Новости за 16.08.2016

– Senate President Bukola Saraki has commiserated with the families of late Balogun Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku – He said the late Balogun Fulani of Ilorin was a peacemaker who always wanted good for others  Senate president Bukola Saraki has expressed deep sadness over the passage of the Balogun Fulani of Ilorin, Alhaji Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku […]

Simone Biles almost took a tumble, but her recovery was equally impressive.  With three gold medals already under her belt, the 19-year-old Olympic phenom seemed like she could do...

It may seem that Pokémon Go has taken over the world, but this is not the case here in Bressolles, a tiny French village, where the game will be never launched. Fabrice Beauvois, mayor of Bressolles, adopted a resolution, which officially forbids Pokémon in his town.

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LANCASTER, Ohio, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- An Ohio shopper captured video of an escaped monkey scuffling with a Walmart employee before being reclaimed by an owner in the store's parking lot.

Investors who put too much faith into a fund manager’s ability are headed for disappointment, writes Chuck Jaffe.

As the nation reflects on the tragedy that unfolded at Marikana four years ago today, local celebrities have added their voices to the hundreds of messages remembering and honouring those who lost their lives in the massacre.

The man's dog was also badly injured.

TJX Cos. shares fell 2.1% in premarket trading after the off-price retail company forecast earnings that are below FactSet estimates. For the latest quarter, net income totaled $562.17 million, or 84 cents per share, up from $549.34 million, or 80 cents per share, for the same period last year. The FactSet estimate was 81 cents. Revenue for the second quarter totaled $7.88 billion, up from $7.36 billion last year and beating the FactSet consensus of $7.84 billion. Same-store sales increased 4%... Читать дальше...

Last year's influx of migrants, which actually fits in Sweden's long-term strategy of addressing demography and employment problems through imported workforce, left Sweden with thousands of able-bodied young people. However, the influx, commonly portrayed as "rain of competence" in Swedish media, failed to alleviate the country's unemployment.

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There's an Olympian named Brandon Starc, and "Game of Thrones" fans are having a field day imagining the young athlete as Bran Stark, the oldest surviving Stark son who is paralyzed from the waist down. 

Brandon Starc, a 22 year old Australian athelete, qualified to compete in the Olympic final for high jump on August 14, and his namesake earned him a new set of supporters. With the exception of the "c" ending to his surname, Brandon Starc has the exact... Читать дальше...

CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis takes a look at the nation's first offshore wind farm and how big a market there is in the U.S.

Blockchain could benefit trade, HSBC has told CNBC, after the bank unveiled a partnership with BOAML to trial the technology.

June increase comes in slightly ahead of economists’ forecasts, which called for a 0.7-per-cent gain

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There are so many celebrities out there who like to dabble with book writing aside from their day job.

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Some are autobiographies that are, shall we say, not the best kind of read.

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And others are written by ghostwriters.

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Once upon a time in China, scientific discoveries and tech inventions were celebrated, and to this day are still revered for their historical significance and as symbols of ancient China's advanced innovation in these areas.

The company's same-store sales grew despite liquidation price cuts from The Sports Authority.

Rudy Giuliani said there were no radical Islamic terrorist attacks in the eight years before President Obama took office.

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The jihadi employment form asked the recruits, on a scale of 1 to 3, to rate their knowledge of Islam. And the Islamic State applicants, herded into a hangar somewhere at the Syria-Turkey border, turned out to be overwhelmingly ignorant.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian security forces killed four Sunni militants and detained six others in two separate firefights in the country's west over the past 24 hours, local media and police reported on Tuesday.

Justin Bieber, the world’s sixth biggest Instagram user, has deleted his account and left the photo and video service. The Canadian singer had 77.9 million Instagram followers, followed only 75 users and had posted 3,779 images and videos. A row with ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez, 24, appears to have been the cause of Bieber’s Instagram disappearing […]