Новости за 14.01.2018

The first Grand Slam of 2018, Australian Open, will get underway and there are plenty of storylines to watch throughout the two-week event.

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• Ripple, the company behind cryptocurrency XRP, is setting its sights on Asia.
• Asheesh Birla, VP of product for Ripple, told Business Insider that banks on the continent are more open to innovation than US-based firms. 
• The company is speeding up plans for XRapid, a product that enhances cross-border payments in emerging markets.

Ripple, the financial technology company behind cryptocurrency XRP, is setting its sights on Asia. Читать дальше...

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. Department of Agriculture aerial sharpshooters are returning to the Lake Havasu National Wildlife Refuge for a second attempt to exterminate feral hogs at the refuge along the Colorado River. However, the facility's manager tells the Today's News-Herald that it may take years before the swine are eradicated completely. The agency began its Feral Swine Eradication Plan last February. The $25,000 operation was scheduled to last two weeks, but federal officials declared... Читать дальше...

MONTECITO, Calif. — Parishioners prayed Sunday for those killed and for families still searching for missing relatives in a Southern California community ravaged by mudslides, as authorities announced another body was found. The discovery increased the death toll to 20 as the list of those still missing shrunk to four, said Santa Barbara County spokesman Justin Cooper. He did not give any other information, only saying the coroner’s office would identify the latest victim. Because most churches in... Читать дальше...

JOHANNESBURG – A couple of years ago, when Chris Paisley was a student at the University of Tennessee, his golf mates called him “Bones”.

EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — An iconic home that overlooks a scenic channel in northern Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be demolished this year. The demolition is called for under a long-standing agreement between the park and the home's late owner, Edward Cole. He died at age 84 in November 2015. The home overlooks a channel to Lake Michigan that's a popular spot for summer swimmers, sunbathers and kayakers along North Bar Lake. MLive.com reports the home was built... Читать дальше...

WILLINGBORO, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a collision sent a vehicle down an embankment and into a New Jersey lake, killing two people inside the vehicle. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. Saturday in Wilmington. Burlington County prosecutors say two vehicles collided at the jug handle on northbound Route 130. Further details on the accident were not disclosed, and it's not clear how long the one vehicle was submerged in the lake. The names of the victims were not released, pending notification of family members. Читать дальше...

Anthony Mantha, Tyler Bertuzzi score as Red Wings blank Blackhawks 4-0

Good evening Blues.

Been visiting the forum for ages and thought i'd sign up.

Just a few things to clear up which will probably help you judge me early on!

I am a Rowett Remainer. He should have stayed, it was a catastrophe and I loathed Zola from the minute he was announced. The only manager i've ever disliked and wanted to be sacked. Not something i'm proud of to want a manger to be sacked but it's how I felt due to his stature in the game and uninspiring aura.... Читать дальше...

The Philippines raised the alert level for the country's most active volcano twice in 24 hours Sunday, meaning that a hazardous eruption is possible within days.

And he’s blaming Democrats for it.

If the president is still looking for a deal on DACA — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has protected hundreds of thousands of young adult unauthorized immigrants from deportation and allowed them to work legally in America since 2012 — his Twitter feed isn’t showing it.

“DACA is probably dead because the Democrats don’t really want it,” President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday morning. Trump ended the program in September... Читать дальше...

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• The US-led coalition in Syria is training a new "Border Security Force" of SDF fighters.
• The Kurdish-dominated force has furthered Turkey's anger towards the US.
• The BSF will provide border security by securing checkpoints and conducting counter-IED operations.

The U.S.-led coalition is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel, the coalition said on Sunday, a move that has added to Turkish... Читать дальше...

This driver was really flying. A California motorist was moving so fast when his car slammed into a center median Sunday that the impact launched the vehicle into the second story of a nearby building — where it stayed lodged for hours as rescuers extricated a person trapped inside. “This is not a situation that...

WA Portland OR Zone Forecast for Sunday, January 14, 2018 _____ 697 FPUS56 KPQR 142005 ZFPPQR Zone Forecasts for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington National Weather Service Portland OR 1205 PM PST Sun Jan 14 2018 Spot Temperatures are for Today, Tonight, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Monday Night, and Tuesday. WAZ021-150000- South Washington Coast- Including the cities of Raymond, Long Beach, Ocean Park, Naselle, Cathlamet, and Cape Disappointment 1205 PM PST Sun Jan 14 2018 .TODAY...Mostly sunny. Читать дальше...

I'm looking for the best way to catch Sox games on TV where I currently live. I'm from Argenta, Il. (about 2.5 hours south of the G Spot)

Costs of War/Brown University

"This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while," former President George W. Bush said on the White House South Lawn on Sept. 16, 2001. "And the American people must be patient. I'm going to be patient."

Bush was right that a war on an abstract noun like "terror" would take awhile.

It began in October 2001 with the US' invasion of Afghanistan. And although former President Barack Obama officially ended "The Global War on Terror" in 2013... Читать дальше...

En réponse à l'affaire de lait en poudre pour bébés contaminé à la salmonelle en France, le président du groupe français Lactalis, Emmanuel Besnier, a annoncé le rappel complet de tous les lots de lait infantile produits par l'usine ciblée de Craon, élargissant encore les rappels lancés depuis début décembre qui s'étaient révélés incomplets.

Namibia began their African Nations Championship campaign with a first competitive victory over the Ivory Coast when Charles Hambira headed home a stoppage-time winner. Hambira's leap and pinpoint header was the last effort of the game, as the centre-back jumped to meet a Riaan Hanamub free kick to divert the ball past the sprawling Zadi Hortalin Ble in the 92nd minuted. A draw would have been a fine achievement for a Namibian side competing at the CHAN for the first time, as Ricardo Mannetti's...

Traitor Chelsea (Bradley) Manning filed to run for a Senate seat in the state of Maryland according to media reports this weekend. Private First Class Bradley Manning stole 251,000 State Department documents, many of them secret international embassy reports. Manning smuggled the security documents out on a CD labeled “Lady Gaga.” Manning was bitter after a breakup with […]

• Manager says Liverpool ‘made the right statement’ after Coutinho exit• ‘You have no alternative if you want to beat City. We should try to win this way’Jürgen Klopp believes Liverpool issued an “important statement” about their future without Philippe Coutinho after ending Manchester City’s unbeaten run in thrilling style at Anfield.Liverpool scored four outstanding goals and survived a late City fightback from 4-1 to inflict a first Premier League defeat on Pep Guardiola’s leaders in 31 games. Читать дальше...