Новости за 18.12.2016

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Saudi Arabia surprised the world by helping to engineer an unexpectedly strong agreement from OPEC members to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day, followed by additional cuts from non-OPEC members. While the two agreements incorporate cuts from a wide range of oil producers, Saudi Arabia will do much of the heavy lifting, cutting nearly 500,000 barrels per day and even promising to go further than that should the markets warrant steeper reductions.

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Unlike vitamin C, which studies have found likely does nothing to prevent or treat the common cold, zinc may actually be worth a shot this season. The mineral seems to interfere with the replication of rhinoviruses, the bugs that cause the common cold.

In a 2011 review of studies of people who'd recently gotten sick, researchers looked at those who'd started taking zinc and compared them with those who just took a placebo. The ones on zinc had shorter colds and less severe symptoms. Читать дальше...

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For many people, it's open enrollment season for healthcare.

That's the case for anyone buying insurance on the public 'Obamacare' Health Insurance Marketplace, wherein the deadline to enroll or change your plan is December 15 if you want coverage to start on January 1 (the deadline to establish coverage for all of 2017 is January 31).  

Buying health insurance is a complicated and often confusing process — even without all the esoteric terminology and acronyms. Читать дальше...

Uber last week began to offer rides in self-driving vehicles despite regulators’ objections, a skirmish that sets the stage for the first major test of nascent autonomous-driving laws.

Nation of Islam leader poised to take advantage of a rise in racial nationalism

As members of the electoral college prepare to choose Donald Trump as the next U.S. president on Monday, some Republican electors say they are defending rural America against big-state liberalism and its support for national popular vote leader Hillary Clinton. But the picture is more complicated.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tacko Fall scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help Central Florida beat Miami (Ohio) 80-73 in overtime on Sunday.

Marc Anthony and Shannon de Lima have officially announced they are divorcing. “After much consideration, we have mutually and amicably decided to end our two year marriage,” the couple said in the statement (via Us Weekly). “We ask for privacy during this difficult process, and no further comments will be made from either one of [...]

JERUSALEM — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump donated $10,000 for a Jewish settlement in the West Bank in 2003.

Sources said the criminals were going towards Dhawanpur village in Gurgaon, apparently to kill Mahle’s uncle over a land dispute.

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump donated $10,000 for a Jewish settlement in the West Bank in 2003.

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump donated $10,000 for a Jewish settlement in the West Bank in 2003.

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump donated $10,000 for a Jewish settlement in the West Bank in 2003.

Just how will U.S.-China relations develop in a Trump presidency? Dr. Kissinger voiced optimism over a new administration's approach to political and economic policies. A drone also played its part.

Factories were humming back to life even before a pledge to revitalize American manufacturing helped propel Donald Trump to the presidency. But jobs aren’t returning in kind, which will make it tough to significantly boost industrial employment.

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Colima Volcano has sent three eruptions in the space of a few hours, spewing ash and vapor more than a mile into the air.

An Australian university professor has reportedly been held for five months in a Turkish jail without charge as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues a purge of alleged opponents.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Colima Volcano has sent three eruptions in the space of a few hours, spewing ash and vapor more than a mile into the air.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Colima Volcano has sent three eruptions in the space of a few hours, spewing ash and vapor more than a mile into the air.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Colima Volcano has sent three eruptions in the space of a few hours, spewing ash and vapor more than a mile into the air.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A second arctic blast in the past week plunged the Midwest and Plains into record-breaking cold Sunday.

Diver Tom Daley gets some dancing tips from popstar Robbie Williams backstage at Sports Personality of the Year.

A few dozen hardy fans showed up to party pregame Sunday in temperatures in the teens below zero.

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