Новости за 12.02.2016

The time has finally come to say goodbye to the Philae lander, the first in history to land on a comet in transit - though with a rough touchdown that

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation Friday that hits North Korea with more stringent sanctions for refusing to stop its nuclear weapons program. The expanded sanctions from Congress come at the same time the U.S. and China are in delicate negotiations over a U.N. Security Council resolution on new sanctions, with China raising concerns about measures that could devastate North Korea's economy. The expanded sanctions are intended to deny North Korea the money it needs... Читать дальше...

A senior commander with the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army has defected to villagers in Central African Republic, the U.S. Africa Command said Friday.

Women are now much more likely to want to use medication to control their moods, psychiatrist Julie Holland says in her book Moody Bitches. But "not every emotion ... needs to be eradicated."

Behind the headlines and news conferences announcing the discovery were decades of hard work, hundreds of scientists and more than a billion dollars in taxpayer funds.

The government pleader and public prosecutor in Gujarat high court on Friday afternoon tendered an apology before Justice AJ Desai after the government lawyers failed to attend court initially in the post-lunch session.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indianapolis police say a sandwich shop employee has been critically injured after a motorist drove her SUV into the business.

Ben Carson made his pitch to a gathering of evangelical Christian voters in South Carolina on Friday, in an effort to cultivate the influential conservatives and rescue his faltering presidential bid.

Will Kanye West bring drama to the 2016 Grammys? At past award shows, the rapper famously interrupted two artists, Beck and Taylor Swift, the latter of...

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– The late Olubadan of Ibadan was buried today after a week long burial ceremony – The monarch was the fourth longest serving Olubadan – Eminent Nigerians were present at the burial ceremony Ibadan people paid their last respect to their late monarch, Oba Samuel Odulana, the Olubadan of Ibadan, today, Friday, February 12. The […]

Diplomats from a dozen countries, led by the United States and Russia, are struggling to make progress in Syria, even as fighting in the north sends tens of thousands fleeing and threatens a deepening humanitarian crisis. Next month, Syria's civil war will reach the end of its fifth year, and its consequences continue to reach new and disastrous levels.

Diplomats from a dozen countries, led by the United States and Russia, are struggling to make progress in Syria, even as fighting in the north sends tens of thousands fleeing and threatens a d…

The cloud of methane is temporarily controlled, and a permanent fix is on the way.

ENSCHEDE - Sexting, grooming en cyberpesten moeten thuis aan de keukentafel worden besproken. Alleen op die manier kunnen tieners worden behoed voor fouten op het internet. Dat stelt jeugd trendwatcher Bamber Delver. De directeur van de Nationale Academie Media en Maatschappij houdt zich al zestien jaar bezig met de ‘digitale puber’. „Het is een revolutionaire tijd. Kinderen worden wereldburgers dankzij de smartphone.”

Abolishing cash would come with terrible side-effects - including the death of privacy

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Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, met with Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, in Havana, Cuba, on Friday.

Their meeting was the first between the leaders of their respective churches, the two biggest denominations in Christianity, since a schism between them in 1054.

The two will sign a joint declaration on the persecution of Christians in places such as Iraq and Syria, after which Francis will continue on to Mexico for a visit... Читать дальше...

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Top-seeded Venus Williams beat Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia 7-5, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Taiwan Open in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

The Vancouver-based company claims that the government failed to meet their legal duties to Taseko when they blocked the New Prosperity project

Je moet maar durven. Madison Square Garden in New York laten vollopen om vervolgens liedjes te draaien op je laptop. Toch presenteerde Kanye West (38) donderdagnacht precies op die manier zijn nieuwe album, The Life of Pablo.

As London cabbies protest Uber, one driver shows his true colours

Renamo leader Alfons Dhlakama says President Zuma is favourably disposed towards mediating in the conflict between Renamo and the Mozambican government.