Новости за 07.12.2017

The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Thursday called for a mass demonstration in protest at US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on efforts to replace Minnesota Sen. Al Franken, who resigned Thursday over allegations of improper conduct (all times local): 11:15 a.m. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he hasn't decided who he'll appoint to fill Sen. Al Franken's seat ahead of an election next year. Franken said Thursday he would step down in coming weeks after allegations of improper behavior from several women. Dayton says he expects to make and announce his decision in the next couple of days. Читать дальше...

Vanessa Ambtman-Smith was appointed to the board Tuesday by the province's Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services for a two year term.

The FC 100 is here! Take a look at who ranks at the top of each position. The FC 100 is here! Take a look at who ranks at the top of each position. The ESPN FC crew all have varying opinions as to who claims top spot in the ESPN FC 100 list of centre-backs. The 2017 ESPN FC 100 was released on Monday and the reactions have been strong around the football world. Wednesday saw Man City and Belgium star Kevin De Bruyne discussing his ranking as the top attacking midfielder in the world. Читать дальше...

Spaguolo has to rebuild his team’s shattered confidence before he think about the head coaching job next year.

Three people, believed to be students, died in a shooting at a New Mexico high school Thursday morning, authorities said Thursday. The shooter, who opened fire at Aztec High School in Aztec, is dead, said San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen. It’s unclear if the three dead include the shooter. Students have been evacuated from...

A lot of US allies aren’t following through on their promises.

The Trump administration has sought to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program by passing tougher and tougher sanctions designed to punish its economy. A new study shows why that isn’t working.

A whopping 49 countries have violated UN Security Council sanctions imposed on North Korea between March 2014 and September 2017, according to a report from the Institute for Science and International Security, a nonpartisan Washington... Читать дальше...

Physician-assisted suicide is a controversial topic, but that hasn't stopped the ceaseless march of technology from innovating the practice, which remains illegal in most of parts of the world. 

The man came forward after police requested the public's help in identifying the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a vehicle-pedestrian collision at a crosswalk on Lacewood Drive at Regency Park Drive.

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees (21-5-1-2) and West Kelowna Warriors (17-13-1-0) meet six times during the 2017-18 season, with all of them coming before the Christmas break. Friday’s game sees the Warriors at the South Okanagan Events Centre for the final time. The Vees won their 11th game in a row Wednesday, 5-1 over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Despite outshooting Salmon Arm 14-4 over the first 20 minutes, the scoreboard read just 1-0 Penticton thanks to Ryan Sandelin’s sixth goal of the year. Читать дальше...

SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Steve Gardner tells you which players to start and which to sit heading into the first round of the fantasy football playoffs.

Hull City Brentford 3:00 PM UTC Game Details Home: 2/1  Draw: 12/5  Away: 13/10  Odds from bet365 bet365 GameCast Lineups and Stats Hull's new manager Nigel Adkins will be without striker Jarrod Bowen for his first game in charge against Brentford.Bowen sustained... Читать дальше...

Show time, that time of year nears, and here is the list of outdoors-related shows and gatherings for this winter (mostly) around Chicago outdoors.

24/7 Wall St. reviewed economic indicators, budget allocations, balance sheets and a range of social measures to rank how well each state is run.

Major fires in Southern California grew overnight by several thousands of acres and shut down part of Highway 101 as firefighters braced for a brutal winds expected to pick up by midmorning and make containment more difficult. The largest fire, the Thomas Fire in Ventura County, had grown to 96,000 acres by Thursday morning, and is only 5 percent contained. More evacuations were ordered Wednesday night in Ojai and the surrounding valley, as the flames threatened to move toward the mountain retreat town. Читать дальше...

The holy city of Jerusalem will not be Israel's capital no matter how strongly US President Donald Trump wants it, Iranian politician Hossein Sheikholeslam told Sputnik. According to Sheikholeslam, Washington is deliberately fanning the flames in the Middle East which has just got rid of the Daesh threat.

Bitcoin's market value of $270.6 billion makes it more valuable than all but 12 of the 500 companies in the S&P 500 stock index.

A white former South Carolina police officer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting an unarmed black motorist to death in 2015. A federal judge handed down the sentence for Michael Slager on Thursday. Slager pleaded guilty to violating Walter Scott’s civil rights by unjustly shooting him in the back five times...

Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt is the new coach at the University of Tennessee

WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are facing multiple investigations by U.S. authorities, including three congressional probes and a federal criminal inquiry, sources familiar with the investigations said. The Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees and leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee are probing the website's role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign, according to the sources, who all requested anonymity, and public documents. WikiLeaks published... Читать дальше...