Новости за 16.12.2016

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Culture Ministry says it is making efforts to preserve for the nation one of Europe's most precious private art collections that includes works by Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Culture Ministry says it is making efforts to preserve for the nation one of Europe's most precious private art collections that includes works by Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Culture Ministry says it is making efforts to preserve for the nation one of Europe's most precious private art collections that includes works by Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt.

An officer was shot, and three people were taken into custody after a standoff that lasted for more than six hours.

JOHANNESBURG — Strong winds and rain have torn through a tent where South African President Jacob Zuma was giving a speech on a national holiday, panicking the crowd and prompting aides to rush Zuma off the stage.

Geneva talks on Syria settlement between representatives of Syrian government and the opposition should be renewed and held in a constructive way, representative of the Moscow-Cairo-Astana-formed opposition group Qadri Jamil said Friday.

Her family reportedly shaved her head as a punishment

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Officials say an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Indianapolis was forced to make an emergency landing in Arkansas after a passenger's electronic cigarette "malfunctioned" and started a small fire.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Officials say an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Indianapolis was forced to make an emergency landing in Arkansas after a passenger's electronic cigarette "malfunctioned" and started a small fire.

The more familiar seven-branched menorah has symbolized Judaism since biblical times. A historian on where the nine-branched version comes from.

Thailand Parliament has passed an amendment to the 2007 cyber crime law on Friday amid severe criticism, local media reported.

Russia and Japan signed an agreement on creation of an association of higher professional education institutions, the press service of Lomonosov Moscow State University said Friday.

A former militant commander has revealed that the Niger Delta crisis will continue if President Muhammadu Buhari continues to hold parley with elders.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A Russian resident of Shikotan Island, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that are claime...

Basisscholen kunnen de eerste drie maanden van 2017 en 2018 onbeperkt invallers voor klassen zetten waarvan de meester of juf ziek is. Zo willen de vakbonden en sectororganisatie PO-Raad voorkomen dat kinderen naar huis worden gestuurd door een tekort aan invallers.

The city released a map late Thursday showing the parts of the city where it was now safe to drink water from the faucet.

Daniel J. Graeber
BOGOTA, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A Colombian energy company said it was involved in a new oil discovery in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico, its fifth so far.

Russia’s economic policy and oil have underpinned gains for investors.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Managers are leaning toward relocating as many as 30 gray wolves to Isle Royale National Park from the mainland to restore an iconic predator species on the verge of disappearing from the Lake Superior island chain, according to a federal report released Friday.

KEARNEY — A community service officer with the Kearney Police Department is planning to sit on a Wal-Mart rooftop this weekend until he raises at least $6,000 for the Nebraska Special Olympics.

NEW YORK — What do Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk,” Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” and the Chainsmokers’ “Closer” have in common?

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has signed a contract extension with the Catalan club until June 2021.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that are claimed by Japan showed a mixed reaction on ...

An Iran-based company has zeroed down on the diamond city to launch its CNG kit for the two-wheeler segment, first time in Gujarat and India.