Новости за 12.07.2015

We are about to witness a series of exposés about dangerous new drug-taking habits that coincide with electronic dance music summer festivals, but what's interesting is the media’s repeated blame of long-standing patterns of college-age excess on new musical genres

Candace Bushnell’s infamous 1996 bestseller inspired a generation of women to celebrate female friendship and talk frankly about S-E-X (and the City). Her latest offering, Killing Monica, is a novel about an author who comes to loathe the iconic female character she created. Here, the original cosmo girl shares some of the secrets to her success including why it’s okay to stop talking about sex

My former neighbour has had a traumatic life and now her final days are spent trapped in a lonely chair, dependent on the kindness of others. This was an unwelcome flashback to my mother’s final days

A new study found that auditory hallucinations are experienced by up to five per cent of the general population, and they can be a meaningful part of human experience

Training smart means coming up with a balanced plan that addresses parts of the body that get overlooked

We can confirm that, despite our best efforts to get them to drop some deets, the cast members of NBC’s upcoming 'Heroes Reborn' spinoff/reboot miniseries all have one very special superhero talent: secrecy!

Andrew V. Pestano
ASUNCIóN, Paraguay, July 12 (UPI) -- Pope Francis spoke against poverty and "idolatrous" economic models that "sacrifice human lives on the altar of money" during his South American visit.

CAIRO - Italy's Embassy in Egypt says it is suspending all consular services in Cairo, a day after its consulate was hit by a car bomb that killed a passer-by and blasted a gaping hole in the historic building.

WARSAW, Poland - Jewish officials have gathered with nearly 50 elderly Christian Poles who saved Jews during World War II, praising them as heroes during an event organized as an expression of gratitude.

Chinese stock markets are in complete collapse right now, with the main Shanghai Composite index losing 30% of its value in just the past three weeks. The turmoil is now starting to spread to other Asian markets and global commodities markets.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said Sunday that her state is better off now that the Confederate flag is no longer flying on  state capitol grounds."It felt like a massive weight had been lifted off South Carolina," she said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "We can truly say it's a new day in South Carolina."Read full article >>

Berlin (AFP) - Bastian Schweinsteiger confirmed Sunday he will quit Bayern Munich for Manchester United, subject to a medical, as the German champions lost their first pre-season tournament without him.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Bahraini authorities arrested a top opposition leader Sunday, less than a month after he was freed from prison following time served for his role in Arab Spring-inspired protests.

London (AFP) - Raheem Sterling will be left behind when Liverpool fly out Sunday for Thailand fuelling speculation that a move to Premier League rivals Manchester City is imminent.

When Army Sgt. Patrick Hart decided a decade ago that he would not serve in the war in Iraq, he expected to follow the same path as thousands of American war resisters during the Vietnam era and take refuge across the border.

Universal's "Minions" overran the box office on the weekend as audiences in the U.S. and Canada shelled out an estimated $115.2 million to see the evil-master-serving horde frolic on the big screen.

If you think India only tunes into cricket, you’d be very much mistaken. The country has happily awoken to sporting history, as Sania Mirza, 28, its top female tennis player, won her first Wimbledon title, claiming the women’s doubles crown with her legendary partner, Switzerland’s Martina Hingis. The pair beat Russian duo Ekaterina Makarova and […]

Pope Francis visited a slum village in Paraguay on Sunday, telling its people that they remind him of the Holy Family — Jesus, Mary and Joseph — and urging them not to let their struggles extinguish their hope or their faith. “I have looked forward to being with you here today,” the Pope said as […]

There are some serious storm clouds hovering over this summer’s earnings season. A slew of international developments are brewing (or boiling), to create a lot of investor uncertainty. “There’s not a lot of optimism going into this earnings season. I think the bar is low overall,” says Michael Block, chief strategist at Rhino Trading Partners. […]

Following the deadly standoff in Western Ukraine's Mukachevo, Right Sector's spokesman threatened to bring fighters to Kiev while the country's security forces say that they do not intend to negotiate.

iOS 9 — Apple's latest software update — will finally bring some long-awaited changes to the company's popular tablet. 

SEOUL, South Korea - A typhoon that battered the Chinese coast has weakened into a tropical storm as it pushes toward the Korean Peninsula, where some South Korean flights were canceled due to strong winds and rain.