Новости за 25.05.2018

Der britische Oscar-Preisträger Danny Boyle (61, "Slumdog Millionaire") soll Regie beim nächsten Bond-Film führen. Das gab die Produktionsfirma Eon Productions am Freitag bekannt. Das Drehbuch für den 25. Film mit Geheimagent 007 komme von John Hodge, mit dem Boyle bereits für den Kultfilm "Trainspotting" zusammengearbeitet hat.

Our Primera-TeamJobs race team have been in full swing as the season gets well under way.

International Chess Federation (FIDE), Spanish Chess Federation (FEDA), Galician Chess Federation (FEGAXA) and the World Cadet Chess Championships 2018 Organizing Committee, have the honor to invite all the FIDE member Chess Federations to participate in the FIDE World Cadets Chess Championships 2018 (under 8, under 10 and under 12 years old – open and girls), which will take place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, between November the 3rd, 2018 (arrival) and November 16th, 2018 (departure).

Nach Ansicht von Facebook-Chef Mark Zuckerberg sind die Deutschen wegen ihrer Erfahrungen mit der Stasi besonders empfindlich beim Thema Datenschutz.

President Donald Trump’s outside lawyer Rudy Giuliani said he thinks that the pair of Thursday DOJ briefings on the FBI...

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 enters into force today - behind this name lies one of the biggest changes in legal regulations ever made in the world.

MALACANANG on Friday said it supported the decision of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to drop businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles’ provisional admission to its witness protection program. In a text message, Palace spokesman Harry Roque agreed with Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra that Napoles couldn’t claim to be least guilty in the multibillion-peso scam that used lawmakers’ pork barrel [...]

Ignored by presidents for nearly a century, Trump finally responded to the heavyweight champion's 1921 plea for clemency.

FIFA has revealed their official tournament song that they hope will go on to help define the 2018 World Cup in Russia. "Live It Up" is a collaboration between Nicky Jam (?), Era Istrefi (?) and the Fresh Prince himself, Will Smith -- who features for roughly 30 seconds of the entire anthem. Without wishing to sound overly snobby, it's quite repetitive and... bad. "One life, live it up" seems to be the central theme, though Smith does actually mention a "team" at one point -- perhaps the only semi-direct...

Die Gewitterhochsaison hat in Österreich heuer ungewöhnlich früh und intensiv begonnen. Laut Experten zählt die Alpenrepublik zu den Hotspots in Europa. In Salzburg wurden im heurigen Jahr 794 Blitze registriert.

Die Gewitterhochsaison hat in Österreich heuer ungewöhnlich früh und intensiv begonnen. Laut Experten zählt die Alpenrepublik zu den Hotspots in Europa. In Salzburg wurden im heurigen Jahr 794 Blitze registriert.

Sergei Mikheyeev is a very popular political commentator in Russia, a fixture on the nation's top talk shows.

Johannesburg - Police on Friday said they have arrested a 42-year-old security guard after he allegedly shot a motorist dead while attempting to shot at two fleeing theft suspects. 

JOHANNESBURG – Egypt face Kuwait Saturday in the first of 15 warm-up matches the five African qualifiers for the World Cup will play ahead of the June 14 kick-off in Russia.

Dave Majumdar

Security,

A big leap forward? 

As new adversary fifth-generation stealth fighters such as the Russian Sukhoi Su-57 PAK-FA and the Chengdu J-20 emerge from development, the United States Navy is working on developing and fielding new capabilities that will allow naval aviators to defeat the threat.

The key is Boeing’s new F/A-18E/F Block III Super Hornet—and the advanced new technologies incorporated into the jet—combined with the upgraded capabilities... Читать дальше...

Jimmy Kimmel dug up a clip of Full Frontal's Samantha Bee interviewing Kellyanne Conway on The Daily Show in about 2007, and according to Bee — his guest on Thursday's Kimmel Live — that was a surprisingly common occurrence. "Our interactions were quite pleasant and lovely," Bee said, and Conway "was on The Daily Show many, many times in the years that I was there. And it got to a point where ... the producers were, like, 'Uhhh, should we call Kellyanne? She'll say anything that we want her to.' And they were like... Читать дальше...

According to Congolese officials, at least 49 people have died after a vessel tipped over on the Congo River.

Baku / 25.05.18 / Turan: Yesterday's pardon did not solve the problem of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, human rights activists believe."The pardon act, issued on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani People's Republic, did not justify the hopes. Of more than 160 political prisoners, only 12 people have been released," Head of the Monitoring Center for Political Prisoners Elshan Hasanov told Turan. Pardon did not apply to those serving life ...

Now that we know who our new Head Coach is, the conversation and speculation turns to the formation Emery will want to play and the existing players and new additions he require for that system. It seems from what I read that many observers figure he will want to return to the 4231 that served him well in Spain. I assume this is based on an assumption that they figure the 433 or even 424 he deployed at PSG was in some way forced upon him by having to accommodate the huge marquee signings of Mbappe and Neymar. Читать дальше...

The showpiece event of European club football takes place in Ukraine this weekend, with Zinedine Zidane's Blancos facing Jurgen Klopp's Reds

With Jesse Marsch's men looking prolific up front but less than solid at the back, Al Hain-Cole expects an entertaining clash against Curtin's team

No one has logged more miles in the People's United Bank Vermont City Marathon than Jim Leary. After 29 of them, he's seen everything it has to offer.