Новости за 04.05.2016

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In early winter, after most tourists have fled Alaska, another kind of visitor flies in: bald eagles, up to 4,000 of them.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In early winter, after most tourists have fled Alaska, another kind of visitor flies in: bald eagles, up to 4,000 of them.

In the world's largest congregation of bald eagles, they gather along the Chilkat River in southeast Alaska to feast on salmon carcasses washed downstream after spawning. Wildlife advocates are concerned that a possible mining project near a major tributary of the river could threaten the eagles. Haines is a commercial fishing and tourism town of 2,500 with an asset missing in most other southeast Alaska towns: a highway that climbs through nearby mountains to connect to the continental road system. Читать дальше...

He looks like a young Michael Jackson and he plays flyhalf like Breyton Paulse might have done if he had not been a wing, but Garth April is clearly is his own man.

OLDENZAAL - Björn Kuipers leid donderdag de return in de halve finale van de Europa League tussen titelverdediger Sevilla en Sjachtar Donetsk. Kuipers krijgt hulp van zijn vaste assistenten Sander van Roekel en Erwin Zeinstra. Het eerste duel in de halve finale vorige week in Oekraïne eindigde in een gelijkspel (2-2).

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri believes England's rich clubs will dominate the Premier League for the next two decades despite his team's unlikely run to their first top flight title.

But support for delay tactic falls along partisan lines.

To run the family business as a threesome took big adjustments for the Mouawad brothers but now they say there's no looking back.

The jeweler Mouawad is no stranger to reinvention but a pairing with Victoria's Secret was possibly its most bold.

An Italian court of appeal has shown some humanity and declared that people who steal food in order to stave off hunger should not be considered as having committed a crime.  Italy’s highest court of appeal ruled that people who are hungry in Italy have a fundamental right to access food – even if that means they steal it. Judges overturned a theft conviction against homeless man Roman Ostriakov, who had been prosecuted for stealing cheese and sausages worth €4.07  from a supermarket in 2015. BBC News reports... Читать дальше...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Industrial equipment maker Siemens AG reported net profit fell in the most recent quarter due to large one-time gains in the year earlier period.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Industrial equipment maker Siemens AG reported net profit fell in the most recent quarter due to large one-time gains in the year earlier period.

Shares in BHP are sinking fast following signs the Samarco disaster may cost more than first thought.

The Australia Council has had no reprieve from the budget, with funding for the country's premier arts and cultural body decreasing in real terms by $1.1 million after suffering major cuts last year.

It looks like he'll be fighting for the White House.

Leaving the EU would involve years of "complex and daunting" negotiations, peers warn, but Leave campaigners say it should only take two years.

– Discoveries were made after interception of Boko Haram logistics team – Troops also arrested member of the sect who escaped from detention – Soaps and some other materials were also recovered during the raid In its battle against Boko Haram in Nigeria’s north east, the Nigerian troops have made shocking discoveries after killing some […]

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will report its earnings Thursday for the fiscal fourth quarter that ended March 31, before the U.S. market opens. Here’s what you need to know.

Two national college baseball tournaments are in North Carolina.

AS if Tigers fans weren’t suffering enough, this week they’ve had Terry Wallace give them recruiting advice and Travis Cloke was linked to them. Here’s how Titus sees the round.

Chinese police are patrolling Italy to protect mainland tourists as part of a groundbreaking program, the SCMP reports.

– Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state described himself as a prophet who has never lost any battle – He predicted that Yahaya Bello, his Kogi state counterpart, would soon be removed from office – The governor stressed that he would rather die than shy away from the truth Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti state, […]

America's other First Family is going to Cuba.

SAN DIEGO - Andrew Cashner appeared to be off to another shaky start on Tuesday night. He recovered well enough to earn a win.