Новости за 23.08.2018

Jacob deGrom fumed about not getting a called strike three. Then again, when the New York Mets face Madison Bumgarner, things never seem to go well.

MONTREAT, N.C. - The 10th Annual Volley in the Mountains hosted by Montreat College takes place this weekend, August 24th and 25th. This year features Asbury University, Indiana Tech, Truett McConnell University, West Virginia State University, and Newberry College.

• Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the state was launching a probe of potential sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis on Thursday. 
• The probe initially covers only the Archdiocese of St. Louis, one of five Roman Catholic dioceses in the state. 
• Hawley said the archdiocese is fully cooperating and he has asked the bishops of the four other dioceses to agree to cooperate with the probe.
• Pennsylvania officials last week released... Читать дальше...

Watch Kent seamer Mitchell Claydon accidentally throw the ball backwards while in his delivery stride during the T20 Blast quarter-final against Lancashire.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has almost every feature you could want in an Android phone. With specs like a 6.4-inch super AMOLED display, S Pen, dual-aperture camera, 128GB of storage, 6 GB of RAM and more, the $1,000 price tag is much more justified for the Note 9 than the iPhone X. Business Insider tech reporters Antonio Villas-Boas and Avery Hartmans share their thoughts on Samsung's latest premium phone. Following is a transcript of the video.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has almost every feature you could want in an Android phone. With specs like a 6.4-inch super AMOLED display, S Pen, dual-aperture camera, 128GB of storage, 6 GB of RAM and more, the $1,000 price tag is much more justified for the Note 9 than the iPhone X. Business Insider tech reporters Antonio Villas-Boas and Avery Hartmans share their thoughts on Samsung's latest premium phone. Following is a transcript of the video.

Chrystia Freeland tweeted on the 100th day of Oleg Sentsov's hunger strike a call for Russia to release the Ukrainian filmmaker.

A candlelight vigil is planned for Friday night for the family and friends of two Calgarians killed in a crash in northern Ontario.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department announced nearly two dozen criminal charges Thursday against the owners of an Omaha railcar cleaning company stemming from a 2015 explosion that killed two workers. Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services’ president, Stephen Michael Braithwaite, and vice president, Adam Thomas Braithwaite, are both named in the 22-count indictment. The […]

A senior Harvard medical professor has warned that coconut oil is “pure poison” and “one of the worst foods you can possibly eat.”  Speaking out against the popular belief that coconut oil is healthy, Dr. [...]

The young couple gives back to their community.
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WILL KELLEHER AT KINGSHOLM STADIUM: Danny Cipriani looked back in his comfort zone as he capped his Gloucester debut with an assist – putting disciplinary woes behind him.

Olympian Michael Phelps will throw out the first pitch at the Diamondbacks vs. Mariners game Saturday at Chase Field in Phoenix.

Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan insists that it was a pity to see Arsene Wenger leave at the end of last season.

Since Virginia won four straight NCAA men’s soccer titles in the early 1990s, no school had won three in a row until Stanford did it the last three seasons. A fourth could be difficult. The Cardinal have lost seven starters from last year’s team, including Pac-12 Player of the Year Foster Langsdorf, Top Drawer Soccer’s Division I Player of the Year Tomas Hilliard-Arce and fellow All-Pac-12 first-team selections Corey Baird and Drew Skundrich. On top of those departures... Читать дальше...

Police found no evidence of a shooting following a report of gunfire Thursday near Batavia High School.

………..and we haven't had a 1st 10 for ages (I had to find the thread on page 5)

1. The Mars Volta - Son et Lumiere
2. T Rex - Monolith
3. DeepSeaGreen - Soul, Stray Cats and the Cosmos
4. Longpigs - She Said
5. 999 - Emergency
6. Bomb the Bass - Winter in July
7. High Contrast - Everything's Different
8. Queen - Somebody to Love
9. Tygers of Pan Tang - Love Potion No.9
10. Gladys Knight & the Pips - Baby Don't Change Your Mind

Shields pitches 6 2/3, coughs up seven earned; Ryan Burr chucks a spotless debut

What's the latest with the midfielder that was signing 3 days ago? Failed medical? Any update? Maybe we need a striker now instead?

A group of unidentified armed men looted Rs 38 lakh from the cash van of a bank in Amritsar on Thursday, police said.

Sam Reynolds

economy, Asia

But so far it has proved disappointing.

Chinese investments are laying the groundwork for global economic development, but perilous obstacles remain.

Of the fifteen independent states formed after the fall of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan ranks lowest in human development. The country’s location at the epicenter of the Pamir Knot, a mountainous intersection where the Pamir, Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Tian Shan ranges converge, means that it... Читать дальше...

PRINCE CHARLES is next in line to the throne, behind his mother Queen Elizabeth II. When he becomes King, he will no longer be subject to one important part of the travel process.

F1 is back from its summer break and heads to Belgium as Lewis Hamilton looks to extend his world championship lead over rival Sebastian Vettel. The Brit secured a sixth win in Hungary last time out to put himself into 24 points ahead in the overall standings. When is the Belgian Grand Prix? The Belgian […]