Новости за 08.02.2019

We’re talking about Brexit all wrong. Not because we are making the issues ‘inaccessible’, or because the language used is too ‘complicated’. Both imply that those in Westminster are the only ones clever or interested enough to understand - very far from the truth indeed. The problem is that the way in which issues are being framed alienates the very people they affect.

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's state-run National News Agency is reporting that a man has set himself on fire in front of a private school that refused to provide him with transfer documents for his daughter due to unpaid fees. NNA said the man whose name was not released succumbed to his burns in hospital on Thursday night. The agency said Friday that the man had requested the documents to transfer his daughter to a public school. The school issued a statement saying that because of the man's financial... Читать дальше...

Apparently people in and out of the palace are not pleased that Meghan’s friends publicly defended her.

He's a semi-sleazy aging legend who struggles to keep up with a sport that he refashioned in his image. At least Trump likes hanging out with him.

A few years after law enforcement officials claimed Google's Waze navigation app allowed cop killers to stalk cops, the NYPD is demanding Google alter one of its apps (Google Maps, which incorporates certain Waze features) so it works more like the NYPD wants it to work, rather than how drivers want it to work. Gersh Kuntzman of Streetsblog NYC was the first to obtain a copy of a cease-and-desist sent to Google by the NYPD.

Trying to hit the center of a target three football fields away with an M-4 is hard enough, but soldiers with the Army’s 2nd Cavalry Regiment are also adjusting their marksmanship techniques to contend with the frigid cold and snow in Germany.

AN ESCALATING outbreak of Lassa fever in five west African countries is concerning public health experts, who are stepping up their efforts to contain the disease before it spreads to other countries.

MORE than two million of Britain's oldest pensioners would be forced to give up their television sets or cut back on everyday necessities if the BBC scraps free TV licences, according to a survey.

France has recalled its ambassador to Rome, Christian Masset, in response to "unprecedented attacks" by the Italian government. Sputnik has discussed the issue with Mario Borghezio, a Member of the European Parliament for Italy’s Lega party, and Claude Blanchemaison, a former French ambassador to Italy.

The latest Lakers rumors are that the team might add Markieff Morris to their final open roster spot, but only if he’s healthy, which is a big if.

NBC Sports’ live Premier League coverage this week is highlighted by 1st-place Manchester City v. 4th-place Chelsea in a meeting of the last two Premier League champions on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 11 a.m. ET...

Brooklynn Clapp, who trains out of Impact Athletic Training Center in Aledo, won the All-Around at the Texas Tough Invitational in Arlington on Feb. 1 with a score of 36.125. … Click to Continue »

Amid local opposition to the plan

In Geneva on Friday to launch the third edition of the Laver Cup, Roger Federer mapped out his goals for the season.

‘Any horse that displays any signs of illness should not leave its home yard’

Says those who had cheated the poor in chit fund scams will have to account for every penny so looted

Hina Khan's latest Instagram will leave you spellbound

Founder Rutger Bruining says new technology enables storytelling at scale

For many George Strait fans, trying to buy tickets to a second concert at the new Dickies Arena in November proved to be just as frustrating as the first time. … Click to Continue »

Canada has announced it will take in 750 refugees from Libya, some rescued from migrant detention centers.

North Vancouver RCMP confirm they are investigating an alleged assault involving players on a minor boys hockey team from the North Shore Winter Club.

Says elites neglecting will of people

Swiss prosecutors have said they were dropping charges of financial wrongdoing against Teodorin Obiang Nguema, the son of Equatorial Guinea's authoritarian leader, but were confiscating luxury cars as part of the case.

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People protest austerity measures as they march to the offices of a federal control board in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

Wall Street scored a major victory this week in its seemingly endless campaign to extract profit from Puerto Rico, as a federal court approved a deal that locks in 40 years of extremely generous government payments on sales tax–backed bonds, the island’s largest pool of debt. 

The restructuring plan for what is known as COFINA debt... Читать дальше...