Новости за 20.02.2018

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• Jay-Z reportedly left an $11,000 tip on an $80,000 bar tab over the weekend.
• The rapper was out in New York City celebrating his friend Juan Perez's birthday. 
• Page Six reported that a server at Playroom shared the receipt on Snapchat. 
• The receipt shows 40 bottles were purchased.

Jay-Z is a big spender. 

According to a report from Page Six, the 48-year-old rapper dropped $80,035 on 40 bottles for a group of six at Playroom in New York City. Читать дальше...

He might not play Coach Taylor on 'Friday Night Lights' anymore, but Kyle Chandler still wants to win. Starring in 'Game Night,' Chandler explains board game domination and Godzilla powers.

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin lawmakers have tweaked a federal price insurance program following criticism from dairy farmers. The La Crosse Tribune reports that the Margin Protection Program for Dairy allows farmers to buy insurance that pays out when the cost to produce milk becomes too close to milk's selling price. But Wisconsin dairy farmers say the program doesn't fully account for feed, supplements and transportation costs. More than 6,500 dairy farmers signed up for the program in its first year... Читать дальше...

David Wise‘s 3-year-old son Malachi and 6-year-old daughter Nayeli both take after their adventurous father.

Former US Open champion Samantha Stosur crashed out Tuesday in the first round of the Dubai Championship 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Estonian Anett Kontaveit.

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Security, Asia

Here is how America could even the fight with Pyongyang.

A recent article described a newly noted but apparently abandoned railroad tunnel in North Korea, located near Dancheon on the east coast roughly midway between Hamhung and Chongjin. It could be used for raising mushrooms (yes, seriously), document storage or military use – nobody really knows.

The lack of information regarding military usage cries out for discussion, for North Korea... Читать дальше...

St. Ambrose University Director of Athletics Ray Shovlain announced today the hiring of Joshua Sides as the University's first Esports coach. He will begin his duties Feb. 26.

Yet another Bay Area startup is promising to revolutionize health. In the tradition of Theranos, which tried to democratize blood testing, and Apple Watch, which wants to get people exercising, the newest player, Habit, wants to fix our diets.

NEW DELHI (AP) — "Trump has arrived. Have you?" shout the barrage of glossy front-page advertisements in almost every major Indian newspaper. The ads, which have run repeatedly in the past few days, herald the arrival not of the American president but of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is in New Delhi to sell luxury apartments and lavish attention on wealthy Indians who have already bought units in a Trump-branded development outside the Indian capital. The newspaper ads promise that buyers... Читать дальше...

Two New York state troopers paid for a woman’s airfare to attend the funeral of a childhood friend killed in the Florida massacre after she showed up in tears at LaGuardia Airport, according to a report. Jordana Judson, 23, a graduate of Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS, told NBC News she was desperate to fly...

NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Wednesday, February 21, 2018 _____ SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service New York NY 1118 AM EST Tue Feb 20 2018 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS AND SEAS...Southwest around winds 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Small Craft Advisory means that sustained wind speeds or frequent gusts of 25 to 33 kt and/or seas of 5 ft or higher are expected or occurring... Читать дальше...

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More than two years ago, Sundar Pichai took the helm at Google.

While Larry Page is still CEO of Google's parent company, Alphabet, Pichai has the incredibly important job of making sure that the company's core businesses and cash cow stay strong.

So who is Pichai and how did he scale the ranks to get one of the most important jobs at one of the most important companies in the world?

Here's his story.

Jillian D'Onfro contributed to an earlier version of this article. Читать дальше...

Bruselas, 20 feb (dpa) - La cifra de personas que llegaron de forma irregular a la Unión Europea (UE) sigue siendo elevada, a pesar del fuerte retroceso registrado en 2017, cuando casi 205.000 migrantes y refugiados llegaron a territorio de la UE, según cifras de la Guardia Europea de Fronteras y Costas (Frontex) dadas a conocer hoy. En casi todas las rutas de entrada ilegal se redujo la cifra de ingresos irregulares, tan sólo aumentó en la ruta del Mediterráneo occidental, que llega a España. De... Читать дальше...

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BEIRUT (AP) — Intense Syrian government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held Damascus suburbs killed nearly 130 people in two days, marking some of the deadliest bombardment of the rebellious region in three years, a monitoring group and paramedics said Tuesday. Retaliatory shells rained down on Damascus, killing at least eight people and causing panic among residents of the Syrian capital, seat of President Bashar Assad's power. The violence in the capital and nearby areas came as scores of pro-government... Читать дальше...

Shares of Walmart Inc. late-Tuesday morning were getting walloped, with the retailing giant on pace to log its worst dollar decline of all time and its worst percentage drop since October of 2015, according to FactSet data. The world's largest retailer was under heavy selling pressure after it said online sales growth slowed during the fourth quarter. That marks a turn from three quarters of strong online growth, for the Bentonville, Ark.-based company as it attempts to wage war against rival... Читать дальше...

A deal between the supermarket chain and Rite Aid would create a company with potential annual revenue of $83 billion, the companies say

Berlin (dpa) - Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) hält es für möglich, dass die mittelfristige EU-Finanzplanung nicht vor der Europawahl im kommenden Jahr abgeschlossen werden kann. Sie wolle keine Versprechen abgeben, die nicht einzuhalten seien, sagte sie am Dienstag in Berlin in der Fraktionssitzung der Union nach Teilnehmer-Angaben. Nach der Europawahl im Mai 2019 ergebe sich vielleicht ein besseres Zeitfenster. Ob Deutschland - wie von EU-Haushaltskommissar Günther Oettinger (CDU) ins Gespräch... Читать дальше...

Germany's air fleet was grounded this week after "too much biodiesel" fuel found its ways into the gas tanks, according to German reports saying the Luftwaffe cannot safely fly with such a mixture.

Nokia’s health tech business is in trouble — more than the company will publicly admit.

Mohamed Salah has had many descriptions this season – The Egyptian King, The Pharaoh of Anfield, King of the Kop. These are to name but a few. He deserves them all to be fair, given his record since joining the club. So far he has thirty goals to his name in no less than thirty-six appearances in all competitions this season, which are some absolutely insane statistics. He has brought pace and direct running to the Liverpool forward line, and his partnership with Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino has been the highlight of our season. Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Turkish military presence in Iraq’s Bashik is an occupation and is affecting Ankara-Baghdad relations, Iraq will use dialogue to resolve this issue, Haidar Hadi, Ambassador of Iraq to Russia said Tuesday.

Plus de voitures électriques ont été vendues en Ontario que n'importe où ailleurs au Canada l'an dernier. L'Ontario devance ainsi le Québec pour la toute première fois.

A New York gun owner is making a statement about gun control — by sawing off the barrel of his AR-15. Scott Pappalardo of upstate Middletown posted a Facebook video Saturday, explaining his reasoning for wanting to destroy his gun — the same type used by Nikolas Cruz to kill 14 students and three staffers...

Before facing a side that has lost just one game all season and contains a strike force of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, you would hope your goalkeeper is in top form. Chelsea fans will be pleased to see Thibaut Courtois is preparing well for Tuesday night’s Champions League clash against Barcelona. In a video posted to his Instagram account, the Belgian shot-stopper displays his insane reflexes by catching a flurry of ping pong balls and dropping them into the correct bucket. An orange ball goes to the left... Читать дальше...