Новости за 18.04.2018

On Monday in Zimbabwe, thousands of nurses went on strike, demanding better salaries. The strike came hot on the heels of the country's doctors returning from their own weeks-long strike, which took place for similar reasons. With no nurses standing by to assist doctors or to see patients, hospitals in the African country have been forced to turn away people looking for care. Instead of negotiating with the nurses or passing legislation that would send them back to work, Zimbabwe’s vice-president... Читать дальше...

As the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) convenes in London, Wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki has called for greater investment in improving education and opportunities for girls and young women.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt isn't the most popular guy in Washington.

Sports-focused online streamer FuboTV has raised $75 million, led by AMC and 21st Century Fox, in its latest round of funding, the company announced on Wednesday. The New York-based company has 100,000 paying customers, with its basic package starting off at $45 a month. FuboTV has about 80 channels in its arsenal, and has carved out a niche as a go-to spot for sports fans looking to cut the cord, with NBA TV, NBC Sports Network, Fox Sports, and the NFL Network — along with Fox, CBS, and NBC on the network side. Читать дальше...

When it comes to uncovering devastating, shocking secrets in relationships, nothing quite trumps finding out that your S.O. has been unfaithful.

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has warned his players that Premier League safety still isn't secure.

Chris Smalling thinks Wednesday night's win over Bournemouth has handed Manchester United the perfect platform to win Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur.

Former gymnast Jordyn Wieber is among athletes who testified before a Senate subcommittee about sexual abuse in the Olympic movement.

For 20 long minutes, passengers aboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 prepared as best they could as their pilot announced they were making an emergency landing after one of the engines failed.

Adorable alert!

Proud new mom Kylie Jenner showed off her daughter Stormi in a series of Snapchat videos Wednesday, in which she can be heard talking sweetly to the 10-week-old from behind the camera lens.

Stormi is too precious in a variety of the app’s popular filters, adorned with pink bear ears and flame emojis as her mother coos, “Hi, happy girl. I love you. I love you!” and gives her a smooch.

“We went outside. What else did we do?” Jenner, 20, says in the final video... Читать дальше...

App developers won’t be able to use Google to get around internet censorship anymore. The Google App Engine is discontinuing a practice called domain-fronting, which let services use Google’s network to get around network blocks in countries like China and Iran.

Shares of MoviePass majority owner Helios & Matheson Analytics Inc. fell more than 12% late Wednesday after the company said it would sell an unspecified amount of shares in a public offering. Proceeds would be used to increase the company's stake in MoviePass, to support MoviePass operations, or to make acquisitions, among other purposes, the company said. Canaccord Genuity is the deal's sole bookrunner. Earlier this week, Verizon Communications disclosed a large stake in the movie theater-subscription company. Читать дальше...

Romelu Lukaku says he's always ready to score goals for Manchester United.

SSC Napoli hat sich in der italienischen Fußball-Meisterschaft die Chance auf den Titelgewinn erarbeitet. Die Süditaliener holten am Mittwochabend einen 4:2-Heimsieg gegen Udinese, während sich Serienchampion Juventus mit einem 1:1 bei Crotone begnügen musste. Vor dem direkten Duell in Turin am Sonntag liegt Napoli nun nur noch vier Punkte hinter dem Tabellenführer.

That right there is the formula for many a Rays win

Not to put too fine a point on it, but that has to be just about exactly how the Rays Front Office imagined the best case scenario for the 2018 season playing out when they made the (sometimes questionable) decisions they made this offseason.

There was: Great run prevention behind one of their young pitching studs; a ragtag lineup stringing together just enough hits; big hits with runners in scoring position; huste; a solid bullpen to close it out; and of course... Читать дальше...

Jose Mourinho has heaped praise on Paul Pogba following his performance in the 2-0 win over Bournemouth on Wednesday night.

We've seen Disneyland-scented candles before but now there are new contenders in the category of "Things that smell like something you'd find in a Disney resort."

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2018-05-13

It's time to rally the troops for the sixth annual SABR I-Cubs Skybox Outing at Principal Park in Des Moines, Iowa. 

This year's game with the SABR Field of Dreams Chapter will be Sunday, May 13, 2018, with the I-Cubs taking on the Round Rock Express. Cost will be $13 each, which includes a game ticket, peanuts, and popcorn. Only 20 tickets available, first-come, first-served. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.

We have Skybox #328 on the first base side. Читать дальше...

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• Costco is known for offering its shoppers great deals on products in bulk.
• However, Amazon offers the convenience of ordering the same products without the hassle that sometimes comes with buying in bulk.
• To see who truly offers the best deals, we analyzed Amazon and Costco prices on 100 items across four areas: household staples, baby and pet, beauty and toiletries, and health — and Costco was the clear winner. 

Conventional... Читать дальше...

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he will consider all his players for Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 4:45 p.m. A federal investigators says a plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia landed much faster than normal because they were concerned about losing control of the plane at a slower speed. National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt said the Southwest Airlines 737 landed at about 190 miles per hour. He says a typical plane lands at around 155 mph. He says... Читать дальше...

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We like to think of America as a melting pot, one where those of us who live in or visit big cities can taste many of the rich cuisines the world has to offer. Of course, some are more authentic than others — and some take significant liberties with the foods they're trying to represent.

Finding American food abroad — as refracted through other cultures — is similarly much different than what you might expect.

Here are 10 examples of other countries' interpretations of popular American foods. Читать дальше...

Trump can’t save Cohen from these New York laws.

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, is potentially facing years in prison as federal agents look into payoffs to a pair of women who claim they had affairs with Trump before he won the White House.

The good news for Cohen is that Trump could pardon him if he’s convicted of violating federal campaign finance or banking laws. The very bad news for Cohen is that he could still be convicted of those alleged crimes under New York state law ... Читать дальше...