Новости за 06.04.2018

SPAIN 1, GERMANY 1
Venue: Plaza de Toros de Valencia, Valencia, ESP (clay- outdoor)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel sanctuary, in Valletta was consecrated by Archbishop Charles Scicluna after a €500,000 marble paving job that took six months to complete. The church had never been consecrated before, a Curia spokesman said. It had originally been built in 1570 but was badly damaged during World War II and was rebuilt. In his homily, Mgr Scicluna pointed out that it was no coincidence that Valletta was currently the European Capital of Culture. “This is a cry for European culture to continue... Читать дальше...

Mini brains concocted in a lab are one step closer to mirroring the real thing after scientists managed to grow blood vessels in them. Both the miniature brains and the blood vessels were developed from stem cells that originated from the same patient, according to a new study from the University of California Davis published...

Impending decisions about U.S. troops in Syria will be the next significant outcome of the continuing tussle, between a president’s urges and his appointees, that constitutes Donald Trump’s foreign policy.  Given Trump’s limited attention span and the erratic way in which he allows others to influence his decisions, however, policy on Syria will not necessarily reflect a larger pattern extending to other issues. In his obsession with doing something—anything—that is different from what Obama did... Читать дальше...

Paul R. Pillar

Syria, Middle East

Impending decisions about U.S. troops in Syria will be the next significant outcome of the continuing tussle, between a president’s urges and his appointees, that constitutes Donald Trump’s foreign policy.  Given Trump’s limited attention span and the erratic way in which he allows others to influence his decisions, however, policy on Syria will not necessarily reflect a larger pattern extending to other issues.

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Jimmy Kimmel has delivered the latest shot in his back-and-forth with Fox News host Sean Hannity. In a tweet on Friday, Kimmel accused Hannity of trivializing “the horrors of Harvey Weinstein” by giving Kimmel the nickname “Harvey Weinstein Jr.” over an old sketch from his “The Man Show” days. “I vote for whichever one best helps you trivialize the horrors of Harvey Weinstein by comparing them to televised comedy bits in which every woman was a willing participant who gladly signed a release,” Kimmel wrote... Читать дальше...

Russia's consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, says 539 hotels have been fined for inflating their prices in Russian cities that are hosting 2018 FIFA World Cup matches.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average late-morning Friday was trading near session lows amid intensifying worries about trade conflicts between the U.S. and China. The Dow was down 600 points, or 2.5%, at 23,892, the S&P 500 index was off 2.2% at 2,604, and the Nasdaq Composite Index traded about 2.20% lower at 6,928. The White House said in a statement after the market close Thursday that Trump has asked the U.S. Trade Representative to consider an extra $100 billion in Chinese goods to face... Читать дальше...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A now-former school bus aide for the Scottsdale Unified School District has been arrested and accused of sexual conduct with a 15-year-old boy and of furnishing obscene material to that boy and another. Maricopa County Jail records say 23-year-old Kaitlyn Bildilli was arrested and booked Wednesday. Police said Bildilli acknowledged having sex with the 15-year-old while he and his brother were at her home where she was babysitting but denied showing pornographic videos to the boys at a bus stop. Читать дальше...

Munich (Allemagne) (AFP) – Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer “did well” in a first training session since fracturing his foot but remains in limbo in terms of a return to competition, said coach Jupp Heynckes on Friday. “The session went well,” Heynckes said, a day after Neuer put on the gloves for the first time since injuring his foot last September. “Given the circumstances, he’s doing very well. He’s in no pain and his foot is showing no negative signs.” While 32-year-old Neuer is hoping... Читать дальше...

Russia's consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, says 539 hotels have been fined for inflating their prices in Russian cities that are hosting 2018 FIFA World Cup matches.

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say they've arrested two Brooklyn men in a $1 million heist at a suburban New York City jewelry store. According to the Journal News , burglars cut a hole in the roof and dropped into New Rochelle Coin Stamp & Jewelers at around 4 a.m. on Feb. 2. Kevin Lyde and Kevin Young were awaiting a court appearance Friday. A third suspect was being sought. There was no immediate information on attorneys who could comment on the men's behalf. Police in Port Chester, New York and Bergen County... Читать дальше...

1997 was a great time to be a fan of the Mariners. The team had been terrible for most of its existence but after finally making the playoffs a few years prior and giving the city a taste of baseball where the team won more than it lost there were plenty of reasons to be excited. Griffey, Buhner, and Martinez anchored the lineup. They had a 21 year old shortstop fresh off a 9.2 fWAR campaign, well before most of us had any idea what that meant. One of their pitchers pitched like one of the meanest... Читать дальше...

Gaza is a coastal strip of land that lay on ancient trading and maritime routes along the Mediterranean shore. Held by the Ottoman Empire until 1917, it passed from British to Egyptian to Israeli military rule over the last century and is now a fenced-in enclave inhabited by two million Palestinians. 1948 - Refugees and Egyptian military rule As British colonial rule came to an end in Palestine in the late 1940s, violence intensified between Jews and Arabs, culminating in war between the newly... Читать дальше...

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been given until Friday afternoon to present himself to federal police in the southern city of Curitiba.

Sean Miller would forfeit $1 million if he commits a major NCAA violation or is criminally charged related to his employment, under amended contract.

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very optimistic and necessary 15pts for 45 points, more likely 8 points for 38 points

HULL (H) W (probable D)
IPSWICH (H) W (probable D)
BOLTON (A) D (probable L)
BURTON (H) W (probable W)
BRISTOL C (A) L (probable L)
WOLVES (A) L (probable L)
SHEFF U (H) W (probable W)
QPR (A) D (probable L)
FULHAM (H) D (probable L)

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Two women have been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax emergency call that led police to order a man from a Hutchinson garage at gunpoint while he held a 3-month-old baby amid a custody dispute. The Hutchinson News reports that the women were arrested Wednesday and booked on suspicion of making a false call for emergency services. An affidavit read Thursday during their first appearance says police surrounded the garage after receiving a call that an armed... Читать дальше...

ANKARA (Sputnik) - A Turkish court has approved pre-trial detention for former civil servant Sahin Sogut, who is suspected of organizing the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, the Anadolu news agency reported on Friday, citing a judicial source.

HONOLULU (AP) — Khanh Huynh has been a commercial fisherman since he was 12 years old. For the past six years, he's been living on a fishing boat in Hawaii, catching premium ahi tuna for some of the world's most discerning consumers. The 28-year-old fisherman from outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, recently saved the lives of two Americans and helped rescue five others after the fishing vessel he was working on sank hundreds of miles off Hawaii's Big Island. But Huynh isn't the captain. He works... Читать дальше...

Scott Pruitt probably can’t wait for this week to be over. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has had the roughest stretch yet of his controversial tenure, as several new scandals have broken over the past days, intensifying the accusations against him of corruption and taxpayer waste and causing widespread speculation that he would be fired. “Any administration but this one would have discharged him long ago,” William K. Reilly, an EPA administrator under President George Bush, told The New York Times. Читать дальше...

Ryan Sessegnon and Joshua KingTwo players are once again in the news as our summer transfer targets. One we want but will the other be too expensive for the limited time he can give us?Ryan SessegnonTottenham transfer target Ryan SessegnonThe Sun are telling us that Fulham value Tottenham target 17-year-old (18 in May) Ryan Sessegnon at £25m which is half of what other clubs quote. He is a Championship player so the lower valuation makes sense given his performances.The left midfielder, who can operate as a left-back... Читать дальше...

Mauricio Pochettino spoke to the press on Friday ahead of Tottenham’s trip to Stoke City in the Premier League this weekend. Spurs can close the gap on third-placed Liverpool and move further ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea with a win at the Bet365 Stadium. A number of topics were on the agenda on Friday, including the fitness of Harry Kane and Harry Winks, the club’s latest financial report and the progression of Davinson Sanchez. To find out more about all of those topics, you... Читать дальше...