Новости за 15.12.2017

Because it's worked oh so well in the past, European news agencies are (again!) calling for service providers like Google and Facebook to start paying them money for sending them business.

Gold ended with a modest climb Friday, logging a gain for the week following three-straight weeks of declines. Prices got a boost after the Federal Reserve announced its decision this week to raise interest rates, as expected, and didn't change its forecast for inflation and interest rates in 2018. "Gold had already priced in the Fed rate increase in the last month and there was an element of 'sell the Fed rumour' and 'buy the Fed news'," said Mark O'Byrne, research director at GoldCore. "The outlook for gold is good. Читать дальше...

Gerard Deulofeu's participation in El Clasico is in doubt after the forward suffered an injury in training on Friday. The 23-year-old strained ligaments in his left knee as Barcelona prepared for Sunday's visit of Deportivo La Coruna. Barca confirmed he will be out for up to 10 days, which could rule him out of the showdown with Real Madrid on December 23, as well as this weekend's Liga clash. Deulofeu has struggled for form this season, but coach Ernesto Valverde said last month that he was "not worried" about the 23-year-old.

Washington has warned Iran that it will build an "international coalition" against Tehran after presenting what it said was proof of Iranian-made weapons deliveries to Yemen. Speaking to Sputnik, Iranian political observer Ali Reza Rezahah said his country has been hearing similar, baseless threats and accusations from the US for decades.

Regardless of what Trubisky does in the final three games, his most significant "progress" is that he looks the part ... of quarterback-of-the-future.

Kyle Walker has been told by Pep Guardiola he is physically one of the best full-backs in the world, but needs to improve his football brain to maintain his form into his thirties.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Five Friends University Football student-athletes have been selected to the 2017 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete squad, the organization announced today (Dec. 15).

A high-ranking member of the Scottish National Party refuted claims of a boycott allegedly imposed by the party leadership against RT and Sputnik.

GOP lawmakers on Friday expanded the Child Tax Credit that helps low-income families in a bid to persuade Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to support their tax reform bill after he threatened to vote no over the issue. South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem, one of the Republicans working on a final bill, predicted that Rubio would...

The plans so far are to be defiant and take the FCC to court. Beyond that, there’s a limited slate of options.

Prince Aminu Sanusi Lamido, the 26-year-old first son of the former governor of Central Bank, and Emir of Kano, Muhammad Lamido II, has become a policeman.

Translated by Ollie Richardson 19:36:38 15/12/2017 123ru.net The headquarters of the so-called “ATO” understate the losses in Donbass and doesn’t want to withdraw the dead. Ukrainian volunteers withdraw perished military personnel using buses at their own expense. This was reported on the page of the Ukrainian volunteer Dima Chorny on the social network “VKontakte”, who […]

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• Amazon's wide assortment of items includes products from many well-known brands.
• There are a few holdouts, however.
• It's mostly clothing and luxury brands that are worried about brand perception and the Amazon third-party marketplace.

Figuring out which brands sell on Amazon — and which don't — is not always an easy task.

The website and its third-party marketplace mix everything together, so just because you can find... Читать дальше...

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From 'Big Little Lies' to 'The Bold Type,' it was a great year for new TV.

This week I talked with Victoria Munro the new Executive Director of the Alice Austen House Museum located on Staten Island, New York. The Alice Austen House is the only museum dedicated to the work of an individual American woman photographer and last June the National Register of Historic Places’ designation of the 2 Hylan Boulevard home which Alice Austen shared for nearly 30 years with her long-time partner Gertrude Tate to include the photographer’s significance in our LGBTQ history. Alice... Читать дальше...

More than half of South Sudan's children have suffered abuse, trauma and hunger over the past four years of war, the United Nations Children's Fund says. According to the report "Childhood Under Attack" — released on the fourth anniversary of the start of the war — more than 2,300 children have been killed or injured since South Sudan erupted into conflict in December 2013.  Among those who are living, around three million have very little to eat. More than one million of those children are acutely malnourished... Читать дальше...

It’s now five and a half hours … and counting. Mike Francesa began his final show at WFAN by thanking the 85 guests who showed up on Thursday to bid him farewell. He also wanted to make clear that outside of Don Imus and Lawrence Taylor, he did not know who would be the guests...

King James had plenty of positive things to say about Lonzo after their first meeting.

The FC panel question if Neymar should be more wary on the pitch after a Strasbourg midfielder voiced his desire to hurt the PSG star. PARIS -- Neymar is back from his return to Brazil for family reasons and he has immediately been restored to Paris Saint-Germain's squad for Saturday's Ligue 1 clash away at Rennes. The Brazilian superstar left Paris for his homeland last Saturday before the French capital outfit beat Lille 3-1 at Parc des Princes -- a match he was suspended for anyway -- and the... Читать дальше...

Rome (dpa) - Amazon has agreed to pay 100 million euros (118 million dollars) to close a tax litigation issue in Italy, the country‘s tax collection agency said Friday.The US online commerce giant will pay the sum through its Italian and European Union subsidiaries, the Agenzia delle Entrate said in a statement.The agreement will put an end to ongoing tax investigations against Amazon led by Milan prosecutors and the Guardia di Finanza financial police about the 2011-2015 period, the statement added.Amazon... Читать дальше...

Ali Farag made more sporting history with a 5-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 victory over Miguel Rodriguez of Colombia in a quarter-final clash in the squash World Championships on Friday.