Новости за 21.12.2017

DUBAI — Saudi Arabia, for decades dependent on crude oil to fund its budget, now says it will cut its reliance on the black gold to less than half of total revenues.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Just days before Christmas, the state veterinarian is putting the minds of children at ease. State Veterinarian Dr. Rod Hall wants children to know that Santa’s reindeer have been cleared to travel through the state of Oklahoma. “I have worked diligently with Dr. Robert Gerlach, State Veterinarian of Alaska, to ensure that Santa’s reindeer have been inspected, have met Oklahoma’s entry requirements, and are properly documented on a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection in anticipation... Читать дальше...

Legionnaire's disease is a severe form of pneumonia and is caused by a bacterium known as Legionella. The bacteria can multiply in water systems.

Yet another ambitious project for LaVar Ball. Will this one get off the ground?

Amazon applied for an “AmazonTube” trademark earlier this week, according to a filing found by TV Answer Man, as the company’s public feud with Google over accessing YouTube content on Amazon’s devices continues to escalate.

One man’s obsession with the adorable amphibians caught on in a year of scandals and disasters of all sorts threatening to overwhelm us.

Kampala, Uganda - One of Africa's longest-serving leaders could rule until 2031 after Ugandan lawmakers late Wednesday passed contentious legislation that many in the East African nation saw as an attempt by the president to rule until the grave.

The Transportation Safety Board says it has determined both engines were operating when the plane crashed in northern Saskatchewan last week.

Carsten Hansen, The Chameleon Variation: Confronting the Sicilian on Your Own Terms. (Russell Enterprises, 2017.) 160 pp., $19.95.

Eating one serving of leafy greens per day may stave off memory loss in old age and keep the brain more youthful, according to research published Wednesday.

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4 p.m. Stock indexes are closing mostly lower on Wall Street after bouncing around for much of the day. Health care companies and banks fell Wednesday. Drugmaker Pfizer fell 1.3 percent. Small-company stocks, which stand to benefit most from lower corporate tax rates, rose after Congress passed the Republican-sponsored tax bill. FedEx jumped 3.5 percent after raising its annual profit forecast. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 2 points... Читать дальше...

Arsenal and Barcelona will have scouts watching Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar tonight when his side face Toulouse in a Ligue One match, according to Foot01.com. The French website reports that Toulouse have received requests from both clubs to have representatives at the match, and they believe the person of interest is Aouar. The 19 year old has had an excellent breakthrough season with Lyon, having established himself in the starting eleven after scoring in a 3-3 draw against Dijon back in September. Читать дальше...

A crook with posh taste stole a $25,000 crocodile skin bag from the Ralph Lauren store by hiding it under his jacket,

After being non-tendered by the Braves earlier this month, Matt Adams joins another NL East club.

Even before it completely falls apart, even before it begins to seem as though it were being made up on the spot, “Downsizing” is strangely unlovable. It’s a place we don’t want to visit, a world we don’t want to inhabit. Watching it feels like work. Co-written and directed by Alexander Payne, the movie is an intelligent person’s response to the environmental and economic anxieties plaguing the modern world. Dumb sci-fi movies are all about the destruction of the universe, but “Downsizing” is more localized... Читать дальше...

Stock indexes ended slightly lower after both the House and the Senate passed tax legislation, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature. FedEx rose 3.5% after its second-quarter earnings beat expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended around 28 points lower near 24,727. The Nasdaq Composite Index was nearly flat at 6,961. The S&P 500 was off 0.1% at 2,679.

Turkish citizens wishing to visit the United States will again be able to apply for visas, but not anytime soon. The U.S. Embassy in Ankara announced this week that the earliest appointments for applications are in January 2019, more than a year from now. The U.S. suspended all nonimmigrant visa services in Turkey Oct. 8 in response to the arrest of Metin Topuz, a consulate employee in Istanbul, on terrorism charges. Turkey shut down visa services in the U.S. in retaliation. The two nations resumed limited visa services in early November... Читать дальше...

(CBS News) —  Government officials lifted a ban this week on funding research that makes dangerous germs more lethal. Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, called the move an important step to help scientists “identify, understand, develop strategies and effective countermeasures against rapidly evolving pathogens that pose a threat to public health.” But some voiced concerns about the potential risks. The decision lifts a funding pause put into place in October 2014 on experiments involving influenza... Читать дальше...

Saturday is the halfway point, time to vote for your Half Season player so far. Shows what a dogs dinner of season it has been so far, considering all the new players we have signed and where we actually are, can only think of 2 players that have at least been consistent and put a shift in when on the field of play for the full 90 minutes and actually looked motivated and interested throughout most of the season, take a bow Grounds and Kieftenbeld (though I believe Boga given a longer run in the... Читать дальше...

La Chambre américaine des représentants a définitivement adopté mercredi la réforme de la fiscalité voulue par Donald Trump. Elle offre ainsi au président américain son premier succès législatif majeur depuis son arrivée à la Maison-Blanche.

The Public Address Word of the Year 2017 is "Jacindamania".
Hundreds of readers of the award-winning blog site Public Address voted this week on a longlist of words nominated in a discussion on the website.
The winning word was one that could hardly have been conceived of as the year began, with the Prime Minister not yet even the MP for Mt Albert.
Unlike some previous winners, it has a clear whakapapa: it was the coinage of Bryce Edwards, who used it in his Political Roundup for August 2... Читать дальше...

Cincinnati — Police say a gunman opened fire at an emergency psychiatric services hospital building in Cincinnati, wounding an officer before they believe he shot himself to death.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The husband of Iowa's first female governor has unveiled a doll of himself at the state Capitol, adding a twist to a popular — and some would say strange — tradition honoring the state's first ladies. Kevin Reynolds, husband of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, was on hand Wednesday as a doll with his likeness became the newest addition to a permanent display case at the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines. The case holds dolls of most Iowa first ladies in history, dating back to territorial governors. Читать дальше...

In a bombshell report by POLITICO‘s Josh Meyer, the Obama administration is accused of protecting Hezbollah drug and human trafficking rings to help ensure a nuclear deal with Iran was achieved. According to the Washington Free Beacon, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and other lawmakers are examining ‘potentially criminal’ evidence that could implicate former top Obama officials, […]