Новости за 27.06.2016

Eight days before LeBron James brought the city of Cleveland its first major sports title in more than five decades, Lake Erie Monsters head coach Jared Bednar stood at center ice in Quicken Loans Arena and hoisted the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup above his head.

SULLIVAN’S ISLAND — Look what the tide pushed out — a 5-foot-long alligator, there in the early morning surf along the beach at the lighthouse. The swimmer who reported it had to be startled.

"There's nothing scarier than waking up in the middle of 'Game of Thrones' world."

LeBron James, who cemented his status as an NBA great in leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to the championship this month, won’t play for the USA at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. USA Basketball named a 12-man squad for the Games on Monday that didn’t include James, confirming last week’s reports that he had withdrawn from consideration for the team. U.S. basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo (R) and the 12 players selected for the 2012 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team pose during a news conference at the Wynn Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas... Читать дальше...

By Dario Thuburn, AFP Britain’s vote last week to leave the European Union has plunged the country into a triple crisis. It has unleashed deep and bitter rifts within the main political parties, sent jolts of uncertainty through its economy, and raised constitutional questions on the very future of United Kingdom. Image courtesy of TheMiddleGround.org Here are the main issues which the country has to grapple with: Lame-duck government David Cameron announced early Friday that he would resign, soon after the result came through. Читать дальше...

WR OrTre Smith of Wando High School and his mother got things cleared up with Clemson on their recent visit and the Tigers are very much in their thinking. The Clemson stop was the third for Smith on what is a critical tour of schools he’s considering. He also visited USC, Georgia and North Carolina.

COLUMBIA — An incident at the maximum-security Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville last week left one male inmate dead and another hospitalized.

COLUMBIA — An incident at the maximum-security Lee Correctional Institute in Bishopville last week left one male inmate dead and another hospitalized.

Davao City – Incoming President Rodrigo R. Duterte revealed that 30 to 35 mayors are players in the illegal drugs trade. Without mentioning names, Duterte said these local chief executives with links to the illegal drugs business cannot pick their chief of police. “I will not assign to you a chief of police of your choice. I would even amend that law… sila sila mismo naglalaro diyan (they are the ones playing there),” said Duterte, who added that he would ask for the amendment of the law giving mayors... Читать дальше...

Games Tomorrow (Rizal Memorial Stadium) 1:45 p.m. – JP Voltes vs Green Archers 4 p.m. – Agila vs Kaya Phil Younghusband scored five goals as the Loyola Meralco Sparks crushed Laos, 13-2, on Sunday to forge a tie for second place in the United Football League at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Younghusband found the back of the net thrice in the first half that saw the Sparks lead 7-1 even as Curt Dizon, James Younghusband and Alvaro Castiella each struck twice to register their sixth win in seven matches. Читать дальше...

By PNA and Antonio L. Colina IV To improve the dairy industry in the country, incoming Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol wants an inventory of goats to check whether these are producing milk. “I will order an immediate inventory of the goats and check whether these are really producing milk or not,” he said in a statement. “If they are not, then the merchants and those responsible for the purchase of these goats will be held accountable,” he added. According to Piñol, the old dairy goats were... Читать дальше...

Incoming Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said yesterday she would call for a thorough review of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) pursued by the Aquino and Arroyo administrations. She stressed that the CCT, “a bridge program” that the previous administrations viewed as a means to effectively address and curb poverty, should be reviewed as it usually benefits beneficiaries who are not qualified. A study... Читать дальше...

Rome – Pope Francis said Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should apologize to gay people and seek their forgiveness for the way they have been treated. Speaking to reporters aboard the plane taking him back to Rome from Armenia, he also said the Church should ask forgiveness for the way it has treated women, for turning a blind eye to child labor, and for “blessing so many weapons” in the past. The pope was also asked if he agreed with comments by German Cardinal Reinhard Marx... Читать дальше...

he Ai-Ap.com bulletin for June 21, 2016 reports that at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International Summit recently

Kiangan, Ifugao – There is an Open Air Museum here which presents a landscape of Ifugao culture to visitors, as well as provides a venue to sustain the traditional rice growing culture of the locals. Opened in 2014, the Open Air Museum at the Nagacadan Rice Terraces has attracted more than the usual number of tourists in this part of the Cordillera Region, making tourism a major source of the town’s income, next to agriculture. The Nagacadan Rice Terraces is the fifth World Heritage Site in the Cordillera Region... Читать дальше...

New York — Two years ago, the International Center of Photography bowed to the realities of Manhattan real estate