Новости за 12.08.2018

GHAZNI, Afghanistan – The fight for the embattled eastern Afghan city of Ghazni entered its 3rd day as Taliban militants and security forces engaged in heavy clashes on Sunday, August 12 after Kabul vowed the city was firmly under government control.

Campaigners from Index on Censorship have sent books from left-wing bookshop Bookmarks to three UKIP members involved in a protest there at the weekend. Read the full article.

Jimmy Kimmel asked the rapper if he thought Trump cared about black people or indeed "any people at all," during his Thursday-night appearance. West appeared to take a long pause, leaving Kimmel to cut to an advertising break.

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• Kanye West has responded to reports that he was left stumped by a question about Donald Trump on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", which aired on Thursday night.
• Kimmel asked the rapper whether he thought the president cared about black people or "any people at all."
• West took a long pause before the host cut to an advertising break.
• Taking to Twitter, West said he "wasn’t given a chance to answer the question."
• West upset people this year by declaring support for Trump... Читать дальше...

Premier league pacesetters Canberra FC proved too strong but a draw between Cooma and Belconnen was enough for Tuggeranong.

Salman Khurshid said that this was "strategically" the best thing the Congress could have done to ensure that the BJP is not successful in creating gaps between the Opposition parties as they work towards an alliance.

Former Congressman Ed Case emerged from a crowded field on Saturday to win the Democratic Party primary to represent Honolulu in Congress. The 65-year-old fiscal conservative defeated five other major … Click to Continue »

Major League Soccer: Jozy Altidore (9') Toronto FC 0-0 New York City FC

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes his players have to summon the spirit of Rocky Balboa if they are to close the gap to defending Premier League champions Manchester City. The Reds boss chose to reference the plot of Rocky IV in his response to how his side would go about bridging last season’s 25-point deficit […]

  The Arsenal Anniversary Files Note about today: I don’t normally do lots of crowing about our ability to predict who will be a great player for Arsenal, mostly because most of the time we are wrong. Latest article published by the Arsenal History Society Arsenal in March 1925: The run of consecutive defeats ends, but recovery is slight Below are the Arsenal (and for historical context, occasionally one or two non-Arsenal) anniversaries for today taken from the complete files of over... Читать дальше...

By James O’Connor Rory Milne (Faithlegg) has made history as he retained the Munster Boys U17 title shooting a 68 (-3) to win by one shot at Roscrea Golf Club in Co. Tipperary. After winning the event in Kinsale last year, the Waterford native became the first golfer to win the age-grade event twice, doing […]

Ivan Cleary is happy to talk up the Tigers' finals chances, but less so the week's circus after again refusing to take questions on the Penrith approach.

Le CIUSSS de l'Est de l'île de Montréal déploiera cet automne un programme de formation de ses 1200 préposés à l'« approche relationnelle de soins », qui devrait aider à diminuer les antipsychotiques et les incidents malheureux dûs à l'agressivité ou au mal-être des personnes atteintes de démence.

A VERY good friend of mine, Patrick, who teaches the Alexander Technique for correct posture and movement, loves to tell me tales of would-be clients who turn up at his home surgery complaining of back and neck pains.

British author Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, a famously outspoken Nobel laureate who wrote on the traumas of post-colonial change, has died at the age of 85.

Klempner, Heizungsinstallateure und Co. dringend gesucht: Fehlende Fachkräfte und der Baulandmangel in Ballungszentren bremsen nach Einschätzung der KfW den Bau neuer Wohnungen. Die wichtigste Ursache für Engpässe auf dem Wohnungsmarkt seien nicht zu langsame Genehmigungen der Kommunen oder zu wenige Bauwillige. Eine zentrale Rolle spielten vielmehr Kapazitätsengpässe in der Bauwirtschaft — zunehmend ausgelöst durch Fachkräftemangel, heißt es in einer Studie der staatlichen Förderbank. „In den... Читать дальше...

Three Democrats and 12 Republicans have sponsored the bill thus far.

Three Democrats and 12 Republicans have sponsored the bill thus far.

The record direct order worth €274 million, for the 10-year management of a new facility at St Vincent de Paul Residence for the elderly, appears to be in breach of both local and EU public procurement laws. The government has kept the contract it awarded to James Caterers and Malta Healthcare Company, a subsidiary of the Seabank db Group, under wraps and has refused calls to publish it. However, prominent commercial lawyers have told The Sunday Times of Malta that from what has been published so far... Читать дальше...

Humanity's first visit to a star began this weekend. NASA's Parker Solar Probe will explore the sun's atmosphere in a mission that launched early Sunday. This is the agency's first mission to the sun and its outermost atmosphere, the corona. After being delayed on Saturday, the probe successfully launched at 3:31 a.m. ET Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket, one of the world's most powerful rockets. Although the probe itself is about the size of a car... Читать дальше...

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation decided to initiate the sealing drive after September 29 in the light of an EPCA circular recommending that polluting units be made to use only select fuels approved and notified by the Delhi government.

The gap in experience between the remaining four men competing for the Rogers Cup was vast. Atop the tree—in Toronto and in the world—was the 32-year-old No1 Rafael Nadal, owner of three Rogers Cup titles, aiming for his 80th career title, and hoping to extend his record of Masters titles to 33. The other three […]

Super Eagles superstar William Troost-Ekong has dedicated his first goal 2018-19 Turkish League season to his son, Oscar. He scored Bursaspor's only goal in their 2-1 defeat to Fenerbache in their Turkish Super League opener.

Amitabh Bachchan remembers mother Teji Bachchan in an emotional note and said she was the one who introduced her to films, music and theatre.