Новости за 25.01.2016

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani flew to Italy on Monday at the start of his first official visit to Europe, looking to sign multi-billion dollar contracts to help to modernise Iran`s economy after years of crippling financial sanctions.

Kristof Retezár

While you're pedaling furiously on the uphills, your water bottle could be hard at work, too.

Fontus, a water bottle that takes in moisture from surrounding air, can produce clean, drinkable water in under an hour.

Created by Austrian industrial designer Kristof Retezár, Fontus was designed to help people in water-scarce areas, including some 1.2 billion people around the world. Rather than relying on complex water purification systems, Retezár wanted to make something simple and portable. Читать дальше...

China started 2016 with mini stock crashes and a currency devaluation.

Judging from Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Taika Waititi will bring a much-needed new style to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The man who allegedly shot dead Pietermaritzburg's chief traffic officer ten days ago has handed himself in to police.

Would anyone hire him as a head coach this summer?

So-called "artisanal spam" targets smaller groups of victims with painstakingly crafted messages, with the aim of breaking through spam-filtering algorithms and tricking users into giving away their digital credentials.

Nickelback closed out its 2015 by canceling a slew of tour dates, as frontman Chad Kroeger underwent surgery to heal a cyst on his voice box. However...

Carrie Underwood never ceases to amaze. Aside from being one of the top country singers, a business woman and a brand ambassador for huge companies like Almay, she also juggles being a mom and a...

Former USC quarterback Cody Kessler and fullback Soma Vainuku are scheduled to arrive in Mobile, Ala., by Monday to participate in workouts leading up to Saturday’s Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.

Pope Francis asked Protestants and other Christian Churches for forgiveness for past persecution by Catholics as the Vatican announced on Monday he would visit Sweden later in the year to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

The Juventus defender believes his side's win over the Giallorossi on Sunday has killed off their hopes of winning the league this season

Apple’s car project has hit another roadblock. The iPhone maker on Monday put the brakes on hiring more employees for its ambitious electric vehicle program, dubbed Project Titan, according to unnamed sources speaking to AppleInsider.

Nikki Bella is set to undergo neck surgery this Wednesday. The Total Divas star just revealed in an exclusive interview to E! News that she will be getting possible career-ending surgery...

Four suicide bombers targeted busy areas in Cameroon.

By Chang Jae-soon WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Yonhap) -- The United States, South Korea and Japan should reassess whether American "extended deterrence" is still strong enough to counter growing nuclear threats from North Korea, a former top U.S. military co

Ted Cruz was 31 and working in the George W. Bush administration, yet he felt his career had flat-lined. The Ivy Leaguer with the superstar pedigree and no shortage of confidence had figured he’d be a top presidential advisor by then, but by his own later admission, he had alienated too many colleagues.

Ben Cohen, the co-founder of ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s, gave the scoop on Monday about a new Sanders-themed ice cream flavor, called “Bernie’s Yearning.”

In some cases, the snow accumulation from the snow storm Jonas must be melted. How much power would it take to melt the snow on the roads?

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An employee of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge — which was taken over by an armed occupation earlier this month — is speaking out.

The employee is terrified of returning after the siege.  

“I’m afraid to go back at this point,” an unnamed refuge employee told Oregon Public Radio. “I would say that this is the most disrupted my life has ever been.”

The publication agreed to withhold the name of the employee, a US Fish and Wildlife Service worker,... Читать дальше...

RIJSSEN/HOLTEN/WIERDEN/NIJVERDAL - Negenhonderd leerlingen van de derde klas van de regionale scholengemeenschappen Reggesteyn, Pius X College, Jacobus Fruytier, De Waerdenborch en De Passie lieten zich maandagavond door 83 voorlichters informeren over 56 beroepen op de gezamenlijke voorlichtingsavond in het Rijssense Parkgebouw.

Chronicle rankings: De La Salle boys, Miramonte girls are No. 1 The top of the charts remained moderately stable — in particular on the girls’ side of the ledger — but there was quite a bit of tumult near the bottom of this week’s Chronicle boys and girls top 20 rankings. While the top seven girls teams held the positions they held a week ago, only the first three boys teams did the same. De La Salle-Concord remains the No. 1 boys team, and is followed by Moreau Catholic-Hayward and St. Francis-Mountain View. Читать дальше...