Новости за 01.12.2017

Would you call a trivia host Quiz Daddy? The Ringer's Claire McNear is thinking about it and probably so are about hundreds of thousands of other people who have played HQ, the mobile trivia game stopping employees from working globally, over the past few months. 

The Hague (dpa) - Preliminary results of an autopsy on Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak, who appeared to swallow poison this week in a UN courtroom, showed cyanide in his body, Dutch prosecutors said on Friday.Praljak died on Wednesday after consuming a substance from a bottle he sneaked into the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), ahead of the verdict in an appeal against his first-instance sentencing.When the tribunal upheld his original 20-year sentence and in front of live cameras... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee on Friday requested records detailing taxpayer-financed payments made over the years to settle claims of sexual harassment, discrimination and other prohibited behavior by members of Congress. A separate review shows that the Office of Compliance, which administers the payments, spent nearly $360,000 over the past five years to settle six claims — most for various forms of discrimination but one for sexual harassment in the amount of $84,000. Читать дальше...

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• Allies of President Donald Trump pushed back on the presumed severity of Michael Flynn's guilty plea.
• They said it had nothing to do with any collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

Allies of President Donald Trump pushed back on Friday at the severity of former national security adviser Michael Flynn's guilty plea as a part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, saying it did not entail collusion... Читать дальше...

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• The footage below shows GoPro footage of US Army paratroopers jumping from two C-130s.
• The paratroopers are part of the US' 173rd Airborne Brigade and Serbian Army paratroopers from the 63rd Parachute Brigade.

The GoPro Camera has provided us with a ton of awesome videos. But what do you think happens when paratroopers get a hold of one? Yeah, they take it on a jump.

Probably one of the best descriptors of the ethos of... Читать дальше...

Besser geht es nicht, Cornelia Hütter ist wahrlich ein traumhaftes Comeback gelungen. Die Steirerin gewann gleich ihr erstes Weltcup-Rennen nach dem im Jänner in Saalbach erlittenen Kreuzbandriss. Die 25-Jährige setzte sich in der ersten von zwei Abfahrten in Lake Louise 0,09 Sekunden vor Tina Weirather (LIE) und 0,30 vor der sensationell starken Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) durch.

Cornelia Hütter ist ein Traum-Comeback gelungen. Die Steirerin gewann gleich ihr erstes Ski-Weltcup-Rennen nach ihrem am 4. Jänner in Saalbach erlittenen Kreuzbandriss. Die 25-Jährige setzte sich in der ersten von zwei Abfahrten in Lake Louise 0,09 Sekunden vor der Liechtensteinerin Tina Weirather und 0,30 vor der sensationell starken US-Amerikanerin Mikaela Shiffrin durch.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Latest on a retirement community resident accused of making ricin and testing it on people's food (all times local): 3:30 p.m. A judge says a Vermont retirement community resident accused of making ricin and testing the deadly toxin on her neighbors has a history of mental health problems. Seventy-year-old Betty Miller made her first appearance in federal court in Vermont on Friday. Judge John Conroy noted her mental health history. He did not elaborate. Miller was placed... Читать дальше...

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• India wants to put a rover on the moon in 2018.
• The last time any country landed successfully on the moon was in 2013, when China sent its 'Yutu' rover for a monthlong walk there. 
• The US is still the only country that has put people on the moon. The last "man on the moon," NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, touched down there in 1972. 

The last time any country put boots or, rather, little metal feet, on the moon was in 2013, when China landed its Yutu rover there. Читать дальше...

• Jalali announces to resign

The Maulana Asif Jalali-led faction of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY), which had been holding a sit-in outside the Punjab Assembly for the past week, concluded their protest around midnight on Friday, December 1 after the government convinced them to withdraw their main demand -- the resignation of Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah from his post.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has named Phillip Fulmer athletic director and placed former AD John Currie on paid leave amid what has been a tumultuous and embarrassing football coaching search. Chancellor Beverly Davenport announced the move Friday. She says Fulmer will immediately take over the coaching search. Tennessee fired football Butch Jones last month and was close to hiring Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano on Sunday. That deal fell through amid a public backlash. Currie... Читать дальше...

Arab media is reporting that Egypt and Russia are on the verge of signing a military cooperation agreement that would allow each side to use the other's air space and air bases for a period of five years. Russian media reported that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has endorsed the draft agreement crafted by the defense ministry. Egypt's red carpet welcome Wednesday for visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has set in motion a military rapprochement between Cairo and Moscow, after months of hesitation... Читать дальше...

Arab media is reporting that Egypt and Russia are on the verge of signing a military cooperation agreement that would allow each side to use the other's air space and air bases for a period of five years. Russian media reported that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has endorsed the draft agreement crafted by the defense ministry. Egypt's red carpet welcome Wednesday for visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has set in motion a military rapprochement between Cairo and Moscow, after months of hesitation... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Two senior Senate Democrats want President Trump to explain why he’s poised to remove protections for U.S. Forest Service land in the Bears Ears National Monument when the agency did not recommend any such change, according to a letter obtained by the Washington Post. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., made the inquiry Friday after Trump’s nominee to serve as Department of Agriculture... Читать дальше...

RISE High wants to make learning more accessible for young people in Los Angeles.

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Two women embrace outside Rancho Tehama Elementary School, where Kevin Janson Neal opened fire on November 14, 2017, in Tehama, California, killing five people at several sites and wounding others.

Days after 26 people were killed in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a gunman opened fire in the small town of Tehama, California, killing five and wounding ten, including students at a local elementary school.

There were few similarities between the two men. Читать дальше...

The Hague (dpa) - Preliminary results of an autopsy on Bosnian Croat war criminal Slobodan Praljak, who appeared to swallow poison this week in a UN courtroom, showed cyanide in his body, Dutch prosecutors said on Friday.Praljak died on Wednesday after consuming a substance from a bottle he sneaked into the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), ahead of the verdict in an appeal against his first-instance sentencing.When the tribunal upheld his original 20-year sentence and in front of live cameras... Читать дальше...

Canada’s highest court has reserved its decision on whether a pair of law societies will be allowed to deny accreditation to graduates of an evangelical university after hearing final submissions on Friday.

Snow and strong winds on the way for southern Manitoba late this weekend which will be followed up by some much cooler temperatures.

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SCUBA TAKES BACK BATON FROM HONORABLE DUTY FOR WALSH

While a trainer would always prefer all of his horses to be running well concurrently, it... Читать дальше...

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Saudi Arabia and Iran have exported their bitter regional tussle to Rome, accusing each other of villainous meddling in the Middle East during diplomacy talks in the Italian capital. "They have literally got away with murder in our region and the world," Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told a three-day conference on creating "a positive agenda" in the Mediterranean on Friday. The gathering, called "Beyond Turmoil", became the stage for a bitter slanging match between the two countries... Читать дальше...

President Trump on Friday shot down reports that he was about to fire Secretary of State Rex Tillerson — and slammed media reports about Tillerson’s supposedly imminent demise as “FAKE NEWS.” “The media has been speculating that I fired Rex Tillerson or that he would be leaving soon – FAKE NEWS! He’s not leaving and...

Belichick is a man of few words, but a few specific topics really get him going.