Новости за 21.04.2016

It's news to no one that Congress has had a hard time passing legislation in recent years. Some have even asserted that partisanship in Washington has reached historic levels. But how do we put the current divide in perspective? A group of researchers recently tried to quantify and visualize House partisanship in a paper published in PLoS ONE.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday, marking a milestone that is expected to draw hundreds of well-wishers to the streets near Windsor Castle in honor of Britain’s longest serving monarch.

Scores of Johannesburg’s caffeine crowd lined up in the shopping hub of Rosebank to buy a first cup of Starbucks coffee in sub-Saharan Africa

Australia's tax system is set to skew toward the rich unless this government or the next intervenes.

Een verbod op motorbendes is mogelijk nog maar een paar maanden weg. Dat verklaarde Henk Jan Meijer, burgemeester van Zwolle en voorzitter van het burgemeestersoverleg over motorbendes, tegenover BNR.

As this phony asymmetric election campaign limps forward, there are some interesting parallels with a battle fought a dozen years before.

ENSCHEDE - De eerste kampioen in het regionale amateurvoetbal is inmiddels bekend (SDC'12), komend weekeinde hopen een aantal anders clubs de titel te pakken. 

Who needs a nightclub? Lose weight AND have fun with this super cool gym.

DOZENS of militant CFMEU officials are banned from ­entering worksites, including all of the union’s senior management in Victoria.

Former England and Arsenal soccer ace Sol Campbell has told CNBC that foreign players are stifling the prospects of homegrown talent.

A united South Africa is not possible unless things drastically change.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 90th birthday Thursday, attracting crowds of well-wishers.

To put Noida on the map of India’s mythological and political history, Noida Film City’s Marwah studios have started making a documentary on the city of Noida.

Virginia will join several states that keep secret the identities of suppliers of lethal injection drugs.

The left side of his head was unrecognizably distorted. His eye sealed shut beneath a forehead bulging and disfigured after 10 rounds of brutal combat. Standing on the other side of the ring was the victor, Chris Eubank Jr., who had just won the British middleweight title. Except any sense of triumph was quickly evaporating […]

Recreate Luke's X-Wing attacking the Death Star—but with kites.

Following a leisurely lunch in Hollywood, Patton Oswalt opened his fortune cookie and read the thin, white strip: "You have the strength to be a leader, not a follower." Frowning quizzically, Oswalt said, "That's not really a fortune, that's more of a chiding."

King William’s Town – A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a three-year-old child, Eastern Cape police said in a statement on Thursday.

The Olympic flame has been kindled at the birthplace of the ancient Games in Greece, at the start of a 15-week journey leading to the August 5 opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro