Новости за 21.12.2017

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has narrowed its probe in the WhatsApp earnings leak case.According to sources, seven companies whose price-sensitive information had leaked on social media before being made public have been cleared. Five companies were being further probed. Reportedly, some are blue-chip ones.Last month, the markets regulator had initiated a probe against a dozen companies (including Dr Reddy's, Cipla, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel, Wipro and Bajaj Finance) for alleged leak of sensitive information. Читать дальше...

Nueva York, 21 dic (dpa) - La Asamblea General de la ONU aprobó hoy una resolución de condena en la que se pide a Estados Unidos que retire su decisión de reconocer a Jerusalén como capital de Israel.En total, 128 de los 193 países de la organización votaron a favor de la resolución, mientras que nueve (entre ellos Estados Unidos e Israel) lo hicieron en contra. Además, 35 naciones se abstuvieron. En la Asamblea General ningún país tiene derecho a veto, al contrario que en el Consejo de Seguridad, y los 193 países miembro tienen un voto. Читать дальше...

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• Bill Gurley, the legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist, is betting big that healthcare is at a "tipping point."
• Right now, most of healthcare isn't geared toward consumers and making care more convenient, he told Business Insider. 
• That's about to change, Gurley said, as people get on the hook for more of their healthcare expenses while at the same time other industries do a better job of putting consumers first. 

Bill Gurley... Читать дальше...

Videos posted by reporter Samantha-Jo Roth shows several illegal aliens protesting in favor of the Dream Act laying on the floor of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The videos show one protester screaming and jumping up and down and throwing something in the office. “We are right here! Again (unintelligible) stay. There’s a chair […]

Videos posted by reporter Samantha-Jo Roth shows several illegal aliens protesting in favor of the Dream Act laying on the floor of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The videos show one protester screaming and jumping up and down and throwing something in the office. “We are right here! Again (unintelligible) stay. There’s a chair […]

Le Bureau de la sécurité des transports (BST) indique qu'un sac d'équipement est lié à l'écrasement d'un hélicoptère d'Hydro One, qui a fait quatre morts dans l'est de l'Ontario, il y a une semaine.

Elon Musk/SpaceX via Twitter

• Elon Musk posted new photos of SpaceX's soon-to-launch Falcon Heavy rocket.
• Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful rocket ever built by the aerospace company.
• The system uses three boosters that can land themselves after helping loft a payload to space, then be reused — saving millions on launch costs.
• The rocket may be powerful enough to send human missions to the moon and Mars.

Elon Musk is gearing up for the first launch of Falcon Heavy... Читать дальше...

Britain has the highest rate of acid attacks per capita than anywhere else in the world - with some parts of London now becoming "no go areas" for fear of potential incidents.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has not decided if he will dip into the January transfer market yet. Spurs currently sit seventh in the Premier League table behind their opponent’s on Saturday, Burnley. It has led to growing reports that Pochettino may look to splash the cash in January to bolster his squad. However, the Spurs boss has admitted he has not decided if he will look to bring players in yet as the January market can be notoriously difficult. “Always it is to difficult... Читать дальше...

One of them could save you thousands -- and another could cost you big-time.

A major case, centering around a $16 million property loan, has concluded in the defendants' favor London - along the way, allegations of threats, extortion and forgery abounded.

The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on a Myanmar army chief accused of leading an ethnic cleansing campaign against Rohingya Muslims. Myanmar General Maung Maung Soe was among 52 accused human rights abusers worldwide who are targeted by U.S. Department of Treasury sanctions. Also included was former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, who the U.S. said created an assassination squad and directed it  to kill individuals he determined to be threats to his authority. Sanctions were also placed on Mukhtar Hamid Shah... Читать дальше...

Jaguars QB looks to continue late-season hot streak; Seahawks' Graham ruining title hopes.

A 36-year-old gentleman from New York has had a deep fear of the Tasmanian Devil cartoon his entire life. So after his father-in-law, Yunes Doleh, teased him by waving a Taz-like toupee and snarling at him at a funeral, the frightened fellow had Doleh arrested.

FACE TO FAITH: For 50 years, Alan Bresloff of Glenview, who's Jewish, has volunteered as Santa, says it's a "mitzvah" — "to do positive, to do good."

COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 11 years and nine months in prison for killing his girlfriend in southeast Kansas. The Joplin Globe reports that 46-year-old John Francis was sentenced Wednesday for second-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm in the April shooting death of 29-year-old Kelly Glasgow at their Galena home. He originally was charged with first-degree murder and pleaded guilty to the reduced count last month through a plea agreement. Francis... Читать дальше...

From the #MeToo movement to “Moonlight,” the year gave us many reasons not to give up.

The state of Alabama announced that it's mathematically impossible for accused pedophile Roy Moore to win the senate race. Moore predictably responded to the news by promoting an article from a loony conspiracy theory website called World Net Daily that's blaming “a coalition of Muslim and Marxist-led groups” for foiling God's plan to make him the winner.

The Cavs host the Bulls, who apparently are the best team in NBA history.

The MLB offseason is unfun, but baseball is thriving down under.

The offseason is always rough. One of the best things about baseball season is how routine the games are - no matter what happens during the day, there’s almost always a game to follow and digest. When a routine that long suddenly gets cut short, it’s jarring. We shift to discoursing over trades and signings, watching highlight reels of the past season, or even going deep into YouTube to watch games from bygone eras (as an aside... Читать дальше...

Who’s the real hero?

It’s always a little dangerous for critics to cast their gaze backward on films that are widely considered masterpieces. Sometimes the results are illuminating; things that weren’t clear about a movie at the time sharpen in retrospect, and sometimes a movie that was ahead of its time gets the credit it deserves. Other times, we can slip into the “this movie is overrated!” trap, which usually comes off as snotty and ignorant. Or we might too readily fault a movie from the past for not living up to the political... Читать дальше...

Dave Grimm—online news editor for Science—talks with Sarah Crespi about a few of this year’s top stories from our online news site, like ones on a major error in the monarch butterfly biological record and using massive balloons to build tunnels, and why they were chosen. Hint: It’s not just the stats. Sarah also interviews Staff Writer Adrian Cho about the 2017 Breakthrough of the Year. Adrian talks about why Science gave the nod to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory team for... Читать дальше...