Новости за 15.11.2016

According to a member of the APEC Business Advisory Council, a trade war between the US and China will unlikely happen as both countries have much to lose.

After being barred from entering the UK and Canada, self-styled Islamic evangelist Zakir Naik has also been banned in his home country. Winner of the Saudi King Faizal International Prize, Naik’s speeches are alleged to have motivated the Dhaka Café attackers.

SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will send a team of high-level security and trade officials to Washington this week to discuss cooperation on key policy issues with the U.S. government transition team, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said

49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick may be the focus of an American political movement, but he has never been a voter, according to records obtained by The Sacramento Bee.

Cuba has pardoned 787 prisoners in response to a call by Pope Francis to consider granting inmates...

CNN's Chris Cuomo began a segment earlier this morning on New Day about Trump possibly wanting his children to get security clearance and CNN counter-terrorism analyst Philip Mudd immediately became a condescending jerk when he wanted to change the subject.

Downing Street has issued an unprecedentedly dismissive reprimand to US firm Deloitte, for publishing an unsolicited memo criticizing the UK's Brexit plans. British media had reported that the memo was commissioned by the government, but a spokeswoman slammed the claim as a naked attempt by a company to interfere while "touting for business."

Pipelines are center stage in a fight over the nation's energy future, concerns about climate change and private property rights. Donald Trump's election means the battles are likely to continue.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that the case of Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev, accused of bribery, must be investigated thoroughly. He added that no minister or governor has immunity if a corruption-related crime has been committed.

– The Nigerian Air Force attacked Boko Haram terrorists in Borno – Some of the terrorists fled but were later cornered with many of them confirmed dead The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has carried out an aerial bombardment of Boko Haram hideouts in Borno state. The news of this offensive against the terrorists is coming […]

Netflix’s ‘The Little Prince': Behind the Scenes Look at Magic of Animation (Exclusive Video) Since it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015, “The Little Prince” has made more than $100 million around the world [...] streaming on Netflix, a behind the scenes  glimpse at “The Little Prince” released on Tuesday shows how the film uniquely fused together four different types of animation: hand drawn 2D animation, CG animation, paper cutout animation and stop-motion animation. The film flawlessly... Читать дальше...

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At the end of my grandfather’s life his doctor prescribed a powerful hydromorphone against the pain of bone cancer. A lot of Germans were busy knocking holes in the Berlin Wall around that time, and I showed up to say goodbye to my grandfather just as Dilaudid was bringing its soft hammer to bear on his habit of silence: out flowed a record of his misadventures, his ambiguous luck, his feats and failures of timing and nerve. He had been installed in my... Читать дальше...

I don’t know that the world reserves a great deal of sympathy for touring musicians. The reigning narratives of life on the night-club circuit tend to be proud tales of debauchery, prurience, and the gleeful shirking of grown-person responsibility. Even in its less glamorous iterations, the road has an odd allure, a goony romance. Who wouldn’t rather be smoking endless cigarettes by a dumpster in some colorless parking lot than vacuuming the bath mat again?

Bono, a man, won a Woman of the Year Award from Glamour. “I think it’s gonna be hard to give another one of these awards next year, because, frankly, there is no one better deserving than Bono. Ali Hewson, Bono, Eve Hewson and Jordan Hewson attend the Glamour Celebrates 2016 Women Of The Year Awards.

Bono, a man, won a Woman of the Year Award from Glamour. “I think it’s gonna be hard to give another one of these awards next year, because, frankly, there is no one better deserving than Bono. Ali Hewson, Bono, Eve Hewson and Jordan Hewson attend the Glamour Celebrates 2016 Women Of The Year Awards.

LeBron James was reportedly open to considering the Knicks in 2014 free agency because they hired Phil Jackson. It’s hard to see LeBron working with Jackson now. LeBron’s manager Maverick Carter chastised Jackson for describing LeBron’s friends and business partners as his “posse.” Unsurprisingly, LeBron has Carter’s back. The surprise is the degree to which […]

Every year, the National Book Foundation nominates 20 books — five fiction, five nonfiction, five poetry, five young adult — for the National Book Award, which celebrates the best of American literature. And every year (okay, every year since 2014), we here at Vox read all 20 finalists to help you smart, busy people figure out which ones you’re interested in. Our thoughts on the 2016 nominees are below.

The cringeworthy artifact is expected to sell for $20,000.

A headed goal by Jeje in the 44th minute and another strike from Succi in the 51st minute were enough for Chennaiyin to collect three points.

A woman has pleaded guilty to supplying heroin and crack cocaine from her home which was one of two nuisance flats closed by police.

Nearly 200 asylum seeker children went missing in a year from Kent, it's been revealed.