Новости за 24.04.2018

Gymnastics, football, basketball and now volleyball. Abuse and indifference know no bounds at Michigan State.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Stocks climbed in early trading as companies like Caterpillar, appliance maker Whirlpool, and Fifth Third Bancorp posted strong quarterly results. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Black students are suspended from school, expelled and referred to law enforcement much more frequently than their...

WhatsApp is banning anyone under 16 years old from using its app in Europe. It’s raising the age limit by three years just as the European data privacy rules start kicking in on May 25th, as spotted by Reuters.

The NFL Draft is this week, and the rumors are aplenty. We’re keeping track of them right here.

Reality hit Scott Frost upon his return to Nebraska as head coach. The Cornhuskers, physically, looked every bit like the 4-8 team it was in 2017. His conclusion after his first spring: "We're taking the first baby steps here, and nothing that we're doing right now is where I want it to be and where the coaching staff wants it to be." Frost, the Cornhuskers' national championship quarterback in 1997, returned to his alma mater after orchestrating one of the great turnarounds in recent college football history at Central Florida. Читать дальше...

Nebraska takes 'baby steps' in its first spring under new coach Scott Frost

Paris (AFP) – Greek giants Panathinaikos have been banned from European competition for three years by UEFA for failing to pay their debts, European football’s governing body announced on Tuesday. The club were handed a suspended sentence in December and given until March 1 to settle their unpaid bills, but failed to do so and have been fined 100,000 euros ($122,398), having also been ordered to pay the same amount in December. They appeared unlikely to qualify for Europe next season anyway, though, sitting seventh in the Greek top flight. Читать дальше...

Texas Instruments Inc. shares rose nearly 5% in the extended session Tuesday after the electronics maker's stock was up a fraction and closed at $98.40 during regular trading. The company reported first-quarter net income of $1.37 billion, or $1.35 a share, compared with $997 million, or 97 cents a share, in the year-ago period. The company did not increase its 62 cent per-share dividend. Revenue rose to $3.79 billion from $3.4 billion in the year-ago period. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had... Читать дальше...

Crude oil prices are expected to jump 23 percent this year amid strong economic growth, while metals prices are rising, hit by ongoing trade tensions, the World Bank said Tuesday.

From the left: How Democrats Could Blow It All predictive models point to Democrats winning the House in November. So should they bank on it? The answer, says the Daily Beast’s Jonathan Alter, “is an obvious no.” For one thing, a deal with North Korea and other breaks “could shift the momentum just enough to...

Iran's exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi has confirmed in a statement that the body unearthed on April 23 in Shahr-e Rey, Tehran, is most likely that of his grandfather, Reza Shah Pahlavi, founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty. This is not only the concern of a person or a family, it is an issue with national and historic aspects. Reza Shah belongs to all people of Iran and his admirers.... Prince Reza Pahlavi In his statement posted on April 24 on his official website, Reza Pahlavi has urged the Islamic... Читать дальше...

Middle-aged men who are sedentary much of the day and don’t get a lot of exercise are more likely to develop bladder and urinary tract symptoms than their peers who sit less, a Korean study suggests. 

NCAA commission ready to release report on how to put on college basketball on new path

The Reds' thumping of the Serie A side on Tuesday saw the club's dynamic attacking trio make history

Everyone in the West, royalty or not, gets better maternal health care than parents in the United States.

Milos Raonic was among those in the tennis world who mourned the death of Anne Marie D’Amico, who was killed when a van plowed onto a crowded sidewalk in suburban Toronto.

BEIJING — Top Chinese tech firms and some government departments have been singled out in a report that says discriminatory hiring practices based on gender are widespread in China and are linked to a shrinking proportion of women in the labor force. Job ads posted by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, Baidu Inc and Tencent Holdings...

LONDON — World stocks steadied on Tuesday after three sessions of losses, thanks to strong earnings from the likes of Google and as a rise in benchmark US bond yields towards 3 per cent stalled, while oil prices stretched to fresh highs above $75 a barrel. 

Wynn Resorts Ltd. shares fluctuated between slight gains and losses in the extended session Tuesday after the casino operator's revenue fell short of Wall Street estimates even as adjusted earnings beat the consensus view. Wynn shares were last down 1.3% after hours, following a 1.7% decline to close at $190 in the regular session. The company reported a first-quarter loss of $204.3 million, or $1.99 a share, compared with earnings of $100.8 million, or 99 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Читать дальше...

He’s tough like a Bulldog.

The Royals have added 25-year old left-hander Eric Stout to the bullpen, replacing the struggling Justin Grimm, who was placed on the disabled list with back stiffness. The bullpen has been a big weakness for the Royals in the first few weeks, so this could be an opportunity for Eric Stout to make an impression on the organization. So who is Eric Stout?

Stout grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, attending St. Francis High School in Wheaton. He won 14 games... Читать дальше...

While thousands of corps members will celebrate the end of their youth service,★ 25 NYSC batch A 2018 corps' members will repeat NYSC in Delta state. ★ Keep reading to know why these corps' members were ordered to repeat NYSC.

The number of people employed by the cannabis industry is set to triple to 630,000 by the year 2025, by one estimate.

Le débat sur l'important afflux de demandeurs d'asile irréguliers qui arrivent depuis l'été dernier au pays, particulièrement au Québec, a refait surface mardi à la Chambre des communes, à Ottawa. Le Parti conservateur a notamment déposé une motion demandant le dépôt d'un plan d'ici au 11 mai pour stopper l'afflux de personnes qui entrent illégalement au Canada depuis les États-Unis .