Новости за 16.08.2016

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Tuesday. --------------- (2nd LD) PM calls for reasonable solution to improving electricity rate system SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang

– Justice Okon Abang has affirmed that his earlier ruling stopping the PDP national convention on Wednesday, August 17 still stands – Abang also warned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stay away from the convention The Federal High Court in Abuja has again […]

The sale of the Playboy Mansion to next-door neighbor Daren Metropoulos has closed for $100 million, according to a spokesperson for Metropoulos. The Holmby Hills home was listed for $200 million.

As reports emerge that a diplomat at the North Korean embassy in London has defected, the BBC's Korea correspondent Steve Evans wonders if he knew the man.

Mike Colter is totally ecstatic on the September 2016 cover of Wired magazine! Here’s what the 39-year-old Luke Cage star had the share with the mag: On warming up to Luke Cage: “He doesn’t profess to know everything. He’s a work in progress.” On the importance of Luke Cage to his fans: “They didn’t have [...]

In 1996, the GOP dumped Dole to save its congressional majorities. For Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, it must be like déjà vu all over again. You may have missed the news while you were doing whatever it is that normal people do with their summer weekends, but Trump is in even bigger electoral trouble this week than he was the week before.

Things are looking pretty good for Hillary Clinton in the polls — so good, in fact, that she could not be blamed for starting to think ahead to the White House.

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The former secretary of state holds the support of 92 percent of self-identified Democrats in the poll.

Well, that escalated quickly. A border dispute goes horribly, hilariously wrong in a hyper-violent video made using construction paper, set to the Georgia band's deranged math-rock.

State prosecutors point blame for Puerto Vallarta incident at rival criminal gangs

Atef Chisty, 21, lost about $2,000 worth of electronic equipment from his car when a man he thought was helping him decided to steal from him instead.

The Baker Street Irregulars is the most exclusive book club around.

With Parliament passing the GST Bill in the just-concluded session, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has now asked Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to ensure its early ratification.

Opinion Journal’s Mary Kissel on Donald Trump’s anti-terror plan. Plus, the media smears Rudy Giuliani, the Obama administration’s student-loan bubble and a new book on the nation’s worst helicopter parent.

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Billionaire private-equity CEO David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group is psyched about the US economy.

In a podcast Tuesday, he talked about the economy, the probability of a recession, and current investing opportunities.

When asked about what excites him most right now, Rubenstein said (emphasis ours):

"Right now I'm excited about the fact that after the great recession, the US came back in a reasonably good shape. It wasn't perfect, but we're... Читать дальше...

Faced with the increasing prospect of a Hillary Clinton victory in his home state, incumbent Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is still riding high among likely voters in November, according to the results of the latest Monmouth University poll released Tuesday.

Cuban-American superstar gymnast Danell Leyva won the silver medal in the men’s parallel bars final at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday. His stunning routine scored him a 15.900.

The move suggests they're confident Clinton will win those three states

WASHINGTON (AP) — Billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen, who was earlier accused of failing to prevent insider trading at his firm, has agreed in a settlement with the government not to engage in any activities overseen by federal commodities regulators until at least Dec. 31, 2017. The settlement announced Tuesday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission follows on the action brought against Cohen by the Securities and Exchange Commission over insider trading at his firm, formerly called SAC Capital Advisors. Читать дальше...

What’s wrong with Team USA? The Americans aren’t losing. They’re 5-0 in the Rio Olympics and have won 22 straight Olympic games. They’re not just winning close, either. The United States’ average margin of victory in Rio, 23.4, is by far the best in the 2016 Games. The problem is twofold: 1. Expectations for Team […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Love continues to be in the air in Rio as Team USA Olympian Will Claye proposed to his girlfriend and fellow athlete Queen Harrison at the Summer Games.

Forced by geopolitical circumstances Turkey is very likely to make concessions to Iran and Russia on Syria; at the same time, Ankara has seemingly softened its stance toward the Baathist Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad.

Michelle Jenneke, the dancer of the track, is still better known for what she does at the start line than the finish.