Новости за 13.12.2017

ARNOLD, Mo. – Surveillance video caught a man blocking in, tackling, and throwing the phone of a woman in a road rage-related incident, according to KTVI. According to Det. Lt. James Jones, a spokesman for the Arnold Police Department, the incident occurred Friday, December 8 at the Walgreen’s on Vogel Road. Authorities said the suspect followed a woman from the interstate to the store parking lot, kicked the victim’s vehicle, tackled her, and threw her phone. The suspect then sped off […]

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US-based online point-of-sale (POS) financing provider Affirm has raised $200 million in a Series E round led by GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, with existing backers Spark Capital and Khosla Ventures also participating.

The round has earned the company a private valuation of between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, making it the latest fintech to join the unicorn club. Читать дальше...

Comiti Paul Edward had arrived in India on a business visa, but was filming a documentary on Kashmir’s pellet gun victims without obtaining prior permission of the Indian authorities.

During a recent talk at Stanford, Chamath Palihapitiya, the early Facebook executive who now runs venture capital firm Social Capital, spoke of the dangers of social networks—such as their ability to efficiently spread false information—and said that he felt “tremendous guilt” for his role in the medium’s rise. Facebook took his comments personally enough that …

Joe Biden's son, Beau, died more than two years ago after a battle with brain cancer. The tragedy came as the former vice president faced the decision of whether to run for president in 2016. In Part II of his interview on "CBS This Morning," Biden discusses his new book, "Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose,” which chronicles the challenging time, what he's learned along the way, and the one piece of advice he'd give to every young boy. He also outlines his concerns about President... Читать дальше...

Russia's successful operation in Syria has demonstrated that Moscow usually delivers on its promises and protects its allies, Syrian political observers told Sputnik. According to the observers, President Vladimir Putin's announcement of victory over terrorists at the Hmeymim airbase in Syria has sent an important message to the world.

Finisar creates technology used to power the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera.

Michael Lang leitet weiterhin die Geschicke der APA-Redaktion. Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat der Austria Presse Agentur haben seinen Vertrag bei ihrer Sitzung am Mittwoch einhellig um drei Jahre verlängert. Langs Vertragsvereinbarung läuft damit bis Mitte 2021 weiter.

It's a multi-lingual effect.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Omarosa Manigault Newman — one of President Donald Trump's most prominent African-American supporters — plans to leave the administration next month. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Manigault Newman's resignation is effective Jan. 20, one year since Trump's inauguration. Manigault Newman's decision comes at the start of what's expected to be a round of departures heading into the new year. The White House said last week that deputy national... Читать дальше...

It was discovered at a nine-week scan that Vanellope Hope Wilkins had an extremely rare condition, ectopia cordis, causing her heart and part of her stomach to grow outside her body. Due to the extremely low survivability of the condition, her parents, Naomi Findlay and Dean Wilkins, were advised that "termination" was the only option.

Parliamentarians at a book launch labeled a prominent Azerbaijani rights activist a traitor, while lawyers questioned the ethics of the book’s contents.

London (dpa) - Der dreimalige Wimbledonsieger Boris Becker hat keine Zeit für einen neuen hauptamtlichen Trainerjob. «Momentan wüsste ich nicht, wo ich das reinpacken sollte. Der Terminkalender ist voll», sagte Becker der am Freitag erscheinenden Dezember-Ausgabe des «Tennis Magazin». Der 50-Jährige hatte bis vor rund einem Jahr den früheren Tennis-Weltranglisten-Ersten Novak Djokovic betreut. Ein neuer Trainerjob wäre zeitlich sehr intensiv, sagte Becker. «Ich habe eine große Familie, und so habe ich mich entschieden... Читать дальше...

Ein von der ruandischen Regierung in Auftrag gegebener Bericht wirft Frankreich eine Mitschuld am Völkermord in Ruanda im Jahr 1994 vor. Französische Beamte und Militärangehörige hätten etwa vor dem Genozid weiterhin Waffenlieferungen an die Regierung ermöglicht, obwohl sie von brutalen Angriffen auf Tutsis wussten, hieß es in einem am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Bericht einer US-Kanzlei.

It is Wednesday morning, the MLB Winter Meetings end Thursday. So far, Dave Dombrowski and the Red Sox have done literally nothing—but will meet with free-agent J.D. Martinez today. Dombrowski has taken the 'Reverse Chicken Little' approach to his top rivals cleaning his clock—hey, the sky isn't falling, all is right with the world, be patient, nothing to see here, move on. Meanwhile, an increasingly impatient fan base is waiting for the first shoe to drop—and wondering whether shelling out hundreds... Читать дальше...

Tel Aviv (dpa) - Nach der Anerkennung Ost-Jerusalems als Hauptstadt Palästinas durch einen Sondergipfel islamischer Staaten hat Palästinenserpräsident Mahmud Abbas erneut die UN um Unterstützung gebeten. US-Präsident Donald Trump hatte vor einer Woche Jerusalem als Israels Hauptstadt anerkannt und damit Unruhen im Heiligen Land ausgelöst. «Wir werden uns an den UN-Sicherheitsrat wenden, damit dieser die Entscheidung auf Basis der UN-Charta aufhebt», sagte Abbas am Mittwoch in Istanbul. Außerdem würde... Читать дальше...

In our Ask the Doctor segment, Dr. Sarah Burton-Macleod joins Mike Sobel to talk about rheumatoid arthritis: an an autoimmune disease that causes painful, chronic inflammation of the joints.

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But don’t be fooled—the future is still heading toward new and harder forms of left and right.

Nothing less than accusations of fondling a fourteen-year-old, along with copious proof of dating sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds, was needed to stop Roy Moore from becoming the next U.S. Senator of Alabama. The scandals suppressed Republican turnout, while the fundraising boom Democrat Doug Jones enjoyed helped him mobilize black voters—who... Читать дальше...

Celui qui représentait le visage du SPVM de 1996 à 2016, l'inspecteur Ian Lafrenière, qui avait été affecté à la Divison du renseignement par Philippe Pichet, réintègre ses anciennes fonctions de responsable des relations médias du Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM).

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COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) sits atop the standings of the Mid-South Conference President's Cup and both the Men and Women's All-Sports Trophies following the fall season, conference officials announced on Wednesday.

Lindsey Wilson leads the President's Cup with 52 points, the Men's All-Sports Trophy with 26 points and the Women's All-Sports Trophy with 26 points after completion of men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's soccer and volleyball. Читать дальше...

Hours after Republican Roy Moore lost the Senate election to Doug Jones, President Trump tweeted "I was right" despite endorsing Moore. The president explained that he originally backed Luther Strange because he knew Roy Moore could not win the General Election.

On December 13 Russia's envoy to NATO in an interview to Sputnik spoke about the issue of the North Korean and Afghanistan crises and the possible ways of how to address them.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Daisy Ridley went from obscurity to international stardom when J.J. Abrams picked her to play the central character of the new Star Wars trilogy, and her character Rey quickly became a fan favorite and an inspiration to young girls around the world. The 25-year-old British actress returns to the Star Wars fold in "The Last Jedi," out Friday, which picks up with Rey at the moment she finds Luke Skywalker on that lush cliff. Ridley spoke to The Associated Press recently about playing... Читать дальше...