Новости за 27.06.2018

By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish journalist Mehmet Altan was released from prison on Wednesday, one of his lawyers said, four months after he was jailed for life on charges of aiding plotters behind a failed military coup. Earlier in the day an Istanbul appeals court ordered that he be freed from the city's Silivri prison. Altan's brother Ahmet and four other journalists were also sentenced to life in the same case and remain behind bars.

Prior to Brazil's friendly against Germany in March, coach Tite was questioned endlessly about a match dubbed the 'Mineirazo' - the 7-1 pasting handed out by Die Mannschaft in Belo Horizonte four years ago. A World Cup semi-final that brought shame upon a proud footballing nation, a defeat described as the lowest point in Brazilian football history. Lower even than the 'Maracanazo', in which Brazil unexpectedly lost the 1950 World Cup on home soil to Uruguay.  Tite admitted in Berlin: "This match has a huge psychological meaning ... Читать дальше...

Brazil advanced to the World Cup last 16 with a 2-0 win over Serbia, just hours after another of the favourites, Germany, crashed out.

Justin Thomas, the world No 2, may be using this week’s French Open as a Ryder Cup scouting mission but he wants to land two victories at Le Golf National this year.

She was known as "Riss", the adored younger sister of Dee who just a few months ago was obsessing about hairstyles on Instagram with her close 16-year-old friends. The Craigslea State High School students ...

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COLWYN BAY Football Club a looking for volunteers to act as stewards at the Four Crosses Construction arena on match days. The Seagulls open their pre-season programme with two games in three days against League Two opposition in Crewe Alexandra and Colchester United on Wednesday July 11th (7:45pm) and Friday July 13th (7pm). Anyone interested in being a match day ... Read More

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will “most likely” meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in a summit next month in Europe.

The leader of protests over economic and social problems in Morocco's northern Rif region was sentenced to 20 years in prison, provoking outrage among his family and activists.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Complex organic molecules have been discovered originating from one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, adding to its potential to support life, researchers said on Wednesday. The Cassini spacecraft first flew close to the ice-covered moon in 2005 as part of a mission to gather data on Saturn that will be analysed for years to come. A team led by Frank Postberg and Nozair Khawaja of the University of Heidelberg in Germany said they had identified fragments of large organic molecules... Читать дальше...

Wearing a yellow shirt and blue pants is a strange combination any day, but it became even more unfortunate when I showed up at Brit’s Pub as a neutral observer Wednesday to check out the soccer scene on a big day of World Cup action. The most intriguing match was Mexico vs. Sweden, the last of three in a very interesting group. And there I was, dressed in Sweden’s colors – like I was ready for a shift at Ikea, as one friend teased on Twitter. As it turns out, that wasn’t the only miscalculation of the day. Читать дальше...

Roe v. Wade became a top trending topic on Twitter Wednesday afternoon after pro-choice activists called into question the future of abortion rights now that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy officially announced his retirement.

By April Joyner (Reuters) - U.S. stocks reversed course on Wednesday, falling on renewed uncertainty regarding the U.S.

Samara (Russia) (AFP) – Jose Pekerman has refused to entertain the prospect of seeing Colombia’s stuttering World Cup campaign end with their final Group H clash against Senegal on Thursday. Despite following a disappointing 2-1...

Mediation between the more-than-675 BC Government and Service Employees Union (BCGEU) and their employers broke down earlier this week.

Among the images on display in “Michael Jackson: On the Wall” at the National Portrait Gallery are artworks by the legendary pop artist Andy Warhol and the last portrait commissioned by the singer, by New York-based painter Kehinde Wiley.

Even with Lionel Messi scoring, things were not looking good for Argentina in their final World Cup group match. Messi had given the South American side the lead but Nigeria were handed a lifeline when Javier Mascherano conceded an unnecessary penalty. Victor Moses smartly tucked in the penalty in the 51st minute and for the […]

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States' friendlier stance on its trade relationship with China led global stock markets slightly higher on Wednesday, despite a 2 percent slide in Chinese equities, and drew the U.S. dollar towards its second straight day of gains

[Ed Note: This is the second of three Pauling-related posts authored by SCARC Student Archivist Ethan Heusser for the Rare@OSU blog, which explores the rare book collections held in the Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Research Center.]

Around 100 soldiers and an RAF Chinook helicopter will help tackle the huge fires at Saddleworth Moor near Manchester.

With the news that Sandy Alderson will be stepping away from the Mets’ GM position as he battles the recurrence of cancer and likely won’t be returning to his position, saying based on merit it’s not warranted, we break down the candidates the Mets might consider to take over the big job, both...

Officers have been at the scene of a crash for more than five hours.

THE BRONX — Police filed murder charges Wednesday against the six men extradited from Paterson to the Bronx in the death of a 15-year-old boy stabbed at a bodega one week ago. Jose Muniz, 21; Jose Tavarez, 21; Joniki Martinez, 24; Daniel Fernandez, 21; Manuel Rivera, 18 and Antonio Hernandez-Santiago, 24 were charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault with intent to cause injury with a weapon. Muniz and Hernandez-Santiago were also charged with first-degree murder.... Читать дальше...

For most of the first decade of the millennium, we would post over and over again about content business models and how "free" content makes a ton of sense as a component of a business model. And yet, people in the legacy entertainment industry would laugh and laugh, and talk about how "you can't make money on free." You even had folks who claimed that if you gave away anything for free it proved you had "no fucking clue" about how to run a business. My favorite may have been Doug Morris, who was boss of Universal Music and then Sony Music... Читать дальше...