Новости за 16.08.2016

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made the annual Independence Day speech at Delhi’s Red Fort. Here are 10 key quotes.

Refusing to be drawn into the war of words between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the US has said it is for the two countries to determine the pace, scope and character of any discussions on Kashmir.

Russian Southern Military District (SMD) motorized infantry troops are carrying out drills involving the repelling of simulated enemy airstrikes on the Black Sea coast of Abkhazia, the SMD press service said Tuesday.

Dean Elgar has been forced to take plenty of rough with the smooth in his Test career, but after 25 Tests he is a lot more more experienced.

I was an emotionally and physically paralysed version of the person that I used to be. Without medical intervention, I would still be that person today

See who came out atop U.S. News & World Report’s annual travel rewards ranking

There was nothing paramedics could do to save a man whose car crashed into four trees outside Tzaneen on Tuesday morning.

Legislative races likely will be the center of attention during Alaska's primary, which will determine whether the state's governing body leans more to the right or the middle.

U.K. stocks are pulling back after eight consecutive advances, but gains for BHP Billiton and Antofagasta on earnings reports help limit the decline.

U.K. stocks are pulling back after eight consecutive advances, but gains for BHP Billiton and Antofagasta on earnings reports help limit the decline.

"I am just plain and simply scared of her."

– Parents who fail to send their children to school will be sent to jail, Governor El-Rufai has said – He asked parents who are not ready to send their children to school to leave the state – The governor’s wife, Hadiza, lamented the high rate of girls who are out of school in Kaduna […]

Brisbane's council has voted down a motion to hold off roadworks associated with the Queens Wharf development until it could be reimbursed.

Afraid of upsetting his on-off girlfriend by severing their relationship, Michael James Quinn gave her a kiss on the cheek, put a knife in his pocket and went outside to kill himself.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says that as president he would end "our current strategy of nation-building and regime change" because they don't work. His dislike for nation-building is shared by many, including none other than the target of his…

[...] it was Obama's predecessor, Republican George W. Bush, who committed the U.S. to large-scale nation-building projects in Iraq and Afghanistan. [...] while the Republican presidential nominee argued against nation-building in a foreign policy speech Monday, he advocated for something even more grandiose: seizing Iraq's oil wealth in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion in 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein. In the final months of his administration, Bush negotiated an agreement with the Iraqi... Читать дальше...

Kevin Smith recently shared an insightful advice to the man who posted an offensive comment about his daughter, Harley Quinn Smith, on Instagram.

BHP said the result for the fiscal year ending June 30 came from a 31 percent fall in revenue to $30.1 billion amid weak commodity prices, write downs of U.S. oil and gas assets and a disaster at a Brazilian mining joint venture. A dam failure in November at an iron ore mine co-owned by BHP and Vale in Brazil killed 19 people and caused the worst environmental disaster in the country's history. [...] Gaurau Sodhi, a resource expert with Sydney-based share analysis firm Intelligent Investor, said... Читать дальше...

BHP said the result for the fiscal year ending June 30 came from a 31 percent fall in revenue to $30.1 billion amid weak commodity prices, write downs of U.S. oil and gas assets and a disaster at a Brazilian mining joint venture. A dam failure in November at an iron ore mine co-owned by BHP and Vale in Brazil killed 19 people and caused the worst environmental disaster in the country's history. [...] Gaurau Sodhi, a resource expert with Sydney-based share analysis firm Intelligent Investor, said... Читать дальше...

After the August surprise of 2010, when Murkowski lost to tea party upstart Joe Miller in the Republican primary, she is running this year's race like she has three strong opponents. Except she doesn't and can coast through Tuesday night with her multimillion-dollar war chest mostly intact for the general election. On the Democratic side, University of Alaska Anchorage professor Edgar Blatchford and former lawmaker Ray Metcalfe are vying to take on Murkowski in November. The MacArthur Fellowship... Читать дальше...

Infosys has said it will ramp-down about 3,000 jobs following Royal Bank of Scotland's decision to cancel the project to set up a separate bank in the UK.

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NORRISTOWN, Pa., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was found guilty Monday of perjury and obstruction of justice abruptly ending a once-promising political career.

– Arsenal remain confident of signing Valencia’s Shkodran Mustafi – Wenger has reportedly agreed personal terms with the centre-back – Valencia are demanding a fee of £25 million According to Daily Mirror, Valencia are demanding a fee of £25 million for defender Shkodran Mustafi while Arsenal unwilling to pay such an amount. Previously we reported that Arsene Wenger would […]