A wind-whipped wildfire raged into a wealthy Southern California neighborhood, destroying at least six homes, threatening hundreds more and scorching a building at a winery owned by billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Llorente, the £14million summer signing from Swansea, had failed to hit the net in his previous 16 appearances for his new club. But the former Juventus striker got off the mark against Cypriot champions Apoel Nicosia at Wembley. 
 Georges-Kevin Nkoudou and Son Heung-min where also on the scoresheet as Pochettino’s men rubber-stamped their dominance of Group H with a 3-0 win. 
 In the 20th minute Serge Aurier’s cross was behind Llorente but he expertly turned... Читать дальше...
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OKLAHOMA – Conditions in Oklahoma are looking ripe for a very busy winter fire season and fire managers with the Oklahoma Forestry Services are monitoring drought conditions, fuel loads and weather forecasts while bracing for an active end to 2017. And, early 2018 is predicted to be even worse with near, to-above normal temperatures and less than normal precipitation statewide, plus an above average availability of fuels that mean potential increased fire size. Fuels are grasses, branches, leaves... Читать дальше...
The nation’s homeless population increased this year for the first time since 2010, driven by a surge in the number of people living on the streets in Los Angeles and other West Coast cities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual Point in Time count Wednesday, a report that showed nearly 554,000 homeless people across the country during local tallies conducted in January. That figure is up nearly 1 percent from 2016. Of that total, 193,000 people had no access... Читать дальше...
Le Canada n'a pas analysé les risques pour les civils au Yémen avant d'accorder des licences d'exportation pour la vente de véhicules militaires à l'Arabie saoudite, un pays qui présente l'un des pires bilans en matière de droits de la personne et qui est actuellement impliqué dans un conflit armé au Yémen, ont plaidé mercredi les avocats de Daniel Turp, qui cherche à faire annuler les autorisations.
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania gas station is testing whether blue lights in bathrooms can discourage drug use by making it difficult for people to see their veins. The Sheetz gas station chain has installed the lights at its New Kensington location as a pilot project. Sheetz says it's working with local police on the initiative. Spokesman Nick Ruffner says the lighting is designed to help customers and employees "avoid dangerous situations." He says it's being tested at that store "for... Читать дальше...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outdoor retailing giant Patagonia on Wednesday joined a flurry of lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's decision to chop up two large national monuments in Utah could finally bring an answer to the much-debated question of whether presidents have the legal authority to undo or change monuments created by past presidents. Until that question is answered months or years from now, the fate of the contested lands in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments will remain unresolved. Читать дальше...
The business end of the Champions League is beckoning as Liverpool secured top spot in Group E following a domineering performance against Spartak Moscow at Anfield. There wasn’t even time for a bit of nerves with Philippe Coutinho, wearing the armband, converting from the spot before five minutes had even been played. The stand-in skipper would go on to bag a hat-trick, finishing a silky move for his second and having a deflected effort squeak past Spartak ‘keeper Aleksandr Selikhov... Читать дальше...
Irene Akinyi Odinga has lead poisoning. With no money for treatment, the young mother of two stares death in the face.
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Berlin (dpa) - Die Menschen in Deutschland bekommen immer länger Rente. Innerhalb der vergangenen 20 Jahre stieg die durchschnittliche Dauer des Rentenbezugs um 3,6 auf 19,6 Jahre. «Grund für diese Entwicklung ist vor allem, dass die Lebenserwartung in den letzten Jahrzehnten stetig zugenommen hat», sagte der Vorsitzende des Bundesvorstandes der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Bund, Alexander Gunkel, der Deutschen Presse-Agentur in Berlin. Gunkel wies auf die seit längerem bekannte Entwicklung aus Anlass einer Bundesvertreterversammlung hin. Читать дальше...
It was hard, even for opponents of the president and his decision yesterday, to avoid feeling moved at hearing the words, “today we finally acknowledge the obvious: that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital.”
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Madrid (AFP) – Portugal’s favourite son Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to collect a record-equalling fifth Ballon d’Or on Thursday, but the Real Madrid star is not the only Portuguese footballer to be crowned the best in the world. The lesser known Ricardinho and Madjer have dominated their respective disciplines of futsal, an indoor five-a-side version of football, and beach soccer thanks to the same mixture of talent and dedication that has made Ronaldo a worldwide phenomenon. So how does a country of just 10 million people... Читать дальше...
Madrid (AFP) – Portugal’s favourite son Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to collect a record-equalling fifth Ballon d’Or on Thursday, but the Real Madrid star is not the only Portuguese footballer to be crowned the best in the world. The lesser known Ricardinho and Madjer have dominated their respective disciplines of futsal, an indoor five-a-side version of football, and beach soccer thanks to the same mixture of talent and dedication that has made Ronaldo a worldwide phenomenon. So how does a country of just 10 million people... Читать дальше...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross wants to tweak his plan to merge the system's two- and four-year schools to bring online degrees under the auspices of a four-year institution. The Board of Regents adopted a Cross proposal last month to make two-year schools regional branches of the four-years. The plan called for system administration to oversee an online degree program currently run by UW Colleges Online. But UW staff wrote in a memo to the regents that the... Читать дальше...
HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on investigation of toddler assault ending without charges (all times local): 4:30 p.m. The Hawaii attorney general's office says witnesses summoned in a toddler assault investigation refused to testify. The office announced Wednesday the investigation is ending without any charges. Chelsea and Rey Valiente say the state attorney general's office told them the witnesses subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury invoked their fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. Читать дальше...
By Steve Holland and Maayan Lubell WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday reversed decades of U.S. policy and recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, imperiling Middle East peace efforts and upsetting the Arab world and Western allies alike. Trump announced his administration would begin a process of moving the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a step expected to take years and one that his predecessors opted not to take to avoid inflaming tensions.... Читать дальше...
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A Saudi prince has been revealed as the buyer of the world's most expensive painting... Читать дальше...
Venezuela's former oil czar Rafael Ramirez said on Wednesday the government would make one of its “worst political moves” if investigators target him in an anti-corruption purge, which is gaining traction ahead of the country’s 2018 presidential election. Friction between Ramirez and President Nicolas Maduro reflect growing rifts in the Socialist Party once firmly united under late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. This comes amid a deep economic recession and financial sanctions imposed by the United States on what it considers a “dictatorship.
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on Southern California wildfires (all times local): 6:20 p.m. A wildfire in a wealthy western area of Los Angeles has reached the estate and winery owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Roxanne Langer at Moraga Vineyards in Bel Air says a temperature-controlled wine storage shed burned after the fire erupted before dawn Wednesday but it's unclear how much wine was lost. She says firefighters stepped in to douse the flames with the aid of helicopters and that other storage sheds... Читать дальше...
Das mit vielen Stars besetzte Ensemble-Drama "Life, Itself" soll von den Amazon Studios ins Kino gebracht werden.
(CBS News) — A Volkswagen senior manager has been sentenced to seven years in a U.S. prison for concealing software that was used to evade pollution limits on nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles. Lawyers spent roughly 90 minutes giving different views about Oliver Schmidt’s culpability in the scandal. But Judge Sean Cox sided with prosecutors, calling Schmidt a “key conspirator” who viewed the cover-up as an opportunity to “shine” and “climb the corporate ladder.” Schmidt led VW’s engineering and environmental... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Leonardo da Vinci painting of Christ that sold in New York for a record $450 million (380 million euros) is heading to a museum in the United Arab Emirates. The newly opened Louvre Abu Dhabi made the announcement Wednesday. The 500-year-old painting is called "Salvator Mundi," Latin for "Savior of the World." It's one of fewer than 20 paintings by the Renaissance master known to exist and the only one in private hands. Christie's auction house sold it to an anonymous buyer last month. Читать дальше...
The win over the Russians took their tally for their European campaign to 23 goals, the second-highest in the competition’s group stage history behind Paris St-Germain’s 25 this year. 
 The Reds have scored 32 goals in an unbeaten nine-match run since losing to Tottenham in late October and are hitting top form at precisely the time they began to run out of gas 12 months ago. 
 That should hopefully bode well for when the Champions League restarts in February. Читать дальше...