Новости за 13.04.2018

Berlin (Germany) (AFP) – German giants Bayern Munich on Friday named Eintracht Frankfurt coach Niko Kovac as their new coach, succeeding Jupp Heynckes at the end of the season. “Niko was a player at Bayern, he is very familiar with the people involved as well as the structure and the DNA of the club,” said Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic. “We are convinced that he is the right coach for the future of Bayern.” However, Frankfurt were furious, accusing Bayern of being “not professional and disrespectful”. Читать дальше...

Walter Olson

Public perception of environmental issues in the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond is regularly shaped by the Chesapeake Bay Journal, a 50,000-circulation newspaper staffed by veteran journalists that has been published for a quarter-century. Its aim is to raise public awareness of environmental issues related to the bay, which it does with extensive reporting of recognized high quality along with opinion coverage that is sometimes pointed and goes after named officials.

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• Norway could soon be home to a floating, multi-span suspension bridge in unprecedentedly deep waters.
• Bridge engineer Ian Firth discussed the bridge, which will cross a long and deep Norwegian fjord known as Bjørnafjord, during a talk at this week's TED Conference.
• Bridge foundations in deep water can be incredibly expensive. The Bjørnafjord bridge gets around that by floating.

As Elon Musk noted in a recent tweet, "Norway has some... Читать дальше...

A city can enrich or alienate us. A city is the environment in which we live with one another, and it can function either as a place to merely live, or as a community in which we can grow.

The president has reportedly been musing about firing his attorney general since last summer. Here's why it hasn't happened yet.

Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’ attorney, taunted the President on Friday for taking “two and a half days” to secure counsel for a hearing for his personal lawyer Michael Cohen.

Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters

• Attorneys separately representing President Donald Trump and his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, argued Friday that the Justice Department should be blocked from reviewing communications between Trump and Cohen.
• Those communications were seized in an FBI raid earlier this week.
• Cohen's lawyers said they wanted to go over the communications and separate those they deem privileged before the DOJ can review them.

Michael Cohen... Читать дальше...

If Isiah Thomas were still Knicks president and not Liberty president, it sounds like either Mark Jackson or Jason Kidd would be his choice to run the troubled franchise. Appearing on the “Bernie and Sid’’ WABC radio show Friday morning, Thomas gave endorsements for both former Knicks point guards. Kidd, who coached for Brooklyn and...

West Brom forward Jay Rodriguez has been cleared of a Football Association (FA) charge of alleged racial abuse by an independent regulatory commission. Rodriguez was charged with using "abusive and/or insulting words which included a reference to ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race" towards Gaetan Bong during a Premier League match in January. The Brighton and Hove Albion defender made a complaint against the West Brom player after he appeared to squeeze his nose and waft a hand at him. Rodriguez... Читать дальше...

Israel's strike on a Syrian airbase this week has put it in direct confrontation with regional foe Iran, the head of Lebanon's Tehran-backed Hezbollah movement said on Friday.

Wandering around the centre of Dublin, you can barely turn around without being faced with any number of great pubs. The drinks do be flowing, the craic does be great and the ceol is usually cranked up to 11.  Sometimes though, there's a lot to be said for getting out of the hustle and bustle of the city and escaping to more peaceful surroundings. That said, you don't have to go far in Dublin to find just that. Down in the Strawberry Beds, just about 6km from the city centre, one can find one of Dublin's most quaint and underrated pubs. Читать дальше...

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have arrested a man after they say he drove his SUV into a restaurant after he was refused alcohol. Mooresville police say 22-year-old Shaquille Dangelo Steele is charged with driving while impaired and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. At least one person was taken to the hospital as a result of the crash Thursday. Local news sources cite eyewitnesses who say Steele was refused alcohol because he was already intoxicated. Читать дальше...

Mayor de Blasio on Friday joined Cynthia Nixon in condemning Gov. Cuomo for attending a Manhattan fundraiser that included members of a breakaway group of state Senate Democrats that he supposedly help dissolve. “If they’re really coming back and staying back that’s a very good thing, but that has not been achieved yet fully,” the...

iTunes Official Music Charts for the week ending April 12, 2018: Top Songs 1. Nice For What, Drake 2. I Like It, Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 3. God's Plan, Drake 4. Meant to Be, Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 5. Whatever It Takes, Imagine Dragons 6. Get Along, Kenny Chesney 7. The Middle, Zedd,Maren Morris & Grey 8. Zombie, Bad Wolves 9. Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign), Post Malone 10. You Make It Easy, Jason Aldean Top Albums 1. Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B 2. The Greatest Showman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)... Читать дальше...

Remarks

John J. Sullivan
Acting Secretary of State

Lima, Peru

April 13, 2018

ACTING SECRETARY SULLIVAN: Good morning. It’s wonderful to be here in Lima and to participate in the Summit of the Americas. I’m especially honored to join one of the Trump administration’s most passionate advocates for issues impacting women across the globe, Advisor to the President of the United States, Ivanka Trump.

In Latin America and around the world, the United States supports policy engagement... Читать дальше...

Remarks

John J. Sullivan
Acting Secretary of State

Lima, Peru

April 13, 2018

ACTING SECRETARY SULLIVAN: Good morning. It’s wonderful to be here in Lima and to participate in the Summit of the Americas. I’m especially honored to join one of the Trump administration’s most passionate advocates for issues impacting women across the globe, Advisor to the President of the United States, Ivanka Trump.

In Latin America and around the world, the United States supports policy engagement... Читать дальше...

Remarks

John J. Sullivan
Acting Secretary of State

Lima, Peru

April 13, 2018

ACTING SECRETARY SULLIVAN: Good morning. It’s wonderful to be here in Lima and to participate in the Summit of the Americas. I’m especially honored to join one of the Trump administration’s most passionate advocates for issues impacting women across the globe, Advisor to the President of the United States, Ivanka Trump.

In Latin America and around the world, the United States supports policy engagement... Читать дальше...

A man was rescued Friday morning after driving his minivan off a cliff by Montara State Beach, officials said. He went over the edge of Highway 1 just south of Devil’s Slide around 8 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. A rescue operation coordinated by the Coast Guard and CHP helped retrieve the man from the water’s edge while his car was submerged not far from where he was standing. A helicopter was also on scene. The man suffered non-life threatening injuries... Читать дальше...

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters points to bad weather in the forecast and a lack of a visual inspection of new damage to the pipelines.

The European Space Agency plans to remotely update the software on its Mars Express probe to ensure the aging spacecraft remains stable.

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters points to bad weather in the forecast and a lack of a visual inspection of new damage to the pipelines.

NEW YORK (AP) — A sharp drop for bank stocks overshadowed gains elsewhere in the market, and the S&P 500 dipped in early afternoon trading on Friday as a highly anticipated earnings reporting season got underway. Analysts have high expectations for how much corporate earnings grew in the first three months of the year, and the hope is that the coming barrage of profit reports will provide a steadying force for the market following its shaky run in recent weeks. Wall Street came into this reporting... Читать дальше...

Multiple wildfires burned in northwest Oklahoma, triggering evacuations, on Thursday, April 12. Several of the fires were still burning on Friday. The entire town of Vici was evacuated because of the fire danger, a news report said, and a 54-year-old man was missing. The fire, which had burned 1,900 acres, threatened 800 buildings. Three homes had already been destroyed. Firefighters were also fighting a series of fires around Woodward, which officials said had burned 150,000 acres. Reports said 20-25 buildings had been burned in the area. Читать дальше...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy has been convicted of trying to kill a Virginia police officer. On Friday, a jury found Will Patterson Jr. guilty of all 12 counts against him, including attempted capital murder of a law enforcement officer and aggravated malicious wounding. Prosecutors said Patterson shot and seriously injured Portsmouth Officer Angelina Baaklini in November when she approached him after recognizing him as a reported runaway. Patterson was 15 at the time. Baaklini was struck by five bullets. Читать дальше...

Honda

• A teenager died after becoming stuck in the trunk of a 2004 Honda Odyssey minivan, The Cincinnati Enquirer reports. 
• Kyle Plush was reportedly reaching into the trunk to retrieve tennis equipment, with his knee on a third-row bench seat, when the seat flipped over and trapped him in the trunk upside down.
• Honda said there have been no seat-related recalls for the 2004 Odyssey.

A teenager died after becoming stuck in the trunk of a 2004 Honda Odyssey minivan on Tuesday... Читать дальше...