following the outcome of the elections, many aggrieved are protesting, street walks have turned from harmless to violent and the feeling in America […]

Candidate Donald Trump pledged to "drain the swamp" in corrupt Washington DC.  But immediately after the election, he moved to pick out his transition team and Cabinet short-list from some Binders Full of Lobbyists -- a collection of paid advocates for banks, oil companies, junk food, and cable TV providers.

More...

On Friday afternoon, twenty-four hours before the grandest mixed-martial-arts event in history, Madison Square Garden was already full of fans who had gathered to watch the athletes weigh in. Actually, this was the second weigh-in of the day—and it wasn’t really a weigh-in at all. The competitors had already stepped onto a scale at a smaller, private weigh-in, which was quiet but consequential: one of them, Kelvin Gastelum, had been too heavy, and his fight against Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone had been cancelled. Читать дальше...

Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed his disappointment Monday with Hillary Clinton’s failure to secure the support of white working-class voters in last week’s presidential election. Donald Trump “very effectively” tapped into “the anger and angst and pain that many working class people are feeling,” the Vermont independent senator who challenged Clinton in the Democratic primary said […]

Colin Kaepernick did not vote in Tuesday’s presidential election, saying at the time that it didn’t matter to him who won. On Sunday, after the San Francisco 49ers lost 23-20 to the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Arizona, Kaepernick defended his action. “You know, I think it would be hypocritical of me to vote,” Kaepernick told […]