Новости за 19.03.2018

It wasn’t exactly contested.

According to state-run exit polls and early returns, Vladimir Putin has won another term as Russia’s president. He faced no genuine opposition during his presidential campaign, and used all of the tools of his government’s well-oiled propaganda machine to ensure he received a huge percentage of the vote.

Putin’s win, which cements him as one of the most powerful leaders in modern Russian history, means he will remain in office until at least 2024. He... Читать дальше...

Contact with Kyle Larson caused Kevin Harvick to crash during the early laps of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series at Auto Club Speedway.

BEIRUT/AMMAN — Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday visited Syrian soldiers who appear close to defeating the last major opposition foothold near Damascus and met some of the many thousands of people uprooted, during the government offensive.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump will host Saudi Arabia's crown prince in Washington on Tuesday, giving the president a receptive audience to denounce rival Iran and a chance to take stock of significant changes the prince is engineering in the kingdom.

PrinterThe wrote:

You're confusing playoffs with top 8 finishes. Catalans haven't made the playoffs since they were reduced to just 4 in 2015. Catalans finished 6th in 2016, not 5th.

Not so much making excuses for McNamara as they have CONTINUED to go backwards under him. But they've been going backwards since 2013 (they finished 4th in 2012 under Potter) when Frayssinous took over. There's more that needs to change at Catalans than just the coach and that been obvious for a few years now. Читать дальше...

The Afghan Taliban say they are deeply skeptical that a proposed three-nation conference in Indonesia will be a step toward peace. Jakarta is preparing to host a trilateral conference where religious scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Indonesia would seek ways to bring peace to war-torn Afghanistan. But the Afghan Taliban urged scholars, to boycott the conference.In a note to journalists, the Afghan Taliban said the conference was purely intended to "legitimize the illegitimate government... Читать дальше...

Enes Unal struck two late goals to condemn the Rojiblancos to defeat, with the coach insisting the loss was his fault

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The crack in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state further widened on Sunday, March 18, when its national organising secretary, Osita Izunaso; senators Ifeanyi Araraume and Benjamin Uwajiumogu stormed out of a meeting.

The crack in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo state further widened on Sunday, March 18, when its national organising secretary, Osita Izunaso; senators Ifeanyi Araraume and Benjamin Uwajiumogu stormed out of a meeting.

LONDON – Manchester United and Tottenham will clash in a potentially thrilling FA Cup semi-final, while troubled Chelsea take on Southampton in the other last-four clash at Wembley.

Jupp Heynckes accepted a below-par Bayern Munich deserved to be beaten by RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga on Sunday, his side suffering their first loss of 2018. Bayern had been unbeaten in 18 matches but goals from Naby Keita and Timo Werner saw Leipzig come from behind to claim the club's first win in this fixture. Heynckes' men are 17 points clear of nearest rivals Schalke following their defeat, with title celebrations having to wait until after the international break, and the veteran Bayern coach had no arguments about his side's 2-1 loss.

CAIRO, Egypt — Mostafa Al Asar's lawyer said that he had barely started work on a documentary critical of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi when police arrested him and charged him with publishing "fake news".

Moscú, 18 mar (dpa) - El presidente ruso Vladimir Putin rechazó hoy que su país tenga armas químicas, incluyendo la que se utilizó este mes en el envenenamiento del ex espía ruso Serguei Skripal en el Reino Unido."Rusia no tiene algo así", dijo Putin a periodistas durante una conferencia de prensa en Moscú, poco después de resultar reelegido para su cuarto mandato como presidente."Hemos eliminado todas nuestras armas químicas bajo el control de observadores internacionales", señaló Putin en comentarios televisados.Previamente... Читать дальше...

Fabiano Caruana survived what looked like a last throw of the dice from Levon Aronian and picked up a win in Round 7 and lead at the half way stage of the FIDE Candidates in Berlin.

Aronian found an interesting pawn sacrifice that hadn't been checked by Caruana in a position where he thought he'd looked at everything. Aronian got quite a lot of practical compensation but the computer assessments tellingly never were better for him and were occasionally dire. Aronian had a final chance to draw... Читать дальше...

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Syrian rebels backed by Turkey seized control Sunday of the city of Afrin, the target of a two-month military operation against Kurdish militias in the enclave in Syria. The takeover dealt a blow to Kurdish aspirations for self-administration there and added to Turkey’s growing footprint in the country. The Syrian rebel forces, which have served as advance troops for the Turkish operation, seemed to have entered the city without a fight, after the Kurdish People’s Protection Units... Читать дальше...

MANILA — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte urged other governments Sunday to abandon the International Criminal Court, saying the world tribunal — where he’s facing a possible complaint for the thousands of killings of drug suspects under his crackdown — is “rude.” Although the Philippine Senate has ratified the Rome Statute that established the court, Duterte said in a speech that the treaty was never valid in his country because it was not published in a government journal as required by law. Читать дальше...

Simplistic stories of saving children trap aid agencies inside a self-defeating logic

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Not many may be remembering that 3rd ODI against England at London in Sept 2004 which India won by 23 runs and Sourav Ganguly was the man of the match.
He hails from Chennai and emulating Dhoni’s talking style, he had a lengthy talk with Washington Sundar in Tamil – urging the bowler to bowl ekking him that the batsman seems not to be picking and he should bowl fuller (that conversation in Tamil was picked up by stump mike ! during the Nidahas trophy !).  He has scored exactly 1000 runs in... Читать дальше...

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) came to fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s defense and trashed President Trump Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press”. NBC’s Chuck Todd asked Rubio if McCabe was treated fairly during the process that led to his termination just days before he was set to retire with a fat taxpayer-funded pension. “I […]

AMMAN — Jordan will switch to summertime (Daylight Saving Time) on Friday, March 30, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported on Sunday.