Новости за 13.12.2017

A $10.9 million hospital designed to treat camels -- and only camels -- has opened in Dubai, with local veterinarians stating it provides state of the art treatment for the desert animal.  "There are a lot of equine hospitals because horses have existed for centuries and their races have long existed so they had to have hospitals for it, but for camels, no. We here are very interested in preserving our heritage and we found that we must care for camels, not only by breeding and raising them, but... Читать дальше...

An investigation by Sputnik had earlier revealed that brokers were luring investors into pumping in their illegal cash into India’s real estate using Bitcoins.

Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - An der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse wurden im elektronischen Handel (Xetra) am 13.12.2017 um 13:05 Uhr folgende Kurse für die Werte des TecDAX festgestellt. (Stand und Veränderung zur Schlussnotierung am vorherigen Börsentag bei Aktien in Euro, bei Indizes in Punkten). TecDAX-Werte Dividende Kurs Veränderung Adva AG -,-- 5,82 (- 0,14) Aixtron AG -,-- 11,17 (- 0,30) Bechtle 0,75 70,56 (- 0,35) Cancom... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — Iconic singer Nina Simone and New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi lead the 2018 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, which includes four first-time nominees. The Cars, as well as first-time contenders Dire Straits, The Moody Blues and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, also are part of the 2018 class announced Wednesday. They will be inducted on April 14, in Cleveland, Ohio. The six inductees were chosen from a group of 19 nominees, including Radiohead, who were expected to enter in the Rock Hall in their first year of eligibility... Читать дальше...

Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - An der Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse wurden im elektronischen Handel (Xetra) am 13.12.2017 um 13:05 Uhr folgende Kurse für die 50 Werte des MDAX festgestellt. (Stand und Veränderung zur Schlussnotierung am vorherigen Börsentag bei Aktien in Euro, bei Indizes in Punkten). MDAX-Werte Dividende Kurs Veränderung Aareal Bank 2,00 37,87 (- 0,03) Airbus Group 1,35 86,45 (- 0,80) Alstria Office 0,52 12,98 (- 0,06) Reit ... Читать дальше...

Estrasburgo, 13 dic (dpa) - El Parlamento Europeo entregó hoy el Premio Sájarov para la Libertad de Conciencia a la oposición de Venezuela."Este es el máximo premio que otorga la Unión Europea a aquellos que defienden los derechos humanos", dijo en la presentación de la ceremonia el presidente de la cámara, Antonio Tajani.Recogieron los premios entre otros el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional venezolana despojada de poder Julio Borges, el ex alcalde de Caracas exiliado Antonio Ledezma y el padre del opositor Leopoldo López... Читать дальше...

On Tuesday and Wednesday next week, the Glimmerglass Festival presents "The Little Prince," an operatic adaptation of the classic illustrated storybook with music by the famed film composer Rachel Portman and libretto by Nicholas Wright. The shows will be at the auditorium at Cooperstown's high school, where the company got its start 42 years ago. It's the first holiday event in the company's history. The two performances of "The Little Prince" will be semi-staged with piano accompaniment and will... Читать дальше...

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• Apple stopped releasing first weekend iPhone sales figures with the iPhone 7, making it hard to tell how the iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus are selling.
• New analytics data suggests the iPhone X is outpacing the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus in adoption.
• The iPhone X costs $999/£999, while the iPhone 8 starts at $699/£699, and the iPhone 8 Plus starts at $799/799.

Apple hasn't released sales figures for the iPhone X, iPhone 8... Читать дальше...

President Trump on Wednesday sought to turn the defeat of Republican Roy Moore in Alabama’s special election into his own personal victory – saying he was right in predicting the candidate was doomed from the start. “The reason I originally endorsed Luther Strange (and his numbers went up mightily), is that I said Roy Moore...

A South African 7s fan scammed his way into the Cape Town 7s all access areas this past weekend with nothing more than a lanyard and home made VIP pass. Sydney Lanyard, as he likes to be called, walked through security in plain sight, getting to mingle with players and celebrities.

The Christmas 'silly season' is just around the corner and that means two things. Lots of drinking and lots of time off (for most people). With the hangovers coming thick and fast, the hair of the dog will be in high demand around the city and a northside pizzeria is providing just the cure we'll all be needing. Boco on Bolton Street have come up with two pop-up booze-infused pizzas and we have to say we're absolutely intrigued.  One of the creations is for the Bloody Mary lovers-  a tomato pizza... Читать дальше...

PARIS - Tokyo organisers have shown they will complete all their 2020 Olympic venues on schedule, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Wednesday at the conclusion of a three-day visit.

Two weeks after being ordered to stay away from his wife, a 48-year-old man this morning was back in court once again on Wednesday to face domestic violence charges.The man, who works as a gardener, was accused of threatening and insulting his wife, as well as making her fear that violence was going to be used against her. He was also charged with damaging the door of her home and breaching a protection order in her favour issued by another court on November 27. The latter case was also related to domestic violence... Читать дальше...

Alexandre Lacazette says the Premier League title was not a primary target for Arsenal and that it would take a "miracle" to stop Manchester City becoming champions at this stage. France striker Lacazette arrived as a club-record £52million signing from Lyon during the close season and has scored eight goals in 16 Premier League appearances to date. Nevertheless, the Gunners lie sixth in the table heading into Wednesday's London derby at West Ham, 17 points behind Pep Guardiola's runaway leaders. Читать дальше...

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal announced on Wednesday that the Passports and Immigration Office will begin issuing e-passports from next year.

Two Chechen men have been sentenced to prison over a deadly hostage-taking attack in the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk in 1995, a turning point in the first of two post-Soviet separatist wars in nearby Chechnya.

Berlin (dpa) - Ungewöhnlicher Abschied von den Beschützern: Ganz in der Nähe des Willy-Brandt-Hauses traf sich SPD-Chef Martin Schulz in der Kneipe «Stadtklause» in Berlin mit seinen bisherigen Bodyguards. Ein SPD-Sprecher bestätigte am Mittwoch einen entsprechenden Bericht des «Checkpoint»-Newsletters des Berliner «Tagesspiegels». Weil Schulz bis zur Bundestagswahl kein Abgeordneter und ohne offizielle Funktion war, kümmerte sich die Polizei aus Köln um den Personenschutz des Politikers aus Nordrhein-Westfalen. Читать дальше...

Offenbach (dpa) - Ausgiebiger Regen hat im Herbst die Böden komplett durchnässt und damit Feldarbeiten verzögert. «Im Gegensatz zum Vorjahr war der Herbst 2017 durchweg zu nass», teilte der Deutsche Wetterdienst (DWD) in Offenbach am Mittwoch mit. Landwirte hätten die durchfeuchteten Böden häufig nicht befahren können. Dadurch sei mancherorts die Aussaat von Wintergetreide nicht abgeschlossen worden. Darüber hinaus hätten sich pilzliche Schadenserreger vermehrt ausgebreitet und eine frühzeitige Weinlese erzwungen. Читать дальше...

Pavel Felgenhauer, Jamestown Foundation
Russian President Vladimir Putin (65) announced, on December 6, that he will in fact be running in the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for March 18, 2018. His main potential opponents from the official Duma opposition parties (the Communist party boss Gennady Zyuganov and the flamboyant nationalist demagogue Vladimir Zhirinovsky) have acknowledged him as the leading or absolute favorite (RIA Novosti, December 6). Next year's election will probably... Читать дальше...

Samuel Bendett, The Strategy Bridge
Over the last five years, the Russian Federation has made great strides in designing, testing, evaluating, and fielding a variety of unmanned military systems, including land, air, and sea-based models. Russian media is full of announcements and analyses of the use and specification of what I call red robots, while Russia's foray into Eastern Ukraine and Syria afforded Moscow a rare opportunity to field and operate such machines in combat. The Western response... Читать дальше...

Whoahhhhh, they’re all the way there. Bon Jovi is finally being inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The New Jersey rockers will take their place with music elites in April at the induction ceremony in Cleveland, alongside the Cars, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues and Nina Simone. Rock-and-roll pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe...

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...

Gaza, 13 dic (dpa) - En un nuevo ataque contra objetivos en la Franja de Gaza, la Fuerza Aérea de Israel bombardeó en la madrugada de hoy una instalación militar del movimiento radical islámicos Hamas en el sur del enclave palestino, informó una portavoz militar israelí.Extremistas palestinos habían disparado en la noche del martes un misil, que no alcanzó territorio israelí e impactó en un campo dentro de la Franja de Gaza. Según la portavoz israelí, otro misil fue disparado más tarde hacia la ciudad... Читать дальше...

A tanker accident in Festac Town has resulted in a fire explosion which has burnt several cars. The fire service is trying to stop the inferno from spreading.