Новости за 07.12.2017

He would wander the streets of occupied Mosul by day, chatting with shopkeepers and Islamic State fighters, visiting friends who worked at the hospital, swapping scraps of information. He grew out his hair and his beard and wore the shortened trousers required by the extremists. He forced himself to witness the beheadings and stonings, so he could hear executioners call out the names of the condemned and their supposed crimes. By night, anonymously from his darkened room, Mosul Eye told the world what was happening. Читать дальше...

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and World Bank Chief Executive Officer will open a forum today that launches an initiative to support regional integration in the Western Balkans, reported BGNES.

Ein Kind muss erleben, wie die eigene Mutter vom Vater getötet wird. Dann kommt ein Polizist und wird schließlich zum neuen Vater. Starkes TV-Drama nach einer wahren Story, überzeugend umgesetzt und gespielt.Berlin (dpa) - Dies ist kein Montagskrimi wie jeder andere, auch wenn der wenig originelle Filmtitel dies nahelegt. Diesmal basiert der «Fernsehfilm der Woche» im ZDF auf der Autobiografie des ehemaligen Polizisten Carlos Benede und erzählt die bewegende Geschichte eines Mannes, der sich um traumatisierte Kinder und Jugendliche kümmert... Читать дальше...

Australia's parliament passed a law legalising same-sex marriage Thursday.

Team Sunweb earned the top spot in the 2017 Cyclingnews reader poll in the Best Women's Road Team category. The Dutch team beat out Boels-Dolmans in second and Orica-Scott in third.

What’s worth watching, and what might not be, in prime time.

Immigration regimes have never been about ‘protecting migrants’ – they are and always have been about maintaining power over them. When will we starting naming them for what they are?

JOHANNESBURG - Africa's tech-savvy young people, given their basic needs, can change the continent’s future. This was the message delivered by philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates at last year’s Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg.

The number of terrorists leaving Britain to fight for Daesh (ISIS) has significantly increased. Concerned by the statistics, Britain’s Defense Secretary made a solid statement saying that any UK nationals who had joined the ranks of Daesh, should be eliminated and not allowed back into the country.

After last season's false start, Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho now look set to reprise their previous battle for supremacy at Barcelona and Real Madrid with Manchester City and Manchester United. United lie eight points behind City heading into this weekend's crosstown showdown, which seems certain to provide a pivotal moment in this season's race for the Premier League. But this famous old rivalry has not always needed superstar managers lifted from a hallowed football battleground to provide unforgettable excitement... Читать дальше...

Nach schweren Überschwemmungen mit mindestens 15 Toten ist der größte Teil von Thailands Süden zum Katastrophengebiet erklärt worden. Nach Angaben der Behörden vom Donnerstag leiden in neun Regionen mehr als 1,5 Millionen Menschen unter ungewöhnlich heftigem Regen, der bereits seit zwei Wochen dauert. Für die nächsten Tage sagt das Wetteramt weitere Niederschläge voraus.

Work kept Bollywood celebrities on their toes on Wednesday as they made a beeline for the airport. We spotted Saqib Saleem, Malaika Arora and Raveena Tandon heading out of the city. However, Varun Dhawan, Yami Gautam and Harshvardhan Kapoor seemed to be under the weather and were seen leaving their respective doctors’ clinic (though we do believe Varun and Harshvardhan might […]

Video games belong to that particular canon of pop culture that are persistently looked down upon by the older crowd. Comic books and at times even television shows make the cut on this front. But a new study has found that playing video games into your old age could help keep one's brain healthy. Psychologists at the University of Montreal found that the participants of the study who played 3D platforming games such as "Super Mario 64" developed more gray matter in their brain by the time the experiment ended.

Karim Benzema should not expect to return to the international fold any time soon, French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet has said. Real Madrid striker Benzema has been out of the France set-up since October 2015 having become embroiled in a scandal involving an alleged attempt to blackmail Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape. Having seen the Court of Cassation – the country's court of final appeals in civil and criminal proceedings – boost his defence by ruling in his favour in July... Читать дальше...

Baku / 07.12.17 / Turan: Starting from the evening of December 6, snowfalls began in the northern regions of Azerbaijan. Most of the snow fell in the Guba region. Thus, the height of the snow cover in the village of Khinalig (2,300 m above the sea level) is 30 cm. In the neighboring village Gyryz it is 20 cm. The same amount of snow is in the village of Laza of the Gusar region at the foot of Shahdag.Snow also fell in the Talysh Mountains in the south of the country. Thus, in Lerik ...

Striker Connor Taylor says the Lambs must be ready to step things up for a 'defining festive period'.

Der Bitcoin eilt weiter von Rekord zu Rekord: Nur einen Tag, nachdem die Kryptowährung erstmals die Marke von 12.000 Dollar (10.154,86 Euro) durchbrochen hatte, ist der Wert eines Bitcoin am Donnerstag auf mehr als 15.000 Dollar gestiegen. Eine Einheit der digitalen Währung wurde laut der Finanznachrichtenagentur Bloomberg in Asien zwischenzeitlich für 15.072,02 Dollar gehandelt.

Der Bitcoin knackt eine Rekordmarke nach der nächsten: Am Donnerstag wurde eine Einheit der Digitalwährung mit über 14.000 US-Dollar gehandelt. Auf der großen Handelsplattform Bitstamp erreichte sie bis zu 14.199 Dollar (12.016 Euro). Als Grund für den jüngsten Kurssprung gilt die baldige Einführung von Terminkontrakten auf Bitcoins. Notenbanker warnen vor der Unberechenbarkeit der Digitalwährung.

Der diesjährige Literaturnobelpreisträger Kazuo Ishiguro ("Was vom Tage übrigblieb") arbeitet an einem Projekt mit Comics. "Ich denke, alle Arten des Storytelling müssen erprobt werden", sagte der 63-Jährige wenige Tage vor seiner Nobelpreisrede in Stockholm.

Manchester United legend Roy Keane found time to troll Arsenal yesterday evening The pundit took a swipe at the Gunners by saying Liverpool had ‘beaten nobody’ this season When reminded that Liverpool beat Arsenal, Keane didn’t find it necessary to correct himself WATCH: Roy Keane at his hilarious best with no-nonsense chat on Paul Pogba Manchester United legend Roy Keane found time to take a hilarious dig at Arsenal last night after Liverpool’s 7-0 win over... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has met with criticism in the Arab world as well as in Europe and elsewhere. In a speech Wednesday, Trump described the move as a "long overdue step" after his predecessors failed to abide by the 22-year-old U.S. pledge to Israel. But the status of Jerusalem is a contentious issue many believe should be negotiated between the Israelis and the Palestinians. VOA's Zlatica Hoke has more.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday lashed out at his US counterpart Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying it would put the region in a "ring of fire".

CAPE TOWN - Cape Town City coach Benni McCarthy refused to blame his club’s home venue issues for Tuesday’s 4-2 defeat to Maritzburg United at the Princess Magogo Stadium in Durban.

A final decision on whether Russian athletes will compete under a neutral flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics will be made next week, BBC News reports, citing the International Olympic Committee.