Новости за 02.05.2018

Bayern Munich produced their best Champions League performance for five years in Tuesday's clash with Real Madrid, according to chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. The Bundesliga champions were held to a 2-2 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu, ensuring a 4-3 aggregate defeat in their semi-final tie. Joshua Kimmich put Bayern ahead after just two minutes before Karim Benzema scored twice, his second coming after a dreadful error from goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, leaving James Rodriguez's equaliser to count for little. Читать дальше...

Calls grew on Tuesday for hunters to shoot a wolf which is believed to have killed 40 sheep near the town of Bad Wildbad in Baden-Württemberg.

Stamford secured their place in the Evo-Stik League Division One South play-off final after an epic 2-1 victory at Frickley Athletic on Tuesday night.

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• Standard Chartered sees profits increase 20% as a turnaround programme takes effect.
• The bank, which deals largely in emerging markets, has targeted efficiencies of nearly $3 billion over the last four years, and is close to reaching that target, it said.
• "This encouraging start to the year shows that we are firmly on the path laid out in February that will take us above an eight per cent return on equity in the medium term," said chief executive Bill Winters. Читать дальше...

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that past leaders who misgoverned the country would be judged by God. He made the comments on Tuesday, May 1, during an interview with the Voice of America in Washington DC.

Five Maltese MEPs -  David Casa, Miriam Dalli, Roberta Metsola, Marlene Mizzi and Francis Zammit Dimech, have nominated Bjorn Formosa for the European Citizen of the Year award for distinguishing himself in promoting European values. Mr Formosa suffers ALS, a motorneuron degenerate disease, and has been promoting awareness of the conditions and ways how patients can be assisted. The MEPs praised Mr Formosa for seeking to help others despite great personal hardship, showing great altruism and courage.

Taiwan has a case of sour grapes, Chinese state media said on Wednesday, after the self-ruled island accused China of using a $3-billion aid pledge to persuade the Dominican Republic to switch long-standing diplomatic ties to Beijing. China, which denied there were any economic pre-conditions for establishing relations with the Caribbean nation, says Taiwan is simply a wayward province with no right to state-to-state ties. Taiwan's government says the Dominican Republic accepted false promises of aid from China. Читать дальше...

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• Texas and six other Republican-governed states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to end DACA, a program that protects immigrants brought to the US illegally as children.
• Trump said in September he would terminate DACA and end its protections for the immigrants, but gave the Republican-controlled Congress until March 6 to replace it, which they didn't get to.
• The program protects around 700,000 young adults, mostly Hispanics, from... Читать дальше...

On the same day that three suicide bombers killed at least 42 people in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Spc. Gabriel D. Conde was shot dead by "enemy small arms fire" Monday in Afghanistan's eastern Tageb district, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday. Conde, 22, joined the Army in 2015 and deployed to Afghanistan in September with the 25th Infantry Division’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. He had been stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska, and he was set to return to Alaska in a few weeks. Читать дальше...

Themed planes are usually pretty cool, but you'll definitely Buzz over this Toy Story-themed plane. Created by China Eastern Airlines, the aircraft was unveiled to commemorate the opening of Shanghai Disney Resort's new Toy Story-themed land last week.  SEE ALSO: The best movies coming to your flights in May The plane will fly on domestic routes, and passengers (or Space Rangers, if you will) are immersed in the world of the animated film series from airport to airplane.  There's a personalised boarding pass... Читать дальше...

Themed planes are usually pretty cool, but you'll definitely Buzz over this Toy Story-themed plane.

CA Phoenix AZ Zone Forecast for Tuesday, May 1, 2018 _____ 859 FPUS55 KPSR 020729 ZFPPSR Zone Forecast Product for Southwest Arizona/Southeast California National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 1228 AM MST Wed May 2 2018 This is an automatically generated product that provides average values for large geographical areas and may not be representative of the exact location that you are interested in. For a more site specific forecast, please visit weather.gov/phoenix and either (1) Select a location from... Читать дальше...

Intensiver Einsatz von Mittelfingern hat das Hinspiel von Red Bull Salzburg bei Olympique Marseille gekennzeichnet, stellte Salzburg-Trainer Marco Rose fest. Wir blicken in die Geschichte der österreichisch-französischen Fußballbeziehungen.

Im Machtkampf in der Ex-Sowjetrepublik Armenien findet am 8. Mai der nächste Versuch statt, einen Ministerpräsidenten zu wählen. Das teilte der Parlamentschef des Landes im Südkaukasus, Ara Babloian, am Mittwoch in der Hauptstadt Eriwan mit. Tags zuvor war im Parlament der Versuch von Oppositionsführer Nikol Paschinian gescheitert, sich an die Spitze der Regierung wählen zu lassen.

CAPE TOWN - Old Mutual subsidiary Quilter plc is set for a separate listing on the JSE and LSE as it claimed a 14% increase in net client cash flow (NCCP) in the first quarter as a result of resilience in assets under management and administration.

Quilter said on Monday that the NCCP increased to £1.6 billion (R27.3 billion) during the period from £1.4 billion (R24.09 billion) recorded during the first quarter of 2017.

Brexit hardliners in British prime minister Theresa May's party have rebelled against plans for an EU 'customs partnership'.

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Kenneth MacMillan’s modern ballet, Manon, will be broadcast live at the Eden Cinemas tomorrow. A firm favourite in The Royal Ballet repertoire, Manon depicts the powerful and obsessive love between Des Grieux (Vadim Muntagirov) and Manon (Sarah Lamb), who, when they first meet, is being sold off to the highest bidder by her brother Lescaut (Ryoichi Hirano). They then elope to Paris only to find herself being seduced by Monsieur G.M (Gary Avis) who entices her to leave her lover for a life of luxury. Читать дальше...

Punch is reporting that President Muhamamdu Buhari said most youths from the northern part of Nigeria were uneducated or school dropouts. President Buhari was reported to have said this in an interview he had with Voice of America

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