Новости за 04.09.2015

The UFC welterweight matchup between champion Robbie Lawler and former interim titleholder Carlos Condit  has been rebooked for UFC 195′s main event on Jan. 2 2016. The event will be held at the Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. Condit (30-8 MMA, 7-4 UFC) was expected to take on current champ Lawler (26-10 MMA, 11-4 UFC) in UFC 193’s […]

Some 5,600 people crossed into Macedonia from Greece on Thursday, a jump that highlights the ever-rising numbers of migrants moving through Europe, the UN said on Friday. “Yesterday 5,600 people crossed from Greece into the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia,” UN refugee agency spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told reporters in Geneva. “It is an absolutely […]

The attendance of a former Taiwan vice president at Beijing’s massive military parade sparked waves of outrage on the island Friday, with some politicians angrily calling him a “traitor”. Lien Chan, who was also previously premier and chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party, was accompanied by his wife and 10 other politicians to […]

More than 1,000 migrants stranded for days at Budapest’s main train station left the building on Friday, intent on walking to the Austrian border, according to an AFP journalist on the scene. The huge crowd included people in wheelchairs and on crutches, as well as parents carrying children on their shoulders, all prepared to march […]

Thai police on Friday said neither of the two men detained over the deadly Bangkok attack last month were believed to be the main bombing suspect — seen on CCTV wearing a yellow t-shirt and placing a rucksack under a bench at Erawan shrine moments before the blast. The two foreign suspects — identified […]

The father of a Syrian toddler whose drowning shocked the world buried his family on Thursday in the war-torn town they originally fled, as divided European ministers scrambled to agree a response to the refugee crisis. Hungarian authorities were locked in a stand-off with migrants who left Budapest’s main train station on foot for […]

Cabinet Secretary Jose Rene Almendras is turning out to be President Aquino’s troubleshooter. With no clear solution in sight for the worsening traffic problem, particularly in Metro Manila, Malacañang is pinning its hopes on the managerial skills of Almendras to solve or at least ease the gridlock by designating him as the country’s traffic czar. […]

A few months ago, I wrote about the importance of memorializing your memories on print. I take this thing very seriously as my personal collection of family photos would attest. The great thing about this time in my life is that my best friends and I all have children around the same age. Unfortunately, we […]

Games Tuesday (The Arena, San Juan) 2 p.m.- Mapua vs Jose Rizal 4 p.m. – Arellano vs Lyceum Much like in their past games, the smallest man on the court once again came up with the biggest impact for the Letran Knights yesterday. Peppery Mark Cruz reinforced the belief of Star Hotshots – the PBA […]

Geneva – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called Friday on the European Union (EU) to admit up to 200,000 refugees as part of a “mass relocation program” that would be binding on EU states. “People who are found to have a valid protection claim… must then benefit from a mass relocation program, with the […]

Del Monte Pacific Limited (DMPL) said it expects to return to profitability in 2016 after its net loss narrowed in the first quarter of fiscal year ending July. ”We have successfully laid a solid foundation from which we will execute our growth plans in the coming quarters. Barring unforeseen circumstances, we look forward to a […]

Tom Brady scores another touchdown of sorts after Judge Richard M. Berman of the Federal District Court in Manhattan nullified the four-game suspension meted the New England Patriots star quarterback. In a 40-page decision, Berman ruled that Brady got unfair treatment and could not be meted suspension for allegedly deflating footballs in their January match […]

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a week away from matching the 49-0 feat of boxing great Rocky Marciano with only Andre Berto standing in his way. The fight, which takes place on September 12 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, sees the undefeated American boxer as a heavy favorite to prevail despite Berto claiming […]

Raging wildfires have turned the shores of the world’s largest freshwater lake in Siberia into an inferno, threatening the health and livelihood of locals and raising questions about Russia’s ability to protect its natural heritage. Critics have blamed authorities’ slow response for allowing the blazes to get out of hand, quadrupling in size on the […]

Bonn, Germany | AFP – Frustrated negotiators enter the final day Friday of a halting round of crunch UN talks to forge a workable draft for a climate rescue pact to be inked by the year’s end. Diplomats have lamented the “snail’s pace” of this week’s haggle in Bonn, accusing one another of rehashing well-rehearsed positions and holding up […]

by Danny Kemp with Peter Murphy in Budapest Brussels, Belgium | AFP – European Union foreign ministers were set to meet Friday to discuss the continent’s escalating migrant crisis, after the father of a Syrian toddler found dead on a beach spoke of how his children “slipped through my hands” as their boat sank. The heartbreaking images of three-year-old […]

Joint forces of the 10th Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Davao Region (CIDG-11) captured a top leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao. Army report said that joint elements of the 10th […]

PHILADELPHIA — After an outcry over plans to keep most of Pope Francis’ audience at his biggest Philadelphia events at least a half-mile away, organizers Thursday announced the pontiff will parade through downtown twice and said they would set aside 30,000 tickets for the public to get a closer view. Donna Crilley Farrell, executive director […]

Japanese stocks led most Asian shares lower Friday as the yen advanced with investors awaiting a key US jobs report later in the day and after the European Central Bank indicated it could expand its stimulus. With mainland Chinese markets closed for a second day, volatility was minimal and traders were able to focus on […]