Новости за 21.01.2016

Ted Galen Carpenter

The capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, the notorious head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, by Mexican marines has triggered euphoria in both Washington and Mexico City. Guzman’s escape last year from Mexico’s highest security prison (the second time in a little more than a decade that he had accomplished that feat) had been an acute embarrassment to Mexican political leaders, and they are anxious to put that episode behind them. Their U.S. counterparts are equally... Читать дальше...

Unfinished Swan developer Giant Sparrow is after a gameplay programmer to help the Los Angeles, CA-based studio wrap up work on the PlayStation 4 game What Remains of Edith Finch. ...

A former Oklahoma City police officer who was found guilty of raping more than a dozen women while on duty was sentenced to 263 years in prison.

Внешпромбанк, страховые выплаты – Кредитный обязательства лишенного лицензии Внешпромбанка превышают его активы более чем на 187 миллиардов рублей.

Канада осуждает террористический акт в университете пакистанского города Чарсадда и готова продолжать совместную борьбу с экстремизмом, сообщает ТАСС со ссылкой на заявление канадского МИД.<br /&gt...

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador on Thursday urged women in the Central American nation to avoid getting pregnant until 2018 to avoid their children developing birth defects from the mosquito-borne Zika virus which has rampaged through the Americas.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador on Thursday urged women in the Central American nation to avoid getting pregnant until 2018 to avoid their children developing birth defects from the mosquito-borne Zika virus which has rampaged through the Americas.

The arrival of the first Cuban migrants in the United States, although only a small fraction of the more than 6,000 Cubans still stranded in Costa Rica, symbolizes the collapse of that hateful wall raised by Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega to block their passage through Central America. The wall was erected via the deployment of troops, police and tear gas, alleging “national security” as a reason to deny the migrants temporary transit visas. Ortega’s reasoning failed to convince anyone in Nicaragua... Читать дальше...

Roads salted, flights canceled, states of emergency declared. Winter is indeed coming.

Экс-президент Грузии Михаил Саакашвили стал одним из самых популярных на Украине политиков, отмечает в статье для Foreign Policy Адриан Каратницкий,

Новое исследование проанализировало ситуацию с высшим образованием в Испании. Как оказалось, главная проблема испанской высшей школы — самый низкий в Европе процент иностранных студентов. Причина тому — бюрократическая волокита.

Akhlaq-ur-Rehman, who was arrested for planning a terror attack ahead of this Republic Day as part of an ISIS cell, wanted to vent his emotions but found that no one was really bothered what a teenager thought about Babri Masjid. So, the angry polytechnic student took to Facebook to express himself.

The largest private employer in the U.S. will have to do a lot more to appease its critics.

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, January 21, reserved ruling on protection of witnesses against suspects of the Nyanya/ Kuje October bombings. At the court sitting today, the prosecuting counsel, Magaji Labaran made an application for witness protection. Labaran said the witnesses that would be brought against the suspects needed to be protected. […]

Глядя на подборку этих полицейских, находящихся далеко не в самой лучшей форме, нам остается лишь догадываться, как они сдают нормы физподготовки. 

Yelka Ramírez y su familia tocaron nuevamente a las puertas de la sede policial de Plaza El Sol, en Managua, este jueves. Demandaban respuesta de la primera comisionada Aminta Granera, pero lo que recibieron de parte de la Jefatura Nacional fue agentes que impidieron que esta madre golpeara el vidrio de la recepción. “Ustedes no sienten mi dolor, ni el dolor de mi familia… No lo sienten. Si hubiéramos sido nosotros los que matamos estuviéramos condenados a cadena perpetua”, gritaba Ramírez mientras sus lagrimas mojaban sus mejillas. Читать дальше...

Austin Healey: I honestly think Ashton is the victim of the modern game and a growing issue of mis-classification of offences

Austin Healey: I honestly think Ashton is the victim of the modern game and a growing issue of mis-classification of offences

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It's easy to tell ourselves we'll get to something "later." It's especially tempting to put off important tasks when we've got things like Instagram and Netflix at our fingertips.

But procrastinating can be costly, especially at work.

To stop, you'll first need to understand the causes and temptations of procrastination. Then you'll want to follow these 21 steps:

Vivian Giang contributed to a previous version of this article.

1. Fix up your workplace. Читать дальше...

Украина и Турция имеют уникальную возможность объединить политико-дипломатические, военно-технические и экономические ресурсы для эффективного и скоординированного противодействия "разрушению баланса сил" в Черноморском регионе. Об этом заявил в четверг секретарь Совета национальной безопасности Украины Александр Турчинов по итогам встречи со своим турецким коллегой Сейфуллахом Хаджимуфтюоглу.