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The Obolonsky district court of Kyiv, which is hearing the high treason case against the former president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, will summon to preliminary hearing several witnesses already questioned by the prosecutors, including National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, Verkhovna Rada speaker Andriy Parubiy, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and People’s Front leader […]

Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - Die 13 000-Punkte-Marke ist am Donnerstag eine Herausforderung für den Dax geblieben. Der deutsche Leitindex gab am Nachmittag seine bescheidenen Gewinne komplett wieder ab: Mit einem Plus von 0,02 Prozent auf 13 001,24 Punkte hielt er sich knapp über der viel beachteten runden Marke. Er ist nun seit Mitte November in einer engen Handelsspanne zwischen 12 800 und 13 200 Punkten gefangen.Die Experten des Börsenstatistik-Magazins Index-Radar rechnen bestenfalls mit einer Fortsetzung dieser Entwicklung. Читать дальше...

A new CBS News poll finds 53 percent of Americans disapprove of the Republican tax plan. Most say the bill will benefit large corporations and wealthy Americans, but only 31 percent think it will help middle class Americans. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss the "cultural revolution" needed to stop sexual harassment, how the GOP tax plan is a "gift" to large corporations and the looming spending bill deadline.

You just knew this was coming. Liberals are using Donald Trump’s historic announcement on Wednesday to trash Christians in America. On Wednesday President Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The President ordered the US embassy to be moved, however; it may take a few years. Top liberal Chris Matthew insulted Christians after the announcement. […]

Watford are the latest club to take an interest in Udinese midfielder Jakub Jankto, according to Calciomercato.com. The Corriere Dello Sport reported earlier this week that Chelsea and AC Milan have entered the race with Arsenal for the 21 year old, but it seems that the Hornets are joint favourites with the Gunners to sign the Czech Republic international. Jankto is believed to prefer a move abroad, and he indicated as such when asked about his future following the 3-0 victory over Crotone on Monday. Читать дальше...

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Minnesota Senator Al Franken 

The Democrats’ pressure for Al Franken's resignation may make some sense from a zero-tolerance perspective. But it's dumb politics, and a cowardly sacrifice of a good man. It would have been far better to let the ethics inquiry take its course.

Once a few leading women Democratic senators decided to demand that Franken go, others felt they had to pile on, lest they be seen as less than fully committed to ending sexual harassment. Читать дальше...

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Minnesota Senator Al Franken 

The Democrats’ push for Al Franken's resignation may make some sense from a zero-tolerance perspective. But it's dumb politics, and a cowardly sacrifice of a good man. It would be far better to let the ethics inquiry take its course.

Once a few leading women Democratic senators decided to demand that Franken go, others felt they had to pile on, lest they be seen as less than fully committed to ending sexual harassment. Читать дальше...

Bruselas/Londres, 7 dic (dpa) - La Unión Europea (UE) dio hoy de plazo a Reino Unido hasta el domingo para llegar a un primer acuerdo sobre el "Brexit", según señaló un portavoz de la Comisión Europea. "Estamos preparados para recibir en cualquier momento a la primera ministra (Theresa) May, tan pronto como lo estén (los británicos)", dijo el portavoz en Bruselas. No obstante, precisó, tiene que ser todavía esta semana. "Y nuestra semana laboral se acaba el domingo".Las informaciones sobre una prolongación... Читать дальше...

On its face, the GOP tax proposal seems to be a big win for oil and gas.

Marianne Vos (WM3 Pro Cycling) will kick-start her cyclo-cross season at the Scheldecross in Antwerp on December 16. After Antwerp, Vos will race three more times in December at the Waalandcross Sint-Niklaas, the World Cup Heusden-Zolder and the Superprestige Cross Diegem.

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The U.S. forces serving the British effort to remove Donald Trump from office — Obama's intelligence officers; the Obama/Clinton Democrats; and the Neocon Republicans — are beginning to panic. The chosen hitman to destroy the Trump presidency, Robert Mueller, cut his teeth as the head of the "Get LaRouche Task Force" in the 1980s, which was intended to destroy the movement founded by Lyndon LaRouche. Despite sending LaRouche and several of his associates to prison on false charges... Читать дальше...

Hi CFC fans, We have decided to let the great staff at the pub sleep-in and not to open the pub for the 4.30 am WHU match.

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• HBO's "Game of Thrones" is currently in filming its eighth and final season.
• In a new interview with Variety, Sophie Turner (Sansa) said it will come out in 2019.
• Based on previous reporting, this was always likely.
• The coming episodes may be feature-film length, and need more post-production work.
• HBO has not confirmed any air date, and did not immediately respond to INSIDER's request for comment.

Winter is definitely here... Читать дальше...

Shares of Digital Power Corp. rocketed 34% on heavy volume Thursday, boosted by the surge in bitcoin through the $15,000 milestone. Volume was 1.9 million shares about 30 minutes before the open, enough to make the stock the most actively traded in the premarket. Digital Power's stock has been on a tear recently after the power-supplies company announced products aimed at the cryptocurrency and digital mining markets. At Wednesday's closing price of $2.74, the stock had soared more than four-fold in two weeks. Читать дальше...

WAYNE, N.J. (AP) — A state arbitrator has fired a tenured teacher in New Jersey for confining two students in a bathroom. The arbitrator found Donna DeMarco was guilty of conduct unbecoming for using the confinement as a means of punishment or behavioral control. DeMarco was a teacher at Packanack Elementary School in Wayne. Half of her class of 16 students were special needs or had autism. The teacher testified she used bathroom confinement as a de-escalation technique for two students during the 2015-16 school year. Читать дальше...

VENTURA, Calif. — Southern California has felt yellow wind, orange wind, and red wind. But never purple wind. Until now. The color-coded system showing the expected strength of the winds driving the region’s fierce wildfires has reached uncharted territory, pushing past red, which means “high” into the color that means “extreme.” “The forecast for tomorrow...

Two veterans of the ring will collide on Saturday, January 27th at the Castleton Banquet & Conference Center in Windham, New Hampshire as Portland, Maine’s Jon “Rumble” Webster takes on Newark, New Jersey’s Tolan Tascoe in a four-round middleweight fight.

Cape Town - An organisation for moms by moms and focusing on improving their lives was recently started in Strandfontein.

The iCCAN non-profit organisation said they wanted all moms to revitalise, reconnect and rediscover their love for life and become part of a community of moms who inspire and support one another.

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Potsdam (dpa) - Angesichts neuer Bedrohungslagen durch Terror und Gewalt setzen sich die Arbeits- und Sozialminister der Länder für eine Reform des Sozialen Entschädigungsgesetzes ein. Hintergrund ist der Terroranschlag vom Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt mit zwölf Toten, der sich in diesen Tagen jährt. «Das Beispiel zeigt, es gibt viel Nachholbedarf», sagte der Düsseldorfer Arbeits- und Sozialminister Karl-Josef Laumann (CDU) am Donnerstag zum Abschluss der Konferenz in Potsdam.Hinterbliebene und Opfer... Читать дальше...

Minnesota Democrat Al Franken, facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct and vanishing support from fellow Democrats, appears to be on the brink of resigning from the Senate.

Two police officers were shot dead while conducting a crime prevention operation in Inanda. Constable Jabulani Mavundla and his partner were attending to a complaint of a robbery when they were ambushed on their way back to the police station.

Mavundla lost control of their vehicle, crashed and died at the scene. His service pistol and a rifle were stolen.

Commenting on the International Olympic Committee's scandalous decision to ban the entire Russian national team from competition at the upcoming 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, hockey expert and sports journalist Daniele Amadasi emphasized that the tournament just won't be the same if Russia doesn't participate.

Since the Catalan Independence Referendum in early October, Spain has been witnessing extensive political turmoil. On Thursday, some 45,000 Catalans took to the central streets of Brussels, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

BI Intelligence

This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here.

The downfall of US brick-and-mortar commerce is overblown — despite sharp gains in e-commerce, which will nearly double between now and 2021, the lion’s share of purchasing continues to take place in-store. And that’s unlikely to change anytime soon, since the online environment can’t yet compensate for the reasons customers like brick-and-mortar shopping. Читать дальше...