Новости за 18.05.2016

In America, it is impossible to bring up Syrian refugees without someone else raising national security concerns. Consider Donald Trump: He wants to ban all Muslims from entering the US out of fear that Muslim refugees will carry out a terrorist attack in the US.

The second trailer for the new Ghostbusters movie just debuted and features even more footage than before! In this brand new trailer, we see the ladies – Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, and Kristen Wiig – take on even more supernatural beings. They even encounter Slimer and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, who made [...]

Company will be represented by President Michael Evans instead.

Company will be represented by President Michael Evans instead.

KOWA presidential candidate in the 2015 general elections, Remi Sonaiya, has said she does not support the ongoing fuel protest. According to her, she joined Occupy Nigeria in 2012 but is not interested in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) protest this time around. The former presidential candidate in a series of tweets on Wednesday, May 18, […]

ENSCHEDE – FC Twente is volledig overrompeld door de sanctie van de KNVB om de club terug te zetten naar de eerste divisie. De club heeft per direct een advocaat ingeschakeld, om de uitspraak te bestuderen.

South Africa is not the only country where Parliament sometimes resembles a boxing ring. Here are a few other examples

– A young woman died after asking her partner to strangle her during sex – The man was arrested and gave the details of the bizarre incident Tania Trinidad Paredes, a 23-year-old psychologist, had been reportedly  drinking with her roomates Juan Ruiz Torres and Jose Luis Arzate Martinez when she suggested to have sex together. After Martinez refused […]

Cricket SA will meet with the SA Sports ministry to discuss the ban on the major sporting codes from bidding for any major international events due to a lack of transformation.

One of the Boko Haram's kidnapped girls has been found in Nigeria by a local vigilante group, media reports said Wednesday.

It may seem like nobody's business, but there's abundant evidence that living in a home with poverty can harm children's health. And there are proven ways that doctors can help with that.

ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines will not continue its sponsorship of Atlanta's Fox Theatre after a rival airline rented the facility for an event.

French football legend Michel Platini could be barred from attending Euro 2016 in an official capacity following his spectacular fall from grace.

In “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty”, economist Daron Acemoglu and political scientist James A Robinson argue compellingly that the key to economic growth and prosperity lies in strong and inclusive institutions.

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The Atlanta Braves fired manager Fredi Gonzalez on Tuesday, one day after his team fell to the historically low mark of 9-28 on the young season. 

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gonzalez learned he had been sacked when the itinerary for a one-way commercial plane ticket unexpectedly arrived in his inbox on Monday night, just hours after his team's 8-5 loss in Pittsburgh.

At that point, the Braves were only one game through a four-game road-trip. Читать дальше...

Rod Lyon

Security, Asia

It’s going to be a neat trick for Obama to ensure that his visit reflects the strange duality of nuclear weapons: that they are both massively destructive and—for now—strategically irreplaceable.

The White House announced last week that President Obama would visit Hiroshima later this month, making him the first US president to do so. He won’t be apologizing for the US’s dropping of the atomic bomb, and some reports suggest he doesn’t even plan on making a major address there. Читать дальше...

Lions wing Ruan Combrinck has just extended his contract at the franchise for another two years.

Jails are overcrowded, under-resourced and underfunded

Jonathan J.B. Mijs, Harvard University
Politicians and pundits wonder where the rip-roaring popularity of protest candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders originated. The answer may lie in Europe.

NEW YORK (ANP) - De aandelenbeurzen in New York stonden woensdag in de eerste handelsminuten licht in de min. Beleggers keken vooral uit naar de publicatie van de notulen van de meest recente beleidsvergadering van de Federal Reserve, halverwege de sessie. Mogelijk kan daaruit iets worden opgemaakt over het rentebeleid van de Fed.

It's going to be a hot one at Billboard's second annual Hot 100 Fest. The festival, produced by Billboard in partnership with Live Nation,...

Business travel is important, but it is also a drag on the bottom line. Here's tips on how to cut costs.

HELSINKI (AP) — Finland's Parliament has one. Nokia has one. And now a Burger King restaurant in downtown Helsinki has its own sauna.