Новости за 21.05.2016

Bethany Ao finds out that transgender sex workers face a double stigma of being transgender and in the sex industry.

Needing 23 runs in the last over, Dhoni struck three sixes and a four to seal the match.

President Barack Obama is leaving on a weeklong, 16,000-mile trip to Asia as part of his effort to pay more attention to the region and boost economic and security cooperation. He'll spend three days in Vietnam, with stops in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, for meetings with ...

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The list of the most famous athletes in the world is dominated by footballers, and no athlete is better known than Cristiano Ronaldo.

In the most recent issue of ESPN the Magazine, Ben Alamar, ESPN's director of sports analytics, came up with a way to measure every top athlete's fame. The formula uses earnings on and off the field, social-media popularity, and Google search popularity.

Below we take a closer look at the 20 best-known athletes; the list contains eight soccer players... Читать дальше...

Lightweight pugilist Sarita (60 kg), a former world champion, lost 0-3 to Mexican Victoria Torres.

Angie's List and other online rating services can be a big help if you're looking to find a contractor, housekeeper, or plumber. Consumer Reports' money experts took a look at how Angie's List treats businesses that pay for advertising on the site.

They sent out more than 1,000 marketing messages to users.

Explosives in the form of paper, or concealed in a medicine-sized bottle and looking like salt. Tiny electric detonators. Security agents at the main airport in Paris are trained to detect all manner of increasingly ...

The Egyptian military regime Saturday released photos of debris north of Alexandria from missing EgyptAir Flight 804, which disappeared Thursday. So far the images provide glimpses of clues but no concrete answers to what happened to the Airbus carrying 66 people this week. A spokesperson for the Egyptian military posted the photos on Facebook. They show ragged fragments of plane seats, life vests and luggage. Investigators also found body parts amid the debris, the BBC reported.

Japan's extraordinarily easy monetary policy, a source of friction with the United States for pushing the yen’s value down, has had some positive effects on emerging Asian economies, including increased growth and equity prices, International Monetary Fund researchers have found. The IMF findings were released in a paper Friday as Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors began meeting in Japan, where divergent views on Japan’s monetary policy and currency market interventions were expected to be a hot topic.

The Portland Public Schools board have unanimously approved a resolution aimed at eliminating any doubt about climate change and its causes in schools. The school board is planning to ban all textbooks and other materials that denies the existence of man-made climate change Is it right to completely stop students from learning about scientific evidence that contradicts the orthodox climate change narrative? Activist Post reports: Although the topic is still being heavily debated within the scientific community... Читать дальше...

Heads will also be able to carry out breathalyzer tests on school premises.

Weepers limited practice time for teams competing in tonight's exhibition race.

Beg, borrow and steal: Zika preparation involves a bit of all three as federal, state and local health officials try to get a jump on the mosquito-borne virus while Congress haggles over how much money they really need. With that financing in limbo, health officials are ...

Bethany Ao lifts the veil on the range of healthcare and social struggles transgender people living in Cape Town face.

They were filmed by a quick-thinking witness.

The Queen’s Speech and Borismania

Shashank Manohar said the Board had already implemented 75 per cent of the Lodha panel's recommendations for sweeping reforms in the BCCI, but had reservations on a few of them which, he felt, were not good for the game.

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Differences between the U.S. and Japan over the yen surfaced again Saturday, underscoring the difficulty the world’s leading economies face as they try to coordinate efforts to stoke global growth.

Judgment Day for the American egg industry arrived in 2010.