Новости за 11.12.2017

Last week, President Donald Trump officially declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel and pledged to move the U.S. embassy to the city, a brazen move that reinforces the Israeli occupation and fortifies the right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu. He was emboldened by the support of key Democrats like Chuck Schumer, who was quick to take credit for “advising” Trump on the issue.

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Life insurance is a fundamentally hard product to sell, as it requires people to think about their deaths and promises no immediate rewards.

The way life insurance is sold makes it doubly unattractive, as consumers have to go through an paper-based, lengthy application process and a bothersome medical exam... Читать дальше...

Couples in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia will need to prove they've been tested for HIV if they want to tie the knot.

Nick Roberts wanted to surprise his girlfriend with an extra special gift for their gender reveal party. So, he decided to put his fast food belly on full display.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A homeless man stole a van from a bakery and rammed it into a building. That building just so happened to be a police precinct. Employees at Sweet Frostings Blissful Bakeshop in Spokane were loading a gingerbread house into a van early Sunday morning, when a man screaming profanity and threats approached. The frightened staff retreated into the shop, leaving behind the gingerbread house, the van and the van's keys. The man sped off in the van before crashing into the glass entrance... Читать дальше...

On Monday, retired American basketball star Dennis Rodman urged US President Donald Trump to send him to North Korea to help ease the tension between the US and Kim Jong-un’s reclusive and authoritarian state.

Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien says he wouldn't have let Tom Savage re-enter Sunday's game after a hit that gave him a concussion and left his hands shaking if he had seen the video of the hit

HOUSTON (AP) — Texans coach Bill O'Brien said Monday that he wouldn't have let Tom Savage re-enter Sunday's game after an alarming hit that gave him a concussion and left the quarterback's hands shaking if he had seen the video of the hit. Savage was injured with about nine minutes remaining in the second quarter of Houston's 26-16 loss to San Francisco when he was driven to the ground on a hit by Elvis Dumervil. Replays showed Savage looking dazed after his head hit the ground with both of his arms shaking and lifted upward. Читать дальше...

Olivier Giroud has delivered a blow to Arsene Wenger after confirming he’ll consider his future at Arsenal during the January transfer window. Giroud has lost his starting position to summer signing Alexandre Lacazette and has been consigned to impact roles from the bench in the league this season. The French international is yet to start a Premier League game but proved his worth as a squad player after coming on as a late substitute to score the equaliser during our 1-1 draw at Southampton. Читать дальше...

Bears tight end Zach Miller had eight surgeries in a six-week span after dislocating his knee Oct. 29 against the Saints.

Tigres celebrate their 3-2 aggregate victory against Monterrey. MONTERREY, Mexico -- Tigres lifted their sixth Liga MX title on Sunday after a compelling series against local rivalry Monterrey, which marked the first Clasico Regio final and, in the aftermath, post-game coverage centered on whether the champion is on the path to being one of Mexico's grandes. The four other sides in that group -- Club America, Chivas, Cruz Azul and Pumas -- occupy a central part of the Liga MX story. All have national... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — A man inspired by the Islamic State group set off a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body Monday in a crowded subway corridor near Times Square, injuring the man, slightly wounding three others and sending New York commuters fleeing in terror through the smoky passageway. Surveillance cameras captured the man walking casually through the crowded passage when the bomb went off at 7:20 a.m. amid a plume of white smoke, which cleared to show the man sprawled on the ground and commuters scattering to get away. Читать дальше...

When it comes to shopping, it turns out we spend quite a bit on ourselves, and, often, it’s not really out of need. Buzz60's Nathan Rousseau Smith (@fantasticmrnate) has more.

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Sig Sauer, the maker of the US Army's Modular Handgun System, intends to sell a special, commercial version of the full-size MHS 9mm pistol.

"We are planning to do a limited release of about 5,000 of the Army variant of the M17 for the commercial market," Tom Taylor, Sig Sauer's chief marketing officer and executive vice president for commercial sales, told Military.com. "The timing is not finalized yet, but it looks to be late spring."

The last-minute push to focus on voter turnout in the Alabama special election for a U.S. Senate seat has brought the state’s restrictive voting policies into renewed focus, prompting concern that many eligible voters who wish to cast a vote on Tuesday will not be able to.

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• Russian media outlets are reporting that an F-22 Raptor was chased away by an Su-35S after it was interferring with two Su-25 bombing runs in Syria. 
• The Russian allegations seem hard to believe, and the US has denied the incident occurred. 
• But if true, it would be the first "official" close encounter between an Su-35 and F-22 over Syria.

Several Russian media outlets are reporting an incident that involved a U.S. F-22 and some Russian aircraft over Syria... Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple has bought Shazam, the maker of a song-recognition app that Apple's digital assistant Siri has already been using to help people identify the music playing on their iPhones. The companies didn't disclose the price of the acquisition announced Monday. Technology news site Recode previously reported Apple is paying about $400 million for Shazam, citing three unidentified people familiar with the deal. Apple Inc. issued a statement describing Shazam as "natural fit" with its services. Читать дальше...

Australia is a weird place. Because of its location and that fact that life there has evolved in a vacuum — isolated from much of the rest of the world since the breakup up of the continents — many species that have lived and died there over millions of years have no equal anywhere else...

Alivereti Raka scored a hat-trick of tries as French champions Clermont ran defending two-time European titleholders Saracens ragged in a 46-14 hammering on Monday -- the most points they have conceded in European competition.

A woman found dead last week in the San Francisco Bay off a hiking trail in Sunnyvale was identified as a 23-year-old Google software engineer, but the cause of her death remained a mystery on Monday, officials said. Chuchu Ma of Mountain View was found Friday in the water along the Bay Trail by a dive team from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, according to the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The circumstances surrounding Ma’s death remained unclear... Читать дальше...

Oscar Isaac is observing Human Rights Day.

For the occasion, observed Dec. 10, the actor recorded a PSA urging viewers to “please support the organizations that work tirelessly to protect and promote our human rights.”

The actor’s video message follows his starring turn in the 2016 movie The Promise, which tells the story of the Ottoman Empire’s Armenian genocide at the end of World War I. Since the movie’s release, a slew of celebrities have pledged to “keep the promise” to help displaced refugees and fight for human rights. Читать дальше...

From the little boy in Love Actually to the then unknown Zooey Deschanel in Elf, here’s what your favourite Christmas film stars look like now…

An explosion in the Somali capital killed a television journalist late on Monday, witnesses and security sources say. Mohamed Ibrahim Gabow was killed in an explosion from a device fitted to his car, a security official told VOA's Somali service. Gabow was a news anchor for Kalsan TV, a satellite television channel watched in many parts of Somalia. Osman Abdullahi Gure, a television manager at Kalsan TV, said Gabow was traveling in his car in Mogadishu's Wadajir district when the explosion occurred. Читать дальше...

A few Trump tweets tried to undo a big Obama-era trans rights victory. Now the courts are standing in the way.

A new strategy prevents parasites from adapting to drugs by intensifying the competition between them.