Новости за 19.06.2017

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Otto Warmbier, the US student who was medically evacuated from North Korea to his home in Cincinnati last week, died on Monday at 2:20 p.m. while "surrounded by his loving family," according to a statement from the Warmbiers. He was 22.

US diplomats negotiated Warmbier's evacuation while he was serving a 15-year sentence in North Korea for "anti-state" activities. He was convicted in March 2016 of attempting to steal a propaganda poster from his hotel. Читать дальше...

After nearly six months in the Trump administration, the president's senior adviser Jared Kushner finally spoke to the public. Many have poked fun at Kushner for not speaking, including John Oliver and Bill Maher. Kushner broke his silence during a White House tech summit. 

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• When friends come to you when they're in a pickle, you should refrain from giving advice unless they ask for it. 
• Instead, comfort them and turn it into a conversation. 
• If you still feel compelled to dole out advice, ask yourself why. 

We've all played life coach for a friend at one point or another, but realizing that we don't all have Oprah-level life skills can help avoid critical mistakes when giving our friends advice. Читать дальше...

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This post is part of Blinkist's books-in-blinks series. The series provides key messages from books that you might not have time to read in their entirety.

Here are the key messages from The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.

This book is one of three that Stanford wants its incoming freshmen to read this summer. The other two are novels.

What is this book about?

The Sixth Extinction (2014) chronicles the history of species extinction and shows how humans... Читать дальше...

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis says the NFL has taken advantage of its players by not sharing with them all the information it had about the risk of concussions.

After viewing an innovation expo in Jerusalem that included a presentation from ElMindA, an Israeli neuro-technology company that can help the NFL diagnose concussions, Bettis said Monday that he was encouraged by the progress but still perplexed about how transparent the league has been over the years. Читать дальше...

The special election in Georgia's 6th district has become the most heavily funded election for the House of Representatives in history, with about $50 million being spent to support candidates Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff, but it has agitated local voters unused to the national press scrutinizing their politics.

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London (AFP) - The multi-ethnic London neighbourhood of Finsbury Park, which has strong Jewish and Muslim communities, came out against terrorism on Monday after a white man drove a van into a crowd of Muslim worshippers near a local mosque.

"This hideous crime is NOT who we are. Finsbury Park represents the rest of London. Love and tolerance," read a hand-written note left beside the bouquets of flowers that residents placed near the scene of the attack.

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Senate Republican leadership is trying to thread the needle in their bill to bridge one of the biggest healthcare divides in the party.

Axios' Caitlin Owens and The Hill's Peter Sullivan reported Monday that party leadership is attempting to placate both conservatives and more moderate members on the key issue of Medicaid spending. But the top brass seems to favor deeper cuts in the long run.

Rank-and-file GOP senators have been divided on Medicaid funding... Читать дальше...

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The Trump administration is getting ready to put out an executive order on drug pricing that might look a lot different from President Donald Trump's earlier remarks about the pharmaceutical industry. 

Trump has said that drugmakers are "getting away with murder," and has expressed an interest in negotiating drug prices, something the government isn't allowed to do for Medicare and Medicaid.

Later in January, Trump met with the heads of pharma companies, where he reiterated... Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli should reveal more about his finances if he wants his $5 million bail cut to $2 million, a Brooklyn federal judge said Monday, a week before Shkreli is set to face trial on securities fraud charges.

Lawyers for Shkreli, who drew public outrage after raising the price of a life-saving drug 5,000 percent when he was CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals in 2015, said in a court filing last week that he needed the $3 million... Читать дальше...

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You may think of the small talk before a job interview as idle chitchat at best. Perhaps you even find the whole experience excruciating.

But research suggests that building rapport with your interviewers before getting into the nitty gritty details can give you an edge over other candidates.

For those to whom small talk doesn't come naturally, we asked some career experts to weigh in on some of the best icebreakers you could use to get the conversation going. Читать дальше...

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The Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high in trading on Monday, the 22nd record close of 2017. The S&P 500 similarly broke through to a record close as well.

Tech stocks bounced back after a slew of down days from bad headlines, with the Nasdaq composite finishing up more than 1%.

We've got all the headlines, but first, the scoreboard:

• Dow: 21,528.99 +144.71, (+0.68%)
• S&P 500: 2,453.46, +20.31, (+0.83%)
• Nasdaq... Читать дальше...

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Apple is offering a deep discount on its Apple Music subscription service, but you have to know how to find it to get it.

We can show you how.

There's a menu hidden in the App Store app that offers an individual annual subscription to Apple Music for $99, TechCrunch reported on Monday. That's nearly $21 less than what you'd pay over the course of a year with a typical $9.99 monthly subscription to the service. 

There's one catch — you need to be an existing Apple Music subscriber. Читать дальше...

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President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and other members of the White House will meet with executives from the biggest tech companies on Monday to discuss modernizing the government.

And out of the nearly 20 companies scheduled to attend, one glaring absence is Facebook.

Neither CEO Mark Zuckerberg nor COO Sheryl Sandberg will be at the meeting, a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider, citing scheduling conflicts as the reason why.

Sandberg's... Читать дальше...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is on his way to meet with Donald Trump in Washington this week, with plans to pin down Trump's stance on Russia. 

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The INSIDER Summary: Health blogger Sophie Gray has a seemingly perfect life on Instagram. In a recent article for Marie Claire, Gray opened up about her struggle with anxiety. She wrote about how looking at other people's bodies on Instagram has made her feel bad about herself. As a result, she decided to stop posting ab selfies and promotes a healthier body image instead. Her followers appreciate the change in her account. Health and fitness blogger Sophie Gray has amassed over 370,000 followers on Instagram. Читать дальше...

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Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods may raise antitrust issues, but it indisputably helped founder Jeff Bezos’ bottom line—the surge in Amazon stock increased his wealth by roughly $1.8 billion.

In fact, the deal has a very good chance of making him the world’s richest man.

Bezos’ net worth after the Whole Foods buy totals roughly $84.6 billion. That’s only $5 billion less than Microsoft founder (and prolific reader) Bill Gates, who is currently the richest person in the world. Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - Blue Apron Holdings Inc began marketing an initial public offering (IPO) on Monday, as an already competitive meal-kit industry faces a potential threat from Amazon.com Inc's plan to buy Whole Foods Market Inc.

Blue Apron's up to $510 million IPO will test whether the growth seen by the meal-kit industry's greatest players will continue to whet investor appetite, even as costs to acquire new customers mount and possible new competitors with established distribution systems appear. Читать дальше...

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• NASA's has detected 219 possible new planets.
• About 10 of these new worlds may be Earth-size and habitable.
• The Kepler space telescope that discovered the new planets has so far found more than 4,000 worlds.
• The results suggest there may be billions of Earthlike planets in the Milky Way galaxy.

NASA scientists on Monday announced the discovery of 219 new objects beyond our solar system that are almost certainly planets. Читать дальше...

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Microsoft is teaming up with Accenture to build a digital ID network using blockchain technology, as part of a United Nations-supported project to provide legal identification to 1.1 billion people worldwide with no official documents.

The companies unveiled a prototype of the network on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York during the second summit of ID2020, a public-private consortium promoting the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goal of providing legal identity for everyone on the planet. Читать дальше...

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Today, I am an author, writer, and entrepreneur. But a decade ago, I was a Gladiator.

At 17 years old, I was one of the highest ranked World of Warcraft players in North America. I started playing the game when I was a freshman in high school, 14 years old, and by the time I left for college I had racked up close to 10,000 hours of game play.

You might not be a gamer. That's OK.

Let me share one of the most important life lessons I took away from my gaming years... Читать дальше...

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The INSIDER Summary:

• When fighting with your significant other, letting them know you understand where they're coming from can de-escalate a fight. 
• Use phrases like "I see your point" to help wind down an argument. 
• Keeping calm is paramount. 

Every couple is bound to fight now and again. It's healthy, cathartic, and a natural part of spending a ton of time with another human being. And truthfully, there is really... Читать дальше...

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The blockbuster trade between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers for the first pick in the NBA Draft is now official.

The trade will likely result in the Sixers drafting standout Washington guard Markelle Fultz, who is widely regarded as the top prospect in the draft.

In return, the Celtics will receive the 76ers' first-round pick this year — No. 3 overall — as well as one future first round pick. However, when that second pick will be used by the Celtics gets a little bit complicated. Читать дальше...

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When Myriam Rawick was only eight years old, she started keeping a diary about the war that was unfolding in her native Syria.

As feuding forces waged battles in her hometown of Aleppo, Myriam's family was forced to gather only what they could carry and flee their homes in search of safety.

As the war displaced more than half of Syria's pre-war population and ravaged her home city in the coming years, Myriam continued to track her experiences growing up among air strikes... Читать дальше...