Новости за 21.09.2016

According to reports, Non-profit environmental law organization ClientEarth has initiated a legal challenge against the Belgian regional government over its failure to handle pollution crisis in Brussels.

Veteran German politician Willy Wimmer says that the US military bases in his country are long overdue for closure. Speaking to Sputnik, Wimmer emphasized that US bases installed during the Cold War no longer protect Europe; instead, they serve as a logistics hub for NATO's wars of aggression.

Spurs have high hopes for 17-year-old attacking midfielder Edwards.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson will have surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus, putting his season and perhaps his 10-year run with Minnesota in question.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson will have surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus, putting his season and perhaps his 10-year run with Minnesota in question.

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson leaves U.S. Bank Stadium on crutches after an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, in Minneapolis. The Vikings won 17-14. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man accused of sexually attacking and suffocating his high school honors student daughter and leaving her body in a motel room was jailed Wednesday on $750,000 cash bond. Jackson County prosecutors on Tuesday charged Jerry Bausby, 40, of Kansas City, with first-degree murder and felony counts of sodomy, incest

The four-way ballot test shows similarly close margins.

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Protests turned violent shortly after police shot and killed a black man. Police claim he was armed. A woman said that he was reading a book.

Paul R. Pillar

Security, Middle East

Among the latest in the Washington Post editorial page's unrelenting drumbeat of criticism on Syria—which often does not make clear exactly what the United States should be doing there, except that whatever it does should involve more military force than it is using now—is a signed column by deputy editorial page editor Jackson Diehl, who says President Obama ought to emulate Vladimir Putin. Diehl says that events in Syria since Russia directly... Читать дальше...

India along with Saudi Arabia finished the competition with a point each.

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- Ryewook, a member of the popular boy group Super Junior, is going to join the army next month, his management firm S.M. Entertainment said on Wednesday. The singer will start a five-week training on Oct. 11 in Jeungpyeon

By Woo Jae-yeon and Kwon Soo-hyun SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- For an award-winning Korean ballerino, Kim Ki-min sure keeps a scrutinizing eye on himself. "I've recently watched a lot of ballet videos including mine, and I suddenly felt that my da

ERMELO – Het Springpaarden Fonds Nederland (SFN) heeft het eigen toppaard Zenith woensdag op een online veiling zelf teruggekocht. Dit heeft de directie van de organisatie laten weten.

Man United are relaxed about Jose Mourinho's potential and consider him the closest equivalent they have had to Sir Alex Ferguson.

– Experts from across the world are expected to converge in Abuja to discuss Nigeria’s power problem – The summit was endorsed by the Babtunde Fashola-led ministry of power, works and housing – The minister was applauded for the transformation he has introduced in the sector Nigeria’s power sector seems to be getting boost soon […]

Toby Roland-Jones takes four wickets to leave champions Yorkshire still 35 runs behind Middlesex after two days of their final County Championship match at Lord's.

Geoff Ziezulewicz
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- General Dynamics Mission Systems' Common Aviation Command and Control System recently completed a U.S. Marine Corps operational test, the company said.

New information has “come to light” about the Lyman-Alpha Blob, a glowing “blob” in space that has left astronomers speculating about its purpose for more than 15 years. Scientists now say there are two large galaxies at the center of the blob and each galaxy is creating the equivalent of 100 suns every year, according to a report published by the Astrophysical Journal Wednesday.

The US will give Israel $38 billion in military aid over the next ten years under a landmark agreement which was signed last Wednesday. The deal, the biggest pledge of US military assistance to another country in history, was signed as planned by Israel’s national security advisor and a senior US diplomat. The deal will require Israel to buy all weapons from US manufacturers, unlike previous aid packages which partially went to Israeli companies. Ron Paul asks: Why Are We Sending $38 Billion to Rich and Powerful Israel? Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have accused high-profile hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman and his firm of illegally trading on confidential information he learned from a company executive. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the civil insider-trading charges Wednesday against Cooperman and his firm, Omega Advisors. The SEC also alleged that Cooperman tried to cover up

Tim Bresnan hits an unbeaten 72 as Yorkshire end day two on 235-6 at Lord's, replying to Middlesex's 270 all out.