Новости за 12.02.2019

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is planning a statewide “listening tour” about race — even as he ignores calls to step down over his blackface scandal, according to a new report. The Democrat — who admitted to wearing blackface in college after a photo of a man in the racist makeup and another in KKK garb...

"I can't say I'm happy. I can't say I'm thrilled," the president told reporters Tuesday

Tottenham Hotspur are considering making a move in the summer to sign Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge, according to the Goal website. Citing a report in The Daily Mirror, they claim Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino is giving serious thought to bringing in another forward as cover for England captain Harry Kane. The 25-year-old has missed Totten...

Some bodies charred beyond recognition

WASHINGTON — The clash over free trade in North America has long been fought over familiar issues: Low-paid Mexican workers. U.S. factories that move jobs south of the border. Canada’s high taxes on imported milk and cheese. But as Democrats in Congress consider whether to back a revamped regional trade pact being pushed by President

I want to see lots of pictures from the California folks next month. You might have to drive you bike around a bit, but that's a small price to pay for a scenic ride. https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/super-bloom/

The name of Shah Sharabeel is nothing new when it comes to musical theater in Pakistan. The man behind the evergreen musical adaptations like Moulin Rouge and Phantom of the Opera is all set to return to theater after 4 long years with his latest play Twins Apart that would be staged from February 12th till March...

Home Office criticised for accelerating removals to Zimbabwe  The Guardian

Lawyers say UK is working with Zimbabwe to deport asylum seekers despite human rights abuses.

Greenyard, the Belgium-based vegetables products supplier looking to sharpen its performance amid pressure on sales, is to have two co-chief executives.

Going at it alone might be the best fit for your goals and personality.

Sebastien Roblin

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Or could it still happen? 

Iran may eventually design an actual flying jet plane resembling the mockups it passed off as the real thing—but even, such a plane would likely merely be a testbed and showpiece.

There can be such a thing as posturing too hard.

(This first appeared last year.)

Iran’s aviation industry has accomplishments to boast about despite operating under heavy sanctions for nearly forty years. It has managed... Читать дальше...

"Blackface photographs are inappropriate and offensive," Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul said. "They were inappropriate then and are inappropriate today."

"Who is going to appreciate the United States as a leader, because we can't seem to manage our own affairs at home?" Volcker told Ray Dalio.

"It was difficult to take when you consider that someone would steal from, basically, the whole community and the animals."

Analysing genetic material discarded by an embryo in a dish can reveal chromosomal abnormalities just as well as a more invasive biopsy

The Afghan Taliban announced the names of the 14-member team to negotiate with the United States, including the five Guantanamo inmates swapped for captive American soldier Bowe Bergdahl in June 2014, and an imprisoned son of the Haqqani Network founder.

May half term holidays to Orlando could be working out cheaper for Brits than Spain or Greece for 2019

NEW YORK — Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman faced a drumbeat of drug-trafficking and conspiracy convictions that could put the 61-year-old escape artist behind bars for decades in a maximum-security... Читать дальше...

Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.) introduced legislation this week that would ban former members of Congress from registering as lobbyists.“Our government cannot keep operating in a way that puts political promises ahead of the well-being and...

History is clear: A city that rejects economic opportunity will lose its status as the center of the business world.

First direct disclosure shows major shareholding but fund's stake in tanker owner peaked last summer.

ANDRETTI TECHNOLOGIES FORMS TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIP WITH HARDING STEINBRENNER RACING AUSTIN, Texas (Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019) – Andretti Technologies, the advanced technology arm of Andretti Autosport, announced today a partnership with NTT IndyCar Series competitors Harding Steinbrenner Racing to provide engineering and development support through the 2019 season. As part of the new relationship, Harding […]

A union representing U.S. immigration and customs agents urged the Senate on Tuesday to block confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee to head the immigration enforcement agency, citing past racially tinged and controversial comments. The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council, which represents more than 7,000 agents, endorsed Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But it opposes the Republican president's nomination of Ronald Vitiello to head the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Читать дальше...

The man in charge of the Blaugrana believes that playing outside of Spain is a chance to strengthen the league

Durban University of Technology vice-chancellor, Professor Thandwa Mthembu, has been booed off stage at the memorial service of slain student Mlungisi Madonsela.