Новости за 01.08.2016

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association President Hakkaku speaks to reporters at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Aug. 1...

One day, your grandchildren may open their science textbooks and read about elephants, tigers and lions as majestic, extinct creatures that once roamed the Earth like woolly mammoths and Triceratops. That is the message of a new paper, written by dozens of conservation biologists from around the world. To forestall that future, governments and conservation organizations should implement several steps to prevent the mass extinction, the scientists report.

The latest US-EU agreement Privacy Shield on protecting European data privacy standards is confidence trick and is designed to protect economic interests at the expense of personal privacy, the founder of watchdog Privacy International and co-director of privacy activist group Code Red, Simon Davies, told Sputnik on Monday.

(AP) — The experience of an unanswered prayer is one of those trials of life that can make anyone wonder if prayer really works. [...] in the darkest moment of Jennifer Hubbard's life — the moment she realized God was not going to bring her little girl, Catherine, home from Sandy Hook Elementary School — the grieving mother did not stop praying. Like others who lost loved ones in the shooting of 26 first-graders and educators at Sandy Hook in 2012, Hubbard's story of personal loss has become a cause for public inspiration. Читать дальше...

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LONDON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- A struggling British offshore oil and natural gas sector held out its safety record as a critically important feature in the post-Brexit era.

NARITA, Japan - Former sumo grand champion Asashoryu speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Narita airport near Tok...

Non, ça ne se vend pas en bouquet.

Cela fait bientôt 80 ans que les botanistes et curieux guettent ce moment, et voilà que le célèbre arum titan a enfin fleuri ce week-end au jardin botanique de New York dans le Bronx.

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Selon le jardin botanique de New York, cette plante très rare, l'amorphophallus titanum (aussi connue sous le nom de l'arum titan), n'avait pas fleuri depuis 1939.

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LAGOS, Nigeria — A Nigerian accused of scamming $60 million from companies around the world through fraudulent emails has been arrested after months of investigation, Interpol and Nigeria’s anti-fraud agency said Monday. One target paid out $15.4 million, according to a statement from Interpol. The ringleader of a global scamming network, identified only as a

Red Devils feeling good ahead of new season.

Tesla Motors Inc. and SolarCity Corp. held a call with analysts early Monday morning to defend a proposed deal between the two companies and tout the cost synergies that would occur if the two combined. Earlier on Monday, Tesla announced an offer to buy SolarCity for roughly $2.6 billion. The deal, subject to SEC review and majority approval from the independent shareholders of both companies, is expected to close in in the fourth quarter. On the call, the companies said they expect to achieve... Читать дальше...

ROSWELL, Ga. — Police say two teenagers suffered severe head trauma in what investigators are calling a double homicide after their bodies were discovered behind a grocery store in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell. Roswell police say a delivery driver made the discovery shortly before 6 a.m. Monday behind the Publix supermarket in the King

An Illinois police officer was shot and wounded during a chase Sunday night, and the shooter remained on the run Monday.

De Turkse president Recep Tayyip Erdogan heeft de aanklachten tegen twee oppositieleiders wegens belediging maandag ingetrokken. Voor de Koerdisch-gezinde HDP maakt Erdogan echter een uitzondering, meldt de Turkse krant Cumhuriyet op gezag van Erdogans advocaat.

Harley-Davidson Inc. was downgraded on Monday to underweight from equal weight at Barclays on concerns that discounting could impact bike inventories. The bank maintains its $45 price target. "In response to the favorable financing rates offered by the competition, Harley-Davidson has once again engaged in aggressive financing via Harley-Davison Financial Services," the bank wrote in a note. "All this discounting conditions consumer purchase patterns and leads to higher used bike inventories... Читать дальше...

Prom 18: Connolly/Tiffin Boys' Choir/LSO/Haitink and Prom 20: Monteverdi/NYCS/ORR/Gardiner

In an interview with CNN, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused Hillary Clinton’s election campaign of exaggerating privacy threats of publishing Democratic National Committee (DNC) mails.

'I didn't know dogs could drive', said a witness.

Boats are killing manatees in Florida at a record-setting pace so far this year.

Listen to humourless atheists a Jedi does not.

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military is warning its soldiers about a new threat: the widely popular mobile phone game “Pokemon Go.” The army said Monday it has banned its forces from playing the game on Israeli military bases due to security concerns. In a directive to soldiers and officers, the army warned the game activates

Jack was locked in the jaws of another dog for three minutes

Trump's campaign is not in a position to capture the 8 percent of undecided voters, Politico's Ben White says.

Sunderland must make significant progress to attract players of the calibre of Marouane Fellaini, says new boss David Moyes.