Новости за 02.01.2018

The stats behind DeRozan’s wildly efficient career night make it even sweeter.

I recently flew from Toronto to Taipei, Taiwan, by Eva Air on Business Class. This was the first leg of my four-nation, seven-city, 11-flight, almost 45,000 -kilometer vacation travel that lasted three weeks. I will be filing reports on my other flight experiences as well.

The Nets’ 2018 started a whole lot better than their 2017 ended. In a back-and-forth affair, they gutted out a 98-95 victory over the Magic before a crowd of 16,164 at Barclays Center on Monday night After a 1-4 road trip — ending with a crushing three-point loss at Eastern Conference-leading Boston on New Year’s...

Erfurt (dpa) - Die sich hinziehende Regierungsbildung hat nach Meinung von Thüringens Ministerpräsident Bodo Ramelow Stillstand bei neuen Projekten zur Folge. «Wir haben ein paar Uhren, die laufen», sagte der Linkspartei-Politiker der Deutschen Presse-Agentur in Erfurt. Das normale Geschäft gehe zwar akkurat weiter, aber neue Aufgaben oder Anschlussregelungen zu bestehenden könnten bis zur Vereidigung einer neuen Bundesregierung nicht in Angriff genommen werden.Handlungsbedarf sieht Ramelow unter... Читать дальше...

Für Bankkunden bringt das neue Jahr einige Änderungen: Gespräche mit dem Wertpapierberater werden künftig aufgezeichnet und archiviert. Das soll vor allem zum Wohl der Verbraucher geschehen.Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - Mehr Verbraucherschutz, mehr Transparenz - das Kürzel «Mifid II» steht nach Einschätzung von Aufsehern für eine kleine Revolution im Bankensektor. Die Kunden der Institute haben in den vergangenen Monaten viel Post dazu bekommen. Was verbirgt sich hinter den Änderungen, die in Deutschland vom 3. Читать дальше...

Following months of mounting anticipation, audiences finally got to watch Arie Luyendyk Jr. meet the 29 women that will race after his heart on season 22 0f The Bachelor — and they didn’t hold back on sharing their opinions about the contestants.

Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News anchor and 1989 Miss America, was chosen Monday to lead the Miss America organization's board of directors, and she will be joined on the board by three other past winners.

Berlin (dpa) - Kegelvereine haben bundesweit große Nachwuchsprobleme. Die Zahl der Mitglieder im Deutschen Kegler- und Bowlingbund ist seit den 80er Jahren von fast 200 000 auf derzeit rund 80 000 gesunken, wie der Präsident des Spitzenverbandes Uwe Oldenburg sagte. Seit rund zehn Jahren verliere der Spitzenverband jährlich Mitglieder. Einen Weg, den Niedergang zu stoppen, habe bislang niemand gefunden. Beim Bowling gebe es ebenfalls einen Rückgang. Auch die Zahl der Hobbysportler, die sich nur ab und zu zum Kegeln treffen... Читать дальше...

Soccer legend Ronaldo ended up partying with pregnant Eva Longoria in Miami on New Year’s Eve, we’re told.

An Argentinian judge, for the first time, has ruled that Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor shot to death while probing a high-level coverup in the nation’s deadliest terrorist attack, was murdered. Actually, it was long obvious that Nisman — found shot to death on the eve of delivering explosive testimony implicating then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner...

A horrible start to the game in Minnesota left the Lakers in far too big a hole to dig out of.

Thousands of passengers reported being stranded at airports across the United States, in a delay that was caused because the passport system across the country was down Monday. Several international travelers, possibly returning from the long New Year weekend, took to Twitter to share pictures and videos of long lines at airport checks and passport kiosks in airports including the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Miami International Airport in Florida and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia.

It's the first day that marijuana can be bought and sold legally in California, and store owner Nicole Salisbury's stock of pot edibles is already running low.

The country star broke her wrist last November. Now she's revealing that she also had 40 to 50 stitches to her face.

Fifty years ago, writers -- including Milan Kundera -- and a bizarre scandal helped spark a fleeting but heady spell of openness in communist Czechoslovakia before Soviet tanks rolled in to crush it.

The Knicks play Tuesday against the Spurs and Wednesday against the Wizards. Suffice to say a back-to-back set is not the Knicks’ preferred modus operandi. They have had seven back-to-backs and are just 2-5 in the second games of such sets. Now when the opponent faces a similar scenario, the Knicks have feasted. Ten times...

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday: 1. POST-HOLIDAY, TRUMP FACES FULL PLATE The president returns to Washington from his Florida club to face a hefty legislative to-do list, critical midterm elections and thorny issues abroad. 2. VIOLENCE FLARES IN IRAN Anti-government demonstrations see their deadliest night as "armed protesters" try to overrun military bases and police stations before security forces repel them, killing 10 people, Iranian state TV says. Читать дальше...

From spectacular fireworks in Hong Kong and Australia to a huge LED light show at the world's tallest building in Dubai, a look at how revelers around the world rang in 2018: California Starting at midnight, California joined the growing list of states to legalize recreational marijuana. The moment is significant but will not be met with a non-stop pot party. California has allowed medical marijuana for two decades, and the state is generally tolerant of the drug, so major changes are not expected as the laws are further eased. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US authorities decided to withhold $255 million in military aid to Pakistan after US President Donald Trump’s critical remarks about the south Asian country, local media reported.

A Florida man beat his stepson to death for sneaking out of bed to get a cookie — and then forced the boy’s brothers to sleep next to his body all night, according to prosecutors. Jack Junior Montgomery, 31, of Tampa, was arraigned Monday and held on bond for the murder of 7-year-old Brice Russell,...

Pakistan has hit back at United States President Donald Trump for accusing Islamabad of lying and cheating in 'war on terrorism', saying that U.S. has given it "nothing but invective and mistrust".Pakistan Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir-Khan on Monday accused the U.S. of overlooking "safe havens of terrorists who murder Pakistanis" and said Islamabad as anti-terror ally provided the U.S. with "land and air communication, military bases and intel cooperation that decimated Al-Qaeda over last 16... Читать дальше...

Every October throughout my childhood, my mom would dig out the flannel sheets to stretch on all of our beds to help fend off the cold of the coming New York winter. She’d take out the heavy down blankets my grandmother had brought with her from Russia to replace the thin ones we’d used all...

State authorities set a record in 2017 by seizing $6.6 million worth of illegal tobacco products, a $1 million jump over 2016. The 2016 seizures, in turn, marked a increase from the year before. Indeed, for each of the past three years, the state has steadily boosted inspections — and wound up grabbing more illegal...