Новости за 12.01.2017

NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood heavyweight Robert De Niro has come to the defense of Meryl Streep, saying her speech at the Golden Globes was "great."

Bengal giants Mohun Bagan will look to maintain their winning start to the tournament.

The Justice Department's inspector general announced Thursday he will launch an investigation into the department and FBI's actions in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were properly followed by FBI Director James Comey.

The largest U.S. bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, is expected to report fourth-quarter results before the market opens Friday. Earnings and revenue are expected to rise.

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Turkish government has used last year's failed military coup to launch an expansive crackdown that has swept up peaceful critics and undermined democracy, a human rights group said Thursday.

The U.S. federal workforce rose by 130,000 under President Obama. Trump vows to cut it, but the real issue has been the explosion of contract workers. Will he cut those too?

During, Dr. Ben Carson's confirmation hearing to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sought assurance that among the billions of dollars that HUD distributes in grants and loans "not $1 will go to benefit President-elect Donald Trump or his family." … Click to Continue »

The Premier League is back this weekend after a break since Jan. 4. Rejoice. [ STREAM: Every PL game live ]  Below you will find previews on all 10 PL games in Week 21, as a huge derby between Manchester United and Liverpool dominates the slate, plus Chelsea face a tough test to Leicester, Arsenal […]

NEW YORK (AP) — It can almost certainly ease chronic pain and might help some people sleep, but it's also likely to raise the risk of getting schizophrenia and might trigger heart attacks. The current lack of scientific information "poses a public health risk," said the report , released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Limited evidence says marijuana or the other compounds can boost appetite in people with HIV or AIDS, and ease symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, the report concluded. Читать дальше...

Europa moet dringend dwingende gebruiksregels en een verplichte verzekering invoeren voor het snel groeiende aantal robots. Zeker nu er steeds meer robots op de markt komen die zelf beslissingen nemen is dat hoog nodig. ,,We moeten voorkomen”, aldus initiatiefneemster en Parlementslid Mady Delvaux, ,,dat robots de mens gaan overheersen.”

Netflix Inc. is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday.

Netflix Inc. is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter earnings results after the market closes on Wednesday.

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The Chargers made their move to Los Angeles official on Thursday.

While San Diego fans expressed their displeasure with the move, with one fan throwing eggs at the team's offices, others expressed their displeasure with the Chargers' new LA logo.

The blue and white logo is a "fresh take" on the Dodgers' classic logo with a lightning bolt running through it, according to the team itself.

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. will have to pay $17.4 million after an investigation alleged Biomet bribed government officials in Argentina, Brazil and China and falsified records to hide the payments.

Its menus are laden with lobster, caviar, foie gras and escargot. The main dining room is lit by a $200,000 chandelier of hand-blown glass; its walls are decked with $7 … Click to Continue »

The retired Marine general is telling the Senate Armed Services Committee that the jet fighter is critical to the U.S. maintaining its air superiority. Ben Carson is declining to guarantee that, if confirmed as housing secretary, no money from his department will benefit President-elect Donald Trump or his family. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to run the CIA says Russian meddling in the president election was an aggressive action taken by senior Russian leaders. Democratic senators are... Читать дальше...

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CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The Venezuelan opposition has criticized the arrest of Gilber Caro, a lawmaker accused of attempting to instigate violent anti-government acts.

​It turns out the moon is older than many scientists suspected: a ripe 4.51 billion years old.

"I had a lot of baseball cards so I decided to start selling them to raise money for [them]," Brady Kahle said.

Despite all the early controversy around AirPods, Apple's first wireless earbuds are already showing signs of being a big hit.

Shigeru Miyamoto's design philosophy, explained.

Shigeru Miyamoto is a big name in gaming. Since he first designed Donkey Kong in 1981, he’s been called “the father of modern video games” — and for good reason.

Right after Donkey Kong’s release, the North American video game market came close to collapse in the early 1980s. Console sales alone peaked at over $3 billion in 1983 before plummeting to around $100 million by 1985. Miyamoto’s subsequent games (Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda... Читать дальше...

The Senate Armed Services Committee has overwhelmingly passed legislation to allow retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to run the Pentagon. The Republican-led panel voted 24-3 to clear the bill after ...

George Soros lost nearly $US1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Clinton and aides have blamed FBI's pre-election revelation as a key factor in her narrow loss to Trump.

By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Yonhap) -- Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon faces a string of daunting challenges, including rigorous ethics vetting and escalating attacks from his political rivals, as he is girding for a presidential race la