Новости за 12.10.2015

The livelihoods of thousands of former gold miners with painful, chronic and fatal lung diseases are at stake as what’s been deemed the “trial of the decade” opened Monday in Johannesburg. Ex-miners -- whose careers began as early as the 1950s -- are suing 32 gold-mining companies, including some of the world’s largest, like AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields, for failing to adopt proper safety measures.

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One afternoon in May, Chris Chavez, Jerone Hsu, and Dan Taeyoung splayed themselves out along a suspended I-beam and stray ladder on the roof of a pair of conjoined buildings on the Hell’s Kitchen end of Fifty-fourth Street, talking about their co-working collective, Prime Produce, and the history of the world. The three entrepreneurs, who are in their late twenties and early thirties, were overseeing a total renovation of the structure beneath them. First built in 1919 as a garage, it was being... Читать дальше...

PCB has not ruled out the possibility of having a short limited over series against India in December.

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New Zealand teenager Lydia Ko is close to overtaking world No. 1 Inbee Park of South Korea in the Rolex Rankings released Monday.

Why doesn't Paul Ryan want to be House Speaker? For one, he already has his dream job.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has accused Russia of prolonging the war in Syria by supporting President Bashar Assad and calls on Moscow to join the fight against Islamic State militants.

Look out, kale. Chefs are turning over a new leaf: cabbage. These recipes from top chefs are putting the newly trendy vegetable to use in surprising new ways.

It’s never too early to get ready for the holidays: American Idol finalist Danny Gokey is releasing a holiday album, Christmas Is Here, October 16th. Yahoo Music has the entire album stream a few days early! Recently nominated at the 2015 Dove Awards fot Song of the Year and New Artist of the Year, Gokey follows up his No. 1 sophomore album Hope In Front Of Me, with a holiday selection featuring original songs and seasonal favorites. The set was produced by award-winning music legend Keith Thomas (Burt Bacharach, Amy Grant, the Jam). Читать дальше...

Thousands of poor people in Durban who were given council flats could lose their homes because they cannot keep up with the escalating levy payments.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a 24-hour control room to assist people in securing medicines, following a strike called by chemist association on Wednesday

Uganda said it would start withdrawing troops from South Sudan on Monday, a move that will please other regional and Western powers who feared the soldiers' presence could exacerbate fighting there.

NATO offered Monday to help Turkey defend its southern border with Syria after Russian jets infiltrated the country’s sovereign air space earlier this month. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made the offer during a Parliamentary Assembly meeting of NATO member country legislators in Stavanger, Norway.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has decided not to defend his Champion of Champions snooker title in Coventry.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her open-door policy to refugees in the face of falling poll ratings.

Jason Rezaian, who has been detained for more than a year on charges including espionage, has been convicted, a report said.

Three readers sent Georgina Crouth complaints about being hoodwinked by adverts in very different ways.

NASCAR official says on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio that Charlotte Motor Speedway "has probably set a trend there that we’ll see going forward.''

The Jimi Hendrix estate accuses Rainbow Guitars owner of stealing one of the late musician’s instruments. The Arizona Daily Star in Tucson reported Sunday that Experience Hendrix LLC, the company that runs Hendrix’s estate, wants a Pima County Superior Court judge to order the guitar returned. According to the Oct. 2, complaint, the estate says Harvey Moltz, owner of Rainbow Guitars, is not the rightful owner of the Acoustic Black Widow guitar.

The cricket teams of India and South Africa arrived in Indore for 2nd ODI.

Former Scotland boss Craig Brown and ex-Scotland striker Scott Booth want to see Gordon Strachan remain as manager.

A court in Tirana on Monday acquitted Albania's former central bank governor of charges of abuse of power linked to the theft of millions of euros from bank coffers, the prosecution said.

Assistant coach John McFarlmnd says the Boks are confident they can beat Wales in their quarterfinal clash at Twickenham.

The detention of nine Iranian teachers in the United Arab Emirates has prompted a diplomatic complaint from Tehran and criticism in Iranian media, in a show of strains between countries that are both trade partners and strategic rivals.

US stocks were little changed as investors awaited further indications on the strength of the world's biggest economy.