Новости за 23.04.2018

After the relief and euphoria of Saturday's results, I now have this fear that things could suddenly swing against us, much like they did in 2011 when various results combined to sink us. Maybe it's just this expectation that we always have to do things the hard way? The following scores would see us back in the bottom 3 going into the Fulham game.

Forest 0 Barnsley 1
Burton 0 Bolton 2
Barnsley 1 Brentford 0
QPR 2 Blues 0

Yes, you'd probably get long odds on these scores, but they're all plausible. Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman and Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani led the groundbreaking ceremony for the world's largest US consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, local media reported Monday.

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• Some business sayings are shared between Americans and Brits — but the differences say a lot about their respective cultures. 
• American words like "trailblazer" and "pathfinder" show the frontier history of the U.S. and idealization of the entrepreneurial spirit. 
• Although American English is stereotypically more cliched, there are a number of business phrases becoming more prevalent in British English.
• The UK business world has developed their own businessisms... Читать дальше...

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• Kate Middleton's stylist Natasha Archer was spotted leaving the hospital where Middleton gave birth on Monday.
• It's a reminder of how carefully orchestrated major events for the royal family can be.
• Archer was also responsible for Middleton's previous two post-hospital looks.

While everyone awaits the first sight of the new royal baby, photographers managed to catch a glimpse of another important person leaving the hospital: Kate Middleton's stylist, Natasha Archer. Читать дальше...

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The Reds captain cannot wait to face his Roma counterpart in the Champions League semi-finals as they gear up for an Anfield meeting

For most of my life, I had no interest in Christianity. It was raised in a comfortable middle-class Jewish neighborhood in Baltimore. It was Barry Levinson’s Baltimore—families of Eastern European immigrants who worked in small business, rooted for the Colts, and celebrated Thanksgiving and Passover with equal earnestness. Three days a week, I attended Hebrew school. Though as bored as everyone else, I became quite observant, regularly attending shul and not mixing milk and meat. Soon after my bar mitzvah... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has pledged to deploy 192 service personnel to assist in decontaminating potentially affected sites in the UK town of Salisbury after the poisoning of former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal, the Defense Ministry said Monday.

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Ahead of the release of Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War," the studio's first blockbuster of the year, "Black Panther," continues to rake in money at the domestic box office.

Currently leading the year's ranking of the top five highest-grossing films in the US, "Black Panther" has made over 5 times as much money as any other film released (at the domestic box office).

And as the highly anticipated "Avengers: Infinity War" looks to dethrone "Black Panther" following its release on Friday... Читать дальше...

Vintage cars, having rolled off the production line before 1979, drove down the streets of Russia's capital. The best of the best are in Sputnik's gallery.

"What song is this?" a girl asked her friend as Portugal. The Man played 'Hey Jude' at Coachella.

Water levels are starting to rise in Manitoba, but the province maintains the risk of widespread major flooding remains low.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Sears' biggest shareholder appears to be pushing for a breakup of the 125-year-old company that has survived two world wars and the Great Depression. Chairman and CEO Edward Lampert — whose hedge fund has forwarded millions in funding to keep the ailing chain afloat — has asked the struggling retailer to sell its prominent Kenmore appliance brand and its home improvement business, the company said Monday. The private equity firm ESL Investments said it might buy the assets if the company is willing to sell. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Monday with health care and technology companies and retailers leading the way. Bond prices continue to fall and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note is getting close to 3 percent, a milestone it hasn't reached since January 2014. Aluminum producers are sinking after the Treasury Department moved to ease sanctions against Russian aluminum company Rusal. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index picked up 7 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,677 as of 12:15 p.m. Eastern time. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rising Monday with health care and technology companies and retailers leading the way. Bond prices continue to fall and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note is getting close to 3 percent, a milestone it hasn't reached since January 2014. Aluminum producers are sinking after the Treasury Department moved to ease sanctions against Russian aluminum company Rusal. KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index picked up 7 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,677 as of 12:15 p.m. Eastern time. Читать дальше...

Teachers who walk out of class could also face up to $500 a day in fines.

Dix-huit élus de Laval, de Terrebonne et des Basses-Laurentides examinent aujourd'hui des solutions au problème de la congestion routière qui affecte leur région.

A new cross-party group that reportedly will help defend Britain from Russia set up by UK lawmakers "may lead to a further deterioration" of bilateral relationships between the two countries, the Russian diplomats in London revealed with regret.

During the filming of "God's Plan," Drake gave away a lot of money to the good people of Miami — $1 million to be exact. But while creating the tear-jerker of a video, he also apparently made a promise to the students of Miami High School that he would design custom uniforms for the students to rock. 

Even Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo can't expedite the process to get a table in a packed restaurant.

"We are living through an all-out war on truth, facts and reason," Clinton said at the PEN America World Voices Festival, in Manhattan. "When leaders deny things we can see with our own eyes, like the size of a crowd at the inauguration, when they refuse to accept settled science when it comes to urgent challenges like climate change ... it is the beginning of the end of freedom, and that is not hyperbole. It's what authoritarian regimes through history have done."

Christopher Sharp, a Washington Local parent and president of the Whitmer Panthers Baseball Club, was appointed to the school board Monday by Lucas County Probate Judge Jack Puffenberger.