Новости за 09.03.2016

– The United Nations says it will sponsor 4,000 youths affected by the Boko Haram insurgency on vocational skills in 2016 – The country director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) stated that the measure was to enable them build capacity – He commended the Norwegian government for providing funds for the training  The United Nations […]

The impact on the EU referendum outcome will be limited, writes Sebastian Payne

LIDO DI CAMAIORE, Italy - American squad BMC Racing won the opening team trial stage at the Tirreno-Adriatico race on Wednesday, putting Daniel Oss into the leader's blue jersey.

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One major building materials retailer is out to help make tiny houses go mainstream. Curbed reports.

‘He was a true gentleman and like a second father to me,’ Paul McCartney wrote. ‘…he became a true friend to me and my family’

Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm discusses the Clinton strategy after losing the Michigan primary. Granholm also explains why Clinton needs to be "loud and vocal" on trades and job creation.

America's bull market in stocks is officially seven years old today. But the celebrations are being muted by the market's terrible start to the year and concerns about the outlook going forward.

BOERNE, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas school bus has flipped after going off a rain-slick road in a crash that left the driver and another adult on board slightly hurt. Sheriff's spokesman James Keith says the Boerne (BER'-nee) Independent School District bus was on its morning route when the driver lost control on a curve, the vehicle went off the road and overturned.

With its permanently growing demands, Turkey is blackmailing the EU over the migrant crisis, Vojtech Filip, leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, commented on the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels.

The assembly of Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket carrying an advanced Resurs-P Earth remote sensing satellite has been completed, Russian Roscosmos state corporation said in a statement on Wednesday.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday termed as an "anti-minority legislation"a bill on enemy property introduced by the government in the Lok Sabha.

His decision to change his technique didn't bear fruit and Sri Lankan batsman Dinesh Chandimal said he is now reverting back to his old technique to do well in the ICC World T20.

NPR's Kelly McEvers spoke with Jelani Cobb, who has charted the genesis and evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement.

The government of India and Afghanistan signed 12 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday as India pledged $20.4 million in fresh development aid to Afghanistan. The MoUs were signed by the Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra and a number of the Afghan cabinet ministers, in the presence of Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah. Welcoming Read the full article...

India cut the royalties paid by local firms for Monsanto's genetically modified cotton seeds by nearly 70 percent on Wednesday, ignoring a threat by the world's biggest seed company to leave if it did.

Since Street View went international in 2008, its portfolio has expanded to include digital postcards of the suburbs, museums, tourist attractions, and natural landmarks in 48 regions and counting.

The gang responsible for pulling off the £14 million Hatton Garden jewel heist, the biggest burglary in English history, have been jailed for a total of 34 years.

Maria Menounos just got engaged to her longtime love Keven Undergaro while making an appearance on The Howard Stern Show on Wednesday (March 9)! “Although I said that this isn’t a proposal I want to ask you something, Maria,” Keven said. “Will you make me the happiest man on Earth?” “Are you freaking kidding me [...]

During a total solar eclipse, the moon blocks out the entire disc of the sun. But as we know, the moon isn't a perfectly round, perfectly smooth, mass. It's pocked with craters and crags.

ENSCHEDE - Een bijzondere week voor Vanessa Evers, hoogleraar Robotica aan de Universiteit Twente. Niet alleen behoort de wetenschapper volgens Inspiring Fifty tot de 50 meest inspirerende Europese vrouwen die zich bezighouden met technologie, ze is ook opgenomen in de door Opzij en TheNextWomen samengestelde lijst van 25 vrouwen die het verschil maken in de digitale wereld. 

The Philippines plans to lease five military aircraft from Japan for maritime patrols in the South China Sea, the Southeast Asian nation’s President Benigno Aquino said Wednesday.

"I still think these guys are out of the woods," Jim Cramer says of Chipotle after the chain’s latest health scare.

A former False Bay petrol attendant has received three suspended prison sentences for fraudulent offences related to bank card cloning.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Officials have confirmed the presence of a disease that kills hibernating bats at a state park in northern Minnesota.