Новости за 07.12.2017

LAHORE: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan arrived in Lahore via the Wagah border on an official visit on Wednesday, with the message that many Indians wanted good relations with Pakistan.

“An announcement on McCarthy’s decision could come as soon as the aftermath of the Super Bowl,” said a top McCarthy supporter who cites recent polling

In a season when women began telling their abuse stories en masse, Margot Robbie lands a perfectly timed triple-axel of a performance as Tonya Harding, famed figure-skater-turned-national-joke. Profane, darkly funny, violent and tragic, Craig Gillespie’s unconventional biopic chronicles the uber-American story of an Olympic competitor who shot to notoriety after being implicated in the 1994...

Jeju/Seoul (dpa) - Die Tradition von Orgelbau und Orgelmusik in Deutschland ist in die Liste des Immateriellen Kulturerbes der Menschheit aufgenommen worden. Diese Entscheidung wurde am Donnerstag bei der Tagung des Unesco-Komitees auf der südkoreanischen Insel Jeju bekanntgegeben. Die Entscheidung wurde von einem gewählten Gremium aus Vertretern von 24 Ländern getroffen. Deutschland ist darin derzeit nicht vertreten.In die «Liste des dringend erhaltungsbedürftigen Immateriellen Kulturerbes» wurden sechs neue Elemente eingeschrieben... Читать дальше...

Sacramento is considered one of the favorites to land a new MLS team.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Getty Center art complex in Los Angeles made sure it could protect its priceless artwork and antiquities from flames like those just across a freeway Wednesday, from its landscaping to a space for helicopters to land. Officials say fire protection was designed into the facility by architect Richard Meier, including the thickness of the walls and doors to compartmentalize any flames. The $1 billion home of the J. Paul Getty Museum sits in the Santa Monica Mountains and has been... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Getty Center art complex in Los Angeles made sure it could protect its priceless artwork and antiquities from flames like those just across a freeway Wednesday, from its landscaping to a space for helicopters to land. Officials say fire protection was designed into the facility by architect Richard Meier, including the thickness of the walls and doors to compartmentalize any flames. The $1 billion home of the J. Paul Getty Museum sits in the Santa Monica Mountains and has been... Читать дальше...

They’re not in Chippewa anymore: It’s a Freaks and Geeks reunion in Los Angeles!

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An alternate juror who sat through a murder trial in a case that sparked a fierce national debate on immigration said Wednesday he agreed with the jury's decision to acquit a Mexican man of murder in the shooting death of a San Francisco woman two years ago. Phil Van Stockum, 33, said in an interview with The Associated Press that there was no evidence Jose Ines Garcia Zarate planned or meant to kill Kate Steinle in 2015. Garcia Zarate said he found a gun wrapped in a T-shirt under a seat on a popular pier... Читать дальше...

L'ancien leader du légendaire groupe Harmonium, l'auteur-compositeur-interprète Serge Fiori, accuse la maison de production Gestion Son Image Inc. (GSI) de ne pas avoir respecté le contrat concernant son plus récent album et de l'avoir privé de visibilité. Il intente une poursuite devant la Cour supérieure afin de résilier leur entente et obtenir plus de 245 000 $.

Ryan Reynolds is trading “Deadpool” red for Pikachu yellow. Reynolds has booked the lead role in “Detective Pikachu,” a live-action film based on the Japanese media franchise that includes trading cards, video games, numerous TV series and a hugely popular AR-based mobile game. He’ll play the title character, as The Hollywood reporter first reported. The part seems to be a straight-up voice role as an adorable yellow monster adept at solving mysteries, an individual familiar with the project told TheWrap. Читать дальше...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 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. Proclamations signed Monday... Читать дальше...

It’s the end of an era for the Moose Jaw Times Herald, after 128 years the final edition hit the streets today.

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• Meg Whitman and her husband Griffith Harsh joined a bid to bring Major League Soccer to Sacramento, California.
• Sacramento is one of four cities from across the country competing for two expansion franchises.
• It's a new role for the tech mogul, who is stepping down from her CEO position at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in February.

Meg Whitman's got a new gig — helping bring Major League Soccer to Sacramento.

Whitman, the soon-to-retire CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise... Читать дальше...

On December 5, 1933, the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, supposedly ending our nation’s failed experiment with alcohol prohibition. Prohibition brought with it violence, organized crime, unsafe alcohol practices, and denial of basic civil liberties — and it almost killed the cocktail. Yet, 84 years later, we continue to feel the lingering effects of prohibition, both in policy and in culture —  from blue laws, dry counties, and state-run liquor stores to the selection of... Читать дальше...

Alec Baldwin is singling out Stephen Colbert and John Oliver for using their talk-show pulpits for political purposes,

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• Scores of sexual-harassment allegations have been reported in the media over the past few months. The allegations have targeted prominent men in politics, media, and entertainment.
• Many journalists have investigated these stories, including New York Times investigative reporter Jodi Kantor, Washington Post contributor Irin Carmon, and Hollywood Reporter editor-at-large Kim Masters.
• At Business Insider's IGNITION conference, Alyson Shontell... Читать дальше...

Gene therapy has freed 10 men from nearly all symptoms of hemophilia for a year so far, in a study that fuels hopes that a one-time treatment can give long-lasting help and perhaps even cure the blood disease. Hemophilia almost always strikes males and is caused by the lack of a gene that makes a protein needed for blood to clot. Small cuts or bruises can be life-threatening, and many people need treatments once or more a week to prevent serious bleeding. The therapy supplies the missing gene... Читать дальше...

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HILLSIDE, Ill. (AP) — One of the people arrested after gunfire erupted during a funeral procession in suburban Chicago is now charged with trying to draw a gun on a police chief after a brief car chase. The Chicago Tribune reports that 24-year-old Marcus Davis of Chicago faces a felony gun charge after an investigation revealed that after and the others jumped out of the car on Tuesday afternoon he allegedly pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at Hillside Police Chief Joseph Lukaszek before he dropped the weapon. Читать дальше...

An armed Washington state man stopped in the middle of an intersection last month to fight “lizard people” because President Trump told him to, police said. The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said they received a call on Nov. 25 in Parkland, Wash., that a 54-year-old man had stopped his white SUV in the middle of...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's plan to shrink two national parks in Utah (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Outdoor company Patagonia has sued to block President Donald Trump's cuts to Utah's Bears Ears National Monument. Patagonia's lawsuit was filed Wednesday night, becoming the fourth legal challenge after Trump announced Monday he would shrink Bear Ears and the Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. The California-based company argues shrinking the monument... Читать дальше...

Riyadh (dpa) - The US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel‘s capital is "irresponsible and unwarranted," Saudia Arabia has said, calling upon Washington to reverse the decision.The move exemplified "a drastic regression in the efforts to move the peace process forward," Riyadh said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency."It represents a great bias against the historic and permanent rights of the Palestinian people in Jerusalem, which have been affirmed by the relevant international... Читать дальше...