Новости за 10.02.2018

‘Bout 15 years ago the Mrs & I quit our jobs for 18 months backpacking around the world
The first part was sn organized overland trip round South America where we spent sometime travelling with a Scottish vet called Elaine before going our sepaate ways

Fast fed 6 months we are in Lijiang China only to meet Elaine wandering through the same streets

Fast forward another 3 months we meet again by chance this time in Exmouth Western Australia

I know the backpacker... Читать дальше...

Odell Beckham Jr. is celebrating 10 million Instagram followers.

In an Instagram post, the actress sent her best wishes to her ex-manager, who killed herself Wednesday, and her family.

Instagram sensation Jen Selter may have nearly 12 million followers, but, as she revealed to The Post, she wasn’t exactly given star treatment during an American Airlines flight two weeks ago. The “belfie” icon, who shot to fame thanks to social-media photos showing off her ample posterior, was kicked off a New York-bound plane from...

Instagram sensation Jen Selter may have nearly 12 million followers, but, as she revealed to The Post, she wasn’t exactly given star treatment during an American Airlines flight two weeks ago. The “belfie” icon, who shot to fame thanks to social-media photos showing off her ample posterior, was kicked off a New York-bound plane from...

SEATTLE (AP) — A woman who authorities say drove over the son of a Seattle police officer in January 2017 was sentenced to more than four years in prison. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports 24-year-old Ka'Deidre Rials was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty last month to felony hit-and-run, identity theft and vehicle prowling. Authorities say 22-year-old Moises Radcliffe was killed after he was struck and dragged by an SUV driven by Rials. Authorities say Radcliffe had discovered his vehicle was burglarized... Читать дальше...

Berlin (dpa) - Nach den Herren sind auch die Damen des Deutschen Hockey-Bundes (DHB) in das Endspiel der Hallen-Weltmeisterschaft in Berlin eingezogen. Am Abend rangen die deutschen Damen die starken Weißrussinnen 3:2 (1:1) nieder. Im Damen-Finale geht es am Sonntag (13.30 Uhr) gegen Titelverteidiger Niederlande, der die Ukraine 6:1 (4:0) bezwang. Die deutschen Herren setzten sich am Samstag sicher mit 6:2 (3:1) gegen Iran durch. Sie treffen am Sonntag (15.00 Uhr/Sport 1) auf Österreich, das Australien 2:1 (1:1) besiegte.

CANTON, Ohio. – The Trevecca Nazarene University men's basketball team (4-21, 3-14 G-MAC) fell 74-71, to Malone University (19-7, 12-6 G-MAC) on Saturday in Osborne Hall.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Thousands rallied Saturday at an annual social justice march that began 11 years ago in North Carolina and focused this year on protecting voting rights and ending gerrymandering. Arlene Thomas of Burlington told The News & Observer of Raleigh that she attended the "Moral March on Raleigh" on Saturday despite the rain because the 2016 election turned the formerly apolitical 68-year-old into an activist. "You just can't sit at home and complain," said Thomas, who also marched in 2017. Читать дальше...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Venus Williams defeated Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-4 Saturday, giving the United States an opening victory in its Fed Cup title defense. Williams broke five straight times to overcome a shaky serve. The players exchanged breaks in the first five games of the second set. CoCo Vandeweghe of the U.S. faces Richel Hogenkamp later Saturday in second singles of this best-of-five series in the top team event of women's tennis. Serena Williams is to return Sunday after more than a year away from the game. Читать дальше...

CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — While world-class Olympic athletes compete in South Korea, teams with names like the "Trophy Husbands," ''Frozen Boogers" and "Nothing to Luge" are holding their own winter competition in Maine to see who's fastest down an old-fashioned toboggan chute. The two-day National Toboggan Championships got underway Saturday with more than 350 teams competing on the Camden Snow Bowl's 400-foot-long chute, which was built in the 1930s. The event gives adults a chance to go back in time by riding wooden toboggans... Читать дальше...

L'espoir de retrouver des survivants du séisme qui a frappé Taïwan cette semaine s'est encore amenuisé vendredi, alors que les secouristes ont trouvé d'autres corps dans les ruines : les dépouilles d'un couple de canadiens.

PSG went 13 points clear atop Ligue 1 with a narrow victory at Toulouse, courtesy of Neymar's 19th league goal of the season. Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery has ruled veteran midfielder Thiago Motta out of his starting XI for next week's Champions League round-of-16 first-leg clash away at Real Madrid and possibly out of the squad as well. The Spaniard was facing a headache ahead of the Santiago Bernabeu showdown with Motta, Lassana Diarra, Giovani Lo Celso and Adrien Rabiot all possibilities... Читать дальше...

JOHANNESBURG – Heinrich Klaasen wore the cloak of a hero at the Wanderers on Saturday night as South Africa pulled off a stunning five-wicket victory over India that kept alive their hopes of drawing the six-match ODI series, while also maintaining their unbeaten record when clad in pink.

YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists have freed three university lecturers and 10 women who it had kidnapped in separate raids last year, Nigeria's government said Saturday. The academics were abducted by the Nigeria-based Islamic militants while conducting oil prospect evaluations in the Lake Chad area on behalf of Nigerian National Petroleum last year, said presidential spokesman Garba Shehu. Some of their colleagues were killed during the 2017 kidnapping. The 10 women were kidnapped in a... Читать дальше...

Serena Williams had a very special guest cheering her on at the Fed Cup on Saturday: 5-month-old daughter Alexis Olympia.

President Trump blasted Democrats in Congress for immigration deadlock in a Saturday tweet. “Republicans want to fix DACA far more than the Democrats do,” he posted at 1:50 pm. “The Dems had all three branches of government back in 2008-2011, and they decided not to do anything about DACA. They only want to use it...

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police have identified a 36-year-old city firefighter who is accused of entering fire stations and stealing from fellow firefighters, sometimes after setting trash fires to keep crews away. Ryan Donahue remains jailed after being arrested Friday on suspicion of theft, arson, burglary and criminal damage. Online court records don't indicate whether Donahue has an attorney who could comment on the allegations. Police say surveillance and tips led to the arrest of Donahue, an... Читать дальше...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel declined to comment on Saturday on a Polish law that imposes jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust, saying she did not want to wade into Poland's internal affairs. The law would impose prison sentences of up to three years for using the phrase "Polish death camps" and for suggesting "publicly and against the facts" that the Polish nation or state was complicit in Nazi Germany's crimes. "Without directly interfering in the legislation in Poland... Читать дальше...