Новости за 24.04.2018

Microsoft continued its gradual push toward making the Xbox One more like PCs by announcing it will soon support compatible 120Hz displays for its game console platform. How soon? Try today. The new features are part of the "April Xbox Update," and it's rolling out over the "next few days".

Goals from the UCD duo of Jason McClelland and Daire O'Connor in a four-minute spell had the students in front at the break.

CHICAGO — A nursing mother is suing for discrimination after being told she should use the men’s restroom to express breast milk when she reported for jury duty at a Chicago court. Attorney Judith Miller says a clerk told her Oct. 2 that there was no a lactation room in Chicago’s Daley Center. Miller had...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Business dialogues with delegations from Europe, Vietnam, India and South Africa were included on the agenda of the upcoming Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russian Far East Development Deputy Minister Alexander Krutikov said Tuesday.

Attorneys for the Jones and LeGrier estates allege that a city attorney let an expert witness give false testimony in a deposition last week.

The leaders of the United States and France are calling for expanded negotiations with Iran, but in remarks to reporters on Tuesday they gave no indication whether President Donald Trump would pull his country out of the existing nuclear deal with Tehran. "I don't know what President Trump will decide regarding the JCPOA," said French President Emmanuel Macron, referring to next month's deadline for Trump to extend sanctions waivers to keep alive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Читать дальше...

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Meghan Markle continues to surprise people in her role as a soon-to-be royal. But when it comes to her wardrobe, she’s pretty predictable: She’s obsessed with the color green.

The observation was first made by the style blog Meghan’s Mirror, which tweeted Saturday: “Interesting that other than the basics (white, grey, navy, black), the only color #MeghanMarkle has worn clothing-wise as a representative of the Royal Family is green.” 

It’s a spot-on observation. Читать дальше...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court has ordered a judge to free rapper Meek Mill on bail while he appeals...

Leslie Smith was supposed to be fighting this past weekend, now she is no longer a UFC fighter and is considering taking legal action against the promotion.

Hey, last night was fun, huh? After scoring just seven runs in their previous five games, the Reds put ten on the scoreboard. Now tie your shoe, slug some water, and get out there and do it again.

Pennsylvania's highest court has ordered a judge to free rapper Meek Mill on bail while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions.

Pennsylvania's highest court has ordered a judge to free rapper Meek Mill on bail while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court has ordered a judge to free rapper Meek Mill on bail while he appeals decade-old gun and drug convictions. The Supreme Court directed a Philadelphia judge who had jailed him to immediately issue an order releasing him on unsecured bail. Mill was sentenced in November to 2-4 years in prison for violating probation. Mill issued a statement saying his five months in jail have been "a nightmare" and thanking all his supporters. A team of lawyers and public... Читать дальше...

Yerevan's usually somber commemoration of the deaths of Armenians under Ottoman rule during World War I has been tempered by the joyous aftermath of Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian's resignation.

Eighteen people died overnight on Monday when heavy rains ripped through several parts of Rwanda, causing landslides, the government said. The East African nation, dubbed a country of a thousand hills, has recently been affected by landslides as a result of heavy downpours flattening houses on mountain slopes. “Eighteen people passed on due to disasters caused by heavy rains in the night of 23rd April,” Rwanda’s ministry in charge of disaster management said on Twitter. Seven people died in Rwanda’s north... Читать дальше...

Shares of iRobot Corp. climbed nearly 6% late Tuesday after the maker of Roomba robotic vacuum cleaners reported first-quarter profit and sales above what analysts expected. IRobot said it earned $20.4 million, or 71 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with $16.4 million, or 58 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Sales rose to $217.1 million, compared with $168.5 million for the first quarter of 2017. Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of 49 cents a share on sales of $214 million. Читать дальше...

Le député Francis Drouin, visé par des allégations de harcèlement sexuel, a offert sa version des faits mardi après-midi, prenant le soin de souligner que cette version peut être corroborée par plusieurs témoins. M. Drouin affirme qu'il y a eu erreur sur la personne.

The relationship between opioids and the number of Americans in the workplace is looking increasingly complicated. America’s opioid addiction crisis is devastating families and costing the country billions of dollars. And yet when used to treat pain appropriately, opioids can also help people — especially women — stay in the workforce, when they would have...

A n upstate judge encouraged sheriff’s deputies to “shoot” an unruly defendant in her courtroom, cursed out troopers who arrested her for drunk driving on her way to work, and then took a vacation to Thailand instead of attending a hearing on the DWI arrest before state officials finally recommended her removal from the bench....

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• Many of the beautiful places you see in the series "Westworld" are actually somewhere you can visit in real life.
• The sweeping shots of the amusement park on the show come from Dead Horse Point State Park in Moab, Utah.
• The stunning Monument Valley in Utah is the terrain with sandstone buttes you see as the backdrop for Dolores and Teddy's horseback rides.

The red rock formations, the vast valleys and prairies, the rambling streams... Читать дальше...

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Jewish community leaders in Britain said their talks on Tuesday with opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on how to end anti-Semitism in his party had been a "disappointing missed opportunity". Corbyn met with the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council after they organized a protest last month accusing him of failing to tackle anti-Semitism in his party because of a far-left world view hostile to Jews. Before the meeting... Читать дальше...

After a strong start, U.S. stocks abruptly sold off Tuesday after machinery maker Caterpillar said it doesn't expect to top its first-quarter profit for the rest of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged as much as 619 points as investors feared that rising oil prices and other costs will slow down growth in company profits. On Tuesday: The S&P 500 index skidded 35.73 points, or 1.3 percent, to 2,634.56. The Dow Jones industrial average gave up 424.56 points, or 1.7 percent, to 24,024.13.... Читать дальше...