Новости за 18.05.2016

ROLLING UPDATES: Yesterday Bill Shorten was getting kisses on the campaign trail and today’s he’s been serenaded while walking in south west Sydney.

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California, compared Europa's potential for producing hydrogen and oxygen with that of Earth through processes that do not directly involve volcanism.

– The organized labour unions are threatening to shut-down the country over the new fuel price of petrol – The Catholic Church warned the labour that the nationwide strike may throw the nation into chaos – The director of communication of Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Very Rev. Fr, Patrick Alumuku, urged Nigerians to rethink their […]

"The incident occurred when lion Manan tore one of the palms of keeper Asif Khan, who was standing outside the cage and feeding the animal," safari director Sanjay Srivastava said.

A 15.38-carat vivid pink diamond, the biggest of its kind to go on auction, was sold for a new record total of $31.56 million (27.88 million euros), Sotheby’s auction house said Tuesday. “It’s a new world record… It’s the highest price ever paid for a fancy vivid pink diamond,” said auctioneer David Bennett. The stone with the name “Unique Pink” was certified a fancy vivid pink diamond, the most sought after colour in pink diamonds, by the Gemmological Institute of America.

The Oakland City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved laws to regulate the city’s medical cannabis industry, but promised to revisit provisions that have drawn sharp objections from industry leaders. At the center of the debate is an equity program that some council members see as reparations for the U.S. drug war, but that industry leaders say will cause the city’s pot trade to sputter. While the idea was to promote diversity and redress the racial injustices of the drug war, critics say the... Читать дальше...

Jürgen Klopp's message to Liverpool's players before they face Sevilla in the Europa League final is clear: that this is their opportunity to become “legends.”

Authorities say a young boy was stabbed to death while walking home from school in Texas

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in association with Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, organised a free health check-up camp on mental well-being, and beauty related diseases at Corporation Office, Zone D, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, today.

THE DISRESPECT.

It's just downright disrespectful.

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Veel mensen die bij de gemeente aankloppen voor hulp, zijn inderdaad niet in staat om hun problemen zelfstandig op te lossen. Bijna de helft (40 procent) beschikt ook niet over een eigen netwerk dat ze voor hulp kunnen inschakelen, blijkt uit onderzoek van Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP).

South Africa’s competition watchdog aims to complete an investigation into the grocery market by the end of May 2017.

Dave Roberts exchanged text messages with Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez on Tuesday, and Gonzalez informed his manager his sore lower back was improving. But Roberts kept Gonzalez out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Angels, and could not rule out the possibility that Gonzalez...

Mark Morris’ Aunica Rybar carded an 86 to move into a tie for second place after the opening round of the Southwest 2A District girls golf tournament held at Mint Valley on Tuesday.

Soba noodles run hot or cold in this entree salad that brings Asian flavors of ginger and soy and hoisin sauces to fresh tomatoes, snow peas and seared beef. As a main dish salad, it’s hard to beat, especially since…

Bills might be high, but don’t blame it on the meters.

Everyone wants a long, sweet life. Everybody. But it’s a two-sided coin — length on one side and sweetness on the other. No one wants a long, awful life. One that lasts too long is not my idea nor yours…

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As many have experienced first hand, it’s been a wild start to the year for financial markets.

The first six weeks was utter carnage with risk assets tumbling on heightened concerns about the Chinese economy, primarily due to sudden weakness in the renminbi in the wake of the US Federal Reserve’s decision to lift interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade in December.

Then, as if a switch was flicked, risk assets rebounded in spectacular fashion... Читать дальше...

The Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump is expected to meet Henry Kissinger in New York Wednesday, in what is widely seen as an effort by Trump to boost his foreign policy credentials, according to a report first made in the Washington Post. It would be Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with Kissinger, who advised former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford on international affairs.

The report released Wednesday by the Education Research Alliance at Tulane said the decline in school-switching belies fears that the open-enrollment system would result in students constantly changing schools; and it may indicate that families have become more satisfied with the schools they choose.

CHICAGO (AP) — Houston manager A.J. Hinch plans to shuffle his minor league call-ups in and out of the lineup to get his struggling Astros rolling on offense.

CHICAGO (AP) — Houston manager A.J. Hinch plans to shuffle his minor league call-ups in and out of the lineup to get his struggling Astros rolling on offense.

Hull City will face Sheffield Wednesday in an all-Yorkshire Championship playoff final after surviving a huge scare in a home loss to Derby County.

South Africa will “most likely” achieve the strict consolidation targets set out in the Budget, according to the Treasury.