Новости за 01.05.2019

Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso of Spain and seven past winners are among drivers for 36 cars announced Wednesday as entrants for the 103rd Indianapolis 500.

State sell-off fund TAIPED has started the process for hiring consultants ahead of a tender for the utilization of marinas and cruise activity on the popular holiday island of Myconos and for the marina of Rhodes, as the timetable provides for the invitation of interest to be issued later this year.

A. Nadibaidze, LSE
The campaign for the European Parliament elections on 23-26 May offers an opportunity for key EU policy areas to be debated. Yet as Anna Nadibaidze writes, the issue of EU enlargement in the Wester

Adewale Maja-Pearce, London Review of Books
At 35 per cent, the turn-out for Nigeria's general election in February was the lowest for any presidential (and parliamentary) ballot since democracy succeeded military rule twenty years ago. During the three weeks I spent on the road in the run-up to the vote, it became obvious from the . . .

WASHINGTON — The White House is displaying new flexibility on giving disaster aid to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico as President Donald Trump’s GOP allies increasingly lose patience with a weekslong standoff over a widely backed bill. A new Senate GOP offer is aimed at breaking the logjam and offers greater flexibility in delivering already-appropriated funding to

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on a revenue forecast for the Nevada state budget (all times local):

Tom Peck, Independent
Wipeout in the local elections? Wipeout in the EU elections? Prime Minister Cameron would still be staring down the barrel of both these things

There’s a Democratic presidential candidate to suit a wide variety of political tastes.

The largest survey of its kind has revealed that Populists across the world are far more likely to believe in conspiracy theories According to a global landmark survey shared exclusively with the Guardian, Populists are [...]

Robert Blair, Wash. Post
When civil war ended in 2003, few Liberians trusted the government to protect them.

Eli Apple will have an opportunity to get a big payday in 2020, but it will depend on how he plays in 2019. Continue reading…

Daniel Strand, Providence Mag
Robert Kagan seems unwilling to consider that there might be something to learn from these authoritarians. If he did, he might paradoxically find an ally in the cause of preserving and securing liberal democracy and the rules-based order it helped build.

Lionsgate announced Wednesday that it has signed Jonathan Levine, director of the new comedy “Long Shot,” to a first-look film and television deal. Levine will base his new production company Megamix at Lionsgate and will work alongside Megamix partner Gillian Bohrer.

LIVERPOOL will be hoping Ajax can finish the job on Tottenham in their Champions League semi-final second leg next week, according to Anfield hero John Barnes....

Luis Suarez has opened the scoring for Barcelona against Liverpool in tonight’s Champions League semi-final clash at the Nou Camp. The Uruguay international showed his poachers’ instincts with a superb finish from close range from a fine ball from Barca left-back Jordi Alba. It just had to be him! Luis Suárez scores his first Champions […]

Louisville, Ky.

As the calendar began to move out of March, the Kentucky Derby radar was already out. And it splashed all over a bay colt named War of Will. Before he ran in the Louisiana Derby on March 23, there were people in the industry saying War of Will was the horse to beat on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs.

‘The accused befriended her on Facebook masquerading as a famous TV anchor’

It’s OK to have bad blood between two teams, but it makes it more interesting when both snarling clubs have the talent to make it mean something.

The Transporting Livestock Across America Safely Act has been reintroduced by a bipartisan group of Senators and could provide some fixes to hours of service requirements for livestock haulers.

Tehran, May 1, IRNA - Iran set free on Wednesday two Kuwaiti nationals who were detained for illegal entry into the Iranian waters early this week.