Новости за 29.12.2017

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte believes finishing in the top four will mean they have had a successful season regardless of losing their Premier League title. The champions head into Saturday's game with Stoke City 16 points behind league leaders Manchester City, who have left the rest of the division trailing in their wake with their sensational form this term. Chelsea are still involved in the EFL Cup and FA Cup and have a Champions League last-16 tie with Barcelona to come, leaving them a good chance of finishing 2017-18 with silverware. Читать дальше...

She had shoplifted from the same store "at least a couple times before," and even had a routine down, sources claimed.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that the lower house of the country’s parliament had not done enough to hold President Jacob Zuma accountable in a corruption scandal.

München/Berlin (dpa) - Die Forderungen der CSU nach höhren Verteidigungsausgaben sowie schärferen EU-Regeln bei Flüchtlingen und Grenzkontrollen gefährden laut Parteichef Horst Seehofer nicht die anstehenden Sondierungen mit der SPD. «Ich empfehle uns allen Disziplin und Zurückhaltung», sagte er am Freitag in München. Was die CSU-Landesgruppe mache, sei in Ordnung. «Sie hat immerhin eine Klausurtagung, und dass man sich in Klausurtagungen noch einmal inhaltlich positioniert, ist völlig in Ordnung.»Unabhängig... Читать дальше...

Your daily look at late-breaking California news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA Hodgepodge of law enforcement agencies will try to make sure pot businesses adhere to a slew of new laws starting Monday. 2. ROSE MARIE Actress who co-starred on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" dies at age 94. 3. SLOW iPHONES At least five groups seek class-action status for lawsuits over Apple's move to slow down older iPhones. 4. REGENT RESIGNS UC Regent Norman J. Читать дальше...

Two lovers, Nicholas Esene and his woman, Juliet Aremon, have stepped into the next chapter of their lives. Sharing details of their special day with NAIJ.com, the newly-wed groom recounted how they tied the knot in style.

Two lovers, Nicholas Esene and his woman, Juliet Aremon, have stepped into the next chapter of their lives. Sharing details of their special day with NAIJ.com, the newly-wed groom recounted how they tied the knot in style.

Beijing may have turned a corner in its battle against the city's notorious smog, according to Reuters calculations, and environmental consultants say the Chinese government deserves much of the credit for introducing tough anti-pollution measures. The Chinese capital is set to record its biggest improvement in air quality in at least nine years, with a nearly 20 percent change for the better this year, based on average concentration levels of hazardous breathable particles known as PM2.5. The dramatic change... Читать дальше...

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As one of the 172 companies in the GICS Consumer Staples sector Ambev SA (NYSE:ABEV) is a component of the 34 company Beverages GICS industry group within this sector. The market value of ABEV is $98.5 billion which falls in the top quarter of its industry group. Portfolio Grader's current ranking for ABEV puts it 16 among the 34 companies in this industry group, placing it in the top half; in the top quartile of the sector... Читать дальше...

Nothing is left to chance when one plans a wedding, but the one featured in the latest Christmas panto in Maltese encounters a serious problem when the rings are stolen. Princess Anna (Gaia Cauchi) and her fiancé, Kristoff, (Kevin Paul Calleja) plan every detail of their wedding, even rehearsing a dance routine. But everything goes haywire when Hans (Ian Fenech), who had eyes for Anna, steals the rings and Olaf, responsible for organising the ceremony, is blamed for it. Olaf then tries to make copies of the rings. Читать дальше...

Beijing - A mall in northern China has installed a larger-than-life canine statue with more than a passing resemblance to US President Donald Trump to welcome the coming Year of the Dog.

The Loch Ness Monster, also known as Nessie, is a scary creature which, according to legend, inhabits a lake in the Scottish Highlands. It seems, however, that similar monsters can be tracked not only in Scotland but elsewhere in Europe.

The World Championship of snowball fights took place at the Feltins-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen (FRG) on December 28.

It's going to be more and more about giving customers what they want.

Claire’s stores, a retailer which sells accessories and makeup to mostly young girls, pulled a selection of its makeup from stores after a mother found cancer-causing asbestos in her six-year-old daughter’s glitter makeup kit.

Stoke City, with a solitary away win to their name all season, travel to Stamford Bridge severely depleted defensively in the absence of Kurt Zouma, Ryan Shawcross and Bruno Martins Indi. The Premier League champions may be 16 points behind Manchester City, but their domestic season is now a sprint towards Champions League qualification. Antonio Conte’s slightly rejigged team are seeking a 10th win in 13 matches and an eighth in succession at home. Momentum must be maintained before next week’s visit to the Emirates stadium. Читать дальше...

Government policy in the West is increasingly being dictated by unelected "experts" who belong to transnational organizations, according to German author and commentator Fritz R. Glunk. In an exclusive interview, he told Sputnik Deutschland about the consequences of this system for Germany and democracies as a whole.

A church in the Swedish city of Västerås has defended its decision to use the gender neutral pronoun to refer to Jesus.

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• Apple apologized on Thursday because some customers are upset that it slows down iPhones with older batteries. 
• Older iPhones can take longer to launch apps, may display choppy scrolling, and can have dimmer screens and quieter speakers. 
• According to Apple, it's a "power management" feature that helps protect the iPhone from random shutdowns and damage to its components.

If you've got an iPhone that's getting on in age you... Читать дальше...

President Trump is about to become the first president in more than six decades to skip a visit to California during his first calendar year in office, the Los Angeles Times reports. The president described the Golden State as "out of control" to Fox News earlier this year, and since taking office he has preferred to visit red states east of the Mississippi River.

The Rust Belt isn’t the only region left behind by the economic recovery. The suburbs of the American west are struggling, too.

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Snapchat is developing a product that will make Snapchat Stories available on third-party platforms outside of the mobile app for the first time, Cheddar reports.

The product, called “Stories Everywhere,” is in early stages of development and may include a feature that lets Snapchat users share videos on other platforms. Snapchat... Читать дальше...

From the BBC:

Apple has apologised after facing criticism for admitting it deliberately slows down some aging iPhone models.

The company now says it will replace batteries for less and will issue software in 2018 so customers can monitor their phone's battery health. Some customers had long suspected the company slowed older iPhones to encourage customers to upgrade.

I know very little about this stuff, but that is their whole business model and I always suspected that they did it. Читать дальше...