Новости за 12.01.2017

U.S. airlines without Boeing 747s are a bit like french fries without ketchup. Sure, you can do it, but it’s just not the same. United announced Wednesday the iconic jumbo airliner will leave its fleet for good a year sooner than first planned. United will retire the humped 747-400 jetliner by October — an announcement […]

The world's emerging economies are poised to hold the leading positions in the future, Nicolai Petro, professor of comparative and international politics at the US-based University of Rhode Island, told Sputnik.

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) on Wednesday, January 12, 2017 suspended its three-day nationwide warning strike after a meeting with FG.

The US will send a "clear signal" to China that it must abandon its artificial islands in the South China Sea, Donald Trump's secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson has warned, hitting out at the communist giant for its "extremely worrisome" activities in the disputed waters. "We're going to have to send China a clear signal that first, the island-building stops, and second, your access to those islands also not going to be allowed," the 64-year-old former ExxonMobil CEO told the Senate Foreign Relations... Читать дальше...

It was also gathered that office was created for the new country overseer but could not confirm or deny if the new man has resumed duties in the office.

TOKIO (ANP) - De beurs in Tokio is donderdag met verlies gesloten. De handel ondervond tegenwind van de sterkere Japanse yen, terwijl farmaceuten onder druk stonden door de opmerkingen van de aankomende Amerikaanse president Donald Trump over de hoge medicijnprijzen.

Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, heading to the floor during a marathon session of votes on Wednesday. Republican leaders say they will work closely with President-elect Donald J. Trump to develop legislation to repeal and replace the health care law.

The Woodmont Country Club was first established in 1913 by the Washington DC Jewish community in response to being excluded from local golf courses.

After a long, marathon vote-a-rama in the Senate tonight, Republicans managed to get their resolution to begin repeal of the Affordable Care Act passed on a vote of 51-48. Senator Dianne Feinstein was absent because she is having pacemaker surgery. Senator Jeff Sessions slithered in toward the end to cast the 51st vote.

"We want to thank all the wonderful people of Canberra.''

Cavaliers buried by Trail Blazers in snowy Portland C.J. McCollum had 27 points and the Trail Blazers shook off fatigue caused by weather-related travel delays to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 102-86 in snowy Portland on Wednesday night. LeBron James had 20 points and 11 rebounds for Cleveland in its 10th loss this season. Andrew Wiggins scored 28 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 18 rebounds, and host Minnesota snapped Houston’s nine-game winning streak despite James Harden’s 33 points and 12 assists. Читать дальше...

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Takeaway.com heeft vorig jaar 46 procent meer bestellingen voor maaltijden ontvangen dan in 2015. Dat maakte het beursgenoteerde moederbedrijf van onder meer Thuisbezorgd.nl donderdag bekend.

China's implied oil demand in November hit the second highest level on record at an average 11.44 million barrels a day, according to an analysis of Chinese government data by S&P Global Platts released Thursday. That was 4.1% higher than the same month a year earlier. The increase came as the nation's imports of key oil products rose to a six-month high of 1.1 million barrels a day, the report said. "Gasoline and jet fuel demand for the transport sector are likely to rise significantly prior... Читать дальше...

Alex Ovechkin scored twice to reach and exceed the 1,000-point plateau, leading the host Washington Capitals to a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. The 84th player in NHL history to hit the milestone, Ovechkin put the team on his back as Washington won its seventh consecutive game and snapped Pittsburgh’s winning streak at five. Ovechkin scored on the power play in the second period for his 1,001st point. Jason Demers scored the tie-breaking goal early in the second period... Читать дальше...

China's implied oil demand in November hit the second highest level on record at an average 11.44 million barrels a day, according to an analysis of Chinese government data by S&P Global Platts released Thursday.

Texas prison authorities carried out the first US execution of 2017, as controversy continued to swirl around the drugs used to conduct such lethal injections. Christopher Wilkins, 48, was executed at the Texas state penitentiary at Huntsville after the US Supreme Court denied him a last-minute reprieve. Wilkins was convicted of a double murder in 2005, sparked when he said a dealer and his friend sold him a $20 dose of crack cocaine that turned out to be a rock, then laughed at him.

AUSTIN, Texas — The last America saw of Don Draper, he was meditating on a Pacific hillside, imagining one of the iconic ads in television history. What’s left of the flawed protagonist of “Mad Men” has now gone to Texas. Show creator Matthew Weiner and production company Lionsgate have donated the “Mad Men” archive —

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The last America saw of Don Draper, he was meditating on a Pacific hillside, imagining one of the iconic ads in television history.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The last America saw of Don Draper, he was meditating on a Pacific hillside, imagining one of the iconic ads in television history.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The last America saw of Don Draper, he was meditating on a Pacific hillside, imagining one of the iconic ads in television history.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The last America saw of Don Draper, he was meditating on a Pacific hillside, imagining one of the iconic ads in television history.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The last America saw of Don Draper, he was meditating on a Pacific hillside, imagining one of the iconic ads in television history.

Everything has changed, and nothing has changed more than the world of fashion,” Karl Lagerfeld tells CNBC.