Новости за 18.05.2016

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters repelled an attack of the Daesh terror group near the city of Mosul in northern Iraq on Wednesday, a representative of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said.

It's only taken Brad Garrett 26 years, but he's finally an actor with a role on a Law & Order, he's the villain in the Law & Order: SVU two-part...

HONOLULU (AP) — Twelve seniors at a Honolulu high school are being banned from the upcoming graduation ceremony and could face criminal charges after vandals were caught on video defacing school property. Officials said the vandalism discovered Tuesday morning included spray paint on multiple buildings and a driver's education vehicle, a water fountain ripped off a wall and trees covered with toilet paper.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that Baghdad's request on the extension of NATO training program to the Iraqi territory would be considered.

A northbound Metro-North train passing near 119th Street and Park Avenue on Wednesday morning. A fire broke out under part of the tracks on Tuesday.

Wednesday's links (heartwarming and otherwise).

The "Fast Money" traders share the which plays they'd make at the market open.

Hayley Atwell looks chic and sleek as she arrives on the red carpet at the 2016 ABC Upfront Presentation on Tuesday (May 17) at Lincoln Center in New York City. The 34-year-old Agent Carter alum stars as a brilliant lawyer in the new political drama Conviction, which debuted its official trailer at the event. Hayley [...]

Bill Gates, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, has a summer reading list for interested parties, and the theme, somewhat unsurprisingly, is math and science.

A WEB of closed-circuit television cameras will be spread across Melbourne to crack down on the violent Apex gang, which has been terrorising the city.

Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO deployment in Eastern Europe is and will be "far below" any "reasonable definition" of substantial forces and is in line with the NATO-Russia Founding Act.

Thanks to the rise of 401(k) plans, investors are saving for retirement, placing added emphasis on risk as well as gains.

Carina Horn is the fastest woman in South Africa, but losing her national 100m title in Stellenbosch came as a real shock.

One of the alliance’s most senior retired generals has warned that Nato risks a nuclear war with Russia within a year if it does not increase its defence capabilities in the Baltic states. Banging the war-drum, General Sir Richard Shirreff, who served as Nato’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe between 2011 and 2014, said that an attack on Estonia, Lithuania or Latvia, which are all Nato members, was a serious possibility and that the West should act now to avert “potential catastrophe”.... Читать дальше...

As Taiwan prepares to inaugurate its President-elect Tsai Ing-wen on Friday, China said its large-scale war games with tanks, helicopters and beach landings on its eastern coast facing Taiwan were meant to test its abilities.

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's company has been take to court for failing to settle debt with a plastics firm.

Major losers were Bajaj Auto (1.85 percent), M&M (1.59 percent), Hero MotoCorp (1.47 percent), Tata Motors (1.26 percent), BHEL (1.16 percent), HDFC Bank (1.10 percent), HUL (0.97 percent), Maruti (0.81 percent) and TCS (0.77 percent).

If the lottery isn’t fixed, why doesn’t the NBA show the actual drawing? Oh. The stars of that video are 76ers minority owner Art Wrubel and Kylie Rubin, daughter of 76ers minority owner Michael Rubin. They ham it up as Philadelphia’s combinations are drawn twice straight, though obviously only the first counted to give the […]

As the NFL considers whether the Ravens violated the rules of the offseason program by putting rookies in pads during a recent minicamp, some have asked what the consequences will be. So here’s the answer, for those who asked (and those who didn’t). The Collective Bargaining Agreement uses a combination of fines, lost practice time,…

NEW YORK (AP) — For five seasons of "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston displayed his versatility through the dramatic evolution of his character, Walter White, from milquetoast schoolteacher to meth-marketing monster.

NEW YORK (AP) — For five seasons of "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston displayed his versatility through the dramatic evolution of his character, Walter White, from milquetoast schoolteacher to meth-marketing monster.

NEW YORK (AP) — For five seasons of "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston displayed his versatility through the dramatic evolution of his character, Walter White, from milquetoast schoolteacher to meth-marketing monster.

NEW YORK (AP) — For five seasons of "Breaking Bad," Bryan Cranston displayed his versatility through the dramatic evolution of his character, Walter White, from milquetoast schoolteacher to meth-marketing monster.

HAAKSBERGEN - De 110-jarige imkervereniging De Heidebloem begint op 11 juni met een opleiding voor jeugdige imkers. De cursus is bedoeld voor kinderen van 10 tot en met 14 jaar.