Новости за 19.02.2016

Rafael Nadal won through to the quarter-finals of the clay-court event in Rio de Janeiro, beating compatriot Nicolas Almagro in straight sets.

Jordan Spieth was the only player back out on the practice range at Riviera Country Club after he had struggled to an eight-over 79 in the first round of the Northern Trust Open.

Vivendi SA Thursday said it was launching a hostile takeover of Gameloft SE, pushing further into videogames after re-entering the sector last year.

It was job first and retirement talk second for Brendon McCullum on the eve of the final Test against Australia, with his focus firmly on a series-saving win.

State officials formally declared the Aliso Canyon gas leak capped Thursday, but uncertainty remains about the future of the facility and the residents who live around it.

Managing Surplus Life in the United States, homeless services don’t end homelessness; they manage it. While the industry is dominated by nonprofits, there is money to be made, and we have accepted the reality that homeless services are professionalized, and offer career opportunities and — sadly — a certain security. [...] many people I serve have high psychiatric needs and chronic health conditions, but I don’t buy into the notion — common in popular, policy and academic interpretations of homelessness ... Читать дальше...

Paul R. Pillar

Democracy, United States

We Americans, usually quick to judge other societies by American standards, can become more self-aware by reversing the direction of the comparison and thinking of what the attributes of other nations might highlight about our own deficiencies. Such comparisons can work in either of two ways. One is to observe how far the United States has fallen behind others in endeavors at which others excel and set the standards. Investment in transportation infrastructure, for example. Читать дальше...

The priestly family of the Shri Navdurga temple, Madkai, the Ghaisas, has alleged that the existing managing committee is attempting to establish their ownership over the temple, which belongs to the public.

A 16-year-old boy is reportedly in critical condition following a helicopter crash near the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.

Indian Youth Congress (IYC) president Amrinder Singh Raja Brar will be addressing a convention of youth at Quepem on February 19.

Hillary Clinton emphasizes that it is important for the U.S. President to have a presence in Cuba if the country wants to stress its commitment to human rights.

General secretary of All India Congress committee (AICC) Digvijaya Singh on Thursday asked block committee members to fan out to constituencies and start preparing for the next assembly elections.

The conflict in Ukraine has "deeply affected" 580,000 children close to the front lines and in areas in the volatile east not under government control, the U.N. children's agency said late Thursday.

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will receive briefings and take public comments on salmon management actions over the past year in Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay during its upcoming …

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public comments on proposed recommendations for the 2016-17 hunting seasons.

Founder secretary of Goan Seamens' association of India (GSAI), Michael Beny DaCosta, has urged all political parties to give representation to the seafarer community in the Goa legislative assembly.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans worked to close ranks Thursday around their leader's opposition to President Barack Obama picking a new Supreme Court justice, arguing they would be well w…

Advocate Benedict Nazareth, from Socorro, was allegedly assaulted while he was driving home at 10.30pm at Arrarim on Wednesday night.

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton explains how human rights struggles across the world are about women and LGBT people.

John Kasich, Jeb Bush and Donald Trump gathered in South Carolina for CNN’s Republican Town Hall on Thursday, and CNN’s Reality Check team spent the night putting their statements and assertions to the test.The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the event and selected key statements, rating them true; mostly true; true, but misleading; false; or it’s complicated.John KasichReality Check: Kasich on Obamacare and health care ...

Telecoms giant MTN says its 2015 earnings fell at least 20% due to a loss of business in Nigeria.

National green tribunal (NGT) has directed Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) to immediately furnish an ecological and environmental assessment report about damage caused by the work carried out by the state on Palni bund, St Estevam.

Alleging that low-lying khazan agricultural land was being filled, the Aam Aadmi Party expressed concerns that the land filling by the appointed contractor of the 12km western bypass would impede the flow of water, increase siltation in the river bed and lead to flooding.