Новости за 07.12.2016

Six decades after "Minamata disease" mercury poisoning was first discovered, victims and their advocates are demanding tests for food toxicity and illnesses be carried out to help identify patients.

The music industry attacks YouTube after the site revealed it paid $1bn in royalties last year.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved a plan providing billions of dollars in subsidies to Exelon Corp. to keep two unprofitable nuclear plants from closing prematurely.

Craig Thomson sent off two Besiktas players during their 6-0 defeat in Ukraine and those watching have shared their opinion on social media

The hotel has come under scrutiny by experts who worry that governments, special interest groups and others will book rooms and events to curry favor.

For weeks now four vans bearing photographs of a Sydney businessman emblazoned with false accusations that he is a "corporate thief" and a "fraudster" have been turning up outside an office block in Bligh Street.

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is set to sign legislation that provides billions of dollars in subsidies to Exelon Corp. so the power giant can keep unprofitable nuclear plants running in Clinton and the Quad Cities.

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is set to sign legislation that provides billions of dollars in subsidies to Exelon Corp. so the power giant can keep unprofitable nuclear plants running in Clinton and the Quad Cities.

MOSCOW — A spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry says U.S. Secretary State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are meeting for talks later in the day.

Clockwise from top left: Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf in “American Honey”; “Sausage Party”; Alex Hibbert in “Moonlight”; Sandra Hüller in “Toni Erdmann”; Mihai Comanoiu and Alberto Dinache in “Aferim!”; and Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton in “A Bigger Splash.”

PDP has said it would never think of forming a mega party with ex-Lagos state governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former vice president Abubakar Atiku

Syrian militants can still leave Aleppo and this offer remains in force, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Dec. 7.

"As for the exit of militants [from Aleppo], then, as you know, the exit was offered to them and this issue was discussed earlier," Peskov told journalists.

The locomotive pilot of the Mahakaushal Express saw the tiger’s body near the track and informed Sharma.

LONDEN (ANP) - De robuuste economische groei en de effecten van bezuinigingen in Nederland wegen voorlopig op tegen de kosten van de vergrijzing. Op de langere termijn zijn echter aanvullende ingrepen van de overheid nodig. Dat concludeert kredietbeoordelaar S&P woensdag.

De Molenstraat blijft eenrichtingverkeer. Tot grote onvrede van de bewoners van Plan Moormann, die veel last hebben van sluipverkeer door hun wijk. Zij voelen zich niet serieus genomen door de gemeente. 

The AFL pre-season has embraced the bush. Now it's once again embracing the suburbs.

ATHENS, Greece — Greek journalists are striking to protest austerity measures, pulling all television and radio news broadcasts off the air a day before a nationwide general strike expected to shut down services across the country.

On the 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' VP Joe Biden discussed his thoughts on the possibility of running for president in 2020.

Shell is set to sign a deal to develop a major Iranian oil field, according to the country’s oil ministry, suggesting energy companies won’t let Donald Trump’s pledge to undo the Iran nuclear deal deter them from investing.

Moscow and Kabul reached an agreement on the maintenance and repairs of Russian and Soviet produced helicopters in Afghanistan, Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Dec. 7.

Army Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of the Resolute Support mission and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, announced earlier that Russia had been allegedly refusing Kabul to settle the problem of repairing Russian helicopters, which used up their service life.

China says an upcoming transit stop in the U.S. by Taiwan's president carries ulterior political motives.