Новости за 22.05.2018

By Sophie Louet and Bate Felix PARIS (Reuters) - French police and protesters clashed in Paris on Tuesday after unions, angered by years of public sector pay curbs and President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms, urged state employees to stop work on and join nationwide street protests. It is the third time that labour unions have sought to stage a nationwide show of strength in such a way since Macron began his five-year term in May 2017. Reuters television images showed riot police charging at protesters with batons in central Paris... Читать дальше...

At the pearly gates, Jenner imagines God will praise her winning the Games, raising kids and making a difference in the world.

Même s'il refuse de chiffrer le nombre exact d'immigrants qu'un éventuel gouvernement du Parti québécois accueillerait chaque année, son chef Jean-François Lisée admet qu'il serait inférieur à ce qu'il est en ce moment, parce qu'il s'agit d'un échec total . Le PQ affirme vouloir surtout agir sur la manière de les intégrer.

Même s'il refuse de chiffrer le nombre exact d'immigrants qu'un éventuel gouvernement du Parti québécois accueillerait chaque année, son chef Jean-François Lisée admet qu'il serait inférieur à ce qu'il est en ce moment, parce qu'il s'agit d'un échec total .

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• Kratom is an opioid-like supplement derived from a plant native to Southeast Asia. It can be consumed in pills, powder, or tea.
  
• On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to three kratom sellers accused of health fraud scams. It's the first time the agency has cracked down directly on makers of the supplement.
  
• The crackdown comes on the heels of repeated warnings from the Centers for Disease Control about a salmonella... Читать дальше...

It was reported in May the Trump administration intends to release a Middle East peace roadmap, drawn up by Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner and special envoy for international negotiations Jason Greenblatt, sometime in June. However, the plan may have been derailed, or at least undermined, if Broidy and Nader had had their way.

Dillian Whyte doesn’t think Kubrat Pulev actually wants to fight him.

Dillian Whyte, who has a purse bid set for Thursday for an IBF eliminator, says he doesn’t believe potential opponent Kubrat Pulev actually wants to fight him.

From Sky Sports:

“Pulev doesn’t want to fight. He gets in these positions to fight mandatories, or gets in these eliminators and doesn’t want to fight. ... He’s just wasting time, it’s a straightforward fight, the winner gets a crack at the big apple. Читать дальше...

Belgium is the latest country to witness a golden generation of players. Their current contingency of stars have the right amount of maturity, experience and skill to finally shine at a major international competition. Prior to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the Red Devils went through a barren spell in the international scene. Their last notable appearance was at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Then managed by national legend Marc Wilmots, the side were unlucky in 2014 to go out to Argentina four years earlier. Читать дальше...

The lawsuit seeks compensation for the team’s alleged failure to pay the former cheerleaders for 'off-the-clock' and overtime work.

Gov. Bruce Rauner would rather do nothing than take even the smallest step in what might help remedy the gun problems our nation faces.

Here we are with another game against the “elite” Toronto Leafs. As usual, there is another article from the Toronto media how great Toronto’s turnaround has been, how they are an elite team and the Sabres are regressing. As usual they ignore that the Leafs have stunk for 50 years. No Conference Championships, no Cups, no President’s Trophies and only one division championship in 50 years. They also ignore how this rebuilt Toronto team has it’s own decade of true ineptitude. JVR was 2nd overall in 2007. Читать дальше...

Back to baseball.

We’ve seen some decent stuff from Matt Harvey as a member of the Cincinnati Reds so far. In 8.0 IP, he’s not yet walked a batter, with 7 Ks on his ledger in that span. The 3.38 ERA, 3.00 FIP, and 1.00 WHIP all look mighty nice, as do the wins the team has logged in both of his outings.

Of course, both of those starts came away from Great American Ball Park in the relatively cavernous confines of Dodger Stadium and AT&T Park, but tonight he’ll get his first start as a Red while in their home bandbox. Читать дальше...

Brazil have won a record-breaking five World Cups. Can Tite's men make it six in Russia? After humiliation on home soil for Brazil in 2014, Ian Darke and ESPN's expert panel feel redemption could be in the cards for Neymar and company. Brazil's doctor Rodrigo Lasmar says the PSG superstar Neymar will start training with a ball next week and could make his return from injury in a friendly against Croatia on June 3.  The ESPN FC panel are joined by Raf Honigstein to dissect... Читать дальше...

The Panthers are now out of Jerry Richardson’s hands.

Earlier in May, Jerry Richardson reached an agreement to sell his Carolina Panthers. After announcing the team was up for sale in mid-December, the Panthers will now be under hedge fund manager David Tepper’s command.

The deal was made official Tuesday at a league meeting where the sale was approved unanimously by the rest of the NFL’s owners. Tepper was introduced as the Panthers owner at a press conference shortly thereafter. Читать дальше...

LONDRES (AP) — El príncipe Enrique y Meghan, la duquesa de Sussex, asistieron a su primer evento real como recién casados: una fiesta al aire libre en el Palacio de Buckingham en honor al padre de Enrique, el príncipe Carlos, por sus muchos años de trabajo caritativo. El clima soleado que le dio el sábado a su boda un brillo especial se prolongó el martes para la ocasión. Más de 6.000 personas involucradas con organizaciones benéficas apoyadas por Carlos acudieron a la fiesta en los vastos jardines del palacio. Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US-led coalition is responsible for at least 9,600 civilian deaths in its campaign against Daesh* in Syria and Iraq, representing the highest death toll inflicted by Western military forces since the Vietnam War, a fresh report by London-based NGO Airwars said.

• Reporters from multiple news outlets were barred from attending an Environmental Protection Agency summit on chemicals in drinking water on Tuesday. 
• An AP reporter was reportedly grabbed by the shoulders and forcibly shoved out of the EPA building by security guards after she asked to speak with the EPA's public affairs representative. 
• After Twitter erupted in response to what the AP and CNN called their "selective" exclusion from the event, the agency said it would open... Читать дальше...

Bulls' Lauri Markkanen, who is celebrating 21st birthday on Tuesday, was voted to the NBA's All-Rookie First Team, the league announced.

A Frontier Airlines passenger was led away from his arrival gate in handcuffs on Thursday after passengers say he grabbed two women during the flight and then urinated on the seat directly in front of him. The FBI later confirmed that the man, identified as 45-year-old Michael A. Haag, has since been charged with interfering...

A 30 year old man, of no fixed address, has been arrested in connection with several break-ins at a Hamilton restaurant. On Saturday, police were called to 1686 Main Street West, where a restaurant owner noticed his door had been forcibly opened and several bottles of alcohol were missing from the business bar fridge.

Lakers rookie Kyle Kuzma and Lonzo Ball have been named to the NBA All-Rookie teams.

Yair Netanyahu, the 26-year-old former IDF media relations officer who gained global notoriety last week by posting a picture captioned "F**k Turkey" in the style of the Turkish flag, may have risen to some measure of international recognition for the first time. But inside Israel, he's known for a series of scandals going back at least five years.

Four warrants have been issued by the EPS Behavioural Assesment Unit for a suspect they identified as Ian Francis Whitford, 36, for failing to report to police.

Speaking on the latest episode of Washington Post’s Cape Up with Jonathan Capehart podcast, jazz legend and Pulitzer Prize winner, Wynton Marsalis derided modern rap and hip-hop music as “more damaging than a statue of Robert E. Lee.” The issue came up when Capehart asked Marsalis about what it was like to play jazz in America because America is just a terrible […]