Новости за 21.12.2017

David Ryder/Getty

• Amazon has filed a trademark application for a video streaming service called AmazonTube.
• The company filed the trademark the same day Google announced its intention to block YouTube from Amazon products.
• The AmazonTube trademark filing is the latest in an ongoing feud between the two companies, which are battling for stakes in the entertainment and hardware markets.

Amazon has been jousting with Google over access to YouTube. Читать дальше...

A Blues side showing eight changes beat Bournemouth 2-1 on Wednesday night to set up a two-legged semi-final with Arsenal who beat Chelsea in last May’s FA Cup final. 
 “This is a remarkable achievement for us,” said head coach Conte, speaking before the draw. “We want to continue, to try to reach Wembley to play the final.” 
 Conte was comparing the progress to last season’s fourth-round defeat at West Ham and in light of the use of his more peripheral performers. Читать дальше...

Plans for Scotland’s first purpose-built international film and television studio complex are gaining pace.

As significant as the Model T's inventor seems to have been, he wasn't alone in pushing folk dancing in the 1920s. But he was famous, and a bigot.

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — There appears little to prevent Mikaela Shiffrin taking over from Lindsey Vonn as the unstoppable force in women's ski racing. Shiffrin has a huge lead in defense of her overall World Cup title and her four wins this season have been in different disciplines. The 22-year-old American is branching out, and feeling confident about it. And with the Olympic Games coming up, that's very bad news for her rivals. Her downhill win at Lake Louise in early December was a personal breakthrough and sent out a statement... Читать дальше...

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 vs Liverpool English Premier League Date: Friday, 22 December 2017 Kick-Off: 19:45 UK Venue: Emirates Stadium (London). Premier League heavyweights Arsenal and Liverpool are set to open the Matchday No 19 in the direct battle for the fourth position this Friday at Emirates. The teams shared a similar destiny in recent days as they’ve... Читать дальше...

She took the call to be fruitful and multiply very seriously. A big “mazel tov” is in order for a very busy 42-year-old Israeli grandmother who celebrated the end of Hanukkah by giving birth to her 20th child on Wednesday. The ultra-Orthodox woman from Jerusalem stunned staffers at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem’s maternity ward when...

Stanford Report’s most popular stories in 2017 reflected the eclectic interests of the university community, from climate change to caffeine to the new Redwood City Campus.

CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman has been charged with murder in the death of her 5-year-old son after authorities found the apparent remains of a child in the backyard of her Cleveland home. Thirty-four-year-old Larissa Rodriguez was charged Thursday in Cleveland. Court records don't indicate if she has an attorney. The Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Medical Examiner's Office hasn't yet identified the remains found Tuesday as those of Rodriguez's developmentally disabled son, Jordan, and hasn't said how he died. Читать дальше...

Adani Transmission's (ATL's) announcement of signing a binding agreement with Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) for buying the latter's 100 per cent stake in the Mumbai power business lifted Street sentiment. The ATL stock was locked in the upper circuit (no sellers) in the last half hour of trade, and closed with a gain of 10 per cent at ~225.25 on Thursday.The Street enthusiasm seems justifiable. The acquisition gives ATL an entry into the more profitable power distribution business and in a large and enviable market. Читать дальше...

The Gunners were beaten 4-0 by Liverpool in August, with goalkeeper Petr Cech describing it as “one of the worst experiences” of his career. 
 Goals from Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Daniel Sturridge capped off a fine afternoon for the Reds, but Jurgen Klopp’s men have failed to kick on. 
 Liverpool are fourth in the Premier League table, with Arsenal just behind them in fifth, and a win for Wenger’s men will see them climb into the top four. Читать дальше...

Thousands of people broke out the vodka and gave a hero’s welcome to a convicted fraudster when he returned to Brooklyn a free man. Sholom Rubashkin was sentenced to 27 years in prison in 2009 on multiple felony convictions for defrauding a bank that loaned his Iowa Kosher meat-packing plant millions of dollars. President Trump...

We don't need to waste any time going over how fake the Uranium One story is. Joy Ann Reid debunked the whole thing this past October in the video above, which is in our archives and can be accessed by anyone with internet. (Support our fundraiser to keep those servers paid for and thank you.)

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The state's solicitor general will become Kansas' top federal prosecutor. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed Stephen McAllister's nomination to be U.S. Attorney in Kansas. McAllister, a University of Kansas law professor, was dean of the university's law school from 2000 to 2005. He previously clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices Bryon White and Clarence Thomas. He was nominated in September by President Donald Trump. U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran... Читать дальше...

Two-time heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs announced a 2018 comeback Thursday after serving a doping ban, the 46-year-old American saying he will try to become boxing's oldest-ever heavyweight champion.

Best Buy employees foiled a trio who appeared to be trying to sneak products out of the store in an empty baby stroller. After fleeing the store, the trio attempted to speed away in a car, only to crash when attempting to take a turn way too fast.

The 17-year-old boy tried to rob the store in the 200 block of North Kedzie at 10:46 a.m., according to Chicago Police.

Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl says ‘no substantive changes’ have been made in the ongoing amateurism issue of Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy.

The Ogun government states that it has paid the December and the 13th-month salary to its workers since Wednesday, December 20, ahead of the festive period.

The Gophers football program and head coach P.J. Fleck deserve the victory lap they were able to take Wednesday, when they delivered the most highly regarded recruiting class around here in almost a decade, if not of all-time. Fleck was brought in to provide energy and build a program, with recruiting at the heart of his message. He’s been everything as advertised so far. At times like this, it’s easy to get swept up in the momentum. It’s just as important, then, to hit the pause button around signing... Читать дальше...

Number 8 Nathan Hughes and winger Elliot Daly were Thursday ruled out of the first half of England's Six Nations defence although neither of the injured Wasps pair will require surgery.

The UN General Assembly adopted by a decisive vote of 128 to 9, with 35 abstentions, a motion rejecting the US President Donald Trump’s decision on Jerusalem.