Новости за 12.08.2018

Watch as Moto GP racer Tetsuta Nagashima puts on a masterclass in calmness.

Kamaru Usman will be flown out to Dallas, Texas, in the event of a last minute withdrawal in the UFC 228 main event.

A new has emerged from the shooting last night in Moss Side, Manchester. The clip shows the immediate aftermath of the shooting with police forming a line around one of the victims. Ten people were injured in the incident, including children as young as 12.

Mark Hughes insists Saints will not necessarily stick rigidly to one formation this season after a mid-game switch helped them take control of their opening day goalless draw with Burnley.

Say a fighter, any fighter, had posted an 11-1 UFC record at a certain weight class. Say that fighter also held a win over the current champion, and after banking 30 minutes of fight time with said champion, the series between the two was split 1-to-1 down the middle.

It might just be the necessary answer to win the NL West.

The Colorado Rockies are in a very interesting position leading up to October.

They’re just two and a half games out of the NL West lead, putting them in striking distance to win the division with 46 games to play. By no means are they the best team in baseball, however, as their -19 run differential is 17th in the Major Leagues. Using this figure, the Rockies have a 55-60 Pythagorean record, suggesting that their 61-55 record is about six wins inflated. Читать дальше...

Angela Davis isn’t a character in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” but her name rings out proudly. The scholar and revolutionary’s imprisonment lingers in the background of the film, and Black Student Union president Patrice Dumas (Laura Harrier) even sports a “Free Angela” button. Recently, we made the case on the “Shoot This Now” podcast that someone should make a feature film about Davis. You can listen on Apple or right here. Read the full article on The Wrap

At least 39 people, including 12 children, have been killed in a blast that brought down a building in the mainly rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib. The building in the town of Sarmada is said to have been an arms depot belonging to a trafficker. A member of the Idlib civil defence team said that "buildings full of civilians were reduced to rubble". Rescuers used bulldozers to remove the debris and pull out trapped people. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens are still missing. Читать дальше...

For the duration of #SelfCare — not quite a video game, yet full of gamified tasks — you will stay in bed. Created by Tru Luv, a studio founded by former Assassin’s Creed dev Brie Code and writer Eve Thomas, #SelfCare is a series of breathing or focus exercises. One activity has you piecing together words like “unfollow” or “overslept” by dragging letter blocks; another simply asks that you pet your virtual cat by rubbing the screen. The goal isn’t to win or achieve a high score, but rather reflect... Читать дальше...

The Government is allocating $240 million from the Provincial Growth Fund for two initiatives aimed at getting more trees planted as part of the One Billion Trees programme. A $118m grants scheme will ...

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The Department of Defense’s Office of the Inspector General released a report in September 2016 urging the Army to cancel the program due to “two years of delays, increased program costs, and an unjustified fielding plan.”

After years of delays and cost increases, the Army has officially pulled the plug on the XM25 Counter-Defilade Target Engagement System, the 25mm shoulder-fired airburst weapon lovingly nicknamed ‘The Punisher,’ Stars and Stripes reports. Читать дальше...

Dimetrodon and Eryops face off at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

The Watch Shrink.

'Eighth Grade' has topped $10 million domestic while 'Hotel Transylvania 3' is at $378 million worldwide.

Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the Seattle Seahawks’ season in the seventh of a series of 32 NFL team videos.

We’ve finally seen gameplay footage of Red Dead Redemption 2. Surprise, it’s got cowboys. Our ‘Shop Contest this week is all about figuring out where those cowboys go.

TIGER WOODS is firmly in the running for his first major since 2008 at the PGA Championship but how much is he worth?

Spending time in nature brings physical, mental and social benefits, new studies indicate.

Richard Rawlings, the television show host, energy drink impresario, and restaurateur, has tried his hand at drag racing and failed in gloriously impressive fashion. While racing against NHRA Top Fuel ace Leah Pritchett, Mr. Rawlings skidded into the left side k-rail of the makeshift track on Woodward Avenue in…

TEHRAN (FNA)- The ISIL and Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) are cooperating in carrying out joint excavations in Northern Idlib to plunder historical artifacts ahead of the Syrian Army operation in the region, a media outlet reported on Sunday.

Is spreading government agencies around the country a good idea? Such relocations have both costs and benefits and must be considered case by case. The proposal to relocate two groups of USDA employees is an example.

'Eighth Grade' has topped $10 million domestic while 'Hotel Transylvania 3' is at $378 million worldwide.

INTERNATIONAL -  Does the thought of owning Indiana Jones’s actual fedora from Raiders of the Lost Ark thrill you? How about Han Solo’s jacket? Well, if you’ve got a $1 million or more to spare, they, along with other rare movie memorabilia will arrive at auction on Sept. 20 in London. 

The Proteas would rather this final One-Day International be expunged from the record books, such was the calamitous nature of their play in a 178-run defeat against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday.

On August 12, Russia celebrates Air Force Day. Sporting a wide assortment of military aircraft, this branch of the Russian military remains ever-vigilant, ready to take on any enemy that threatens the country's borders.