Новости за 17.05.2016

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks edged up Tuesday as losses by shipbuilders and automakers offset a rise in tech companies. The local currency rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 0

How 'udderly' inconvenient.

San Francisco Fed President John Williams said it still “makes sense” for the central bank to raise rates two or three times this year given continued moderate U.S. economic growth and low unemployment.

Two baby opossums that were rescued from a toilet in a San Diego home earlier this month are recovering, a county animal services spokesman said Monday.

Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party said that the proposal by Turkey's ruling Justice and Development party to strip Turkish lawmakers of immunity targets opposition groups in parliament.

Whether it's been two days or two decades since you graduated college, these recent commencement speech quotes will inspire you.

Spokesman for the Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) Riyad Naasan Agha told Sputnik Tuesday that the opposition violated the Syrian ceasefire in self-defense.

Buckling under conservative pressure, the Republican-led House Rules Committee pulled a legislative sleight of hand and stripped a provision from the annual defense policy bill that would have required women between the ages of 18 and 25 to sign up for a military draft. The committee's chairman, Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said in a statement Tuesday the action was taken to prevent ...

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San Francisco's housing market is so insane that people are living in parking lots and tiny boxes in other people's living rooms just to stay afloat. Now potential renters can bid on their dream apartments online, driving prices ever upwards.

Rentberry, an online auction site for long-term property rentals, is like Craigslist meets eBay. It aims to streamline the rental negotiation process for both tenants and landlords by bringing the process online.

A homeowner or landlord lists a property on Rentberry... Читать дальше...

Wall Street pay is trending lower amid weak earnings, a tough business environment and regulatory restraints.

Up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the Rio Games in August, Olympic chiefs announce.

The presence of delegations from 13 of the world’s leading clean technology clusters at Africa Utility Week was held up as confirmation of the Mother City’s position as a leading green economic hub.

De supertrap die maandag is geopend, wordt een dag later al zeer druk bezocht. De rij met nieuwsgierige bezoekers die de 180 traptreden willen trotseren, wordt - ondanks de hoogte van het gebouw - steeds langer. De meeste bezoekers komen hijgend boven, maar volgens hen is het de moeite meer dan waard.

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine concluded that tinkering with the genetics of what we eat doesn't produce the "Frankenfood" monster some opponents claim — but it isn't feeding the world with substantially increased yields, as proponents promised. The study's authors said labels aren't needed for food safety reasons but potentially could be justified because of transparency, social and cultural factors, somewhat similar to made-in-America stickers. Most of the modified plants are soybean... Читать дальше...

It was a 'sheer act of desperation and survival' that caused a holidaymaker to fend off the crocs after one overturned their tinny, drowning his friend.

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Safety regulators have proposed fining a Minnesota excavation company that was drilling in Omaha's Old Market area when a natural gas-fueled fire destroyed a building.

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Safety regulators have proposed fining a Minnesota excavation company that was drilling in Omaha's Old Market area when a natural gas-fueled fire destroyed a building.

Commenting on the upcoming joint US-South Korea-Japan missile defense drills and the possible further deployment of a US ground-to-air missile system in South Korea, Russian military analyst Vladimir Yevseyev told Sputnik that Russia has all the means to efficiently countermeasure the system, similar to the ones it has against its system in Europe.

Like to Party crooner, Burna Boy had the support of his fans initially when an Instagram user Uju Stella accused him of impregnating her. The lady also accused the singer of urging her to abort the pregnancy. On Monday, May 17,the singer had agreed to sleeping with Stella once but not impregnating her.  He also went to her house […]

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Give a couple of high school kids a smartphone and some free time and they just might turn out something that’s fresh, silly and a magnet for cold, hard cash.

Networks are hawking more than their fall seasons at their annual “upfront” presentations. TV companies want marketers and ad buyers to know they have data chops, too.

Networks are hawking more than their fall seasons at their annual “upfront” presentations. TV companies want marketers and ad buyers to know they have data chops, too.