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BOSTON, June 26 (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager William Ackman, who has made a $1 billion bet against Herbalife Ltd , on Friday asked the company's chief executive officer to release a video and say why he told an audience years ago that participating in Herbalife was a "lottery ticket."

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil coach Dunga apologised on Friday after his comments about people of African descent sparked criticism ahead of the team's Copa America quarter-final against Paraguay.

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    Пользователи соцсетей высмеяли Владимира Путина за заявление про зарубежные гранты студентам
от eth · 1 день назад

В среду, 24 июня, президент России Владимир Путин выступил на заседании Совета по науке и образованию:

"Так называемые фонды иностранные по школам работают. Просто шарят по школам Российской Федерации много лет под видом поддержки талантливой молодежи. На самом деле, как пылесосом высасывают. Прямо со школы абитуриентов берут, сажают на гранты и увозят". Читать дальше...

НАТО подтвердило неизменность стратегического курса на достижение военно-политического доминирования в Европе, заявил МИД России, комментируя итоги

Opposition parties DMK and DMDK on Friday stepped up their attack on the Tamil Nadu government over its alleged inability to release Cauvery water from Mettur dam for Kuruvai (short-term crop) cultivation.

За первое полугодие 2015 года было проведено 22 массовых мероприятия с профилактическими программами, в которых участвовало более 1,5 тысяч человек.

Female coaches might soon be as fashionable in tennis as “connected” rackets, with their built-in sensors, and gluten-free diets. When Andy Murray takes on Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round at Wimbledon on Tuesday both men will have female coaches watching.

Says notification invalid; legal victory for Vishal and Co

Two days after the body of a young dalit engineer V Gokulraj was found on a railway track near Pallipalayam in Namakkal district, triggering caste tension and allegations that he had been murdered by some members of the gounder community, the Madras high court directed the Mohan Kumaramangalam Government Hospital in Salem to constitute a team of three doctors to conduct the postmortem examination.

A collection agent with a private chit fund, city resident M R Ravirajan, should have been on duty, but the parent of a class 12 student took permission from his bosses to join a serpentine queue at the DPI (Directorate of Public Instruction) campus in Nungambakkam to purchase school books for the current academic year.

As dusk falls on Saturday, the tinkling of anklets will fill the air at the Kapaleeswarar temple as well-known danseuse Dr Ranjani Ganesan Ramesh performs along with her disciples. And the performance is all the more special as it also marks the worldwide launch of an app that will help eager students across the world learn Bharatanatyam.

ATHENS, June 27 (Reuters) - Greek political opposition parties attacked Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's decision to call a referendum on creditors' demands for a cash-for-reforms deal, saying the move risked pushing the country out of the European Union.

The centuries-old Rameswaram temple is getting a much-needed facelift with religious organsiations and corporates donating money to refurbish it. Two more rajagopurams (big towers) are being constructed on the northern and southern end of the temple with donations from Sringeri Sankaracharya and a Coimbatore-based businessman.

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It’s advantage Class 12 students of previous batches in MBBS admissions this year in Tamil Nadu with the Madras high court on Friday ruling that they cannot be barred from taking up seats

(Reuters) - Delphi Automotive PLC on Friday offered a new description of an encounter on a California road between one of its prototype self-driving cars and a self-driving vehicle operated by Google Inc , saying "the vehicles didn't even come close to each other."

Министерство здравоохранения Туниса сообщило, что число жертв терактов в двух отелях в тунисском городе Сус возросло до 39 человек, передает Интерфакс.

June 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Travelers Championship at the par-70 course on Friday in Cromwell, Connecticut. The cut was set at 138. -11 Bubba Watson (U.S.) 62 67 -9 Brian Harman (U.S.) 66 65 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 65 66 Brian Stuard (U.S.) 64 67 -8 Chris Stroud (U.S.) 65 67 Jason Gore (U.S.) 64 68 Scott Brown (U.S.) 65 67

Sport will always be a hostage to fortune, and the immediate reaction to the draw, that has potentially placed all of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic between Andy Murray and a second Wimbledon title, has been one of anxious despair.

Живет в нашем доме некто Влад. Позитивный такой, адекватный чел, а юморной, что пипец!. Сам он водитель - профессионал. Пятнадцать лет в такси отбарабанил, а в настоящее время частным извозом промышляет. Бомбит, короче. Встречаю его регулярно во дворе - в основном, ближе к полуночи. Влад как раз с вечерней бомбежки приезжает, припаркуется и сидит в машине - пивко пьет и дебилятор смотрит (маленький такой, автомобильный). Ну, а я тоже, соответственно, пивом затарюсь - и до четырех утра бухаем. Читать дальше...

В велосипедной гонке под названием Alley Cat приняли участие около 30 велосипедистов. Участникам предстояло пройти 8 контрольных точек, на каждой из которых нужно было выполнить определённое задание. Старт состоялся на площадке ОКЦ, а финиш – в районе городского парка. Задания были разные: где-то участнику нужно было ответить на вопросы, где-то – продемонстрировать ловкость.

Компания The Walt Disney Company сообщила о своих планах запретить в Диснейлендах использование штативов для селфи, поскольку они угрожают безопасности, передает ТАСС.

Petr Cech is on the brink of ending his 11-year association with Chelsea, where he won 13 major trophies. The goalkeeper has undergone a medical at Arsenal ahead of an £11million move which, when confirmed, will be one of the most significant of the summer. Big players do not often move  between big English clubs and yet that is what Cech will do this weekend.