Новости за 01.07.2016

The chancellor’s budget surplus target was designed to be broken, writes Chris Giles

Praying in the streets.

Daniel J. Graeber
OSLO, Norway, July 1 (UPI) -- Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries altered their behavior to limit the role of U.S. shale oil producers, a Norwegian paper found.

HONG KONG (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers took to the southern Chinese city's streets for an annual pro-democracy protest march Friday, as tensions persisted over the high-profile case of a bookseller secretly detained in the mainland.

Hot on the heels of a messy split and a tell-all open letter penned by her ex Atandwa Kani, OPW host Thembisa Mdoda has reportedly found love.

Donald Trump’s Pittsburgh speech lambasting free trade deals may be a sign of where the future of the Republican — and Democratic — party is headed.

Around 300 people were involved in violence sparked after an altercation between officers and an elderly Chinese man who was stopped leaving the factory with a baby in his arms.

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On July 1, 1941 at 2:29 p.m, the first television commercial appeared on screens in the US.

The shaky, 10-second spot for Bulova, a New York based watch company, aired right before a Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies baseball game and cost $9.

Here's the commercial:

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Russia men's quadruple sculls team was disqualified from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics for a doping violation, and replaced by New Zealand on Thursday.

JACKSON, Miss. — The Latest on Mississippi’s religious objections bill (all times local): 10:50 a.m. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he doesn’t know if his office will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that blocked a state law dealing with religious objections to gay marriage. Hood is the only Democrat in statewide office, and his

A Durban woman told the court how difficult it was to cope after the baby she thought she had adopted was taken away by police.

– Messi has announced his retirement from international football – The Argentina star is yet to speak publicly since announcing his decision – Ronaldo has reacted to Messi’s decision Brazil legend Ronaldo de Lima hopes that Messi reneges on his retirement from international football. Argentina captain Lionel Messi has called it quits with international football after Argentina’s Copa […]

The European Central Bank isn't debating whether to change the rules governing purchases of government debt under its quantitative-easing plan, Reuters reported Friday. A Bloomberg report on Thursday said officials had discussed moving away from the current rules, which require the ECB to buy government debt in proportion to each country's size due to worries about a shortage of eligible German debt. The Reuters report, citing unnamed sources, said several other changes would be considered before... Читать дальше...

Robbie stars alongside Alexander Skarsgard in the new movie.

LONDEN (ANP) - De Bank of England (BoE) wil banken meer financiële ruimte bieden voor het verstrekken van kredieten door de kapitaaleisen wat te versoepelen. De centrale bank hoopt zo de gevolgen van de keuze van het Britse volk om de Europese Unie te verlaten, binnen de perken te houden.

It's been rocky for Iggy Azalea's love life as of late, but she's forging ahead with a little help from her fans.  The four-time Grammy nominee has been embroiled in a...

Turkish authorities have blamed Islamic State jihadists for yesterday's assault on Ataturk airport.

For Serbian tennis player Victor Troicki, this year's Wimbledon tournament unfolded like this: game, set ... meltdown.

"Failed It!" by Erik Kessels / Phaidon

Amid a sea of messages that tell us to shoot for perfection, one book says to embrace mistakes instead. And it is liberating.

"Failed It!" by Dutch artist, designer, and curator Erik Kessels is an inspiration guide for young creatives and professionals that aims to take the fear out of failure. The part-photo, part-self-help book draws from over 150 visual examples of epic mistakes from Kessels' personal collection of art and found photographs. Читать дальше...

Het Openbaar Ministerie maakte gisteren bekend niets te zien in de vervolging van oud top-ambtenaar Joris Demmink voor seksueel misbruik van jongens. Er is volgens het OM 'geen enkel bewijs' gevonden. Hiermee is de zaak tegen Demmink echter nog niet definitief over. Het moet nog blijken of een rechtszaak nu definitief van de baan is.

De elfde editie van het Zeeuwse festival Concert at Sea is losgebarsten op de Brouwersdam. De regen weerhoudt de festivalbezoekers er niet van massaal naar Zeeland te komen. Verslaggevers Sanne Riepema en Suzanne Borgdorff brachten verslag uit vanaf het festivalterrein. Douwe Bob, Typhoon, Guus Meeuwis en Faithless waren de hoofdacts op de eerste festivaldag. Lees het live blog hier terug.

De elfde editie van het Zeeuwse festival Concert at Sea is losgebarsten op de Brouwersdam. Het wisselvallige weer deerde de festivalbezoekeres niet massaal naar Zeeland te komen. Verslaggevers Sanne Riepema en Suzanne Borgdorff brachten verslag uit vanaf het festivalterrein. Douwe Bob, Typhoon, Guus Meeuwis en Faithless waren de hoofdacts op de eerste festivaldag. Lees het live blog hier terug.

Het festival Concert at Sea dat vandaag en morgen plaatsvindt op de Brouwersdam in Zeeland, is begonnen met regenachtig en winderig weer. Verslaggevers Sanne Riepema en Suzanne Borgdorff brengen verslag uit vanaf het festivalterrein. Douwe Bob, Typhoon, Guus Meeuwis en Faithless zijn de hoofdacts op de eerste festivaldag.