Новости за 13.12.2017

Hibs host Rangers at Easter Road tonight knowing a win would take them level on points with the Ibrox side in the Scottish Premiership table.

La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France (dpa) - French President Emmanuel Macron was hosting five countries from the Sahel region to the south of Africa‘s Sahara desert in Paris on Wednesday to discuss the fight against terrorism.German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other international partners were expected to join the discussions in a castle in the south-western Paris suburb of La Celle-Saint-Cloud later in the day.Macron planned to meet first in a smaller group with his counterparts from Burkina Faso, Mali... Читать дальше...

img style=float: left; margin-right: 10px; src=http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i/?img=/photo/2016/1016/r140260_1296x729_16-9.jpgamp;w=100amp;h=80amp;scale=cropamp;site=espnfc /Steve Nicol argues that Chelsea have a great opportunity against a Barcelona side reliant on Lionel Messi and Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Craig Burley says Barcelona will have just enough to get past his former side, Chelsea, in the last 16 of the Champions League. Yerry Mina's agent says there has not yet been any contact... Читать дальше...

Doug Jones, a Democrat and former federal prosecutor, beat Republican Roy Moore in Alabama's special Senate election on Tuesday night. Alabama is a solidly red state whose last elected Democrat in the Senate, Richard Shelby, switched parties in the '90s. "What went right for Jones?" asked Steve Kornacki on MSNBC Tuesday night. "Well, first of all, the answer is basically everything went right. If you're a Democrat and you're winning by 20,000 votes, a tiny margin, but you need everything to break your way."

Exit poll... Читать дальше...

A shocking crime is going viral – it involves a jealous husband, a large knife . . . and now a wife with NO HANDS. According to local reports, Dmitry Grachyov, 26, attached his wife and ‘cut off both his wife’s hands’. Dmitry believed that with Margarita was cheating. Margarita needed a “highly complex” nine-hour […]

Prag (dpa) - Knapp zwei Monate nach seinem Wahlsieg hat Tschechiens liberal-populistischer Ministerpräsident Andrej Babis seine neue Regierung vorgestellt. Präsident Milos Zeman vereidigte die 14 Minister des Minderheitskabinetts am Mittwoch in einer feierlichen Zeremonie in seinem Amtssitz, der Prager Burg. Offen bleibt, wie Babis das Vertrauen des Parlaments gewinnen will. Allein kommt die Protestbewegung ANO des Multimilliardärs und Medienbesitzers nur auf 78 der 200 Abgeordnetensitze. «Wir werden auf keine Duldung oder Unterstützung warten... Читать дальше...

Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - Die angekündigten Pilotenstreiks beim irischen Billigflieger Ryanair sollen noch in diesem Jahr beginnen. Man sei bei der Planung in enger Abstimmung mit den übrigen europäischen Gewerkschaften, sagte der Präsident der deutschen Gewerkschaft Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), Ilja Schulz, am Mittwoch der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. Es sei auch davon auszugehen, dass zwischen den Arbeitskampfankündigungen und tatsächlichen Ausständen nicht allzu viel Zeit vergehen werde.Konkrete Streiktermine... Читать дальше...

Social media pages belonging to Keaton Jones’ father show that he’s a WHITE SUPREMACIST NAZI – at least in 2014 when he last posted. He hasn’t posted online more recently because he’s locked up in a Tennessee jail. The father’s name is Shawn White and his Facebook features multiple memes with sayings like, “HOLY F*** […]

Ein Maturazeugnis reicht für einen Job heute nicht mehr aus. Mit der Mobilität hapert es in Österreich im internationalen Vergleich immer noch, und viele junge und jüngere Arbeitnehmer fühlen sich nicht richtig eingestuft und damit auch unterbezahlt, jedenfalls nicht "qualifikationsadäquat" beschäftigt. Das ergab eine Umfrage der Statistik Austria unter jungen Erwachsenen.

Istanbul (dpa) - A summit of Islamic nations has recognized a Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, Turkey‘s state-run Anadolu news agency reported as the meeting closed in Istanbul on Wednesday.The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held an extraordinary summit to coordinate a response to US President Donald Trump‘s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and move the US embassy to the city.Sources said more than two dozen leaders attended the summit and, in all, 56 nations were represented. Читать дальше...

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Google has released its "year in search" for 2017, and the top-trending TV show in the US was a controversial teen drama from Netflix.

This year, the top TV shows included ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise," which had a scandalous shut down over the summer; The CW's teen drama and mystery series "Riverdale;" and ABC's new ratings hit "The Good Doctor."

Topping the list was Netflix's "13 Reasons Why," a drama about a teenager who kills herself and leaves notes for those she's left behind, and those who have wronged her. Читать дальше...

Netflix

Google has released its "year in search" for 2017, and the top-trending TV show in the US was a controversial teen drama from Netflix.

This year, the top TV shows included ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise," which had a scandalous shut down over the summer; The CW's teen drama and mystery series "Riverdale;" and ABC's new ratings hit "The Good Doctor."

Topping the list was Netflix's "13 Reasons Why," a drama about a teenager who kills herself and leaves notes for those she's left behind, and those who have wronged her. Читать дальше...

Travel through Europe this time of year and you’re sure to come across traditional Christmas markets, in big cities and smaller towns and villages.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has explained his decision to take Mohamed Salah off in the Reds' 1-1 draw with Everton on Sunday and revealed he withdrew the Egyptian over concerns for his hamstring. According to The Telegraph's Chris Bascombe, he said: "I took Mo Salah off because he had a hamstring a little bit. Then everyone said, 'How can you take him off?' I do not go out and say 'Yeah, but he is close to being injured.' He is not at the moment, thank God." Salah opened the scoring before being substituted in the 67th minute... Читать дальше...

While I see online ads as a necessary evil if you want to keep websites in business, I’m so annoyed at the way the latest ads services seem so focused on ruining everybody’s Christmas surprise.

Abigail Tracy, Vanity Fair
In an administration where White House officials regularly employ rhetorical jiujitsu to defend the president, Nikki Haley’s blunt response to a question about Donald Trump’s conduct toward women was an extraordinary rebuke. “Women who accuse anyone should be heard,” the United Nations ambassador told CBS’s John Dickerson Sunday on Face the Nation, referring to the multiple women who have accused the president of sexual harassment or assault. “And I think we heard from them prior to the election. Читать дальше...

Dutch police have clipped the wings of their airborne drone-fighting force of eagles, and fired their winged warriors deeming them too expensive and too unruly to be effective.

Atenas, 13 dic (dpa) - Grecia, Macedonia y Serbias planean construir un canal que comunique el Danubio con el Mediterráneo, informaron hoy varios medios griegos citando al alcalde de la ciudad portuaria de Tesalónica, Giannis Boutaris.De concretarse el proyecto, el nuevo canal sería uno de los más largos de Europa. La vía acuática comunicaría el Danubio a través de uno de sus afluentes, el Morava, con el río Vardar/Axios, que desemboca en el mar Egeo al oeste de Tesalónica."El presidente Djordje... Читать дальше...

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Kim Holmes, RCP
American liberals appear finally to be facing down sexual harassment in their own ranks. The awakening has led some to conclude that feminism and American liberalism in general may be turning a corner. Younger people, particularly younger women, are no longer willing to play Hillary Clinton and Gloria Steinem’s game of covering for sexual predators in liberal ranks. Could it be that liberals are waking up to the divisive and destructive nature of identity politics, which, after all... Читать дальше...

During World War II, the Allies feared that Germany was on the brink of creating an atomic bomb. To prevent this, they launched a dramatic midnight commando raid to destroy a key piece of equipment in the mountains of southern Norway. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll remember Operation Gunnerside, "one of the most daring and important undercover operations of World War II."

This isn't Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader Part 2, and neither character is easily placed in hero or villain molds.

For those looking to "'light up' the room" with this "Weed Marijuana Leaf Christmas Tree," be prepared to shell out $249.99 to an unlikely source: Walmart.com.

Den Haag (dpa) - Die Anklage des UN-Kriegsverbrechertribunals hat im Berufungsverfahren gegen den serbischen Nationalisten Vojislav Seselj einen Schuldspruch gefordert. Seselj müsse für schwere Kriegsverbrechen auf dem Balkan Anfang der 90er Jahre bestraft werden, sagten die Anklagevertreter am Mittwoch in Den Haag. In erster Instanz hatten die Richter den Nationalisten 2016 freigesprochen. Das Urteil war höchst umstritten. Die Anklage sprach von einem «gravierenden Fehlurteil».Der heute 63-jährige... Читать дальше...

Basketball Hall of Famer and Alabama native Charles Barkley had campaigned for Doug Jones.