Новости за 09.02.2017

31 flavours of the sun.

New Zealand Geographic Young Photographer of the Year 2016 Talman Madsen spent all of January watching sunrises and sunsets in New Zealand. There are worse jobs.

Auckland-based Madsen, 24, would wake as early as 3am to drive or hike to a location around the North Island. "In total I spent around four hours in the morning and another four hours at night to shoot the sunrise and sunset," Madsen told BuzzFeed.

He said the exercise encouraged... Читать дальше...

Nimo Hashi feels like a single mother — even though she’s been married for more than three years. Hashi, 24, is a Somali refugee raising her 2-year-old daughter alone, working nights in a Utah factory that makes sports drinks. The last time she saw her husband was in 2014, in the Ethiopian refugee camp where […]

BOLOGNA, Italy - Photo shows AC Milan's Keisuke Honda, who watched from the bench as his team won 1-0 away to Bologna...

Alex De Minaur would be “honoured” to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals but is fully focused on rising up the Emirates ATP Rankings with further success on the ATP Challenger Tour.

The 17 year old has shot to prominence with eye-catching performances in his native Australia at the start of 2017. Already at World No. 248, De Minaur clinched another memorable victory at the $75,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Launceston, where he toppled top seed Go Soeda in the opening round. Edging... Читать дальше...

There was something about the sport — while watching his older sister compete in recreational swimming — that caught Nolan Reid's attention when he was young.

Despite extensive research over the years, medical groups have come to different conclusions.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — All Blacks lock Patrick Tuipulotu has been cleared of doping after tests on a B sample found no banned or specified substances. Tuipulotu has been under provisional suspension since November when an A sample from a urine test showed the presence of an undiclosed prohibited substance. He was sent home from

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Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Seasoned southpaw Javier Lopez announced his retirement from baseball Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS — Damyean Dotson scored a career-high 32 points and Houston cruised past Tulane 91-62 on Wednesday night. Dotson was 12 of 16 from the floor including 6 of 7 from distance for the Cougars (17-7, 8-4 American) who have won four straight. Rob Gray Jr. added 18 points and Armoni Brooks 10. Houston

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a warning to Jeff Sessions, shortly after he was confirmed as attorney general on Wednesday night.

"Jeff Sessions confirmed as attorney general. If he violates the Constitution, we'll sue," the organization said in a tweet.

The ACLU is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that defends individual rights. The statement follows concerns by lawmakers and civilians who argued that Sessions lacked the judgment to serve as the nation's top cop. Читать дальше...

Jacinto ​Bonilla is the oldest man to compete in the CrossFit Games, going up against men a decade younger

There will be another evolution of the hidden immunity idol for the upcoming 34th season of Survivor: Game Changers. Host Jeff Probst reveals that the idols will be hidden in various ways, so they aren’t so easy to find. “Given that it is Game Changers, we’re going to change the game constantly. So when it [...]

The Army Corps of Engineers formally granted an easement Wednesday for the controversial pipeline, which has been the scene of months of protests.

MARSEILLE, France - Marseille's Hiroki Sakai competes for the ball against Dorian Leveque of Guingamp in the second half...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A wind storm is suspected of downing 17 steel utility poles along the Moose-Wilson Road on Tuesday night, causing a power outage in Teton County that could last for several days and forcing the closure of…

Blondie and Garbage will embark on a co-headlining North American trek this summer. The Rage and Rapture Tour comes on the heels of Blondie...

The test comes the same day the White House announced it is considering a proposal that could potentially designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.

DORTMUND, Germany - Genki Haraguchi (R) of Hertha Berlin is seen in action during the first half of a German Cup match a...

TULSA, Okla. — Garrett Covington scored 20 points, Jeremiah Usiosefe scored 10 and the game-winning free throws, and Western Illinois held off Oral Roberts 63-60 on Wednesday night to end a two-game skid. Covington’s jumper capped a 13-2 second-half run and the Leathernecks pulled ahead 44-32, then led by 13, 60-47, on his 3-pointer with

NEW ORLEANS — Joe Johnson is getting into the flow of Utah’s offense, making an already formidable and balanced Jazz squad even tougher to handle. Johnson highlighted a 27-point performance with six 3-pointers on eight attempts, and Utah extended its winning streak to four games with a dominant 127-94 triumph over the struggling New Orleans

Travel bookings to the United States are 6.5 percent down compared to last year.