Новости за 23.04.2018

The Vikings’ deal with Eric Kendricks, which pays the linebacker $50 million in new money over the next five years, puts $10.5 million of extra cash in the linebacker’s pocket this season, in the form of the signing bonus the team agreed to give Kendricks when it finalized the deal last week. The $1.138 million base salary Kendricks was originally scheduled to make in 2018, though, remains unchanged, which means his one-fifth of signing bonus is the only effect his new deal has on this year’s salary cap. 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. It was a night in Barcelona two years ago and Arsenal are in the middle of one of their regular mid-season slump, and facing elimination from the Champions League at the hands of the Catalans, there is nothing to hope for this night against the likes of Neymar, Messi and Suarez. But the team sheet is called out and the attention suddenly... Читать дальше...

(Spoiler alert: Please do not read ahead unless you’ve seen all of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 1.)

The veteran, who lost his genitals in a bomb blast, received the world'st first total penis and scrotum transplant in March.

NEW YORK (AP) — The new head of the nation's top public health agency is getting paid nearly twice what his predecessor made and far more than other past directors, government officials confirmed. Dr. Robert Redfield Jr., 66, has long career as a top HIV researcher, but he had no experience working in public health or managing a public health agency. The U.S. government is paying him $375,000 a year to run the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's nearly twice the annual compensation given to Dr. Читать дальше...

Did the arrival of coffee cause the rise of the Enlightenment?

Making your way to Australia's Christmas Island to witness its annual red crab migration isn't the easiest of trips, but now there's an easier way to see it happen: Just catch a glimpse on Google's Street View.

It was earlier reported that just recently in Zimbabwe, a fight allegedly ensued at the hotel where famous Nigerian music star Davido was lodged. It was also reported that some female fans were seen fighting each other.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Syrian army bombarded a militant enclave in south Damascus on Monday, state television and a war monitor said, as President Bashar Assad seeks to regain all ground near the capital.

• The birth of Kate Middleton and Prince William's new baby boy means the royal family's succession line has shifted.
• The newborn baby is now fifth in line for the crown, which means Prince Harry is bumped down to sixth.
• Princess Charlotte is still fourth in line thanks to the Succession to the Crown Act 2013.

Kate Middleton and Prince William's new royal baby has finally arrived, which means the royal line of succession is getting a shake-up.

Quotes from news releases rarely offer much insight or truth, but the one included on the Minnesota Wild’s release on the firing of Chuck Fletcher (or non-renewal of his contract if you want the soft version) from owner Craig Leipold pretty much sums up the general manager’s nine-year tenure. It reads, in part: “Chuck and his staff built a winning culture and a perennial playoff team. For all of that I am grateful. I feel it is time for a new approach aimed at delivering a Stanley Cup to the deserving... Читать дальше...

For a Britain's Got Talent audition, stand-up comedian Lost Voice Guy (aka Lee Ridley) performed a brilliant set without speaking a word. The voiceless 37-year-old British comic used a synthetic voice machine to deliver his jokes which had the audience and judges in stitches.

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• Flight records show that the plane President Donald Trump used to fly to Moscow in 2013 spent nearly 48 hours in the city.
• Trump told former FBI Director James Comey, according to his memos, that he did not stay overnight in Moscow.
• The trip in question was referenced in an infamous dossier about Trump's alleged ties to Russia. It alleged Trump of being present for a lewd sexual act involving prostitutes and urination in a hotel in Moscow.
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Not long after announcing its annual Festival Passport, Live Nation, the largest ticket seller and promoter in the United States, is back with a $20 National Concert Week ticket promotion, wherein fans can buy discounted tickets to more than 100 shows nationwide. Those cheaper tickets will go on sale for a week starting at noon Monday, April 30. The advertised “all-in” price includes fees and taxes that commonly boost the cost of tickets substantially. Among the... Читать дальше...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported a jump in first-quarter net income on the back of strong digital ad sales and an accounting adjustment. The Mountain View, California-based company's net income surged 73 percent to $9.4 billion, or $13.33 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains including those from the accounting change, were $9.93 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment... Читать дальше...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported a jump in first-quarter net income on the back of strong digital ad sales and an accounting adjustment. The Mountain View, California-based company's net income surged 73 percent to $9.4 billion, or $13.33 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains including those from the accounting change, were $9.93 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment... Читать дальше...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Rival forces from Somalia's army shot at each other in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, with one group trying to storm a training centre the United Arab Emirates left behind after it ended a training programme there, soldiers and residents said.

They aren’t quite scoring the most runs, but they’re doing the best hitting.

Les dirigeants du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada (MBAC) semblent mettre les freins dans la course à l'achat du Saint Jérôme de Jacques-Louis David. Ils indiquent vouloir laisser le temps aux musées québécois de trouver le financement nécessaire pour en faire l'acquisition.

KERBALA, Iraq — For pilgrims, the clay tablets from Iraq's Shiite Muslim Kerbala shrine are a blessing, an aid to prayer, even a cure for sickness. For local families, they are all that, and also a business.

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven vowed to defend their "democracy" against attacks from Vladimir Putin's Russia on Monday in a show of solidarity from the world's richest industrialized economies.

Republicans in the Colorado state legislature have introduced a bill that could land teachers who go on strike in jail....

Shares of Whirlpool Corp. lost 3% late Monday after the appliances maker reported first-quarter earnings and sales below expectations and said it expects pressure this year from lower sales and increased costs. Whirlpool said it earned $94 million, or $1.30 a share, in the quarter, compared with $153 million, or $2.01 a share, in the year-ago period. Sales rose to $4.91 billion, compared with $4.78 billion a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected earnings of $2.51 a share on sales... Читать дальше...