Новости за 18.07.2015

Last year's grand final was supposed to be an aberration for Sydney, a one-off flop which was not a true representation of the Swans. It might be time to readdress that.

In a recent article for business journal Japan Business Press, Japanese journalist and Russia industrial goods trade specialist Sugahara Nobuo stated that Russia is presently on course for an industrial revival, adding that Western sanctions have helped to 'breathe new life' into the country's machine-building sector.

Cuba's vice president for economic affairs held talks with Spain's economy minister in Madrid on Friday. It was the highest-level visit by a Cuban official to Spain in a decade.

Buckingham Palace criticised the top-selling Sun tabloid on Saturday for publishing a previously unknown film from 1933 that appears to show Britain's Queen Elizabeth performing a Nazi salute as a young girl.

A motorcyclist has died at Byaduk North near Hamilton after losing control of his bike on Saturday.

As Apple gears up to report earnings, the charts are pointing towards a breakout to new all-time highs.

In a given year, the average obese woman has roughly a 1 in 124 chance of returning to a normal weight. And for obese men, the odds are even worse: 1 in 210. As if that weren't bad enough, obese men and women have very low odds attaining even a 5 percent weight loss in a given year: 1 in 10 for women, and 1 in 12 for men.Read full article >>

Every individual came up with key moments, Greg Inglis said, but halfback Adam Reynolds provided the clincher.

Talk about a surprise attack. In The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Alicia Vikander slaps Armie Hammer in the face—and he had no idea it was coming. Vikander says director Guy...

An audition will be held for the Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) production of  "Sleeping Beauty," Monday, Aug. 3, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Temple Theatre in Viroqua. All children auditio…

On board that tax-payer funded flight of fancy as imagined by Tim Barlass.

Matthew Raggat's article (Sunday CT, July 12, p7) tells of a huge increase in drivers challenging parking fines, revealing excuses they use to try to get out of fines.

The Rabbitohs have overpowered a determined St George Illawarra to secure out a 24-8 win in their Heritage Round match at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

‘Bhaijaan’sets box-office on fire, rakes in Rs 27 crore on day one

A heart scare for Queensland Origin centre Dane Gagai overshadowed Newcastle's morale-boosting 30-2 win against Gold Coast on Hunter Stadium on Saturday

A Newport school will take all its inset days in the same week so parents can save money on family holidays.

As China builds artificial islands in a vast resource-rich South China Sea and neighbors in Southeast Asia brace for possible conflict, Taiwan is cutting carbon emissions and offering a hospital for humanitarian aid on the sea's largest natural islet to seek international approval for easing tension.

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said that the program of economic reforms in Greece is going to fail whoever undertakes its implementation.

A sailor, injured in the shooting at the Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) in Chattanooga, died, according to the statement of the US Navy Office of Information.

GOSHEN, Indiana - A northern Indiana high school might not have a Redskins mascot much longer. The Goshen Community Schools board is expected to take up the matter on July 27 in the wake of a federal judge this month ordering the cancellation of the Washington Redskins' trademark registration because it may be disparaging to Native Americans.

After at least three major outages involving 911 call systems in three years, the FCC is issuing substantial fines and pushing phone companies to develop better technology.

The All Blacks selectors' juggling act ahead of the World Cup continues, with Dan Carter and Sonny Bill Williams among those to miss the Rugby Championship Test in South Africa.

Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz has signaled he is prepared to help solve the Greek economic crisis, and is enlisting a team of leading US and European scientists to do so.

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NEW YORK, July 18 (UPI) -- President Obama opted not to stay at the historic Waldorf Astoria in his trip to New York City after the hotel was purchased by China's Anbang Insurance Group.

Hawaii's brilliant spectrum of coral may be in danger of losing its color.