Новости за 08.12.2017

YouTube’s new music streaming service is set to launch next March, tentatively with the name Remix, according to a Bloomberg report. The news confirms an earlier report from The Verge published back in July, in which YouTube’s music head Lyor Cohen revealed that the company had plans to combine its YouTube Red video subscription service with its existing Google Play Music offering. The new product will offer both music and video in an effort to simplify YouTube’s somewhat confusing series of streaming... Читать дальше...

Lindsey Vonn won’t represent Donald Trump at the 2018 Olympic Games and would refuse any invitation to visit the White House, the U.S. skier said in an interview on Thursday. “I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president,” Vonn told CNN’s Christina MacFarlane. “I take the Olympics very seriously and what they mean and what they represent, what walking under our flag means in the opening ceremony.” “I want to represent our country well. I don’t think that there are a lot... Читать дальше...

Lindsey Vonn won’t represent Donald Trump at the 2018 Olympic Games and would refuse any invitation to visit the White House, the U.S. skier said in an interview on Thursday. Watch it above. “I hope to represent the people of the United States, not the president,” Vonn told CNN’s Christina MacFarlane. “I take the Olympics very seriously and what they mean and what they represent, what walking under our flag means in the opening ceremony.” “I want to represent our country well. I don’t think that... Читать дальше...

London (AFP) – Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City travel to Old Trafford for the toughest test of their Premier League title credentials so far, while new Everton boss Sam Allardyce bids to defy Liverpool’s “Fab Four” as the northwest derbies take centre stage on Sunday. City are eight points clear at the top of the table and victory at their fierce rivals could realistically end Jose Mourinho’s hopes of landing the club’s first league title since Alex Ferguson’s trophy-laden reign. But while Manchester... Читать дальше...

LaVar Ball told ESPN on Thursday that his younger sons LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball have signed with an agent with an eye toward playing for the same team overseas.

Nach der Zustimmung der deutschen Sozialdemokraten zu ergebnisoffenen Gesprächen mit der Union wollen sich die Parteispitzen schon am nächsten Mittwoch treffen. Das erfuhr die Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) am späten Donnerstagabend in Berlin. Dabei sollen Gemeinsamkeiten ausgelotet werden, es handelt sich aber noch nicht um den Einstieg in offizielle Sondierungen für eine Regierungsbildung.

Bei dem Käufer des Gemäldes "Salvator Mundi" von Leonardo da Vinci handelt es sich einem Bericht zufolge um den saudi-arabischen Kronprinzen Mohammed bin Salman persönlich. Der Kronprinz habe einen Zwischenhändler eingeschaltet, um das Ölgemälde zu kaufen, berichtete das "Wall Street Journal" am Donnerstag auf seiner Website.

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local): 4:50 p.m. At least 20 homes have burned in a retirement community as a wildfire surges through northern San Diego County. The homes are burning in the tightly-packed Rancho Monserate Country Club community in the small city of Fallbrook. The wind-whipped blaze erupted Thursday afternoon and authorities say it's moving dangerously fast. Two people have been burned and about 4 square miles (10 square kilometers) of land have been blackened. Читать дальше...

Seattle is the only city currently being considered for expansion, which means an NHL team likely won't be playing in Quebec City's 18,259-seat Videotron Centre anytime soon.

Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield has won the Walter Camp Award, which is given out annually to college football's best player.

Four Oklahoma Sooners and one Oklahoma State Cowboy are on the first team of the Walter Camp All-America Team. Quarterback Baker Mayfield, tight end Mark Andrews, offensive lineman Orlando Brown, and linebacker Ogbonnia Okoronkwo represent the Sooners, while Oklahoma State has wide receiver James Washington on the first team. OU’s four first team selections is the most of any school. The Walter Camp All-America team is the oldest All-America team and is one of five major All-America teams recognized... Читать дальше...

A man who vandalized a mosque in Central Florida two years ago has finally been given his sentence for his crime – and it is brutal.

WASHINGTON — President Trump projected an air of comity Thursday as he resumed budget negotiations with Republican leaders and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco and her Senate counterpart Chuck Schumer of New York, but the two sides remained far apart in their hardball talks over what to include in a long-term spending bill that would keep the government open. Before the White House meeting, Pelosi restated Democrats’ position that protection for young immigrants brought into the country ... Читать дальше...

BROCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Members of an unrecognized fraternity at a state college tortured a rat as part of illegal hazing that occurred inside the group's house, according to police who announced charges against nine men on Thursday. The men, including six current and three former students at the College at Brockport, were part of an organization known as the Delts, according to the college. The organization operated as a fraternity despite the fact that its charter was revoked by the Delta Sigma Phi national fraternity in 2001. Читать дальше...

You won’t be surprised to learn that “Ferdinand,” the new animated feature based on the beloved 1936 children’s book, manages to find a way to put the titular bull into a literal china shop. What might shock you, however, is that that sequence features some of the most brilliantly sustained slapstick of any movie in recent memory. Perhaps even more surprising, given recent cinema’s tendency to stretch short-and-sweet kids’ stories into ungainly three-act behemoths, “Ferdinand” figures out how to fit nicely into a feature-length movie. Читать дальше...

Australian wedding venues were preparing for a rush of couples eager to tie the knot after same-sex marriage was signed into Australian law Friday, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull already boasting several invites.

Arsenal News HQ brings you the latest Arsenal news, match analysis, transfer news, injury news, team news and rumours from trusted media outlets around the world. Arsenal have been told by club legend to make key signing to a particular area in January if they are to stand a chance of keeping up with the rest of the part this season. These are the suggestions of former powerful Gunners centre back Sol Campbell, who believes Arsenal need to make additions to their defence to become a top team. Campbell told ESPN FC... Читать дальше...

Reuters

• China just launched its first all-electric cargo ship, which will travel 50 miles at a top speed of 8 miles per hour on a single charge.
• It will be able to carry 2,200 tons of cargo with every haul, that battery capacity is barely enough to fulfill any transatlantic shipments.
• It will take two hours to charge, roughly how long a ship takes to unload in port. 

Tesla is not the only one bringing electric engines to cargo transport.

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Gov. Cuomo just made an astonishing confession: New Yorkers pay sky-high local income and property taxes because that’s what he and other elected officials want. “New York is a high-tax state, yes,” the governor said in an interview Wednesday on National Public Radio. With a nod to other high-tax states like California and Connecticut, he...

Plans will be unveiled Friday for a $32 million National Museum of Gospel Music 9 years after the historic church was destroyed by an accidental fire.

Bryce Love No surprise here: The Stanford running back who is a Heisman Trophy finalist leads the Associated Press All-Pac-12 Conference football team. He was named the AP’s All-Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year by unanimous vote, and also earned first-team honors at running back. Love is averaging 164.4 yards a game, tops among Power 5 conference running backs. He’s averaging 8.3 yards per carry, has 17 touchdowns and set the FBS record with 12 runs of at least 50 yards this season. Читать дальше...

Mit einer Flut von Anträgen hat in Düsseldorf der Prozess um die Loveparade-Katastrophe begonnen. Sechs Mitarbeitern der Stadt Duisburg und vier des Veranstalters Lopavent wird fahrlässige Tötung und fahrlässige Körperverletzung vorgeworfen. Bei dem Unglück am 24. Juli 2010 waren im Gedränge am einzigen Zu- und Abgang der Technoparade 21 Menschen erdrückt worden. Mindestens 652 wurden verletzt.

Gut sieben Jahre nach dem Loveparade-Unglück in Duisburg mit 21 Toten hat am Freitag in Düsseldorf der Strafprozess gegen zehn Beteiligte begonnen. Angeklagt sind sechs Mitarbeiter der Stadt Duisburg und vier des Veranstalters Lopavent. Die Staatsanwaltschaft wirft ihnen fahrlässige Tötung und fahrlässige Körperverletzung vor.

Mehr als sieben Jahre nach dem Loveparade-Unglück in Duisburg mit 21 Toten beginnt am Freitag (9.30 Uhr) in Düsseldorf im deutschen Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen ein Strafprozess gegen zehn Beteiligte. Sechs Mitarbeiter der Stadt Duisburg und vier des Veranstalters Lopavent müssen sich wegen fahrlässiger Tötung und fahrlässiger Körperverletzung verantworten.