Новости за 24.01.2018

Florida State quarterback Deondre Francois is being investigated for a domestic violence incident that is alleged to have occurred early Wednesday morning.

Jordan Reaves was acquitted of drug trafficking charges stemming from a traffic stop more than two years ago.

“This Is Us” is on fire: The hit drama handed NBC another Tuesday win in the key 18-49 demographic. In terms of total viewers, however, the returning “NCIS” and “Bull” locked the overall eyeballs crown up for CBS. NBC was first in ratings with a 1.9 rating in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 7.9 million, according to preliminary numbers. “Ellen’s Game of Games” at 8 p.m. posted a 1.8 rating and 7.5 million viewers.”This Is Us” at earned a 2.5... Читать дальше...

The deterioration of its power business contributed to General Electric's $10 billion loss in the latest quarter. Fred Katayama reports. Video provided by Reuters

LINCOLN (KFSM) — Lincoln police have arrested two men accused of attacking another man with a machete last week, causing lacerations to his head, face and back. David Stringfield, 29, and Jason McCoubrey, 24, were arrested in connection with first-degree battery — a Class B felony. The victim told police Stringfield and McCoubrey on Thursday (Jan. 18) came to his girlfriend’s home on Central Street with machetes and threatened to kill him, according to a preliminary arrest report. The man […]

Nearly four in 10 households own an individual retirement arrangement or IRA. And that means about 50 million households might make a costly mistake.

The All-Star Game picks that will remain private this time around may be televised as soon as next year, according to Stephen Curry.

The University of Zululand has warned about the fraudulent selling of academic places at the institution to prospective first-time entering students.

The university said in a statement on Wednesday that individuals were “selling” places at the university to those desperate to get enrolled.

Unizulu spokesperson Sinegugu Ndlovu said affected students had alerted the Student Representative Council (SRC) and campus security about the unlawful practices. 

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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo said on Wednesday, January 24t that three persons had died of Lassa fever while seven others were hospitalised. He told journalists in Owerri that the disease was discovered in one of the hospitals.

Two former CIA agents have purportedly discovered the whereabouts of a sunken submarine used by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel to smuggle cocaine from Colombia to Puerto Rico. In footage shot for Discovery UK, the two ex-CIA agents — Doug Laux and Ben Smith — are exploring the waters off Colombia’s Caribbean coast...

López Obrador, the presidential candidate leading the polls in Mexico, does not rule out the possibility of granting amnesty to the leaders of the drug cartels. Taboo, or pragmatism? Español

Christopher A. Preble

At the beginning of his book, The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire, Stephen Kinzer explains that Americans’ “enthusiasm for foreign intervention seems to ebb and flow like the tides … At some moments we are aflame with righteous anger. Confident in our power, we launch wars and depose governments. Then chastened, we retreat—until the cycle begins again.”

If fervor for overseas military adventures moves like the tides... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (sir-GAY' lahv-RAWF') have spoken on the telephone in an effort to ease U.S.-Russian tensions over Syria, North Korea and Ukraine. The call comes less than 24 hours after Tillerson accused Russia of being responsible for chemical weapons attacks in Syria — a charge that draw a furious response from Moscow. The State Department and the Russian ministry say the diplomats discussed their countries' roles in the crises. Читать дальше...

What's going on with Amazon Go, the e-retailer’s automated convenience store?

An accused sex trafficker in Illinois wants his trial delayed, claiming the #MeToo movement has made it nearly impossible to get an impartial jury. In a seven-page motion, an attorney for Benjamin Biancofiori, 38, of Naperville, asked a federal judge in Chicago to delay the start of her client’s upcoming trial on Monday, allowing time...

Tel Aviv is also conquered territory

  -- MK Hanin Zoabi (UAL)

responding to a question about her opposition to the possible opening of a new medical school in the University of Ariel and if her opposition would be the same even if the discussion were for a school in Tel Aviv.

If anybody thinks the issue between the Israelis and Palestinians is only regarding Judea and Samaria (aka the West Bank), think again....

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Peter Sagan met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Wednesday, giving the head of the Catholic Church a special rainbow jersey and a custom-made Specialized bike.

THE obituary of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was widely written when Donald Trump pulled America out of the 12-country free-trade deal on the third day of his presidency. Yet, a year later and against all the apparent odds, the pact lives on. On January 23rd its remaining 11 members met in Tokyo to thrash out the final details of pressing ahead regardless. The plan is to sign a final agreement in March, to come into force in 2019. It will be one of the world’s most exacting trade pacts... Читать дальше...

If someone started choking while you were doing a  photoshoot, you'd keep taking pictures, right?

Kyle Edmund’s first serve has caught fire Down Under.

The 23-year-old Brit served 315 aces during 60 matches in 2017 to help power himself to a year-end ATP Ranking of No. 50. Solid numbers, but nothing like what he has done during his run to the semi-finals of the 2018 Australian Open.

Edmund has hit 78 aces through five matches in Melbourne – which is remarkably already 25 per cent of his season total from last year. Five of Edmund’s aces have come behind second serves.

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Dresden (dpa/sn) - Bundesaußenminister Sigmar Gabriel erhält den Orden des Semperopernballs in Dresden. Mit ihm werde ein Staatsmann und Politiker geehrt, der «in aufregenden und aufgeregten Zeiten wohltuend beruhigt, ausgleicht und Maß hält», sagte Ball-Chef Hans- Joachim Frey am Mittwoch. «Während andere das Trennende zwischen Ländern, Anschauungen und Sichtweisen betonen und überbetonen, setzt Gabriel auf Annäherung und sucht das Gespräch. Statt auszugrenzen und zu stigmatisieren, bemüht er sich... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Judges in central Iowa are using a new pretrial risk assessment tool to reduce bias and inequality when releasing individuals or setting bonds after an arrest. The Des Moines Register reports that Polk County officials began using the new assessment system last week to try decreasing the number of individuals awaiting trial in jail. The tool scores each person based on factors that help determine whether they're likely to commit another crime or appear at their court date. Читать дальше...

Rom (dpa) - Nach Berichten über sexuelle Belästigung bei den Vereinten Nationen hat das UN-Welternährungsprogramm eine härtere Gangart gegen Täter und mehr Schutz für Opfer angekündigt. «Ich weiß, dass einige unserer Kollegen Angst davor haben, laut zu sprechen. (....) Solch eine Atmosphäre ist inakzeptabel», hieß es in einem am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Brief von Exekutivdirektor David Beasley an die Mitarbeiter.Die Welternährungsorganisation habe nun Maßnahmen eingeleitet was die Verfolgung von sexuellen Missbrauch angehe. Читать дальше...