Новости за 21.01.2016

Kathryn Smith is a big win for the NFL.

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A firefighter was caught on camera struggling to wrangle an out-of-control hose that knocks him to the ground.

Organised crime groups have become so successful at importing drugs into Australia that the wholesale price being paid for ice, cocaine and ecstasy has dramatically fallen in the past 18 months.

Universities in the country will be required to introduce yogic education. This diktat comes from the union ministry of human resource development.

DIEPENHEIM - Om het trottoir tussen Werkplaats Diepenheim en Herberg de Pol vrij te houden worden sinds kort boetes van 99 euro uitgedeeld. 

ALMELO – Het Almelose stadhuis greep in november naast de Twentse Duurzaamheidsprijs, maar is nu door de Dutch Green Building Council wel uitgeroepen tot meest duurzame gemeentehuis van Nederland. Wethouder Javier Cornelissen van Almelo ontving donderdag het BREEAM-NL Excellent duurzaamheidscertificaat uit handen van Annemarie van Doorn, directeur van de Dutch Green Building Council.

When it comes to the state of the global economy and plummeting commodity prices, Harvard University Professor says look to China for some answers.

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Over the next five years, automation and robots will eliminate 5.1 million jobs globally. The Fiscal Times reports.

MELBOURNE, Australia - Baseball cap turned backward, pumping himself up with cries of "C'MON!" Lleyton Hewitt fought one last feisty encounter. Then he gathered his three young kids on center court and said farewell.

The former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has urged Jurgen Klopp to be more patient to build a good team. READ ALSO: Gerrard Quits International Football The legend of Anfield, who now ply his trade in the MLS for Los Angeles Galaxy, said: “I think we need to give Klopp a couple of transfer windows and more time and maybe […]

Despite several recent cases of snakes slithering into people's homes, the reptiles are not taking up residence in the suburbs, says a reptile expert.

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When Jada Pinkett Smith shared an impassioned video hinting at an Oscars boycott earlier this week on Facebook, both colleagues and fans alike gladly joined the call for action. As even just a cursory glance at this year's Academy Awards nominees proves, Hollywood's diversity problem would appear to be moving very much in the wrong direction. As prominent Hollywood figures likeSpike Lee joined the apparent boycott in protest, some less-than-informed voicesstarted to criticize their intentions. Читать дальше...

Sunanda Pushkar, 52, wife of senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, was found dead in a south Delhi hotel room on January 17, 2014.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday sought the dismissal of central ministers Smriti Irani and Bandaru Dattatreya as well as the vice chancellor of Hyderabad University over the suicide of a Dalit research scholar.

A new line of artificial-ingredient-free, organic cake mixes targets Millennials. USA Today reports.

Russia and European countries should work together to improve relations, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told Sputnik on Thursday.

Nasheed Mohamed said it felt "strange" to be out of jail.

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Architecture has come a long way in the last few centuries. 

Buildings have gone from using lava as clay for walls to having the ability to electronically rotate to change up the view from the windows.

While architectural possibilities have grown to a whole new level, buildings are becoming more and more advanced — and more wacky. 

Ahead, 19 odd buildings that will definitely cause some heads to turn. 

This ice hotel in Quebec, Canada, is the perfect winter experience. Читать дальше...

When trying to create the vision of steampunk fashion, you have to be exact. From full outfits to the small details, we've brought you some of the top pieces around.

Some say fast-food restaurants will be rewarded for responding to healthier consumer tastes. Others say brands will suffer.

Canadians aren't getting the full benefit of oil prices when they fill their cars with gasoline — and it's because of the tumbling loonie.

Western officials in hunt for three kidnapped US contracts point finger at Iran-backed group that kidnapped Briton Peter Moore and his four bodyguards

Western officials in hunt for three kidnapped US contracts point finger at Iran-backed group that kidnapped Briton Peter Moore and his four bodyguards

The Syrian government delegation to the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva will be headed by Syrian UN Ambassador Bashar Jafari, the Syrian Foreign Ministry’s press service told Sputnik on Thursday.