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В апреле истекает пятилетний срок правления Рамзана Кадырова

The Movie Artists Association (MAA) has said it will raise Rs 1 crore for Chennai flood victims through cultural programmes this year.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. is using dormant fiber-optic cables beneath San Francisco to expand its high-speed Internet service, signaling how the company may expand its Fiber service across the U.S.

Как бы то ни было, но спустя какое-то время после оставленного комментария в доме школьника встречали непрошенных гостей – приехал антитеррористический спецназ, который силой уволок подростка в участок, где тот провел, по меньшей мере, 5 часов

Хорошие ученики на вес золота. Самоуправления раньше всех усвоили эту истину. Речь, конечно, не идет о сухой бухгалтерии: заработал 10 баллов — получи 10 евро. Но в Кекаве и Юрмале теперь знают, как мотивировать школьников хорошо учиться и как перекрыть отток отличников в Ригу.

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Ever wonder how celebrities get the perfect lighting on their Instagram selfies? Meet the LuMee case.

Pronounced “loo-me” — as in “illuminate me!” — the case is surrounded by tiny white lights that brighten your face. It was invented by Jersey-based professional photographer Allan Shoemake back in 2011 after he realized some people’s selfies just looked terrible.

Shoemake, a photographer for over 30 years who has photographed everyone from Paula Deen to Bill Clinton... Читать дальше...

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Our lives become filled, even controlled, by the things we think we need to do.

We think we can’t live without these things, but actually, we can.

We can opt out.

Think about how busy our lives have become. Think about how distracted we’ve become.

Think about how many things needlessly pull on our attention, our time, our money, our sanity.

We have let these things overcome us, but in fact, we have a choice. We can become conscious, we can choose to do and consume and need less. Читать дальше...

Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab developed the ReFlex, a smartphone that flips through pages at a speed that depends on how much you bend it. You can also stretch the rubber band back in Angry Birds, or zoom into a map.

На улицах Днепропетровска появились представители военкоматов, которые вручают повестки мужчинам призывного возраста. Такие меры местный военкомат принимает якобы для уточнения данных военнообязанных.

There is a simple and easy trick to finding out how much you've spent on Amazon in your lifetime.

On a day the Jawaharlal Nehru University issue and Rohith Vemula suicide case rocked the upper house, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah asked the Opposition, especially Congress, to clarify whether raising slogans against the country was "freedom of speech or sedition" and if they were in support of those who shout anti-national slogans.

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Security, Africa

"That morning, in the midst of a crowd of displaced Nigerians, two of the girls blew themselves up, killing 58 people and wounding scores."

At dawn on February 10, a camp for displaced people in the northeast Nigerian town of Dikwa began stirring to life. Three unaccompanied young girls asking for shelter had arrived the day before, and spent the night with approximately 50,000 others who had fled the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. Читать дальше...

Pražští policisté šetří mimořádný případ. Ve středu po obědě totiž někdo posprejoval Karlův most. Strážci zákona pachatele ale zatím neodhalili. Může jít o podpis mladého začátečníka, možná turisty.

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Durch ein nie gefährdetes 3:0 gegen den CV Mitteldeutschland festigen die BR Volleys ihre Tabellenführung in der Bundesliga und können gut gerüstet ins Pokalfinale am Sonntag gegen Bühl gehen.

The district administration has issued strict warning and showcause notice to scores of health workers and shiksha mitras deputed to administer polio drops on a door-to-door basis in the city for shirking work.

Демонтаж ларьков и автолавок в Выборгском районе.

Western countries are quietly stepping up military action as the ranks of the Islamic State grow in Libya.

It started from a complaint against arbitrary allotememt of a plot of land in New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) in mid 1990s.

US team captain Davis Love has confidence in former world No 1 despite his ongoing back issues and fact he stands at 69th in Ryder Cup points list

Жителей  больше всего волновали вопросы озеленения и уборки дворовых территорий.

На следующей неделе в Минске будут подписаны новые документы в целях урегулирования ситуации в Донбассе. Об этом сообщил полномочный представитель президента РФ в Тр...