Новости за 21.12.2017

In case you haven't had enough of Amazon, it may be on its way to your car. 

U.S. Senator Mark Warner has spoken out about what he calls “a growing chorus of irresponsible and reckless” voices calling for an end to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of ties between Russia and President Donald Trump’s election campaign, saying such a move “has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis.” WATCH: Warner on Potential Constitutional Crisis Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday in a speech on the Senate floor that... Читать дальше...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says he hired a deputy chief of staff who had previously been accused of sexual harassment because an investigation didn't prove the allegations. Johnny Anderson resigned from Edwards' staff in November after new claims of sexual harassment were lodged against him. Several people made similar accusations in 2006 when Anderson worked for Gov. Kathleen Blanco and was a university system board chairman. Anderson denies wrongdoing in both sets of claims. Читать дальше...

Idris Yakubu, the managing director, Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (nahcoaviance) at the weekend, lauded Ethiopian Airlines for the feat it achieved with the All-female crew operated flight that landed at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos from Addis Ababa. Yakubu promised the professional handling of the airline’s ground services, adding that NAHCO was proud to be […]

A Canadian who was test piloting a plane in Panama was reportedly killed in a crash on Wednesday afternoon.

Khloe used Instagram to confirm that she and boyfriend Tristan Thompson are expecting.

7 women and 5 men will decide if Christopher Garnier is guilty of second-degree murder in death of Catherine Campbell.

Just this morning we wrote about a last minute plan by surveillance hawks in Congress to rush through a really bad bill to extend Section 702, which enables widespread domestic surveillance by the NSA. We recommended letting your elected officials know what a bad bill it was (leading at least one of our commenters to mock us, saying contacting your elected officials is useless). Turns out: it worked (for now). The bill has been taken off the table and won't be voted on today. Senators Rand Paul... Читать дальше...

Antonio Conte has heaped praise on his players for overcoming Bournemouth in their Carabao Cup quarter-final clash at Stamford Bridge. The Blues needed an injury-time winner from Alvaro Morata to knock Eddie Howe’s men out of the competition, despite being in control of the game from the opening quarter-of-an-hour. Willian opened the scoring in the 13th minute, and it was not until Dan Gosling equalised in the final seconds of regulation time that it looked like Chelsea would not secure a narrow win inside 90 minutes. Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. judge in Nevada dealt another defeat Wednesday to federal prosecutors trying to punish leaders of armed standoffs meant to oppose federal authority over vast swaths of land in the American West. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro in Las Vegas declared a mistrial in the long-awaited case against states' rights figure Cliven Bundy, his sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy and self-styled Montana militia leader Ryan Payne. Prosecutors were trying to prove the four broke the law in... Читать дальше...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A U.S. judge in Nevada dealt another defeat Wednesday to federal prosecutors trying to punish leaders of armed standoffs meant to oppose federal authority over vast swaths of land in the American West. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro in Las Vegas declared a mistrial in the long-awaited case against states' rights figure Cliven Bundy, his sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy and self-styled Montana militia leader Ryan Payne. Prosecutors were trying to prove the four broke the law in... Читать дальше...

Floyd Mayweather in the UFC? Think again.

Hours after UFC president Dana White said the promotion was having “real” talks with Floyd Mayweather about competing in the Octagon, Mayweather himself shot down the rumblings.

In an interview with FightHype (h/t MMA Weekly), Mayweather said people misconstrued what he said last week about the UFC. He didn’t say he was going to compete in MMA — he said he could make a billion dollars in the UFC if he chose to. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s something he will be doing. Читать дальше...

Cybersecurity researchers at the Kaspersky Lab intentionally infected an Android phone with a new species of nefarious malware. Two days later, the overtaxed phone battery had bulged and actually warped the phone. 

From the saftey of the hospital walls patients fighting health battles got to finish their Christmas shopping.

Astronomers have announced that TB145, an interesting-looking asteroid that remotely resembles a human skull, is going to return next year.

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Since 2012, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has accepted donations on behalf of WikiLeaks readers after Visa, Mastercard and PayPal instituted an extra-legal financial blockade of WikiLeaks in 2011 and 2012.

When WikiLeaks started publishing classified State Department cables in conjunction with the New York Times and other papers in late 2010, government officials had pressured US companies to cut off services to WikiLeaks—despite the fact that their publications were clearly protected speech... Читать дальше...

Johannesburg - Newly-elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday morning slammed corruption by those in close proximity to party leaders but would not mention state capture by name as he closed the party’s 54th conference.

1 Syria war: Air strikes on a Syrian village in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib killed at least 17 people, including women and children, activists and rescue workers said Wednesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the overnight strikes killed at least four children and two women, and wiped out an entire displaced family. Idlib is a rebel stronghold where President Bashar Assad’s forces have recently launched an offensive to try retaking the province after losing it nearly three years ago. Читать дальше...

The weekly fishing report as compiled for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Dec. 20 and also available on the internet at http://www.txfishing.com : CENTRAL AUSTIN: Water stained; 57-66 degrees; 0.81' low. Black bass are slow to fair on chrome Rat-L-Traps and Texas rigs. Sunfish are fair to good on cut nightcrawlers. Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and nightcrawlers. BASTROP: Water stained; 69-73 degrees. Black bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and shrimp. Читать дальше...

Cyril Ramaphosa, the new leader of South Africa's governing ANC party, said on Thursday he aims to stamp out corruption and pursue a policy of "radical economic transformation" that will speed up expropriation of land without compensation. Ramaphosa, a 65-year-old union leader who became a businessman and is now one of South Africa's richest people, is likely to become the country's next president after elections in 2019, because of his party's electoral dominance. "This Conference has resolved... Читать дальше...

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved the third installment of a $12 billion, three-year loan for Egypt, bringing the total released to date to just over $6 billion.

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Today I was speaking to someone who is on the coaching staff of a Superleague club and we got around to Kibula. His opinion is that "He would get eaten alive at 1st team level" and needs two or even three years before he will be "ready" if ever!!