Новости за 04.05.2016

Senior EU officials have decided to block CK Hutchison’s multibillion-dollar purchase of Telefónica’s British mobile operator O2, paving the way for the bloc’s 28 commissioners to sign off on the decision.

Goa`s former education minister and unattached legislator Atanasio alias Babush Monserrate has been booked for allegedly raping a minor girl from his assembly constituency, police sources said on Wednesday.

The Tomah Regional High School Rodeo and Junior High Rodeo returns to Tomah's Recreation Park for a third year.

The vice presidential pick could prove to be as unexpected and unorthodox as the rest of the billionaire businessman's insurgent campaign.

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Not to brag, but I keep pretty impressive company.

Some of my closest friends include a self-sufficient single woman on track to be chief learning officer at her company who ran 30 marathons and became a homeowner before turning 30; a self-motivated overachiever who is breaking barriers in the tech industry advocating for diversity and women's inclusion with some of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley by her side; and a sustainability and social responsibility guru who... Читать дальше...

A 20-year-old woman who tried to sell her baby on the Gumtree website for R5 000 was sentenced to three years house arrest.

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This March, Facebook handed over a $10,000 check to someone too young to sign up for a Facebook account.

The 10 year-old — a kid in Finland known only as Jani because, you know, he's a child — uncovered a security flaw in Instagram back in February, BuzzFeed News confirmed with Facebook. According to reports, it took just a few lines of code to delete anyone's comments on the service. "I would have been able to eliminate anyone, even Justin Bieber," is what... Читать дальше...

Abby Wambach, retired U.S. Women's Soccer star, has been hired by ESPN to serve as an analyst and podcast host.

SEOUL, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors raided the Seoul district tax office and bar association on Wednesday amid an escalating lobbying scandal involving the head of the South Korean cosmetics brand Nature Republic. The Seoul Central District Prosec

"Nevada will be a key battleground up and down the ballot in 2016."

Gold futures extended losses to settle lower Wednesday as a rebound in the U.S. dollar pressured the precious metal. The greenback had earlier slid on weak employment data but has recovered to edge higher. The private sector added 156,000 jobs in April, according to Automatic Data Processing Inc., missing the 193,000 projected by economists. A stronger buck works against metals denominated in the dollar as it makes them more expensive. June gold fell $17.40, or 1.4% to settle at 1,274.40.

Crude oil futures headed firmly lower Wednesday afternoon, reversing an early sharp advance, as a higher-than-expected build in inventories, particularly gasoline, reignited worries about a supply glut.

The University of Waterloo, in Ontario, has become a magnet for recruiters at Google parent Alphabet, Electronic Arts and Amazon, who seek the school’s entrepreneurially minded engineering graduates.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Thousands of Congolese attended the funeral of Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Thousands of Congolese attended the funeral of Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba.

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The European central bank announced on Wednesday that it would permanently stop production of the 500-euro note, worth about $575 at current rates, and stop issuing the notes around the end of 2018, when a new series of 100- and 200-euro notes goes into distribution.

"It has been decided to end in a permanent manner the production of 500-euro bills," European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said after a meeting in Frankfurt, after "taking into account the worry that those... Читать дальше...

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The first few years after college can be the launching pad for the rest of your career — it's why successful people often advise young people to start doing what they love as soon as they can.

But while some tech geniuses and business tycoons took this route to success, finding the optimal career path right away is easier said than done for many, and others found career bliss many years down the road.

To show that no two paths to success are alike... Читать дальше...

UK Prime Minister David Cameron said leaving the European Union would not be "a good deal for Britain."

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PASCO, Wash., May 4 (UPI) -- A listeria outbreak, which has left several people hospitalized, has prompted a huge nationwide recall of frozen foods.

Happy Trails Resort is a doggie daycare in Norfolk, Virginia, that features a pool for dogs. It also offers boarding and grooming services for the dogs. 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It could be Woodstock 47 years later, only the drug of choice might be antacid, not that other stuff, at an October concert featuring some of the greatest rock acts of the preceding generation.

Seymour Hersh doesn’t want your pity. The legendary investigative journalist sat before a packed room at the main branch of the New York Public Library on Tuesday with his legs stretched out and his hands behind his head, holding court as he tossed out explosive scoops and rumors like candy. Hersh, famous for uncovering stories from torture at Abu Ghraib to the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, spoke about his critics, the state of media, and his new book, “The Killing of Osama bin Laden.”

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