Добавить новость
smi24.net
World News in Dutch
Сентябрь
2016

Новости за 15.09.2016

'Ouderen hebben moeite met digitale geldzaken'

Tubantia 

Een groeiende groep Nederlanders heeft moeite grip te houden op de eigen financiën. Dat komt doordat steeds minder instanties papieren rekeningen en brieven versturen. Met name ouderen raken daardoor het overzicht kwijt van wat er binnen komt, maar vooral op wat er uit gaat.

New Zealand Court Makes First Human-Trafficking Conviction

International Business Times 

A New Zealand court on Thursday found a man guilty of exploiting Fijian workers in the country's first human-trafficking conviction. The case brought to light the darker side of New Zealand's immigration boom and represented a shift in focus by authorities who have been criticized for not taking a hard enough line on exploitation of migrants.

UK approves stalled Chinese-funded nuclear power plant deal

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

UK approves stalled Chinese-funded nuclear power plant deal LONDON (AP) — The British government has approved construction of the country's first new nuclear power plant in decades, to be built with Chinese investment.

Bourbon Hall of Fame inducts 4, gives achievement award

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Four new members have been inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, and a charter member of the Hall of Fame has been honored with a lifetime achievement award.

Bourbon Hall of Fame inducts 4, gives achievement award

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Four new members have been inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, and a charter member of the Hall of Fame has been honored with a lifetime achievement award.



Bourbon Hall of Fame inducts 4, gives achievement award

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Inducted into the Hall of Fame were former Brown-Forman Corp. President William M. Street; former Four Roses Distillery Chief Operating Officer John Rhea; Diageo North America Senior Director of State Government Affairs Barry Becton; and author and award-winning Louisville bartender Joy Perrine of Equus Restaurant and Jack's Lounge.

Rocky Hill School alumnae report sex abuse during the 1970s

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

School officials held a closed-door meeting with parents on Wednesday to discuss the allegations against the unidentified male faculty member, who left the school in 2013. Head of School James Tracy says the reports surfaced after a letter was sent to 1,500 alumni asking them to share any information regarding past or present sexual misconduct at Rocky Hill.

Hoffman roughed up again, Rockies lose 11-6 to Diamondbacks

TheRepublic.com 

PHOENIX — The Colorado Rockies are still waiting for that first major league win from Jeff Hoffman. A key figure in last year’s trade that sent Troy Tulowitzki to Toronto, Hoffman took the loss in his fifth career start Wednesday night, an 11-6 drubbing by the Arizona Diamondbacks. “I thought he was sharp the first

Witness says Philippine president ordered killings

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country's Senate on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a city mayor, ordered him and other members of a liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents…

Witness says Philippine president ordered killings

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Edgar Matobato, 57, told the nationally televised Senate committee hearing that he heard Duterte order some of the killings and acknowledged he himself carried out about 50 of the abductions and deadly assaults, including a suspected kidnapper who they fed to a crocodile in 2007 in southern Davao del Sur province. The Senate committee inquiry was being led by Sen. Leila de Lima, a staunch critic of Duterte's anti-drug campaign that has left more than 3,000 suspected drug users and dealers dead since he assumed the presidency in June. Читать дальше...

Anita Hill giving lecture at University of South Carolina

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The school says Hill is discussing how the high court's recent decision confirming the 1968 Fair Housing Act could change the way housing, employment and education bias cases are argued. Hill is currently a professor of law, public policy and women's studies at Brandeis University.





СМИ24.net — правдивые новости, непрерывно 24/7 на русском языке с ежеминутным обновлением *