Новости за 17.05.2016

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A government wildlife researcher has found that rabbits and skunks can become infected with the bird flu virus and shed it enough to infect ducks — offering scientists one more clue about how bird flu may move in the environment and spread between farms, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Experiments done last year demonstrated that striped skunks and cottontail rabbits in a laboratory transmitted a strain of bird flu to mallard ducks after they shared food and water sources... Читать дальше...

Welcome to the opus of the 2015-16 NBA season, featuring the greatest team in regular-season history and the team with the best one-two punch in basketball. This Golden State Warriors-Oklahoma City Thunder Western Conference Finals series is the best matchup the league has to offer us, with no apologies to the San Antonio Spurs or Cleveland Cavaliers. But more importantly, it is the series we deserve. Let's count the ways.

England manager Roy Hodgson named a preliminary squad for the European 2016 Championships in France. Eyebrows were raised for some notable absentees.

Sharks and Springbok fullback Willie le Roux is on the verge of signing for English Premiership club Wasps according to reports on Tuesday.

Lions centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg says team-mate Elton Jantjies offers massive value on and off the field at flyhalf.

De rechter in Hamburg heeft dinsdag bepaald dat de komiek Jan Böhmermann bepaalde delen van zijn gedicht gericht aan de Turkse president Recep Erdogan niet meer mag herhalen.

A strong earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck eastern Japan, just north of Tokyo on Monday. RT reports: Local news outlets say the quake was felt in the Saitama and Tokyo areas, with buildings swaying. Metro operations were briefly suspended on all routes in Tokyo, but services restarted four minutes later. An elevator maintenance firm in Tokyo said several elevators stopped in the metropolitan area due to the quake with commuters asked to “use emergency buttons,” according to NHK. Читать дальше...

Competition and Markets Authority ducks difficult decisions

To so many people in the world, sex is the best thing that could ever happen to them. This is really preposterous as there are over a thousand and one things that could give one a satisfaction which is better than sex. We could try looking at life from a virgin’s perspective, or better still […]

In the wake of the financial crisis, demand for absolute-return funds picked up, but, according to data sent out on Twitter over the weekend, their performance — at least as judged by any fund with the term “absolute” in its name — has been abysmal.

He was winning as well.

Wade Sheridan
LOS ANGELES, May 17 (UPI) -- Riggs and Murtaugh are back in Fox's first trailer for their upcoming television series reboot of classic buddy-cop actioner, "Lethal Weapon."

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ROME, May 17 (UPI) -- Italy's Leonardo-Finmeccanica has introduced the TH-119 single-engine helicopter it's offering to the U.S. Navy for its Advanced Helicopter Trainer Program.

The Latest on the investigation into last year's deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia (all times local):

ALMELO - Een bestelbus verloor dinsdag tijdens de avondspits op de N36 ter hoogte van de afslag Aadorp plots een voorwiel. Het incident, waarbij het losgeraakte autowiel alle kanten op scheerde, heeft wonder boven wonder geen slachtoffers gemaakt. 

ALMELO - De N36 van Vriezenveen naar Wierden is ter hoogte van de afslag Aadorp tijdelijk afgesloten geweest dinsdagavond. Een bestelbus verloor tijdens het rijden een wiel, en botste tegen een vrachtwagen op. 

Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Binali Yildirim has the best chances of becoming the next leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and prime minister of Turkey, local media reported Tuesday.

Former Apprentice contestant Omarosa Maigault explains her support for Donald Trump and how he is a champion for women in her eyes.

2014 yılında Edirne’de yapılan ‘3. Dünya Türk Forumu’nda Kızıl Elma Ödülleri’nde Sanat Ödülü alan Jamala (Cemile), 2016 Eurovision birinciliğini ilan eder etmez Edirne’de de konser vereceğini duyurdu.Devamı için tıklayınız

Can the Raptors win a game?

This dad-to-be planned a proposal so sweet, it might just make you cry like a baby.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — An attorney for one of the nearly 200 bikers arrested after a shooting melee outside a Waco, Texas, restaurant last year that left nine dead filed a motion Tuesday seeking to disqualify the district attorney…

China’s development lending eclipses loans from all six western-backed multilateral institutions