Новости за 13.12.2017

The United Nations asks for more than a billion dollars to provide humanitarian assistance to millions of South Sudanese next year; a South Sudanese activist fears traveling back to Juba and being targeted; and people in Kapoeta State earn a living mining for gold.

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President Trump says he knew Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore would lose in Tuesday’s special election — and that his prediction was correct.

• Trump endorses Moore: ‘We need his vote’
• Trump makes the case for voting Roy Moore — again
• Ivanka Trump: ‘There’s a special place in hell for people who prey on children’
• Alabama Senate race gets even stranger as Democrat quotes Ivanka in ad
• Roy Moore accuser... Читать дальше...

Relics from the Battle of Culloden could still be found at a site earmarked for housing development, an archaeologist has warned.

The UN's top expert on torture on Wednesday said reports from sources indicated at least one inmate was still being tortured at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay and reiterated his request to visit.

The changes will create a new ward on Hamilton mountain while eliminating Ward 14 and blending residents of rural Flamborough into the existing Ancaster and Dundas wards.

“You take a picture of somebody, it says one thing. You draw a picture ... it says something completely different.”

Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, has declared a third Intifada against Israel. Professor Meir Litvak, an Israeli specialist on Hamas and director of the Alliance Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University, has shared his views with Radio Sputnik on the possibility of riots and stressed the viability of a two-state solution.

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• Democrats see top GOP Sen. Ted Cruz as uniquely vulnerable in the wake of Doug Jones's upset win in Alabama.
• Cruz's favorability ratings are lowers than Republican Roy Moore's unfavorable ratings.

Despite Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore's numerous flaws, Democrat Doug Jones's victory over the former judge Tuesday night caught many political observers by surprise.

But for other Democrats, it signaled consequences for Republicans up for reelection... Читать дальше...

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• Great leaders avoid bad habits that are a detriment to their mental strength, and others. 
• Instead, they accept their insecurities, and don't suppress their emotions.
• They don't deny their own limitations, and show compassion to others.
• They also stay focused on their own path to success.

My fifteen years as a psychotherapist taught me about mental strength and the resilience of the human spirit. I saw countless people... Читать дальше...

There is an urge to look at the Timberwolves’ overtime loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday through a certain forgiving, optimistic lens. This is an 82-game season, after all. The Wolves are 16-12. If we keep harping on every little bad or questionable thing, we’re probably missing out on the big picture: Minnesota is playing meaningful basketball, even if it isn’t pretty, and more often than not so far this team is grinding out wins. The recent winning formula — heavy minutes for the starters, just three... Читать дальше...

The European Commission won support on Wednesday for a new plan to regulate chemicals which can potentially disrupt the body's hormones, expressing hope it can take effect next year.

Doug Jones’ shocking win over Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore has the internet over the moon. One hashtag has emerged: #BlackWomen.

Omarosa Manigault, a quarrelsome contestant of the first season of the TV show The Aprentice, who was appointed a White House aide, will leave her post on January 20, 2018, a year after Donald Trump's the inauguration.

Johannesburg - The City of Joburg said on Wednesday that the Department of Home Affairs, in an official response, has agreed to establish a joint committee in a bid to deal with the challenge of rising illegal immigrants in the city.

Police arrested a man believed to have been involved with a serious assault on a No. 11 bus in downtown Winnipeg Nov. 4.

Set to hit free agency after next season, the Nationals have begun early discussions to extend Bryce Harper.

Following a backlash against planned fee increases, Patreon is backing down. For now, everything will stay the way it is.

Cristiano Ronaldo broke the goals record he shared with Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo has added yet another record to his collection by becoming the leading goalscorer in Club World Cup history, thanks to his equalising strike in Wednesday's semifinal against Al Jazira. Ronaldo had at least six early chances to open the scoring in the game in Abu Dhabi, but was repeatedly denied by Al Jazira goalkeeper Ali Khaseif, with the locals then taking a barely unbelievable lead when Romarinho netted five minutes before half-time. Читать дальше...

The Cars, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe also made it in a less-than-forward-looking induction class.

Terrance Lindsay, 27, was charged with armed violence, unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a controlled substance, the sheriff's office said.

That I attended my first ever game. Anglo-Italian Cup vs Cesena. My old man and my uncle took me down. It was adults a fiver and kids for a quid. I still remember it like it was yesterday.

From the pub beforehand to the bustling crowd and the scolding hot chocolate before kick off. The lasting memory was hearing keep right on being belted out and from then on i just knew this was the team for me and I begged to go back to every game.

I remember we won 3-1 and my uncle told... Читать дальше...

Yesterday was the rare San Francisco day when you couldn't find anyone with a gripe against the city’s top politician, Mayor Ed Lee. Lee's tenure ended, abruptly, at 1:11 in the morning of December 12th when he was pronounced dead at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital after suffering a heart attack at a supermarket while shopping with his wife. The affable 65-year-old was midway through his third mayoral term after being initially installed by the Board of Supervisors as a “caretaker” mayor... Читать дальше...

Spectators on the road are seen singing along with the sisters, who are oblivious to the gathering crowd and are fully enjoying their crooning.

Virginia officials started recounts on Wednesday in the first of four state House of Delegates races, a process that could lead to a Democratic takeover of the chamber after the party's historic election gains last month. Republicans have a narrow 51-49 majority in the House after Democrats erased a two-to-one advantage in November, part of the party's first big wave of victories since Republican Donald Trump won the White House last year. Four of the legislative races were close enough to lead to recounts. Читать дальше...