Новости за 30.06.2016

Bernard Tomic has been criticised over his use of the word "retard" during a Wimbledon press conference.

The leaders of Canada, Mexico and the US are meeting today in Ottawa for the annual North American Leaders’ Summit. Meanwhile, TransCanada, the Canadian corporation behind the infamous Keystone XL, has filed a lawsuit against the US government for rejecting its proposed pipeline.

Why the PGA Tour and the European Tour don’t see eye-to-eye on the future of golf.

Visa Inc. filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday, claiming the retailer secretly began testing a protocol that eliminated the need for signature verifications for transactions paid for with a Visa debit card. The lawsuit comes about a month after Wal-Mart had sued Visa, saying the payments network operator was resisting the use of personal identification numbers (PINs) by customers for purchases made on debit cards at Walmart stores.

The first UK statue honouring a black woman is to be unveiled in the garden of St Thomas' Hospital in London later.

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On Tuesday, two transgender women made U.S. history as the first to win congressional primaries.

The two women, who coincidentally have the same first name and little political experience, are also both running in conservative-heavy areas. 

In Utah, former grocery store clerk and 30-year-old Democrat Misty K. Snow will be running against current Senator Mike Lee for Senate.

In Colorado's 5th congressional district, 33-year-old IT consultant and "anti-politician" Misty Plowright... Читать дальше...

Jim Cramer spotted a type of serenity in the market, and explains what it could mean to all portfolios.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate passes financial rescue package for debt-stricken Puerto Rico, sends it to Obama.

ELLSWORTH, Wis. (AP) — Jurors have acquitted a woman accused of texting before a 2013 crash that killed her daughter and two nieces in western Wisconsin.

NEW YORK — The Atlanta Braves are scheduled to open SunTrust Park on April 13 against the San Diego Padres, according to a copy of the team’s preliminary schedule obtained by The Associated Press. The 2017 schedule, which is tentative and subject to change, has the Braves opening the season with a three-game series at

A Texas mom who killed her two daughters had recently tried to ground the older one so she couldn’t see her boyfriend, police said.

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Some people have no limits when it comes to capturing the perfect shot.

Turkey pays a price for the slow campaign against Islamic State.

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Brazil's Senate could take its final vote on the impeachment of suspended President Dilma Rousseff the day before the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday.

Senate President Renan Calheiros told journalists the final vote in Rousseff's impeachment trial was scheduled for around Aug. 20. If she is found guilty of breaking budgetary rules to help win re-election, Brazil's first female leader would be permanently replaced by interim President Michel Temer... Читать дальше...

Firefighters brought down 8 passengers safely to the ground.

After two consecutive years of fielding persistent criticism over the ubiquitous whiteness of its Academy Award nominees — criticism that was most visibly expressed via the #OscarsSoWhite Twitter hashtag and subsequent boycotts of the 2016 ceremony — the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is actively trying to diversify its membership.

FILE - In this March 8, 2014 file photo, Australia's Sally Pearson clears a hurdle in her 60m hurdles semi-final during the Athletics World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland. Hurdles gold medalist Pearson has reportedly withdrawn from the Olympics in…

The Latest on the Olympics ahead of the Rio Games (all times local to Rio):

U.S.-led coalition aircraft waged a series of deadly strikes against Islamic State around the city of Falluja on Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, with one official citing a preliminary estimate of at least 250 fighters killed and at least 40 vehicles destroyed.

Saturday at 9: A powerful politician, a forbidden affair -- did he love her to death?

IMF said that Brexit could have a negative impact on Germany’s economic outlook.

US President Barack Obama has warned against isolationist tendencies in America and elsewhere, calling it "the wrong medicine" to fix legitimate concerns about globalization.

A bid to reopen the Tee Pee Restaurant in Tomah has fallen through, and the prospective buyer said the building is set to be demolished.