Новости за 04.05.2016

Facebook users on Monday strongly lashed out at Nitish Kumar-led JDU's MLC Neeraj Kumar over 'double standards'.

The good news is that the worst El Niño in two decades is fading. The bad news is that it's likely to be replaced by La Niña.

Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev said unfavorable currency effects damaged net profit in the first quarter of the year.

BEIJING - China's military has sent a famed singer of patriotic anthems to perform before navy officers and construction workers on a newly created island in a disputed section of the South China Sea.

ENSCHEDE - Het wordt in de toekomst lastiger om een gebouw van historische waarde legaal te slopen. De gemeente Enschede maakt werk van de bescherming van haar cultuurhistorisch erfgoed binnen de gemeentegrenzen. Zij heeft daartoe een plan opgesteld dat het cultuurhistorisch erfgoed binnen bestaande bestemmingsplannen waarborgt.

By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Alberta raced to evacuate the entire population of Fort McMurray where an uncontrolled wildfire was taking hold in the heart of the country's oil sands region, with dry winds forecast for Wednesday that could fuel the blaze. Alberta appealed for military help to battle the fire and airlift people from the smoke-filled city after authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order for 80,000, but officials said army and air force assistance would take two days to arrive. Читать дальше...

ST. LOUIS - This time, the St. Louis Blues knew what to do with a two-goal lead. Go for more, more, more.

Sen. Bernie Sanders won Indiana’s Democratic primary Tuesday, giving his flagging presidential campaign ammunition to press forward and making plain front-runner Hillary Clinton’s persistent trouble unifying the party.

Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists, Troy Brouwer had a goal and assist and Brian Elliott was strong when he needed to be for the Blues in their first lopsided win of the postseason. Steen capped the period with a power-play goal, matching his postseason career high for goals in a game. Sceviour tapped in his own rebound for the Stars’ lone goal at 4:44 of the first. Nikita Kucherov tied it in the final minute of regulation, and Ryan Callahan, Victor Hedman and Vladislav Namestnikov also scored for the Lightning. Читать дальше...

Archie Thompson's last two games for Melbourne Victory will function as a prolonged farewell reminiscent of Australian music icon John Farnham, the club's chief executive says.

Hundreds packed into the Saint Stylianos Greek Orthodox Church in Gymea to remember Tina Kontozis, allegedly bashed to death with a cricket bat by her ex-partner.

ENSCHEDE - In Nederland zijn vorig jaar 126 antisemitische incidenten geregistreerd. Een daarvan vond plaats in Enschede. Een leverancier van croissants en berlinerbollen bracht bij een ruzie twee keer de Hitlergroet, zonder dat het consequenties had. ,,Het is een schande dat we dit anno 2016 laten passeren."

The Communication Workers Union is preparing to halt operations at the South African Post Office this week.

New car sales plunged last month by 13.2 percent to 26 077 units from the 30 026 new cars sold in April last year.

Tiger Brands is expected to report solid interim operating results despite the significant cost push resulting from rand weakness and the effects of the drought on soft commodity prices.

RMB Holdings has agreed to buy 25.01 percent of leading property group Atterbury as part of a new strategy aimed at further diversifying its earnings and creating shareholder value.

The report regarding the collapse of African Bank will be published on May 12, according to the SA Reserve Bank.

Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says South Africa has a robust monetary framework.

Listed property firm Octodec Investments plans cautious speculative refurbishment of some of the office buildings in its portfolio in an attempt to secure government leases.

The owner of Sportsmans Warehouse and Outdoor Warehouse says its total sales increased by 11.8 percent to R1.73 billion in the year to February.

Distribution and Warehousing Network says the implementation of its turnaround strategy has been severely impacted by several issues in the second half of its financial year to March.

The Barclays purchasing managers’ index reached 54.9 points in April, with all five of the PMI’s major subcomponents now above 50 points for the first time since August 2013.

Let’s talk about one of the most endangered species in South Africa, says Sechaba ka’Nkosi.

SILVERTON — Down by seven runs to Silverton going into the seventh, the Crescent Valley High bats came alive and the Raiders wound up with a big comeback win.