Новости за 24.05.2016

Scientists are travelling back more than 60million years to drill deep under the ocean floor in search of clues about the event that wiped out the dinosaurs and nearly extinguished life on earth.

When moving pictures arrived in Johannesburg, no one seemed to take notice.

Now that National Prosecuting Authority boss Shaun Abrahams is to appeal the High Court ruling that the decision by one of his predecessors to drop corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational, South Africa must allow the legal process to conclude.

The US announced an end to its embargo on sales of lethal arms to Vietnam yesterday , a historic step that draws a line under the two countries' old enmity and underscores their shared concerns about Beijing's growing military clout.

The Blitzboks have some big mental barriers to scale if they hope to be serious gold medal contenders at the Olympic Games in August after a season of "what ifs" on the World Sevens Series circuit.

"Monster" brindle bass, pilchard bait balls and a huge ticklish turtle called Bob - there's a lot more to Cape Town's underwater world these days than kreef and shipwrecks.

The format is different and the standards will be, too.

Thirty years of health advice urging people to adopt a low-fat diet to lower their cholesterol was having "disastrous health consequences", a leading UK obesity charity warned yesterday.

Lego products were becoming increasingly violent as toy makers engaged in an "arms race" to retain children's attention in the digital age, New Zealand researchers said.

Thabiso Kutumela's performances this season ensured he will not leave Baroka FC in the National First Division when he makes the big step up to the Absa Premiership next season.

Iraqi forces battled Islamic State fighters yesterday in the opening stages of an operation to retake Fallujah, one of the toughest targets in Baghdad's war against the jihadists.

A restaurant owner with a "cavalier attitude" to safety has been convicted of the manslaughter of a customer with a nut allergy after he supplied him with a curry containing peanuts.

At least one person died when Kenyan police fired teargas and water cannons yesterday to disperse hundreds of people protesting at alleged bias in the country's electoral commission.

Consumers could be paying more for meat as local farmers push for higher taxes on imported frozen chicken.

The DA is to refer Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to parliament’s ethics committee after allegations that she abused state resources to smuggle a family friend into South Africa from Burundi.

Pitso Mosimane once predicted that Khama Billiat would be a PSL footballer of the season some day, but the player thought his coach was just motivating him to raise his game.

A land eviction outside Pretoria turned deadly when thousands of squatters turned on Red Ants employees, killing at least two and critically injuring six.

Support for President Jacob Zuma ahead of the local government polls was bolstered yesterday after KwaZulu-Natal premier Senzo Mchunu announced his resignation and the president's ally, Willies Mchunu, took over.

Could Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry be a figment of (non-wizard) Harry Potter’s imagination?

Boyz II Men at the Mirage headliner star Wanya Morris, who was KO’d from “Dancing With the Stars” last week, will be back on the show tonight on ABC for the Season 22 two-part finale when the new champion is crowned.

Katherine Ankerson is the new dean for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture.

The lunchtime bomb threat called into Kessler Elementary on Monday was one of many across the country and in the United Kingdom.

Groups looking to finance park improvement projects can apply to Longview's Neighborhood Park Grant Program by June 17 for the city to match their funds.

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DeMar DeRozan remembers the angry emotions Raptors teammate Bismack Biyombo once stirred in him as an opponent.