Новости за 09.05.2017

With apologies to the Beatles, Netflix is hoping money can buy the love and loyalty of subscribers — a strategy evident in one of the busiest stretches in its history. What might be called a “peak Netflix” barrage of premieres begins May 12 and runs through June, including the return of the two series that […]

Katy Perry has more than a few similarities with Hillary Clinton. The singer campaigned for Clinton in 2016 and said her upcoming album has a song inspired by the election. Both women have resumes that on paper, at least, point to success — but could Perry suffer a similar fate as her political idol? Here […]

What’s it like to be soccer superstar Lionel Messi? Iranian Reza Parastesh is rapidly finding out. The 25-year old student looks exactly like the Barcelona forward — so much so that he’s inundated with attention from fans and the media ever since he started cutting his hair and trimming his beard in the same style […]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, facing criticism on why there are no female members in the health care working group, defended his caucus Tuesday. “Nobody’s being excluded based upon gender,” the Kentucky Republican told reporters. “The working group that counts is all 52 of us (meaning all Senate Republicans) — and we’re having extensive meetings […]

Senate Russia investigators have sent a request to the Treasury Department’s criminal investigation division for any information related to President Donald Trump, his top officials and his campaign aides, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee told CNN Tuesday. “We’ve made a request, to FinCEN in the Treasury Department, to make sure, not just […]

CLEARFIELD – District Attorney William A. Shaw Jr. has announced Clearfield County’s Fugitive of the Week.   He identified the fugitive as Candy Duprez, 37, of Wildwood Lane, Morrisdale. Duprez is wanted for failure to appear at Sentencing Court on May 1, at which time a warrant was issued for her arrest. On Oct. 8, 2015, […]

Former US President Barack Obama praised his administration’s record on climate change Tuesday, just as the Trump administration struggles with an internal rift over whether to pull out of the Paris climate accord. The Paris Agreement was in part brokered by Obama and was seen as a major breakthrough after the previous accord, the Kyoto […]

Acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has launched a “Wear Nigerian” campaign, for which she’ll wear mostly Nigerian brands for her public appearances in a bid to support local designers. Her outfits will be documented on a newly created Instagram page managed by her nieces, Chisom and Amaka. Adichie announced her decision in a post […]

Between 6:41 p.m. and 6:50 p.m. ET Monday night, President Donald Trump sent four tweets focused oh the Senate subcommittee hearing on Russia’s meddling into the 2016 election that featured testimony from former acting Attorney General Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. The four-tweet barrage shows just how closely Trump is […]

Within minutes of Emmanuel Macron’s victory in the French election, a top European official singled out the key loser: fake news. “Congratulations to French people for choosing Liberty, Equality and Fraternity over tyranny of fake news,” Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, wrote on Twitter Sunday. While Tusk didn’t mention Facebook specifically, the comment […]

Bristol Palin and her husband Dakota Meyer introduced to the world their second child together, a baby girl whom they named Atlee Bay. Palin shared the good news on Monday by posting a photo of the happy couple with their newborn on Instagram. “Welcome to the world Atlee Bay,” she wrote in the caption. Proud […]

An ancient species of human, that sparked global headlines when it was discovered two years ago in South Africa, is much younger than originally thought. In a series of papers published in the journal eLife on Friday, a global group of scientists say Homo naledi roamed the grassland of Southern Africa near modern-day Johannesburg between […]

President Donald Trump’s Twitter strategy has never been subtle, but his decision Monday to top his header with one of his own tweets was bold even by his standards. Trump briefly topped @realDonaldTrump with a note he sent at 6:41 p.m. ET after former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified before a Senate Judiciary […]

Internal debates within the Trump administration are not uncommon. But an ongoing argument over the fate of the 2015 Paris climate accord has spilled into unusually public view as top advisers to the President near a decision on withdrawing from the landmark pact. In a string of heated West Wing gatherings, aides have aired deep […]

Former US President Barack Obama praised his administration’s record on climate change Tuesday, just as the Trump administration struggles with an internal rift over whether to pull out of the global Paris climate accord. US President Donald Trump vowed during his campaign to “cancel” US participation in the Paris Agreement, which obliges countries to slash […]

A staunch ally of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told the UN Monday there has been no sudden wave of killings as a result of the nation’s controversial war on drugs. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that reports to the contrary were based on “alternative facts” — a term […]

People are crowded into the streets around Caracas’ Plaza Jose Marti. Smoke billows through the air and tear gas canisters hit the pavement. It has become a familiar scene in Caracas, where protesters have been demonstrating for weeks against a government they believe is slowly becoming a dictatorship. But today something is different. The sound […]

A Florida teenager turned himself in to police after a video showing him dragging and throwing a woman into a pool was posted online, officials said. The video was captured during a pool party Saturday at a residential community in North Lauderdale, the Broward County sheriff’s office said. Video footage shows a woman walking into […]

Sally Yates didn’t bring a smoking gun to the latest episode of the long-running political melodrama entwining the White House and Russia. But in a Senate hearing on Monday, the former acting attorney general produced just enough fresh intrigue to offer Democrats a new opening in the war of attrition they are waging against Donald […]

China’s Uber slayer is getting ready to compete on the global stage. Didi Chuxing, the ride-hailing company that dominates the Chinese market and is backed by Apple, has launched an English version of its app. The new service is in beta mode at the moment and only available in three cities. Users in Beijing, Shanghai […]

A US border patrol marine unit intercepted a small speed boat near the southern coast of Puerto Rico last month — an operation that led to the arrest of two foreign nationals after agents uncovered 1,320 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $17 million, on board. On the surface, it seemed like a success story […]

South Koreans started casting their votes Tuesday to fill the void left by the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye. Frontrunner Moon Jae-in, candidate for the Democratic Party, smiled for the cameras as he lodged his vote early. Moon, who is seen as a “clean” candidate, ran against Park in 2012 but narrowly lost. Now […]

One week after Jimmy Kimmel’s impassioned words about his newborn son’s health crisis and the country’s health care system, the late night host returned Monday night with more to say. “One week ago tonight, I made an emotional speech that was seen by millions, and as a result of my powerful words on that night, […]

Three people are missing and a man has reportedly died after after heavy flooding covered parts of the Canadian provinces of Quebec and British Columbia. The man was driving with his 2-year-old child in the Gaspésie area of Quebec when powerful flood waters pushed their vehicle off the road, said Scott Bardsley, the spokesman for […]

Hard on the heels of one of his first public comments since leaving office, President Barack Obama is heading overseas to talk about food. Where else but Italy? The gastronomic heart of the world, Italy is a place where food is taken seriously, and its status as a culinary destination gives it the gravitas and […]