Новости за 24.05.2016

The newly-launched Android N version can be named after an Indian sweet Neyyappam, provided the name gathers the largest number of votes.

Rights activists opposed a suggestion by Rodrigo Duterte to bury late dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines’ Heroes’ Cemetery.

De Amerikaanse komiek Bill Cosby verschijnt dinsdag voor de rechter in Norristown, Pennsylvania.  Het is de eerste keer sinds een stroom klachten over seksueel misbruik wereldkundig werd gemaakt. Zes vragen over de zaak Cosby.

Five people died after a skydiving tour plane crashed and caught fire in Hawaii, one of two plane crashes reported in the islands.

Most so-called natural mosquito repellents do not last anywhere near as long as those containing synthetic chemicals, Consumer Reports found.

Mexican authorities and independent experts began the exhumation of 116 bodies buried in pits in the central state of Morelos.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say what's believed to be a 600,000-year-old vein of volcanic ash has been uncovered at a landfill just north of Lincoln.

Three people died during clashes which erupted during opposition protests in two towns in western Kenya, police said.

US forces targeted Mullah Akhtar Mansour because the Taliban leader was overseeing plans for new attacks on American targets in Kabul.

A Swedish anti-corruption prosecutor said he had closed an inquiry against Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom.

A group of North Koreans working at a restaurant in China defected to the South, Seoul confirmed.

Producers of the Italian hard cheese Grana Padano plan to sue The Bold and the Beautiful after claiming a joke on the show damaged their brand.

Syrian President Bashar Assad called on the newly elected parliament to hold its first session on June 6, Assad’s administration said.

It was one of the most closely watched cases in recent years of a black man dying after being in police custody.

LONDON (AP) — Rory McIlroy has concerns about the Zika virus as he prepares to play at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

LONDON (AP) — Rory McIlroy has concerns about the Zika virus as he prepares to play at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

LONDON (AP) — Rory McIlroy has concerns about the Zika virus as he prepares to play at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

LONDON (AP) — Rory McIlroy has concerns about the Zika virus as he prepares to play at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

LONDON (AP) — Rory McIlroy has concerns about the Zika virus as he prepares to play at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy holds the trophy after winning the Irish Open at The K Club, County Kildare, Ireland, Sunday May 22, 2016. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

LONDON (AP) — Rory McIlroy has concerns about the Zika virus as he prepares to play at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

The Ugandan government threatened to use military force against the DRC following the killing of four Ugandan policemen by suspected soldiers from that country.

The. Stuff. Of. Nightmares.

The pound climbed Tuesday, as investors reacted to a new poll that indicated most Britons will choose to stay in the European Union in an upcoming referendum. Sterling was up 0.8% at $1.4600. An ORB poll conducted for The Telegraph newspaper, released Tuesday, shows 55% of respondents who plan to vote in a June 23 in/out referendum support Britain sticking with the EU, compared with 42% favoring a so-called Brexit. The majority of older voters, Conservative Party supporters and men who participated in the survey are backing the Remain camp... Читать дальше...