Новости за 13.12.2017

Brazil's leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will learn in January whether a prison sentence against him is upheld, officials said Tuesday, potentially knocking him out of next year's presidential election.

Meghan Markle is trading her home in Toronto for life at Kensington Palace, and saying goodbye to the townhouse she lived in while filming Suits.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas commission cleared the way Tuesday for the installation of another Ten Commandments monument outside the state Capitol, after a prior marker was shattered when a man crashed his car into the monolith than 24 hours after it was put in place. The Arkansas Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission signed off on the final design, which will include four concrete posts for the monument's protection. Officials and supporters said there's no guarantee that such security measures... Читать дальше...

Food that makes you feel like you’re back home.

Food is one of the best things life has to offer. It's a delicious and important part of people's lives and cultures.

Fox

Food allows us to be creative, it makes us explore and discover new things, and develop a bond with people and places with love.

Oxygen

Food not only brings people together, it also has the power to make us feel better. Читать дальше...

Food that makes you feel like you’re back home.

Food is one of the best things life has to offer. It's a delicious and important part of people's lives and cultures.

Fox

Food allows us to be creative, it makes us explore and discover new things, and develop a bond with people and places with love.

Oxygen

Food not only brings people together, it also has the power to make us feel better. Читать дальше...

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• Groupon founder Andrew Mason just launched a startup called Descript.
• Descript is an ingenious audio editing tool for podcasters.
• It was born out of the startup he launched after he was ousted from Groupon, called Detour.

Groupon founder Andrew Mason launched another new startup on Tuesday. It's called Descript.

Descript takes an audio file, say a recording for a podcast, and automatically transcribes it in a few minutes using artificial intelligence. Читать дальше...

The initiative aims to improve health outcomes and better track Indigenous experiences in the healthcare system, while respecting Indigenous culture.

Get ready: Faster, smarter, and more secure smartphones are coming in 2018. 

A major U.S. electronic retailer says it wants to help immigrant and underprivileged teens gain the technology skills they'll need for the job market. Best Buy, in partnership with a local nongovernmental organization known as the Brian Coyle Center, has opened a tech center in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside area. The center provides after-school computer classes for teens in the area, many of whom come from East African immigrant families. The company plans to open 60 such centers nationwide by 2020. Читать дальше...

As president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), David Miliband oversees both the agency's humanitarian relief operations and its refugee resettlement and assistance programs in several American cities. Although he was not responsible for the EU’s decisions on refugees or immigrants, during his tenure as the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary from 2007 to 2010, he saw how his government responded to an unexpectedly large influx of European workers and the resulting impact on British society. Читать дальше...

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While the Golden State Warriors earned the “w” against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, a young superfan won the hearts of NBA fans everywhere for his heartfelt reaction after getting a courtside gift from the reigning NBA Finals MVP.

After Golden State’s 111-104 win in Oakland, NBA star Kevin Durant handed his game-worn shoes... Читать дальше...

Steven Tyler once sang about love in an elevator — but now he’s all about love in a grocery aisle! The Aerosmith legend, 69, was seen planting a kiss on his girlfriend, 29-year-old Aimee Ann Preston, while shopping at the Erewhon organic food store in Los Angeles.

Berlín, 12 dic (dpa) - Con una visita sorpresa al mercado navideño en Berlín que hace casi un año se vio sacudido por un atentado terrorista, la canciller alemana Angela Merkel recordó hoy a las víctimas de ese ataque.Merkel llegó esta noche para una visita de unos 30 minutos al Breitscheidplatz. El pasado 19 de diciembre, el joven tunecino Anis Amri embistió con un camión a la multitud que se encontraba en este mercadillo provocando el atentado yihadista más sangriento jamás registrado en Alemania.En el ataque... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man, roughly the size of the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The creature was slightly shorter in length and about 20 pounds heavier than the official stats for hockey star Sidney Crosby. It measured nearly 5 feet, 10 inches long when swimming and weighed in at 223 pounds. If the penguin and the Penguin faced off on the ice, however, things would look different. When standing... Читать дальше...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Upstate Republican lawmaker Brian Kolb launched a campaign for New York governor Tuesday, vowing to take on the state's high taxes and chronic corruption in what he acknowledged will be an uphill fight against Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Kolb is the first, but unlikely to be the last, candidate to step forward to challenge Cuomo. The Democratic governor is known as a prodigious fundraiser and has been mentioned as a possible White House contender, though he has said he plans to seek a third term. Читать дальше...

Extra points have become a sore subject in local sports, mostly as they pertain to the NFL. The Vikings have missed a league-high five extra points this season – one year after they missed a league-high seven. Perhaps a more damaging and longer-term “extra point” problem, though, has belonged to the NHL’s Wild. From the start of the 2015-16 season through Nov. 20 this year, a Wild game went into overtime 33 times. Minnesota won in overtime or a shootout just 11 times, meaning in the 22 others the... Читать дальше...

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4 p.m. Big-company stocks notched gains on Wall Street, bringing more records for major indexes, but smaller companies lagged behind. The Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Dow Jones industrial average closed at all-time highs Tuesday, but indexes tracking smaller companies fell. Banks rose as the Federal Reserve met to discuss interest rates. The Fed is expected to raise rates again Wednesday, which allows banks to charge more to lend money. Читать дальше...

From Susan Slusser at the San Francisco Chronicle on December 12, 2017:

App Store Official Charts for the week ending December 10, 2017: Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 2. Minecraft, Mojang 3. kirakira+, Kentaro Yama 4. Plague Inc.,Ndemic Creations 5. Bloons TD 5,Ninja Kiwi 6. Toca Life: Pets,Toca Boca AB 7. Reigns: Her Majesty,Devolver Digital 8. Facetune, Lightricks Ltd. 9. iSchedule, HotSchedules 10. NBA 2K18,2K Top Free iPhone Apps: 1. YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream, Google, Inc. 2. Rush, Ketchapp 3. Snapchat, Snap, Inc. 4. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. Читать дальше...

The credits start to roll, the lights come up, and as the crowd stands from their seats, they hear a song. It’s hard enough to keep an audience occupied for two hours. Now try holding their attention for just another two minutes before they’re out the door. “I was hoping I had a song I could sing for as long as people wanted to hear it,” said Elvis Costello, an artist and rocker who knows a thing or two about music made to grab you. “If a song can last just until people can get to the lobby, you’re... Читать дальше...

Thousands of Chelsea fans rather embarrassed themselves with a pretty cringeworthy chant at Huddersfield Town this evening. The Blues travelled to the newly-promoted side a whopping 14 points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City, and knew nothing short of a victory would do for the reigning English champions. #Willian thinks he is #Morata #goal #Chelsea #EPL pic.twitter.com/kcOjghUzM4 — Craig Goody (@GoodyCraig) December 12, 2017 Fortunately for the supporters who’d... Читать дальше...

Westfield joins forces with a European shopping center giant. Malls are trying to reinvent themselves as online retailers grow more powerful.

Sarah Michelle Gellar is stepping back into the shoes of her cunning Cruel Intentions villain Kathryn Merteuil for one special cause: to tell audience members to turn off their cell phones.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on a state Department of Natural Resources review of the 2017 gun deer hunt (all times local): 1:40 p.m. A member of the state Department of Natural Resources board says the lack of a minimum hunting age in Wisconsin has created an embarrassing perception nationally that babies are hunting deer. Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill just ahead of the nine-day gun season last month that eliminated the 10-year-old minimum age for participating in a mentored hunt, essentially eliminating the state's minimum hunting age. Читать дальше...