Новости за 01.12.2017

Washington (dpa) - Michael Flynn, who reached the highest ranks of the US military in a 33-year career, resigned in disgrace as President Donald Trump‘s national security advisor in February after just 25 days on the job.The retired three-star Army general‘s reputation was further tarnished on Friday, when he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia‘s ambassador. He could face up to five years in prison, probation and fines.Flynn‘s humiliating courtroom confession was... Читать дальше...

Former National Security Agency employee Nghia H. Pho has pleaded guilty to taking classified documents while working for the organization, The New York Times reports. The documents were later believed to have been stolen from Pho's home computer by hackers working for Russia.

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis is expected to pressure Pakistan to end its alleged ties to militant groups when he visits the country as part of a four-nation tour that began Friday. Terrorism also will be a main focus of the U.S. defense secretary's stop in Egypt, which last week suffered what officials called the deadliest terror attack in the country's modern history. Mattis' trip, which will also include stops in Kuwait and Jordan, comes as the U.S. military shifts its focus in the Middle East... Читать дальше...

Arsenal News HQ brings you the latest Arsenal news, match analysis, transfer news, injury news, team news and rumours from trusted media outlets around the world. The Gunners might have brushed off Huddersfield to record an emphatic victory on Wednesday night, but the manager admitted it wasn’t all good news at Emirates Stadium. It was reported that Santi Cazorla – who has been out of action since October last year – had required yet another operation on his troublesome Achilles injury. Читать дальше...

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• Cboe President Chris Concannon said the firm could launch more products, such as futures for ether and bitcoin cash.
• In August, Cboe announced it would launch a bitcoin futures contract.
• Two months later, CME announced its product, which is set to go live first, on December 18. 

On Friday, the US Commodity Futures Commission gave exchanges the green light to roll out bitcoin futures, and Cboe President Chris Concannon says other cryptocurrency futures might be on the horizon.

Georgina Rodriguez sizzles as she leaves gym session Cristiano Ronaldo WAG looks in great shape just weeks after giving birth Pair welcomed Alana Martina to the world last month READ MORE: (Photo) Stunning Georgina Rodriguez outshines Cristiano Ronaldo as he takes her out for date night She only gave birth to her first child on November […]

According to court documents, John Cena got the GT delivered on Sept. 23, 2017, and by Oct. 20 he had already sold it.

Major League Baseball and the players union released its annual report of drug tests performed last season.

A day after Sports Illustrated announced that Colin Kaepernick was to receive the Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, conservative host Mike Huckabee rips it.

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• There are many simple words in the English language that are hard for foreign speakers to master.
• That's because English words often have several different meanings and can be difficult to pronounce.

English is a notoriously difficult language to learn, from its inconsistent pronunciation to the endless list of irregular verbs.

For some people learning the language, it's extremely difficult to nail down relatively simple words that many native speakers take for granted. Читать дальше...

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LeDrew was suspended "as the result of his violation of the CTV News Policy and Code of Conduct," according to Scott Henderson, spokesperson for Bell Media, which owns both CTV and CP24.

Events in the news through the eyes of Nick Anderson, Lisa Benson, Joe Heller and Signe Wilkinson.

Rihanna's new Fenty Beauty line has been heaped with praise about its countless shade range and diverse ads.

Emily Maynard Johnson is learning the ropes as a new mother of four.

The former Bachelorette is fresh off the heels of welcoming her baby boy Gatlin Avery to the world on Nov. 12 — and according to Maynard Johnson, taking her entire brood with her out of the house isn’t the easiest task.

“My first outing as a mom of four,” she captioned a photo of herself and her kids — sons Gatlin, Gibson Kyle, 14 months, and Jennings Tyler, 2, plus daughter Ricki, 12 — at what looked like a hardware store. Читать дальше...

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) will be adding armed drones to their Nigerien arsenals to bolster their combat capabilities after the October ambush that left four US soldiers and five Nigerien soldiers dead.

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How many steps would you have to go through if you wanted to open a new business in the United States? How about India? Venezuela? The difference might be important to more than just you...And that's what this week's episode of EconTalk, filmed before a live audience as part of the Atlas Network's Liberty Forum, was all about.

They were parking a BMW in a garage at 12:21 p.m. in the 2200 block of West Lyndale when two armed suspects wearing ski masks forced them out.

California regulators have nixed a plan to let self-driving car manufacturers evade liability for crashes if the vehicle hasn't been maintained according to manufacturer specifications. The new rules released this week delete a provision that was suggested by General Motors, according to Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy group. John Simpson, the group's privacy and technology director, called the change a "major victory for consumers." He said the rules could have absolved car makers of accident... Читать дальше...

California regulators have nixed a plan to let self-driving car manufacturers evade liability for crashes if the vehicle hasn't been maintained according to manufacturer specifications. The new rules released this week delete a provision that was suggested by General Motors, according to Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy group. John Simpson, the group's privacy and technology director, called the change a "major victory for consumers." He said the rules could have absolved car makers of accident... Читать дальше...

• Twitter is retracting its reason for why it allowed anti-Muslim videos shared by Donald Trump — but is leaving them up anyway.
• The US president retweeted videos posted by a British far-right extremist, to universal outrage in Britain.
• Twitter now says that the videos don't violated its rules after all.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump caused a firestorm of condemnation on both sides of the Atlantic when he retweeted a series of anti-Muslim videos originally... Читать дальше...

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced Friday that 614 women's soccer student-athletes have been named to the 2017 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete Team.  Thirty California Pacific Conference players from seven programs earned a spot on the annual academic list.  Embry-Riddle led the list with eight student-athletes qualifying for the honor, Antelope Valley and Soka University of America had seven apiece, Benedictine-Mesa had four, Sierra Nevada had two, and Marymount California and UC Merced each had one. Читать дальше...

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced Friday that 614 women's soccer student-athletes have been named to the 2017 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete Team.  Thirty California Pacific Conference players from seven programs earned a spot on the annual academic list.  Embry-Riddle led the list with eight student-athletes qualifying for the honor, Antelope Valley and Soka University of America had seven apiece, Benedictine-Mesa had four, Sierra Nevada had two, and Marymount California and UC Merced each had one. Читать дальше...

Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and Edge browsers tumbled last month in user share as the once-universal programs ran on just one in every six personal computers worldwide.

It will supercharge growth, help the middle class, and boost workers’ pay. Or will it?