Новости за 21.07.2016

As her husband starts to wrap up his presidency, Michelle Obama did some rapping of her own.

In het oosten van het land is er vanmiddag en -avond veel overlast door zware regenval, hagel en onweer. Zo zijn in Salland en Twente, maar ook in Drenthe veel straten, tunnels en kelders ondergelopen. Het regent en onweert hard en ook staat er een flinke wind.

HIGHLANDS, N.Y. (AP) — A man held an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in his squalid motel room for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks, authorities said Thursday.

He's been accused of inciting racial hatred.

Lebogang Phiri will be hoping to help his Danish side Brondby set up a UEFA Europa league third round tie with German Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin when they play the second leg of their second match tonight.

The world's dominant social network is now worth about $350 billion. Could Facebook hit $1 trillion sometime in the next few years? It's hard to bet against it.

The RFU will award professional player contracts for the 15-a-side women's game for the first time next season.

A New York man is accused of holding an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in a motel for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks.

Since surviving last week's coup attempt, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has escalated his battle against his arch-enemy, US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen whom he accuses of orchestrating the failed putsch. Once close allies, the two fell out several years ago, and Erdogan now labels Gulen's supporters "terrorists" who run a shadowy "parallel state" in Turkey and tried to bring him down with military force. Erdogan has demanded the extradition of the 75-year-old from the United States... Читать дальше...

Brazilian police have arrested 10 people who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS on social media and discussed possible attacks during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, officials said Thursday.

Federal police in Brazil have ordered the detention of 12 people who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group via social media. Ten had been arrested and two more were being sought.

Police in southern Brazil arrest 10 members of a group alleged to be preparing acts of terrorism during the Olympic Games.

MIAMI (AP) — A black therapist who was trying to calm an autistic patient in the middle of the street says he was shot by police even though he had his hands in the air and repeatedly told them that no one was armed.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A lawyer defending the man charged in the Charleston church shootings wants a judge to keep some video and other evidence out of his federal hate crimes trial, and says explaining why in public could harm prospects for seating an impartial jury. Dylann Roof, a 22-year-old white man, faces the death penalty

The billionaire appeared as a guest on Wednesday's episode of "The Late Show."

Hieronder de burgerlijke stand van de gemeente Enschede van 21 juli 2016.

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks edged down on Thursday, sliding for a third consecutive session as investors took to the sidelines ahead of the European Central Bank's policy meeting later in the day. The Korean won rose against the U.S.

The pilot of Turkish F-16 fighter jet that shot down a Russian Su-24 combat plane over Syria in November last year made the decision on his own, the deputy chair of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) told Sputnik on Thursday.

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and French President Francois Hollande on Thursday called on Britain to start the process of leaving the European Union (EU) as soon as possible.

A group of business leaders this week signed an open letter calling for reforms in how publicly-traded companies are run. JPMorgan Asset Management CEO Mary Callahan Erdoes weighed in on the key principles the group is rallying behind.

Technical issues that virtually shut down Southwest Airlines operations Wednesday spilled over into Thursday as company officials said more than 220 flights were already canceled for the day by 4:30 a.m. While most of the air carrier’s systems were back online Thursday morning, company officials continued to manage flight disruptions popping up across their operations and to work through a backlog of canceled or delayed flights. “We are focused on getting customers and their luggage safely to... Читать дальше...

Testimony from the husband of Andrea Giesbrecht, the Winnipeg woman accused of concealing the remains of six infants in a rented storage locker, is on hold as questions have surfaced at her trial about how much, if any, of the couple's conversations can be introduced in court.