Новости за 21.01.2016

Soldiers from the Muslim-majority West African nation have played a critical role alongside France in the fight against Islamist militants in northern Mali and Boko Haram in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger, writes Yaroslav Trofimov.

Comedy Central

Sarah Palin's return is putting a big smile on "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah's face.

The Comedy Central show opened up Wednesday's episode by telling the tale of Palin's rise to prominence, as if it were a horror movie: as John McCain's running mate in the 2008 election.

"For months, she roamed the countryside, destroying the rule of politics and grammar, chanting things like 'Oh, be changie,' and 'Drill, baby, drill,' and 'Lipstick on a pig,'" correspondent Jessica Williams explained. Читать дальше...

A new browser from Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich promises to revolutionize the internet ad industry with a brand new approach. Brave, announced on Wednesday, removes web ads and replaces them with its own ads.  It may seem counter-intuitive, but Brave was developed with the goal to clean up the web. While many ads on the internet could be considered "malvertising," loading up unwanted tracking software and slowing computers, Brave promises to only show clean, fast loading ads that respect users' privacy.

Bernie Sanders

Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vermont) presidential campaign released a television advertisement Thursday that has earned widespread praise from political observers.

The one-minute ad — set to Simon and Garfunkel's "America" — shows a montage of idealized rural and small-town scenes laying out Sanders' vision of modern America. It's complete with wind turbines, independent coffee shops, tugboats in a harbor, young creative types working in naturally-lit spaces, multi-generational farming... Читать дальше...

The African Development Bank has pledged to invest US$12 billion dollars in its new energy plan over the next five years.

Who knew breadcrumbs could make such a luscious pesto? This recipe from chef Massimo Bottura veers from the traditional basil-pine nuts formula for a pasta sauce that’s a little lighter and full of flavor.

United Airlines' fourth-quarter profit spiked on cheaper jet fuel but still fell short of Wall Street expectations.

United Airlines' fourth-quarter profit spiked on cheaper jet fuel but still fell short of Wall Street expectations. With jet fuel prices tumbling, airlines are making more money even while charging lower average fares. Excluding one-time items, the company earned $2.54 per share, a nickel short of expectations by industry analysts according to polls by both Zacks Investment Research and FactSet. Like other airlines, United was helped greatly by plunging oil prices, which helped cut its fourth-quarter fuel bill by 36 percent... Читать дальше...

IBM Corp. acquired cloud-based video streaming company Ustream Inc. on Thursday to boost its video offerings for corporate clients using IBM's cloud suite. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ustream has provided the infrastructure to power live streams and on-demand video content from major content creators, including Facebook and The Discovery Channel. IBM said the company will help support the growing demand among businesses of producing video content for things such as marketing, presentations and webinars. Читать дальше...

From gym memberships to diet overhauls, how are your pricier resolutions shaping up?

Will Smith‘s former Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star Janet Hubert called out him and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith‘s Oscars 2016 boycott earlier in the week, and she’s not holding anything back in this new interview. “The Smiths just irked me because they are such pretenders and everything is a photo op. It’s just self-contrived because [...]

Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles the bulk of the world’s iPhones, has offered about $5.3 billion to take over troubled Japanese electronics maker Sharp.

Drivers in the Washington area spent hours in icy gridlock ahead of heavy snowfall that's predicted to arrive by the weekend from Appalachia to Philadelphia and maybe farther north. On Thursday morning, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe issued a state of emergency and said ...

Taxibedrijf Uber wil schikken met het Openbaar Ministerie over de boetes die het bedrijf opgelegd heeft gekregen. Uber meldt hierover in onderhandeling te zijn, het OM wil geen uitspraken doen 'omdat het onderzoek nog niet is afgerond'.

The director-general of the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Emeka Mba is a man of many parts. Being one whose watchword is excellence, it is only natural for his likes to attract odium from people in and out of government who are used to cutting corners to get things done. Mba, who brought developmental changes to […]

A high-profile British inquiry into the poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko, a former KGB officer turned critic of the Kremlin, concluded in a report released Thursday that his murder “was probably approved” by President Vladimir Putin of Russia and the head of the country’s spy service.

Billionaire investor George Soros warns the European Union is facing several crisis at once and could tip into total collapse.

Billionaire investor George Soros warns the European Union is facing several crisis at once and could tip into total collapse.

Burlington Stores Inc. was up 4.6% in Thursday trading after the company's shares were upgraded to buy from neutral at Goldman Sachs. Analysts believe the off-price retailer will report earnings that meet or beat consensus through fiscal 2017. The bank raised its price target to $59 from $56. "We expect the beat-and-raise story to resume as Burlington returns to fundamental outperformance with normalizing weather," analysts wrote in a Thursday note. They believe the company will improve sales and margins with better merchandise... Читать дальше...

Actress Kehinde Bankole has revealed that her twin sister was first to delve into acting way before she even thought of becoming an actress herself. She also talked about the possibility of making music in the near future.  In an exclusive chat with The Punch, the screen star disclosed that even though her twin got […]

The US Army has fallen significantly behind in modernizing its military equipment, yet it very much needs newer capabilities to respond to growing threats, US Senator John McCain stated on Thursday.

HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — A South St. Paul man will spend some time behind bars for making threatening Twitter posts after getting a speeding ticket.