Новости за 04.05.2018

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts say they shot and killed a pet boa constrictor after it fatally crushed a puppy. Amherst Animal Welfare Officer Carol Hepburn says a pet sitter called police at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to report that the snake, which she estimates was at least six feet long, had escaped from its tank and wrapped it itself around the 8-month old puppy. Police tried unsuccessfully to pull the snake off the dog and Hepburn says the dog was dead by the time she arrived. Читать дальше...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd shares are up 2.5% in premarket trading Friday after the company reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that beat expectations. Net income of $1.2 billion came in ahead of the FactSet consensus estimate for $1.1 billion. Net income fell 33% due to a one-time gain in the same quarter a year earlier. Excluding this number, net income would have increased 37%, Alibaba said. On a per-share basis, the company reported GAAP earnings of 46 cents, whereas the FactSet consensus called for 44 cents. Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Czech president has bolstered Russia's arguments that it had nothing to do with a nerve agent attack in Britain that caused international outrage. Russian officials on Friday welcomed the comments by Milos Zeman that his country produced a small amount of the same type of nerve gas used to poison an ex-spy and his daughter in Britain. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it a "clear illustration of the groundless stance the British authorities have taken."... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump insisted Thursday his reimbursement of a 2016 hush payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels had nothing to do with his election campaign.

Here’s Mike Sobel’s Friday, May 4, 2018 early morning weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.

Supporters of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny in several cities have been detained a day before planned protests against President Vladimir Putin, who starts a new term on May 7.

Die heimischen Transporteure haben die Mauttarife nachrechnen lassen und sehen sich nun ihn ihrer jahrelangen Kritik bestätigt: Sie zahlen zu viel Maut auf Autobahnen und Schnellstraßen. Geht es nach ihren Berechnungen, dann müssen die Tarife um 25 Prozent sinken. Alleine von 2008 bis 2016 hätten die Lkw- und Busbetreiber um 836 Mio. Euro zu viel bezahlt.

A full look ahead to the final weekend of the Championship season as Reading travel to Cardiff.

Officials say the initiative will reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk women and sex buyers in London and the surrounding area.

Over the past few years, online grocery shopping has become the most convenient mode of fulfilling all your daily food essential needs without even leaving the comfort of your home. the biggest advantage of online grocery shopping is that you can literally browse through the virtual shopping aisles 24/7. Most of the sites have an expert online assistant, available at your service all the time to provide you automated answers to all your queries.

Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
It wasn't very long ago that Latin American voters, in country after country, started electing leftist presidents. The new crop of leaders that rose to power over the past few decades occupied a wide range of positions along the ideological spectrum, advocating leftist policies that varied mightilyfrom mild income redistribution projects to aggressive nationalization programs. But what was unmistakable was the trend moving the continent decidedly leftward. Some dubbed it the pink tide. Читать дальше...

ROZZANO, Italy (AP) — Telecom Italia shareholders vote Friday whether the activist hedge fund Elliott Management has the power to revamp the board against the controlling stakeholder, French entertainment group Vivendi, in a dramatic showdown that will determine the future of the former Italian monopoly. The battle over control of Telecom Italia has intensified in recent weeks, with the Italian government's investment arm taking a 5 percent stake in April, citing the company's strategic importance, and broadly aligning itself with Elliot.

ROZZANO, Italy (AP) — Telecom Italia shareholders vote Friday whether the activist hedge fund Elliott Management has the power to revamp the board against the controlling stakeholder, French entertainment group Vivendi, in a dramatic showdown that will determine the future of the former Italian monopoly. The battle over control of Telecom Italia has intensified in recent weeks, with the Italian government's investment arm taking a 5 percent stake in April, citing the company's strategic importance, and broadly aligning itself with Elliot.

VF Corp. , whose portfolio of brands includes Lee and Wrangler jeans, The North Face, and Timberland, reported net income of $252.8 million, or 63 cents per share, for the three months ended March 31, 2018, up from $209.2 million, or 50 cents per share, for the same period last year. Adjusted EPS was 67 cents. Revenue totaled $3.02 billion, up from $2.48 billion last year. The FactSet EPS consensus was 55 cents and the revenue consensus was $2.58 billion. Jeanswear revenue fell 1% to $639.5 million... Читать дальше...

NY Burlington VT Zone Forecast for Friday, May 4, 2018 _____ 340 FPUS51 KBTV 041116 ZFPBTV Zone Forecast Product for Vermont and Northern New York National Weather Service Burlington VT 713 AM EDT Fri May 4 2018 NYZ028-042000- Eastern Clinton- Including the city of Plattsburgh 713 AM EDT Fri May 4 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY... .TODAY...Cloudy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this morning, then showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is attacking NBC News after it corrected a story that said federal investigators had placed a wiretap on the phone lines of Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen. Trump says on Twitter Friday: "NBC NEWS is wrong again! They cite 'sources' which are constantly wrong." Trump tweeted: "the sources probably don't exist, they are fabricated, fiction! NBC, my former home with the Apprentice, is now as bad as Fake News CNN. Sad!" NBC News attributed its story... Читать дальше...

TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) – Director General of Iranian Northern Railway Yousef-Geran Pasha said Iran’s Northern Railroad will be electrified in cooperation with Russia.

Ombudsman Maya Manolova submitted to the National Assembly legislative amendments which concern the conditions for receiving a survivor's and personal pension from children left without one or both parents.
 
Among the proposals are dropping the requirement for retirement at the age of 25 to obtain a child's survivor's pension, as well as reducing the 3-year length of service of a deceased parent to 30 years of age per year, and for parents over 30 year - from 5 to 3 years.
 
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CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) _ Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IONS) on Friday reported a first-quarter loss of $1.4 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Carlsbad, California-based company said it had a loss of 1 cent. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 11 cents per share. The drug discovery and development company posted revenue of $144.4 million in the period... Читать дальше...

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Sven Ulreich insists he will not allow his costly mistake in the Champions League semi-final to spoil the "best season" of his career.

SYDNEY – Deposed Australia captain Steve Smith has returned home from time out overseas, saying he is prepared to win back trust after his role in a high-profile ball-tampering scandal.

The latest transfer rumours from around the world. Things change in the blink of an eye in football. The Football Whispers Index takes the latest transfer rumours and gives them a score out of five; the higher the score, the more realistic and reliable the Whisper. Here are today's top five emerging whispers. And keep an eye on Transfer Talk for all the latest gossip. Christian Eriksen to Paris Saint-Germain Tottenham Hotspur playmaker Christian Eriksen will be PSG primary transfer target this summer... Читать дальше...