Новости за 19.03.2018

JOHANNESBURG - Bidvest Wits’ coach and Coach of the Month award recipient for February, Gavin Hunt, credits going back to basics for the Clever Boys’ turnaround.

A legal expert explains why Russia's accusations that the UK breached internation law are unfounded.

Fred Meyer stores will phase out all sales of guns and ammunition, according to parent company, Kroger. “Fred Meyer has made a business decision to exit the firearms category,” Kroger spokesperson Kristal Howard said in an emailed statement on Monday. The company said it made the decision last week “after evaluating changing customer preferences” and also “softening consumer demand” for guns for the last several years. Annual gun sales at Fred Meyer are $7 million and “continue to decline,” according... Читать дальше...

C'est un des symboles de Montréal et pourtant, à l'exception de son observatoire, rares sont ceux qui ont pu la visiter. La tour du stade olympique, inoccupée depuis la fin de sa construction en 1987, aura bientôt ses premiers locataires. En juin, 1000 employés de Desjardins y déménageront. Visite au coeur du chantier.

Quelque 400 millions de dollars seront investis pour le développement d'un corridor de service Internet sans fil 5G au Québec et en Ontario, un réseau 100 fois plus rapide que la 4G. Cette innovation permettra de s'adapter à l'évolution de l'internet des objets et de créer des milliers d'emplois, a expliqué le ministre fédéral de l'Innovation Navdeep Bains.

Brazil's Neymar, Paulinho and Marcelo celebrate a goal against Ecuador. VIENNA -- The Austrian football federation says Brazil will play their final warm up-game for the World Cup against Austria on June 10, a week before the five-time world champions take on Switzerland in their Group E opener. The match will be played in Vienna at Ernst Happel Stadium, the same venue where both teams last met in a 2014 friendly, which Brazil won 2-1. Brazil has further build-up games against World Cup host Russia on March 23... Читать дальше...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Utility regulators will decide this week whether to open a full investigation into Central Maine Power over customer complaints of skyrocketing bills and poor service. The Maine Public Utilities Commission says it has received more than 1,000 complaints from the utility's customers. The commission has conducted a preliminary review of the complaints and will meet Tuesday to decide whether to pursue a management audit. The company says high bills could be caused by a recent cold snap... Читать дальше...

Sadam Ali and Liam Smith are set for May 12 on HBO.

Sadam Ali and Liam Smith are geared up for a May 12 main event on HBO, where Ali (26-1, 14 KO) will defend his WBO junior middleweight title against Smith (26-1-1, 14 KO) at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.

“It felt great to accomplish my dream of becoming world champion,” said Ali, who scored a notable upset over Miguel Cotto in December.

“I’m excited to defend my title and to demonstrate that it is not up for grabs. Читать дальше...

Google Maps shortcuts are live for select users in India, according to a user tip via Android Police. Specifically, the new feature arrived on Google Maps version 9.72.2.

Upsets, Cinderellas, overtime games — what’s not to love about college hoops during the NCAA tournament.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Monday to expand Ankara's military operations against more Kurdish strongholds in Syria, after ousting Kurds from their enclave in Afrin. Erdogan said Turkish forces would target the Syrian city of Manbij, along with Ayn al-Arab, also known as Kobani, and other towns along the Turkish-Syrian border to the east of the Euphrates River. The expanded fight could lead to conflict with the United States, a NATO ally. The border region is controlled by U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 6:15 p.m. The U.S. State Department says it is "deeply concerned" over the humanitarian situation following Turkey's capture of the town of Afrin in northern Syria from Kurdish forces. Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement Monday that the offensive forced the majority of the predominantly Kurdish population of Afrin to evacuate from the town. She said the U.S. calls on all parties to the conflict to allow humanitarian groups... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve's first meeting under Jerome Powell's leadership will likely end Wednesday with an announcement that the Fed will resume its modest interest rate hikes. But investors will be most attuned to what Powell signals at his first news conference about whether and how he might steer the Fed's policymaking differently from his predecessor, Janet Yellen. Will he, for example, be inclined to step up the pace of Fed rate hikes? Powell hasn't yet tipped his hand. Speaking to Congress last month... Читать дальше...

A helicopter carrying first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, made an unscheduled return to Washington, D.C. last week after one of its two engines failed during a trip to New York.

A Ukrainian fighter pilot blamed by the Kremlin in the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 has committed suicide, according to reports. Capt. Vladyslav Voloshyn, 29, who had claimed to be the victim of a smear campaign by Moscow, shot himself in his Mykolaiv home near the Black Sea, the BBC reported, citing local media....

Channing and Jenna Dewan Tatum might have a future makeup artist on their hands.

Urban curbsides have traditionally been allocated based on real estate: parking meters in front of shops, loading zones near supermarkets, no-parking areas at warehouses, unmetered parking in residential areas, and so on. But with the explosion of new mobility options like ride-hailing, car-sharing, and bike-sharing, and the looming specter of self-driving vehicles on the horizon, cities are starting to rethink how they allocate curb space. They are beginning to realize that if they don’t get ahead of the technology... Читать дальше...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average sharp tumble in Monday afternoon trade has helped to erase its year-to-date gain, pushing the blue-chip indicator negative for 2018. The Dow was recently off about 460 points, or 1.8%, at 24,488, for a decline in the first three months of the year of about 0.9%. Any close above 24,719.22, the average's close for 2017, according to FactSet data, would push it into positive territory. The S&P 500 index, meanwhile, was off 1.9% at 2,699, while the Nasdaq Composite... Читать дальше...

Son Luke Richard Bagshawe Redmayne, born March 10, is the second child for the 'Fantastic Beasts' star and wife Hannah Bagshawe.

Earlier today, in discussing a long list of possible fixes for SESTA, we noted that the only one that even has a remote chance (i.e., the only fix that actually has the potential of being considered by the Senate) is Senator Wyden's amendment, which is designed to solve the "moderator's dilemma" issue by clarifying that merely using a filter or doing any sort of moderation for the sake of blocking some content does not automatically append liability to the service provider for content not removed. Читать дальше...

John Oliver came after Mike Pence with a surprise children’s book about a gay bunny

The Cavs head coach is taking a leave of absence to deal with health problems.

An Argentine-Venezuelan rights lawyer became the latest activist to escape detention by President Nicolas Maduro's government and flee Venezuela over the weekend. "I am so happy to be free, but so sad for what's left behind," Marcelo Crovato, 51, told Reuters after reaching Colombia from where he was flying to Argentina later Monday. Crovato was detained at his Caracas home in 2014 while working for a rights group defending young protesters during a wave of demonstrations against Maduro's socialist government. Читать дальше...

At home, you generally have your hands free. In the car, not so much. But while Alexa has clearly made your casa her casa (she's even laughing at you these days), she's nowhere to be found when you need her on the road.