Новости за 07.12.2017

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• US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Fox News that the participation of American athletes in the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics was an "open question" amid tensions with North Korea.
• A spokesman for the US Olympic Committee said that no conversations about skipping the event had taken place, and that the American delegation of athletes plan on fully participating.
• The 2018 Winter Olympics will take place February 9-25 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Читать дальше...

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has revealed how 116,238 fictitious pensioners defrauded Nigeria of over N42b.

Nyon (dpa) - Die deutsche Fußball-Nationalmannschaft ist für die Nationenliga in den Topf der besten vier Teams ihrer Division A gesetzt worden und vermeidet in dem neuen Wettbewerb somit Duelle mit Portugal, Belgien und Spanien. Dies gab die UEFA am Donnerstag nach der Sitzung ihres Exekutivkomitees bekannt. Der DFB-Auswahl werden am 24. Januar jeweils ein Gegner aus den Töpfen zwei und drei zugelost. In diesen befinden sich Frankreich, England, Italien und die Schweiz sowie Polen, Island, Kroatien... Читать дальше...

When politics becomes the whims and mad schemes of a small minority that only listen to themselves, it needs to be called out - not normalised - by a non-partisan media.

A father leans in, watching his daughter as she paints his nails. He’s sporting a feather boa, she’s wearing a tiara. Another man smiles as he listens to his kid sitting on the kitchen counter next to a rolling pin, measuring cups, and a laptop. She’s stirring ingredients as he steadies the bowl

Americans keep dieting to lose weight, but bariatric surgery is the most effective tool out there.

Americans keep dieting to lose weight, but bariatric surgery is the most effective tool out there.

Thursday looks to be a pivotal, frightening day in Southern California's battle against a wildfire siege that began early this week and has since spread out of control. At least three large fires are currently burning in and around Los Angeles, including one — the Thomas Fire — which has already burned at least 90,000 acres near Ventura. 

ESPN FC's Jason Dasey and Stanley Bernard discuss JDT's fight with ex-coach Mario Gomez. Perak have announced that Malaysia international Brendan Gan is joining them for the 2018 season as the Sydney-born midfielder aims to put his injury nightmare behind him. The Malaysia Super League (MSL) club posted an updated squad list on social media, with Gan the most eye-catching of the new names. Malaysia under-23 centre-back Syazwan Zaipol Bahari also comes on board. Perak head coach Mehmet Durakovic knows Gan from his time in the A-League... Читать дальше...

After leading for most of the game, TJC was outscored by Jacksonville College 29-14 en route to a 70-58 victory. 

In Erik Nelson’s new documentary, A Gray State, we get the granular lowdown on the David Crowley case, which has become a fringe cause, as a supposed symptom of the darker forces so enthusiastically perceived by Americans within their own social structures.

CAPE TOWN - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced that it has begun mass production of the industry’s first 512-gigabyte (GB) embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) solution for use in next-generation mobile devices.

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Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung are looking to hearables — ear-based wearables like Apple's AirPods — to broaden the reach of their voice assistants, according to Juniper Research.

Roughly 44 million hearable units will be in use by the end of 2017. About 66% of these, or 29 million units, will be embedded with AI-infused... Читать дальше...

Chen made mistakes but was pleased that he had improved from Skate America.

Paul Clement remains convinced he can steer Swansea City to Premier League safety - and hopes a pre-Christmas push can boost their survival hopes. The Welsh club sit bottom of the table on nine points, four adrift of 17th-placed West Brom ahead of Saturday's pivotal fixture between the two struggling teams at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea haven't registered a league win since a 2-0 result against Huddersfield Town on October 14, with a run of seven defeats in eight games leading to speculation over Clement's future. Читать дальше...

OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City health care provider is accused of running a Medicaid scam from a local counseling business. Thursday, Attorney General Mike Hunter announced charges have been filed against an Oklahoma City health care provider who allegedly ran a Medicaid scam from a Oklahoma City counseling business. Augustine Uche, 57, was charged with two counts of Medicaid fraud and two counts of unlawful use of a computer to commit a criminal offense for submitting false Medicaid claims for... Читать дальше...

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts college has apologized for canceling a speech by a woman who advocates for allowing guns on college campuses. Antonia Okafor says Hampshire College in Amherst canceled her speech two hours before its scheduled start Wednesday because it was "too controversial." The college apologized, but it says the event was canceled because the "student application was not sufficiently complete," and not because of the speaker. Okafor is co-founder of a group that calls itself... Читать дальше...

Ah, the holidays. The time of year when Facebook flexes its algorithms to compile all of your best social media posts into a Year in Review video. These little montages have been sprouting up like weeds on my timeline lately, showcasing many smiley faces and birthday wishes. However, they’ve also served as a lovely reminder of just how bleak 2017 actually was.

Some social groups are falling through the gaps of fertility data. Men, ethnic minorities and the LGBT community have explicitly been excluded from surveys.

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Now that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced their engagement, the world is gearing up for another royal wedding—and you don’t see us complaining in the slightest. So far, we’ve got the scoop on the precious story behind the ring, the date and venue (May 2018 in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, in case you were wondering), and even why Meghan won’t technically be called a princess.

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Bitcoin rocketed above $15,000 for the first time on Thursday, after adding more than $2,000 to its price in fewer than 12 hours. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, has seen a more than fifteenfold surge in its value since the start of the year. It climbed to as high as $15,344 on the...

LONDON (AP) — A company in Slovenia that mines bitcoin says it has been hacked, for a potential loss of tens of millions of dollars. The company, NiceHash, gives customers the ability to mine for bitcoins. As the price of the world's most popular virtual currency keeps surging — to a record $15,000 on Thursday — here's a look at what it is and how it is "mined." ___ WHAT IS A BITCOIN? Bitcoin is a digital currency that's not tied to any bank or government. Like cash, it lets users spend or receive money anonymously... Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — A company in Slovenia that mines bitcoin says it has been hacked, for a potential loss of tens of millions of dollars. The company, NiceHash, gives customers the ability to mine for bitcoins. As the price of the world's most popular virtual currency keeps surging — to a record $15,000 on Thursday — here's a look at what it is and how it is "mined." ___ WHAT IS A BITCOIN? Bitcoin is a digital currency that's not tied to any bank or government. Like cash, it lets users spend or receive money anonymously... Читать дальше...

Ein Deal mit der Lufthansa ist nach Ansicht des Air-Berlin-Generalbevollmächtigten Frank Kebekus die einzige Alternative für das Weiterleben der österreichischen Air-Berlin-Tochter Niki. Die auf Wunsch der EU-Kommission wieder aufgenommenen Gespräche mit der British-Airways-Mutter IAG und Thomas Cook über eine Übernahme der Niki blieben wohl erfolglos, sagte Kebekus gegenüber dem "Handelsblatt".

“I have my kids AND all my animals!” she captioned a dramatic video of flames approaching the highway.