Новости за 11.11.2015

The four police officers accused of murdering a suspected criminal in Krugersdorp have received overwhelming support.

As part of its prolonged turnaround effort in the U.S., McDonald's Corporation announced Tuesday that it would increase spending to buy back shares and accrue a “meaningful” amount of additional debt in order to send more cash to shareholders. Additionally, CEO Steve Easterbrook also laid to rest speculation that the company would put its real estate assets into a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) -- a move that many investors had called for.

Last year scuffles broke out at a number of stores across the UK as huge crowds grappled for cut-price televisions and other big-ticket items.

For the Kings, this was not even close to being as smooth as they were during their seven-game winning streak last month. But it was not nearly as bumbling as their performance in a one-sided loss to the Arizona Coyotes in the second game of the regular season.Tuesday's progress report landed somewhere...

Lenders criticised for lack of innovation for the retirement market

Chris Knapman and Rebecca Jackson choose the best 'luxury-that-money-can-buy' car of 2015 in their new series

Diwali is widely celebrated by Hindus across the world today - with food, family and fireworks. But this year new mother Vishva Samani is starting to realise that women (and mums in particular) are the festival's key ingredient

Chris Knapman and Rebecca Jackson choose the best sports car of 2015 in their new series

Chris Knapman and Rebecca Jackson choose the best sports car of 2015 in their new series

Aditi Gorur, Lisa Sharland

Security, Africa

A year and a half after deployment, UN forces still face serious challenges in supporting a political solution to the conflict.

The kidnapping and assassination of senior political figures in Bangui in recent weeks, along with a number of violent intercommunal reprisals and attacks on peacekeepers, have sparked concerns the Central African Republic’s capital may be about to descend into yet another cycle of devastating sectarian violence. Читать дальше...

Ivan Plis

Politics,

Realism and religion both acknowledge the limits and dangers of humanity's violent tendencies.

Last week, The American Conservative hosted a half-day conference on foreign policy “Realism & Restraint,” together with George Washington University’s political science department and the Charles Koch Institute. One of its panels was dedicated entirely to “What Religion Means for U.S. Foreign Policy”: a timely recognition of religion’s role in the global anarchy of 2015. Читать дальше...

Robert A. Manning

Politics, Asia

With elections coming in January, will the Xi-Ma encounter reinforce stability or be the harbinger of new cross-Strait tensions?

It was an unusually creative gesture for Xi Jinping to agree to an unprecedented meeting with Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou, the first such meeting between mainland and Taiwan heads of government in sixty-six years. Some even suggested a parallel with Richard Nixon’s opening to China in 1972.

But when the dust settled in Singapore... Читать дальше...

Lester Tenney

Security,

The Japanese tortured me. The American government refused me restitution.

For seventy years I dealt with my PTSD by looking forward, or as I say, “for the next carabao.” This is how I learned to survive the Bataan Death March and over three years of brutal captivity on the Philippines and Japan. It is a lesson I like to share.

After the surrender of Bataan to the Japanese in April 1942, 70,000 American and Filipino troops began a sixty-five-mile forced march up the Bataan Peninsula. Читать дальше...

Some relationships end amicably, some end mutually—and some, of course, flame out spectacularly. Jennifer Wright, author of It Ended Badly, walks mental_floss through some of the worst breakups in history.

In a year dominated by heated debate over police use of force, the Los Angeles Police Department has seen a significant uptick in the number of times officers have fired their guns.

Crews at it again

Lots to think about here with the salty, savory flavor of the greens cooked with bacon, the sweetness of pork chops and the rich texture of the dish.

Is Frank Underwood a fan of online shopping in China? We couldn’t possibly comment.

Paula Radcliffe accused the World Anti-Doping Agency of failing to do its job properly following the release of the Wada independent commission's report.

Chelsea fear Eden Hazard will be called as one of Eva Carneiro’s star witnesses when her claim against the club for constructive dismissal is heard next year.