Новости за 24.05.2016

A high-ranking Brazilian minister has stepped down after audio emerged of him plotting with others to bring down President Dilma Rousseff's administration.

A mother who learned she had cancer months too late for her to sue the hospital that diagnosed her wants to allow future patients to sue.

As anyone who saw her show-stopping performance of Queen's "The Show Must Go On" at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night has...

The cities will host the championship in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively. All three will have new or newly renovated stadiums for the games.

The daughter of Medhat Tanious, a Canadian passenger aboard the EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea last Thursday, remembers her father as a selfless, forgiving man and an avid world traveller who put the needs of others before his own.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy ensured that running back Eddie Lacy’s physical condition would be a running storyline this offseason when he said shortly after the team’s playoff loss to the Cardinals that Lacy “cannot play at the weight he did” in 2016. There were varying reports and responses from the Packers about how much of…

By Matt Spetalnick and Martin Petty HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama chided Vietnam on political freedoms on Tuesday after critics of its communist-run government were prevented from meeting him in Hanoi, a discordant note on a trip otherwise steeped in amity between the former foes. Tens of thousands turned out to welcome Obama on the second leg of his visit, Ho Chi Minh City, which was called Saigon until April 1975 when North Vietnamese tanks rolled in to bring... Читать дальше...

Cowboys guard Ronald Leary is staying away from the team’s organized team activity (OTA) practices because he wants to be traded, per multiple reports. Leary signed his restricted free-agent tender worth $2.553 million in hopes of facilitating a trade, possibly during the draft, and the Cowboys took some calls from interested teams. But no deal…

The reinvention of Joey Barton continues and Rangers can profit from his drive and know-how, writes Richard Wilson.

LOS ANGELES — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia and his push to make the party more inclusive could get “messy” but asserts in an interview with the Associated Press: “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle.” The Vermont senator, campaigning Monday ahead of California’s primary against Hillary Clinton, said his supporters hope the party will adopt a platform at the summer convention that reflects the needs of working families... Читать дальше...

Many online retailers promise price protection to customers, but after making a purchase, few shoppers take the time to compare prices across the Web and file claims for partial refunds.

BI Intelligence

Beacons are one of the most important new in-store technologies. These small, inexpensive pieces of hardware, which communicate with smartphone apps via Bluetooth, are helping brick-and-mortar retailers enhance customer loyalty, gather data about their customers, and provide an entry point for in-store shoppers to become more digitally engaged.

As the devices begin to go mainstream, brands and retailers in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) market stand to see the biggest lift from beacon programs. Читать дальше...

 – President Buhari will commission the launch of the Calabar Monorail  – Cross Rivers governor Ben Ayade made the announcement earlier today  – The governor made infrastructure one of his main policy pledges during his election campaign Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state has announced that the Calabar Monorail is set to be commissioned by […]

Queues reached five miles long.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), a leading voice for the reform of marijuana laws in the United States, became the first sitting member of Congress in recent history to admit to medical marijuana use.

We know very little about the mysterious race of creatures called the White Walkers, but in the fifth episode of season 6, we finally learned how they came to be. Through Bran's vision, fans were able to watch as the first of their kind was created. Here's everything we know about one of the biggest threats to the realm so far.

A spokesman for Ohio's attorney general says the state will appeal a judge's ruling that a law trimming early voting is unconstitutional. On Tuesday, a federal judge sided with Democrats on that claim but ruled in the state's favor on other challenged policies in the case. Ohio's elections chief is disappointed by a federal judge's ruling that the state's law trimming early voting is unconstitutional. On Tuesday, a federal judge sided with Democrats on that claim but ruled in the state's favor on other challenged policies in the case. Читать дальше...

Police have outlined the charges brought against eight Eastern Cape municipal officials accused of fraud and corruption involving the theft of taxpayer money.

The sun is out, and whether you mean to or not, you're going to get a little color this summer. While a healthy dose of vitamin D and a subsequent tan never hurt anyone (we feel...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s president on Tuesday approved a new government formed by one of his most trusted allies, who immediately asserted the intention to institute constitutional reforms that would expand the powers of the presidency. Many fear the system that Erdogan seeks will concentrate too many powers in the hands of the Turkish strongman, who has adopted an increasingly authoritarian style of governing, has cracked down on media and government critics and is accused of meddling in the running... Читать дальше...

The actor played a real life superhero when he saved an 11-year-old from getting crushed by a mob of fans in Spain.

COPPELL, Texas (AP) — Retail gasoline prices have spiked across Texas this week going into the Memorial Day weekend to an average of $2.07 per gallon, seven cents more than last week's average.