Новости за 24.11.2016

A stage adaption of Emma Donoghue's novel Room is to open in London next year, it is announced.

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- A six-member delegation from China's state-run Xinhua News Agency visited the headquarters of Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key newswire service, on Thursday as part of a government-sponsored journalist exchange program w

The PlayStation 4 is a fantastic video game console.

Maybe you already have one? Over 40 million people already do, and that's because it's a great system: It's fast and easy to use, it's got great games, and it does lots of cool stuff!

Maybe you're not convinced? That's possible: $299 is a lot of money to drop. But that price includes more than the console — you'll also get a great game like "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End."

In case that doesn't push you over the edge, here... Читать дальше...

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono signed a revised peace accord on Thursday in a far more sober ceremony than a first deal rejected last month by millions at a plebiscite.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday that media reports about the resignation of the U.N. Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, were incorrect. "Media reports that Special Envoy de Mistura is resigning his post are not accurate. The Special Envoy remains fully engaged on his mission," the short U.N. statement said. London-based pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat reported on Thursday, citing anonymous U.N. diplomatic sources, that de Mistura had informed U.N. ...

Welcome to the Hunger Games.

Who's ready for mashed potatoes with a side of heated family debates?

Thanksgiving already has a reputation for physically bringing families together while emotionally tearing them apart. Throw in a particularly contentious election and you're basically one table-flip away from a Real Housewives episode.

Of course, those awkward, uncomfortable conversations can actually be incredibly productive and helpful. But they can also be draining and isolating. Читать дальше...

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Thursday it will launch a government-civilian consortium on "blockchain" within this year for joint research and pilot projects. Blockchain is a key technology for the digital currency bitcoin enabling dat

Tracks, including Atlanta Motor Speedway and Darlington Raceway, will offer holiday deals.

The stock market’s torrid November rally may have investors thinking the Santa rally came early. But history shows a strong November usually begets a strong December, one technician finds.

As a girl named Taylor, about the same age as Taylor Swift, trying to simply grow up at the same time that Swift established herself as one of the...

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Crooks and Liars. We are very grateful for YOU, our readers and supporters.

DELDEN - In het voorjaar zorgt de tuinploeg van de Oude Blasiuskerk in Delden voor nieuwe bloemen rondom de zonnewijzer en in de perkjes. Dan wordt na de winterpauze ook het gras weer gemaaid, het onkruid tussen de tegels verwijderd en worden de talloze struiken teruggesnoeid.

The Big Four carriers are prepping Black Friday deals, including offers on some of the most popular smartphones. Most of the carrier deals involve steep discounts on top-tier phones, but only after you agree to a two-year commitment or sign up for a specific data plan.

Madeline Elizabeth Sloane, the brilliant, high-powered lobbyist at the center of John Madden’s timely new movie, does not suffer fools gladly. A barracuda in a business suit who rarely sleeps and never loses, she has a well-earned reputation for being cold, calculating and monstrously aloof. She...

This week: The Wallis kicks off a cabaret series, and holiday shows abound. Plus, the annual celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe returns to downtown L.A.

Music by a three-piece band and autumnal decorations filled the dining hall at NATO’s Resolute Support headquarters on Thursday to help Americans deployed to Afghanistan celebrate Thanksgiving far from family and home.

An autopsy Wednesday night found that Donald William Howard died of blunt force trauma to his head, and the Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office has ruled his death a homicide.

SEJONG, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to sell 4.7 trillion won (US$3.98 billion) worth of state bonds next month, the finance ministry said Thursday. The government will issue 1.35 trillion won worth of bonds with a maturity of three years

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In our society, certain professions enjoy a general perception of affluence (if not the reality). After all, who hasn’t heard the well-meaning parent urging their child to “become a doctor or lawyer,” so they can live a rich life and enjoy success?

Why is it that lawyers are considered to be one of the wealthier professions? After all, most attorneys don’t make annual salaries in the mid-six figures like movies and television might have you believe.

In actuality... Читать дальше...

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The number of homicide victims registered in Mexico in October was down slightly from the month before, with last month's 2,090 killings coming in below September's 2,189 and ending a three-month streak of record highs.

But that 4.52% decline from September to October doesn't obscure a larger and more worrying trend in Mexico's deadly violence — the country has seen a significant and sustained increase in homicides since last year.

Through October 2015, Mexico had 15,466 homicide victims... Читать дальше...

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is distancing himself from a growing opposition furor over a private Liberal fundraiser where one Chinese attendee subsequently donated $1 million to his late father's foundation.

JERUSALEM — The Latest on the wildfires in Israel (all times local):

8 p.m.

France says it is sending firefighting planes to Israel to help battle a series of wildfires across the country.

The French presidency said Thursday that President Francois Hollande had instructed his interior minister to dispatch three aircraft.

It says the planes will depart “as soon as possible.” They will join a multinational firefighting effort that has also included assistance from Russia, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Croatia. Читать дальше...

Een 57-jarige vrouw is vanmiddag in Enschede eerst aangereden en daarna neergestoken. De politie heeft een verdachte aangehouden, een 62-jarige man uit Den Haag. De twee zijn bekenden van elkaar.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports (http://bit.ly/2fJdDQV ) associate film and media studies professor John Tibbetts will give the portraits to the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. The first installment will include writers, musicians, broadcasters and sports figures.

SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Yonhap) -- The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) appears to be moving "in the right direction" in its ongoing negotiations to adopt a fresh resolution aimed at penalizing North Korea for its latest nuclear test, a government source