Новости за 20.05.2018

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, has referred to himself as a serial winner after guiding his side to FA Cup success, the Blues boss lifted the coveted trophy last night,May 19, roughly twelve months after winning the Premier.

La Chine et les États-Unis, qui sont parvenus à un accord de principe pour réduire le déficit commercial américain, ont renoncé à l'augmentation des droits de douane, éloignant le spectre d'une guerre commerciale.

La Chine et les États-Unis, qui sont parvenus à un accord de principe pour réduire le déficit commercial américain, ont renoncé à l'augmentation des droits de douane, éloignant le spectre d'une guerre commerciale.

While Team Sky's Chris Froome climbed his way up the Zoncolan to victory on stage 14 of the Giro d'Italia, and Mitchelton-Scott's Simon Yates – second to Froome on the stage – retained his pink leader's jersey, a number of the overall contenders slipped further down the classification, and have been left licking their wounds.

Preparations for a certain Champions League final don’t seem to be proving a hindrance to Liverpool’s transfers plans following the window’s early opening. Conflicting reports from either side of the channel have been the root of contained excitement among Reds over the prospect of Nabil Fekir signing from Lyon. Journalists in the 24-year-old’s native France are […]

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Few people on the planet are unaware of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Real Madrid and Portugal national team striker is one of the best soccer players in the world. He has five Ballon d'Or awards, four Champions League titles, and even helped his country win the UEFA European Championship in 2016.

Ronaldo is incredibly gifted. He is one of the fittest, most athletic sportsmen in world football today. To maintain an edge over his opponents, he has to stay motivated on the training ground — and ensure he eats right. Читать дальше...

The Henry Rutgers Houses, a public housing development built and maintained by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), stand in in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, April 26, 2018 in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer / Getty Images) A rescission bill from House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy would cut $38.8 million from the public […]

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party leadership is currently under intense pressure from the coalition of 36 political parties and the new PDP bloc within the APC to change its name as a condition.

Free State Stars’ Nedbank Cup-winning coach Luc Eymael has been the subject of much rumour and speculation with regard to a possible move to another club next season. He has been linked with the vacant coaching posts at both Kaizer Chiefs and SuperSport United.

Qualcomm will release a new smartwatch processing platform later this year, which it says will make wearables smaller, with improved features, and better battery life. Touchscreen smartwatches are in desperate need of a...

• Deadly school shootings

The suspect in the Texas school shooting began his attack by firing a shotgun through an art classroom door, shattering a glass pane and sending panicked students to the entryway to block him from getting inside, witnesses said.

Bundesbankpräsident Jens Weidmann hat seine Bereitschaft signalisiert, im Herbst kommenden Jahres die Nachfolge von Mario Draghi an der Spitze der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) anzutreten. „Ich denke, jedes Mitglied im EZB-Rat sollte den Gestaltungswillen mitbringen, auch in einer anderen Rolle an der Geldpolitik mitzuwirken“, sagte Weidmann den Zeitungen der Funke Mediengruppe (Samstag) und der französischen Zeitung „Ouest-France“ auf die Frage, ob er für das Amt bereitstehe.

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• The UK savings rate suddenly looks like it is going to go up.
• That's because Brits are not taking on new debts.
• Credit Suisse argues that consumers were willing to tolerate the short-term negatives of Brexit, but they are not going to finance the long-term.
• People are "realizing that the damage to their real incomes from the Brexit vote is permanent, not transient," CS says.
• None of this looks good for economic growth.
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Die Postbank will bis Ende 2018 etwa jede zehnte ihrer rund 1.000 Filialen schließen. „Am Ende werden es deutlich über 100 in diesem Jahr sein“, zitierte die „Bild am Sonntag“ Postbank-Vorstandsmitglied Susanne Klöß. Auf einer internen Streichliste, die der Zeitung eigenen Angaben zufolge vorliegt, seien allein 72 über ganz Deutschland verteilte Standorte aufgeführt: von Albstadt (Baden-Württemberg) bis Zwickau (Sachsen). Das Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen sei demnach mit 21 Schließungen am stärksten betroffen. Читать дальше...

TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Saturday, May 19, 2018 _____ 505 FPUS54 KHGX 200727 ZFPHGX Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 226 AM CDT Sun May 20 2018 TXZ211-202100- Austin- Including the cities of Bellville and Sealy 226 AM CDT Sun May 20 2018 .TODAY...Partly cloudy early in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers early in the morning. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Читать дальше...

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – Following the US withdrawal from the Iran deal, Swiss Reinsurance Co. has announced will leave Iran.

The party that wins the right to draw the legislative maps of the 2020s will have enormous power to shape future Congresses and state legislatures—to determine, for example, whether districts are drawn in such a way that Republicans need only worry about winning conservative votes and Democrats liberal ones, or in a way that might push candidates toward the center; and whether districts comply with the Voting Rights Act, in a decade when much demographic change is expected, enough to perhaps turn the crucial state of Texas at least purple... Читать дальше...

The UEFA would compensate €100,000 to Kyiv city for the introduction of free travel for fans with tickets for matches of Men and Women’s Champions League finals and accredited persons (on May 24 through May 27). “The match ticket would be a travel card for urban transport. During 36 hours, starting Saturday, May 26, and […]

US-Präsident Donald Trump und sein südkoreanischer Amtskollege Moon Jae-in wollen mit einer engen Zusammenarbeit die Pläne für den historischen Nordkorea-Gipfel auf Kurs halten. Die beiden Staatschefs hätten ein 20-minütiges Telefonat über gemeinsame Anstrengungen geführt, um ein Zustandekommen des Treffens von Trump mit Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un zu sichern, hieß es am Sonntag.

Nach Gesprächen mit US-Vertretern hat sich China dazu bekannt, kein Interesse an einem Handelskonflikt zu haben. Der chinesische Vizepremier Liu He, der von Präsident Xi Jinping zu den Gesprächen gesandt worden war, sagte der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Xinhua am Samstag, beide Seiten hätten zudem übereingestimmt, die gegeneinander gerichteten Zölle zu stoppen. Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit sei für beide Seiten eine „Win-Win-Wahl“. China und die USA würden ihre Zusammenarbeit in den Bereichen Energie, Agrar und Finanzen fortsetzen. Читать дальше...

Four people were arrested in connection with a shooting late Saturday that wounded a man in Lawndale on the Southwest Side.

i. The Trump-inspired movement’s misrepresentation of facts is an old human practice. Perhaps the first example – and one we still don’t want to acknowledge – deals with the biblical story of Eve and the serpent. The Genesis text presents a God of dubious moral character. Yet, this God has been sold by three major mainstream religions […]