Новости за 29.03.2018

A sellout crowd at Rogers Centre stood in silence and remembered the man whose number, 32, was now hanging from the rafters: Roy Halladay.

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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding will involve a multi-million dollar security "ring of steel" surrounding Windsor Castle and St. George's Cathedral.
• Visitors to the wedding will have to pass through airport-style security scanners, and steel barriers will be erected to deter terrorist vehicle attacks. 
• Police say they are trying to balance robust security measures with a desire to allow the thousands of onlookers to enjoy the atmosphere of the wedding. Читать дальше...

Twitter did some digging and shared some fun information about Villanova, Kansas, Michigan and Loyola-Chicago.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. and Mexican governments are sparring over immigration and trade, but the two countries are joining forces on the high seas like never before to go after drug smugglers. The United States, Mexico and Colombia will target drug smugglers off South America's Pacific coast in an operation that is scheduled to begin Sunday and last for the foreseeable future, Coast Guard officials told The Associated Press. U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Paul F. Zukunft teased the idea during a recent defense conference in San Diego... Читать дальше...

CHESTERFIELD, Va. — A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the 2016 Labor Day weekend “mansion party” killings in Virginia. Kendric R. Hill has pleaded guilty to murder, manslaughter and firearm charges just as his jury trial was set to begin. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports Hill entered his plea Monday...

The Democratic secretary of state in New Mexico thinks voters are incapable of filling out their ballot without help.

Workers in Anambra state will as from July 2018 be paid the minimum by the administration of Governor Obiano. The national coordinator of APGA media warriors forum, Obigwe, revealed this in a statement on Thursday, March 29.

Analytics calling for extreme shift against Rangers slugger pay off in season opener.

The UN's outgoing political chief expressed concern Thursday in a parting message that the United Nations was losing support from a growing number of countries.

Walmart’s shift on Cosmo Walmart has removed Cosmopolitan magazine from its checkout aisles. Cosmopolitan will still be in the magazine section of the stores, but the magazine has been under heavy criticism from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, saying it “places women’s value primarily on their ability to sexually satisfy a man and therefore plays into the same culture where men view and treat women as inanimate sex objects.” A Cosmopolitan representative... Читать дальше...

Karpos Open 17 games Update
European Individual C.C.  21 games New
TCh-POL Rapid 6 games
Northumbria Masters 9 games
Norwegian Premier League 4 games
14th Siaperas Memorial 24 games
Aeroflot Open A 6 games
167th Ambelokipi Open 23 games
4th Vardaris Open 66 games
14th Moscow Open 9 games
Northumbria Masters 5 games
Saint Louis GM Norm Congress 9 games
9th Pfalz Open 8 games
Portugal Open 8 games
Gibraltar Masters 9 games
New Year Open Chess Square 24... Читать дальше...

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis met with US President Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton, outside the Pentagon. Mattis introduced himself to Bolton with a joke about the ambassador’s reputation as the “devil incarnate.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's decision to stop working with third-party data collectors might earn it public-relations points, but it does little to protect your privacy. It still has more than enough data on your interests and hobbies to target ads. The company will still tap browser and device IDs to track visits to third-party sites and apps. And it will still have plenty from your use of its service — everything from the businesses and hobbies you "like" to the types of news articles you read and share. Читать дальше...

LONDON — The Kremlin announced Thursday that it will expel 60 U.S. diplomats, and probably dozens from other nations, intensifying Russia’s clash with Europe and the United States. The action, which also includes closing the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg, was in retaliation for the expulsion of more than 150 Russian officials from other countries — itself a reaction to a nerve-agent attack on British soil that Britain and its allies have blamed on Moscow. The U.S. ambassador to Russia... Читать дальше...

Arsenal are sure to be in the market for midfield additions this summer, as the Gunners are poised to lose both Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere as things stand. Whilst the Bosman ruling may be a thorn in the side of the north London outfit in that scenario, Arsenal could use it to their advantage on the continent in order to bring Turkish international Oguzhan Ozyakup back to the Emirates Stadium. Besiktas are desperate to extend Ozyakup’s contract ahead of it’s expiry this summer... Читать дальше...

The United States is on track to meet the targets of the Paris climate agreement despite President Donald Trump's plan to withdraw from the accord, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday.

Burlington man accused of killing his wife told doctors he was hearing voices, had stopped taking his medication, according to a newly public report.

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• Streaming service Hulu is among the companies facing pressure to pull advertising with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
• Ingraham is facing backlash for mocking Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg on Twitter.

Companies are facing increased pressure to drop their advertising with Laura Ingraham, a Fox News host who recently received backlash for mocking a Parkland shooting survivor. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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As listeners of the Serial podcast know, Adnan Syed was a Baltimore, Maryland high school student sentenced to life in prison for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Now, he's getting a new trial. From Rolling Stone:

Jim Mattis greets John Bolton.

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The long-awaited first meeting between Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Trump’s bombastic incoming national security adviser John Bolton did not disappoint.

“I’ve heard that you’re actually the devil incarnate and I wanted to meet you,” Mattis told him in an off-mic moment that was caught by TV cameras when he greeted him on the Pentagon steps. Bolton laughed.

The relationship between the two key members of Trump’s war cabinet... Читать дальше...

Ein Richter in Los Angeles hat den Antrag der Pornodarstellerin Stormy Daniels vorerst abgewiesen, eine Aussage von US-Präsident Donald Trump vor Gericht zu erzwingen. Der Richter S. James Otero urteilte am Donnerstag, der Antrag sei "verfrüht" gewesen, weil Trump und sein Anwalt Michael Cohen noch nicht auf einen vorangegangenen Antrag der Darstellerin reagiert hätten.