Новости за 19.05.2018

(Note: This post, while very good, contains spoilers for “Deadpool 2.” Read at your own risk.)

A recent discovery has added evidence that Planet Nine - orbiting in the Oort Cloud far beyond Pluto - exists.

The Fraser River is expected to reach crest its banks in some areas of the Fraser Valley on Saturday.

TORONTO - The A’s thrived under severe pressure after their starters broke down early in the first two games against the Blue Jays. On Saturday, they came through again, despite another mediocre outing by staff ace Sean Manaea. Oakland trailed by four going into the eighth, but Chad Pinder was the man of the moment. Batting in the ninth spot in the order, the utility player clocked his first career grand slam to put the A’s ahead and they won by that score, 5-4, their fifth victory in six games. Читать дальше...

BLOEMFONTEIN – Half-centuries from Suné Luus and Dané van Niekerk laid the foundation for an unassailable 2-0 lead for the SA women’s cricket team, with a 32-run victory over Bangladesh in the second T20 international in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

Cuba has confirmed that 110 passengers and crew that were onboard the Boeing 737-200 plane that crashed Friday shortly after takeoff from Havana airport died, state-run media reported.

The Bronx is burning over Mayor de Blasio’s plan to “overhaul” the policing of pot smokers. “The regular people in the community don’t want this,” fumed Bronx Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr. to The Post. “This is ridiculous. We’re always protecting the criminals. We should be protecting the senior citizens and law-abiding citizens.” The mayor announced...

Niko Kovac left Eintracht Frankfurt the perfect parting gift with victory against his future employers Bayern Munich in the DFB-Pokal final. Kovac delivered the cup, and with it European football next season, in his final game in charge before replacing Jupp Heynckes as Bayern boss this summer as Frankfurt won 3-1 in Berlin. Ante Rebic scored either side of Robert Lewandowski's equaliser, with his second goal after 82 minutes surviving a VAR check by the referee after Bayern appealed for a handball in the build-up. Читать дальше...

Defending champion Sweden and Switzerland, a rare finalist, will play for gold medal; Swedes score three goals in a little more than three minutes.

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company officials say its third and final new technology airship could be ready for its maiden flight in late June. The Akron Beacon Journal reports the gondola that carries crew and passengers was placed beneath the semi-rigid airship on Friday inside the Wingfoot Lake blimp hangar in Suffield Township. Assembly of the airship began a year ago. Workers for Zeppelin, the German company constructing the airship, are expected to soon attach... Читать дальше...

Majority and minority leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer co-hosted the special screening of HBO’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls.”

HAVANA — The only three survivors of Cuba’s worst aviation disaster in three decades were clinging to life Saturday, a day after their passenger jet carrying 110 people crashed in a fireball in Havana’s rural outskirts. Carlos Alberto Martinez, director of the Calixto Garcia Hospital in the Cuban capital, said doctors are always hopeful that their patients will recover, but he acknowledged that the three Cuban women were in extremely grave condition. “We must be... Читать дальше...

Leicester City have agreed terms with Porto for the €20million (£17.5m) transfer of Ricardo Pereira, subject to international clearance. The Foxes announced the Portugal full-back has signed a five-year-deal, having arrived on Saturday to finalise personal terms and complete a medical in a deal that could reach €25m (£21.9m). Pereira's move will be ratified when transfer clearance is received on June 9 and the 24-year-old's immediate focus will be on Portugal's World Cup campaign. "I feel very... Читать дальше...

ISTANBUL: Concluding the Seventh Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference, kings and Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) adopted a final communique in response to the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories. They urged dispatching an international fact-finding committee to the occupied Palestinian […]

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A Doncaster fan commented a few weeks ago that Miloudi is a fullback, not a standoff, so who knows?

Not sure where "absolutely ripped it up in the no.6 position" comes from.

Statistics... Читать дальше...

The SIU says one of the officers entered his cruiser and began driving before he realized someone was under the vehicle.

Ein großer Deal für Fußballmeister Red Bull Salzburg bahnt sich an. Borussia Dortmund will Hee-Chan Hwang um 15 Millionen Euro Ablöse verpflichten.

NBA legend Bill Russell, the former Boston Celtics center who won a record 11 league titles, said Saturday he is out of hospital after being treated for dehydration.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Latest on the Democratic State Convention (all times local): 4 p.m. Connecticut Democrats have endorsed former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz (BY'-suh-wits) for lieutenant governor, but the veteran politician is facing what could be a tough primary challenge. Eva Bermudez-Zimmerman, a 30-year-old labor negotiator from Sandy Hook, managed to win nearly 40 percent of the support of the delegates at Saturday's Democratic state convention. She needed 15 percent of the vote to automatically qualify for the Aug. Читать дальше...

60's

Simon & Garfunkel 'The Boxer' Cjay
Fleetwood Mac 'Oh Well'
Yardbirds 'For Your Love'
Otis Redding 'Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay'
70's

Linda Ronstadt 'Someone To Lay Down Beside Me'
Family 'The Weavers Answer'
Doors 'Riders On The Storm'
Gordon Lightfoot 'If You Could Read My Mind' Azkal

80's

Talking Heads 'Once In A LIfetime'
U2 'Gloria' BB
Siouxsie and the Banshees 'Christine' 1304
Michael Jackson 'Thriller' Mrs 64

90s

Cranberries... Читать дальше...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the first of two qualifying days for the Indianapolis 500 (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Rookie Robert Wickens drove onto Indianapolis Motor Speedway's historic 2.5-mile oval as qualifications resumed following a 51-minute rain delay. Wickens had just turned the first of his four qualifying laps when the track was closed because of rain. Eleven drivers, including Wickens, have not yet officially taken the green flag. Qualifying is scheduled to go until 6 p.m. ___ 3:15... Читать дальше...

Asia Argento closed out her 2018 Cannes Film Festival experience with a powerful speech about Harvey Weinstein.

Simon Yates finished the stage to Zoncolan "completely empty", disappointed not to have caught Chris Froome to win the stage, but satisfied to have gained another 31 precious seconds on Tom Dumoulin, now his closest rival for the overall victory at the Giro d'Italia.

A Democratic candidate’s online forum was cancelled on Thursday night after the live stream was “hacked” by gay porn. The moderators immediately shut down the stream and apologized. KRCTV reported: An online forum featuring two candidates for California’s 1st District U.S. Congressional seat was interrupted when the internet feed was hacked during the live conference. […]