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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that accusations of a state-sponsored doping conspiracy which led to his country's Olympic banishment were orchestrated by the United States because they "can't beat us fairly".

Some say the #MeToo movement has inspired new rules at work, with men now having to take more of a literal, and metaphorical, hands-off approach in interactions with their female counterparts. “When it comes to the opposite sex, no pats on the back, no one-to-one meals, no closed office doors. Don’t take a personal interest....

Is there anything churros can’t do?

Snowboarder Chloe Kim is a favorite to win gold for Team USA in the women’s halfpipe, but that doesn’t mean she’s immune to being nervous.

I'm so nervous!!!!!!!

People have different ways of coping with their nerves. Maybe they do breathing exercises, or guided meditation. Perhaps there’s some music they like to listen to, or a TV show they watch to calm down and forget about the pressure. Читать дальше...

“I feel beautiful with no makeup and no wig and I feel beautiful with make and a wig,” Zoliciak wrote.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to treat with levity the issues raised in the open letter written recently by Chief Oluegun Obasanjo.

Pakistan has again banned Valentine's Day events and media coverage of them, after a court ruled the holiday un-Islamic for a second consecutive year. The judgment prohibited any advertising or the sale of merchandise associated with the day. In order to comply with the court ruling, Pakistan's Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) last week sent out instructions to its TV and radio licensees to remind them of the ban. "Respondents are directed to ensure that nothing about the celebrations... Читать дальше...

Jerry “Iceman” Butler and Bridget Gainer, both Democrats from Chicago, skipped the most Forest Preserve board meetings in the past three years.

In what many consider to be a nod toward the dictum of ‘peace through superior firepower,’ the US government has approved the largest one-year military budget in its - or anybody else’s - history.

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Health officials in central Oregon say they're concerned about a big jump in the number of cases of sexually transmitted diseases. The Bulletin newspaper in Bend reports that chlamydia cases have been rising since 2010, increasing from 432 cases in Deschutes County a decade ago to 675 last year. The number of cases in Crook County has nearly doubled and the number in Jefferson is up 52 percent. Syphilis cases are also on the rise, and gonorrhea diagnoses rose from... Читать дальше...

Giants first baseman Brandon Belt could have been a free agent for the first time this winter. Shortstop Brandon Crawford, too. They’ve each compiled six full seasons of service time, earning the right to test their value on the open market. Good thing for both they signed extensions. “I’m very thankful I am where I am right now and don’t have to deal with all that,” Belt said. Had Belt and Crawford been free agents, they might be among the players gathering Tuesday in Bradenton... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wells Fargo has made missteps in its efforts to make amends to customers who were forced to buy unneeded auto insurance. Bank spokeswoman Catherine Pulley says 38,000 customers received a letter they didn't need and that contained no refund. She says the error was due to a coding mistake caught by the vendor responsible for the communications. Pulley says the bank will work to make sure customers get the appropriate communication "including any refunds they're eligible for." The mistake... Читать дальше...

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• The Syrian Kurds seem to have a powerful new ally in their fight against invading Turkish forces in northern Syria — embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
• The two have a mutual interest in combatting Turkish incursion into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region, and Assad is supporting the Kurds in a number of ways, including humanitarian aid.
• But the Syrian Kurds want to create their own autonomous zone in Syria's north, which the Assad regime opposes. Читать дальше...

NY New York NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, February 11, 2018 _____ 237 FPUS51 KOKX 112010 ZFPOKX Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service New York NY 310 PM EST Sun Feb 11 2018 NYZ072-120945- New York (Manhattan)- 310 PM EST Sun Feb 11 2018 .TONIGHT...Areas of dense fog this evening. Periods of rain, mainly this evening. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this evening. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent. .MONDAY...Cloudy in the morning... Читать дальше...

CT New York NY Zone Forecast for Sunday, February 11, 2018 _____ 237 FPUS51 KOKX 112010 ZFPOKX Zone Forecast Product National Weather Service New York NY 310 PM EST Sun Feb 11 2018 CTZ005-120945- Northern Fairfield- 310 PM EST Sun Feb 11 2018 .TONIGHT...Areas of dense fog this evening. Periods of rain, mainly this evening. Visibility one quarter mile or less at times this evening. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming west after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent. .MONDAY...Mostly cloudy in the morning... Читать дальше...

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has named Lawrence Bacow its 29th president. Bacow is the former president of Tufts University and a leader-in-residence at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He will take over from Drew Faust, 70, who has served in the post for more than a decade as Harvard's first female president. Bacow assumes the office July 1, when Faust steps down. Before becoming president of Tufts, Bacow spent 24 years on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bacow's... Читать дальше...

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi capped a whirlwind visit to the UAE on Sunday, giving a keynote address as guest of honour at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

Maria Contreras-Sweet, who was expected to sign a deal to take over the troubled Weinstein Co. as soon as today, is instead pulling her nearly $500 million offer, The Post has learned. Contreras-Sweet, the head of the Small Business Administration under President Obama, is backing away from the deal after growing infuriated that New York...

Während der Meister aus Mannheim gegen den ungarischen Vertreter Pick Szeged mit 35:37 verliert, feiern die Norddeutschen mit dem 32:32 gegen den polnischen Meister aus Kielce zumindest einen Teilerfolg in der europäischen Königsklasse.Flensburg/Mannheim (dpa) - Die Aufholjagd der Handballer der SG Flensburg-Handewitt wurde nicht belohnt. In den Schlussphase des Champions-League-Heimspiels gegen den polnischen Meister Vive Kielce hatten die Norddeutschen aus einem 27:31 ein 32:31 gemacht, doch Sekunden... Читать дальше...

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• The White House communications director, Hope Hicks, is one of the most powerful people in American politics.
• Hicks made headlines this week when Rob Porter, a White House staff secretary in a relationship with Hicks, resigned after allegations of domestic abuse.
• Hicks' fashion evolution over the past year reveals her ability to evolve to maintain Trump's support in a White House plagued by controversy, as she moves from echoing Ivanka Trump's style to imitating Melania Trump. Читать дальше...

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• Nearly half of all public buses will be electric by 2025.
• China will emerge as the market leader.
• All over the world, municipalities are making a push for cleaner buses. 

Within the next seven years, nearly half of the buses used by municipal transit districts will be electric, with China playing a leading role.

That comes from a new study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. The study predicts that last year’s sale of... Читать дальше...

Estambul, 11 feb (dpa) - El pro kurdo Partido Democrático de los Pueblos (HDP) de Turquía eligió hoy a un nuevo líder, tras la renuncia del carismático político Selahattin Demirtas, quien lleva más de un año encarcelado por orden del Gobierno.Selahattin Demirtas, considerado por larga data un prometedor oponente al presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan, confirmó su renuncia a través de un mensaje emitido desde la cárcel en Edirne, noroeste de Turquía.La posta será tomada por el parlamentario Pervin Buldan y el ex congresista Sezai Temelli... Читать дальше...

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat den Willen Israels angezweifelt, Frieden mit den Palästinensern zu schließen. "Zurzeit würde ich sagen, dass die Palästinenser keinen Frieden machen wollen", sagte Trump in einem am Sonntag veröffentlichten Interview mit der rechtsgerichteten israelischen Zeitung "Israel Hayom". "Und ich bin nicht unbedingt sicher, dass Israel Frieden machen will."

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say four people have been killed in the crash of a small plane near a mountain town in Southern California. The Los Angeles County Fire Department says the plane crashed late Sunday morning in a remote area near Agua Dulce. The department confirms four fatalities and says the coroner and Federal Aviation Administration officials are responding. Agua Dulce is in the Sierra Pelona Mountains about 40 miles (73 km) north of downtown Los Angeles. An FAA spokesman... Читать дальше...