Новости за 07.12.2017

A Downing Street spokesperson said Theresa May and Ireland’s Leo Varadkar discussed the border with Northern Ireland and UK commitment to restoring devolved government to the region.

Oakland city workers will strike for a third day Thursday after the City Council was unable to agree on a deal to get them back to work. Libraries, day care centers, recreation spots and other nonemergency city services will remain closed as employees picket City Hall to push for better pay raises and working conditions and other demands. Police, fire and 911 services will stay open and staffed. The strike started Tuesday at 7 a.m., with workers picketing through... Читать дальше...

Today’s Democrat Party=> Unhinged lunatics and unstable drama queens Failed far left talk show host Chelsea Handler blamed President Donald Trump for the California fires today. Just evacuated my house. It’s like Donald Trump is setting the world on fire. Literally and figuratively. Stay safe everyone. Dark times. — Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) December 6, 2017 […]

Des Moines, Iowa – The Grand View women's basketball team hosted non-conference opponent Buena Vista Wednesday night in Sisam Arena. The Vikings came out flat and found themselves down 17-4 early in the first quarter, but went on a 11 point run to pull within two (17-15) at the first break. In the second quarter, the Beavers went on another run pulling ahead by 10, but Grand View's defense stepped up and the offense caught fire as the Vikings took a two point lead at halftime. It was all Vikings... Читать дальше...

The U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia, which is closing after 24 years, drew praise Wednesday from its president, the U.S. and many Security Council members, but not from Russia, which called it biased and anti-Serb. The council established the tribunal in 1993 to deal with atrocities during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s. It was the first international court to investigate and prosecute allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide since the tribunals in Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II. Читать дальше...

Philippe Coutinho described wearing the captain's armband at Anfield as "special" after the stand-in skipper led Liverpool to a 7-0 victory with a hat-trick in the Champions League. Coutinho was named captain on Wednesday in place of Jordan Henderson, who watched from the bench as Liverpool embarrassed Spartak Moscow on Merseyside. The Brazil star – who has been linked with a move to LaLiga giants Barcelona – scored twice in the opening 15 minutes and added a fifth five minutes into the second... Читать дальше...

It was a bit tense going in to the match after drawing with Sevilla last time out, but Liverpool sailed in to the knock-out round of the Champions League with a resounding win over Spartak Moscow at Anfield that saw the Reds score seven unanswered goals to win their group at a canter. “If we perform like this tonight, if we are that clinical, then yes we can [strike fear into opponents],” explained Jurgen Klop, speaking to the press following the final whistle. “But we had the same players before... Читать дальше...

Звезда телепроекта "Дом-2" Элина Камирен в погоне за красотой упустила из вида самое главное. Речь идет о ее здоровье. В результате многочисленных процедур, направленных на улучшение внешности, организм девушки дал сбой. Сейчас она борется с последствиями.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean commission on Thursday urged lawmakers to investigate the enslavement and mistreatment of thousands of people at a vagrants' facility during the 1970s and '80s. The country's dictators ordered roundups to "purify" the streets, sending the homeless, disabled and children to facilities where they were detained and forced to work. No one has been held accountable for the hundreds of deaths, rapes and beatings The Associated Press documented at the now-closed Brothers Home... Читать дальше...

Ariane Bellamar was the first woman to publicly accuse entourage star Jeremy Piven of sexual misconduct. Since then, she has been 'slut-shamed' on social media. She tells Farah Nasser what it’s like to come forward and why she did.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Mariners and Angels each have acquired $1 million in international bonus pool money from the Twins, aiding their pursuit of Japanese outfielder and pitcher Shohei Ohtani. The teams announced the deals Wednesday night. Seattle sent minor league catcher David Banuelos to Minnesota, while the Angels traded minor league outfielder Jacob Pearson to...

A wildfire has ripped through one of Los Angeles’s wealthiest neighbourhoods and scorched part of a winery owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The so-called Skirball fire is one of multiple wildfires that flared across southern California this week, forcing thousands to flee and smothering cities in smoke which is expected to last several more days. Firefighters backed by helicopters were unable to stop flames reaching Murdoch’s estate, a 2.8 hectare property he bought for $28.8m in 2013 after... Читать дальше...

Fabiano Caruana enjoyed some good fortune on the way to defeating Viswanathan Anand and taking a full point lead over the rest of the field, but he cashed in on his opportunity while Magnus Carlsen failed to take home the full point against Wesley So. It's conceivable that the round could have finished with Carlsen and Anand tied for first on +1 ahead of a big group on 50%; instead, Caruana is +2, Anand and Sergey Karjakin are -1, and the other seven players are on 50%.

JOHANNESBURG - South African stocks fell to their lowest in more than a month on Wednesday after Steinhoff shares plummeted when the company announced an investigation into accounting irregularities and its chief executive officer resigned. The rand retreated.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese schoolchildren will help determine the mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics on Wednesday unveiled three sets of designs for the Games' mascots. The schoolchildren will review the shortlisted designs with their classes casting a single vote in favor of one of the three sets. The three finalists were selected from among 2,042 entries submitted by the public, with the winner to be announced on Feb. 28. The first set is a pair of... Читать дальше...

Ohtani will soon be making his decision if he has not already done so. I feel a sense of ominous dread, about it. The Padres had the last word and like our President, people are often most influenced by those they heard from most recently.

Even before the first Hunger Games was released in 2012, Jennifer Lawrence knew she was set for stardom.

Associated Press

• A gay man was previously denied a marriage license by Kim Davis, a county clerk who drew attention when she refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
• The man announced his candidacy as a Democrat to unseat her in 2018.
• Davis helped him file his candidacy paperwork.

A gay man who was denied a marriage license in Kentucky two years ago by a county clerk who refused to issue licenses for same-sex marriages will run to unseat her next year, he said on Wednesday. Читать дальше...

Stuttgart (dpa) - Stuttgarts Sportvorstand Michael Reschke wäre laut seinem früheren Mentor Reiner Calmund ursprünglich lieber Trainer in der Fußball-Bundesliga geworden. Calmund hatte Reschke vor fast 40 Jahren als Jugendtrainer zu Bayer Leverkusen geholt und ihn anschließend zum Chef der Nachwuchsleistungsabteilung befördert. «Da war er im ersten Moment gar nicht erfreut von», sagte Calmund der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. «Michael hatte ursprünglich schon eher den Traum, auf den Spuren eines Christoph... Читать дальше...

Berlin (dpa) - Germany‘s Social Democrats (SPD) hold a conference opening Thursday to consider a call from the centre-left party‘s leadership to launch talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel so to end the nation‘s political gridlock following September‘s election.SPD leader Martin Schulz attempted on Wednesday to rally his party behind the talks with members torn between backing Merkel for a fourth term in power or going into opposition to regroup after suffering its worst result since 1949 at the September... Читать дальше...

“I DIDN'T HAVE ANY INVOLVEMENT” in the drafting of a controversial new Department of Energy (DOE) rule subsidizing coal and nuclear plants, energy executive Robert Murray told Greenwire in late November. “This was done by the Trump administration. … I had nothing to do with it.”