Новости за 07.12.2017

Chatwood, who turns 28 next week, is 40-46 with two saves. He has a 4.31 ERA in 130 major-league appearances, including 113 starts.

The Cubs announced Thursday afternoon that they signed Tyler Chatwood. The three-year deal is worth roughly $40 million, according to Fox' Jon Morosi.

Gianluigi Buffon finished fourth in the 2017 Ballon d'Or vote as 18-year-old Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe breached the top 10. Juventus star Buffon was rewarded for his role in his side's run to the Champions League final, although Real Madrid - inspired by Luka Modric and captain Sergio Ramos, in at 5 and 6 - prevented the goalkeeping great from finally lifting Europe's top prize. Italy's failure to qualify for next year's World Cup did not impact the voting, the veteran just missing out on the top three. Читать дальше...

Millions of women and the men who love us never thought this country would elect a president who talks and acts this way.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a cyberattack on North Carolina's Mecklenburg County (all times local): 1:10 p.m. Many county services remained disrupted as local officials in North Carolina work to restore computer systems after a cyberattack. Mecklenburg County officials say that it could take days to restore compromised computer systems from backup data after they refused to pay ransom to a hacker. In the meantime, many transactions normally done online have to be done on paper. Darryl Broome... Читать дальше...

Berlín, 7 dic (dpa) - Martin Schulz fue reelegido hoy como presidente del Partido Socialdemócrata de Alemania (SPD) en un congreso federal en el que las bases de la formación dieron también luz verde al inicio de contactos para sondear una posible coalición de Gobierno con la canciller Angela Merkel. Schulz, el único candidato a la presidencia, recibió el 81,9 por ciento de los votos de los cerca de 600 delegados reunidos en Berlín, un resultado ligeramente inferior al cosechado el 19 de marzo, cuando... Читать дальше...

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• BuzzFeed to layoff  more than 40 of its 140 British staff.
• BuzzFeed UK's wage bill stands at £10 million.
• The website's audience has dropped 20% in two years, according to Comscore.

BuzzFeed is about to make just under a third of its British staff redundant as part of a cost-cutting programme.

The website's London workforce was briefed on the plans on Thursday evening. Its media and politics reporter Mark Di Stefano tweeted that 45... Читать дальше...

Friedrichshafen (dpa) - Der bisherige ZF-Vorstandschef Stefan Sommer leitete die Geschicke des Autozulieferers seit Mai 2012. Der 53-Jährige folgte damals Hans-Georg Härter auf dem Chefsessel. Seit 2008 war der gebürtige Nordrhein-Westfale bei ZF, seit Oktober 2010 im Vorstand für das Ressort Materialwirtschaft verantwortlich. Vor seinem Wechsel an den Bodensee arbeitete er mehrere Jahre beim Autozulieferer Continental. Zum 1. Januar 2012 rückte der Manager zunächst zum Stellvertreter von Härter auf... Читать дальше...

By Mark Heinrich LONDON (Reuters) - Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East on Wednesday condemned the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region and Palestinians said Washington was abandoning its leading role as a peace mediator. The European Union and United Nations also voiced alarm at U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and its repercussions for any chances of reviving Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Читать дальше...

A smear campaign targeting Seder accused him of joking about rape in a satirical tweet from 2009.

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• Bank of America Merrill Lynch's David Woo says he's more optimistic than the consensus view on the GOP's ability to pass tax cuts, and on their market impact. 
• The "ultimate tax reform trade" is a bet on a steeper yield curve, specifically the 2s-10s curve, according to Woo. 
• Tax reform should increase the deficit and strengthen the dollar, both of which would steepen the spread between 2- and 10-year Treasurys, he forecasts. 

If... Читать дальше...

Jeff Ludwig is raw as hell and his section in GT’s “Seriously Fun” is a refreshing display of rough ass grinds on metal pegs, 60/40 & 40/60 setups, and classic East Coast style street obstacle shralping. It’s hard to put it into words but Jeff’s riding has a feel to it, and you can’t say

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane brushes off any notion that he's looking ahead to the possibility of drawing PSG next round. Dani Carvajal will miss the first leg of Real Madrid's Champions League round of 16 tie after being suspended by UEFA for deliberately seeking a yellow card. European bosses have handed Spanish defender Carvajal a two-match ban following his booking in the final minute of the 6-0 win over Apoel Nicosia on Nov. 21. He was charged by UEFA with "receiving a yellow card on purpose."... Читать дальше...

Karhausen Auction House

• A village in Germany will be up for auction this Saturday for only $147,230.
• The town has 20 residents who are mostly retired.
• The village was formerly part of East Germany and had fallen into disrepair as most residents moved west.
• The mayor hopes the buyer will work with him to improve the town for the residents.

Anyone want to buy a German village? On Saturday, the entire hamlet of Alwine, in the south of Brandenburg state... Читать дальше...

Dawn French has spoken of her “warring” relationship with her mother ahead of the new series of Delicious.

MSNBC Contributor Harold Ford Jr, has been fired from his full time gig at Morgan Stanley over an allegation of misconduct toward a woman who was not an employee of the firm but worked with Ford professionally, the Huffington Post is reporting. “He has been terminated for conduct inconsistent with our values and in violation of our policies,” said a spokesperson. Also Read: 'Morning Joe' Suggests Trump May Have Dementia, Says He Can't Take POTUS Attacks 'Personal' According to the complaint, Ford... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that North Korea wants direct talks with the United States to seek guarantees on its security from Washington, Russian news agencies reported. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov prepares for the beginning of a meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers in Vienna, Austria, December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerLavrov said he had passed on Pyongyang’s desire for direct talks to U.S.

Twitter users were surprised on Thursday when the FLOTUS posted to commemorate the bombing of Pearl Harbor, only to confuse a major detail; whether a result of ignorance or just a typo, the tweet has garnered considerable attention.

I don’t remember my first birthday party, but I remember my last. I was 13, and a bunch of my friends crammed into my family’s tiny living room to watch movies and have a snack. I remember my mother sitting on a stool in the kitchen complaining, and one of the guests stealing a bracelet, but outside of that, nothing about the event rings any bells. I'm also pretty sure I only remember it at all because my mom was adamant that I never have a party again.

SportsPulse: USA TODAY NHL columnist Kevin Allen discusses what the American roster would look like with NHL players for the Olympics.

Human Rights Watch on Thursday denounced a series of attacks against shrines of the mystical Sufi branch of Sunni Islam in Libya by "extremist" militias.

The Boyle Street Community Services' warming bus will be on the streets of Edmonton after all this winter, thanks to a donation from the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Thursday that two rockets launched at Israel from the Gaza Strip fell short inside the Palestinian enclave. Sirens sounded in Israel at various locations around the northern Gaza Strip on a day of heightened tensions following demonstrations in the coastal enclave and the occupied West Bank in which Palestinians protested at U.S