Новости за 13.03.2017

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The impending blizzard in New Jersey has postponed the sentencings of two ex-allies of Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal.

A woman named Shree Chauhan has posted video of herself pointedly questioning White House press secretary Sean Spicer while he was out...

Photo by Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images, filed March 9.

Mohammad Mohiedine Anis, 70, smokes his pipe as he sits in his destroyed bedroom listening to music on his gramophone in Aleppo’s formerly rebel-held al-Shaar neighborhood.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described the current turmoil between the US and North Korea as two trains barreling toward each other on the same track — the metaphor isn’t far off.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has demonstrated he isn’t intimidated by threats from anyone.

On March 7, Pyongyang launched four ballistic missiles simultaneously that landed in the Sea of Japan after traveling a total of 620 miles — a direct signal to Washington and Seoul that... Читать дальше...

On Feb. 26, two pilots made history when they became the first black female pilots to co-pilot a mainline flight.

Sony Pictures has hired “Don’t Breathe” filmmaker Fede Alvarez to direct the film, “The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” with a release date of Oct. 5, 2018 locked in. The Oscar winner has since been cast as Lara Croft in the upcoming “Tomb Raider” reboot, so it’s unclear if she’ll have time to take on another franchise. Swedish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev was the first to adapt Stieg Larsson’s trilogy of thriller novels that began with “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” starring Noomi Rapace as the troubled hacker in 2009. Читать дальше...

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Downing Street officials denied on Monday rumors that UK Prime Minister Theresa May could trigger the EU exit clause as early as Tuesday, media reported.

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak was ordered to be freed from detention on Monday, according to the prosecutor who signed his release order. The decision ends nearly six years of legal proceedings against Mubarak and seems certain…

Sky and its chairman face Ofcom scrutiny at same time as Fox’s £11.7bn bid

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate stenographer has collapsed on the chamber's floor.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate stenographer has collapsed on the chamber's floor. The Senate went into a brief recess as medical personnel attended to the woman, who collapsed as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was speaking. Media and visitors were quickly cleared from the galleries. The woman was conscious as personnel attended to her. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer opened the proceedings shortly after, thanking the medical attendants and wishing the woman a speedy recovery. He did not give details about what happened.

Winter storm Stella is expected to slam the Northeast. A blizzard warning is in effect in northeastern New Jersey to far southeast New York and southern Connecticut. A winter storm warning is also covering most of the Northeast.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will finally be getting a sequel, but Rooney Mara will not be playing Lisbeth Salander in the film. A new cast will be introduced for the upcoming adaptation of The Girl in the Spider’s Web, the fourth novel in the series. David Lagercrantz wrote the novel to continue the [...]

Kahlon acknowledged that the cost of living in Israel is high.

Promoter Eddie Hearn tried to persuade Ricky Burns to take on an easier opponent than Julius Indongo for his world title defence.

We've heard the Real Housewives reunion specials called a lot of things, but this might be the first time the word "bizarre" has been used to describe the always eventful...

'Early warning' system established between two countries after spate of xenophobic attacks on migrants in South Africa.

The need for extraordinary loose money measures is diminishing

The Time New York Hotel caters to travelers weathering the big storm.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - A gay Nevada legislator wants to ban professional therapists from attempting to talk people out of homosexuality.

GREENVILLE, Maine (AP) - A grand jury in Maine has declined to bring charges in the killing of a Greenville man last summer.

He collapsed while out jogging in Surrey.

California on Monday joined Washington state's growing effort to block President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting predominantly Muslim nations as Washington's attorney general sought a hearing before a federal judge to try to prevent the order from taking effect this week.