Новости за 10.12.2015

I know that much has been written about drug abuse. These are my personal recollections, writes Brenton Geach.

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (Yonhap) -- The U.N. Security Council held a meeting on North Korea's human rights situation on Thursday, the second time the issue has been discussed at the top global security body after the first such meeting last year. The mee

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Slurping your soup. Spitting in public. Eating with your hands. Some of the behaviors we consider the height of rudeness in North America are surprisingly acceptable—and sometimes even considered polite—in other countries. Here are nine taboo behaviors you can totally get away with abroad.

Slurping ramen (Japan)

Ramen (and not the sad, 10 packs for a dollar kind you lived off of in college—the gourmet type) is huge in Japan, and the best way... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Men's Wearhouse's is struggling as it tries to figure out the best strategy for its business since buying rival Jos. A. Bank.

NEW YORK (AP) — Men's Wearhouse's is struggling as it tries to figure out the best strategy for its business since buying rival Jos. A. Bank.

NEW YORK (AP) — Men's Wearhouse's is struggling as it tries to figure out the best strategy for its business since buying rival Jos. A. Bank continues to have troubles for the rest of the quarter the company will be at risk of missing the lower end of its full-year outlook. The department store operator had tried to reinvent itself under former CEO Ron Johnson by getting rid of most sales and some basic merchandise. Johnson was eventually ousted and Mike Ullman came out of retirement to help the business with its recovery efforts. Читать дальше...

I will never name my kid, ‘Tiffany.’

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Cavaliers All-Star guard Kyrie Irving could make his season debut on the team's upcoming road trip.

BJP president Amit Shah's close associate Gautam Shah is likely to be the city's mayor with the party on Thursday recommending his name as the 'most probable' candidate for the post.

For the 12 days before the Fed meeting, CNBC Pro is highlighting a strategy a day for an interest rate hike.

When he was growing up in India, a doctor was always one call away for Suyog Mody. When he wasn’t feeling well, his parents would run his symptoms by his aunt or uncle, who are both physicians. If a prescription was needed, they would call the local pharmacy. These days, Mody, 32, and his wife live in Brooklyn, New York, where he no longer has a doctor in the family who lives nearby. But now, he says he has something almost as good: free, unlimited telephone access to on-demand doctors through his health insurer’s telemedicine benefit.

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Metro Vancouver has postponed its plans for a new trash incinerator, saying there are uncertainties around the region's future waste volumes.

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Scientists for Cornell University and the Smithsonian Institute have successfully facilitated the birth of seven puppies with in vitro fertilization for the first time ever. 

Researchers implanted 19 lab-created embryos into a female beagle surrogate last spring.

Seven pups were born in total — five beagles and two beagle-cocker spaniel mixes.

These puppies represent a major breakthrough.

The rally in energy sector over the past two sessions in the face of still falling crude oil prices is surprising to say the least

The rally in energy sector over the past two sessions in the face of still falling crude oil prices is surprising to say the least

An earlier commission had recommended the expansion of Heathrow airport, but that has met fierce resistance from some lawmakers and environmental groups, as well as thousands of people living near the airport.

Luke yearns to get away over a binary sunset. (Video: Benguitar9000/YouTube)

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A massive 60-by-50-foot sinkhole 15 feet deep that opened up overnight in Ocala, Florida, is threatening to swallow homes in the town's Oak Run neighborhood.

By raising with owner Jeffrey Lurie concerns about the team’s offense and (presumably) having the non-meeting meeting leaked to the media, Eagles running back DeMarco Murray possibly is hoping that coach Chip Kelly will respond to Murray’s reluctance to buy in by giving him a way out. By splitting hairs over whether the non-meeting meeting…

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Guys, we need to talk about puffins.

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They are such majestic birds. Just look at their adorably animated faces and colourful beaks. They have a lot going for them!

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They are fearless and have spectacular webbed feet. I mean, they are basically chubby flying penguins!

What more could you want from a bird? Читать дальше...