Новости за 16.05.2018

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts carried out a high-flying, high-tech version of musical chairs Wednesday, rearranging pumps outside the International Space Station. Popping out early, NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold quickly swapped the positions of two spare ammonia pumps that are part of the space station's critical cooling system. One pump got too cold because of a power shutdown 17 years ago and is called Frosty; flight controllers plan to test it in the coming days to see if it still works. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee released thousands of pages worth of interview transcripts Wednesday.

Steph Curry was a low volume player in Game 1 but still effective.

At face value, It is easy to look at Stephen Curry’s line from game one and assume that he had an off night- and rightfully so.

For Curry’s standards, 18 points on 8-for-15 from the field including 1-for-5 from three are pedestrian numbers offensively and indicates that he struggled. However, there are times that the box score don't tell the entire story.

Game 1 was one of those times.

Granted,... Читать дальше...

Un programme de jumelage entre hôpitaux sera mis en place pour éviter les ruptures de service causées par le manque d'anesthésiologistes en région. Onze hôpitaux aux prises avec des besoins urgents seront jumelés à des centres parrains qui leur prêteront des anesthésiologistes occasionnellement jusqu'en 2021.

Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 20:30:34 16/05/2018 smi.pp.ua The Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky considers that the situation in Donbass is a “civil conflict”, and not “Russian aggression”. He stated this on the program “Nemtsov. Interview” published by DW. “I would compare it (the conflict in Donbass) most of all with the civil war in Spain. Although […]

Nearly 15 years after releasing its breakthrough self-titled debut album, Franz Ferdinand still flaunts sharp post-punk melodies and frantic rhythms. But the Scottish indie rock outfit’s fifth and most recent release, “Always Ascending,” arrives with a new lineup and attitude — guitarist Nick McCarthy is out, replaced by Julian Corrie and Dino Bardot. “It still feels like Franz Ferdinand, but a different version of Franz Ferdinand,” singer Alex Kapranos told The Chronicle. “In some ways, the energy is more intense.

Great entertainers probed the human condition and found enriching humor, not venom to torture other human beings.

Wie lernte Han Solo eigentlich Chewbacca kennen? Und wie wurde der zu seinem treuen Copiloten? Antworten darauf gibt es in dem neuen "Star Wars"-Film "Solo" - ein spektakulärer wie charmanter Blockbuster, der in Cannes Premiere feierte.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police in Las Vegas planned Wednesday to release witness statements and officer reports in the investigation of last year's mass shooting that killed 58 people and injured hundreds in the deadliest event of its kind in modern U.S. history. The scheduled release of documents comes more than seven months after a gunman opened fire Oct. 1 from a casino high-rise into a concert crowd of 22,000 people at an open-air venue on the Las Vegas Strip. Courts ordered the release in a public... Читать дальше...

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• Mysterious notes written by former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort were released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.
• Manafort had jotted the notes down on his iPhone during a controversial June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer.
• The notes were released as part of a 1,800-page document dump comprised of transcripts from interviews between Congressional investigators and Donald Trump, Jr. and others present at the meeting. Читать дальше...

Arsenal News HQ brings you the latest Arsenal news, match analysis, transfer news, injury news, team news and rumours from trusted media outlets around the World. Arsenal, along with Tottenham and Manchester City, are still interested in Norwich’s £25m-rated England u21 international, James Maddison, even though the midfielder is out with knee ligament damage. Maddison picked up the knee injury this week in the Canaries 5-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday and feared that his chance to secure a move... Читать дальше...

Russian economic observer Maxim Rubchenko reveals the kinds of aces President Xi has up his sleeve to allow him to trump President Trump on trade.

Looking at the world

Do you love your own country, warts and all? Do you actually know your own country’s warts?  As a traveler or an expat you discover the idiosyncrasies of other cultures and countries, but you also learn to see your own homeland with new eyes. (A shocking experience this can be, not?)  It’s interesting as well to learn how foreigners see your culture and your people.

There are 195 countries in the world, more or less, depending on your definition of country and... Читать дальше...

OG Anunoby is a Raptors rookie who is sometimes asked questions he has to answer.

The American Conservatory Theater’s four-day New Strands Festival is the new play development event for people who aren’t even theater people. The lineup on Friday, May 18, alone evinces a thrilling vision for what a theater festival can be and how it can be in dialogue with other trends and art forms that make the Bay Area great. The festival is grounded in daring theater that’s on its way to a full production, with Ngozi Anyanwu’s “Nike, or We Don’t Need Another Hero,” which blends ancient Greek and Afrofuturist myth... Читать дальше...

The color-changing dress that ruined the internet is now in audio form.

Can Cincinnati salvage a game?

It feels like just seconds ago that we were bubbling with optimism about the Cincinnati Reds for the first time in who the hell knows how long. A 6-game win streak, a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers on a dreaded west coast trip, and visions of sugar plums danced in our heads.

Well, a blink later and we’ve seen Joey Votto’s back flare up and send him to the bench, Eugenio Suarez’s ankle roll over and send him to the bench, and we now get to cross our... Читать дальше...

On June 1, Matt Eyles will take over as the chief executive of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the lobbying group that represents insurers. Between a brewing single-payer debate and Obamacare’s unknown future, he has a lot on his plate stepping into this new role.

On this Straight Talk Africa host Shaka Ssali talks about the referendum that took place in Burundi to extend President Pierre Nkurunziza’s time in office. Guests: Mohammed Yusuf, VOA’s reporter in Bujumbura, Frederic Nkundikije, Managing Editor of VOA's Central Africa Service and from France Leonard Nyangoma, Chairman of the National Council for the Defense of Democracy, CNDD (a major Burudian opposition political party). The show was recorded before the referendum.

Simon Yates is not one to crack jokes in press conferences, but even the Giro d'Italia stage 11 winner could not avoid a smile when faced with a quote from Sir Alex Ferguson, legendary trainer of the Manchester United football club, and asked if it could be applied to him.

This weekend Perrysburg Musical Theatre Company will present the 2013 Broadway musical Hands on a Hardbody, which was nominated for three Tony Awards, including best original score. Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Owens Community College Theatre, 30335 Oregon Rd., Perrysburg.

Robin Williams made Robert De Niro more handsome in a very unusual way.

An exploding vape pen fatally wounded a 38-year-old Florida man in what is believed to be the nation’s first e-cigarette death, according to a government report. Firefighters found Tallmadge Wakeman D’Elia’s burnt body in the upstairs bedroom of his St. Petersburg home on May 5 after a neighbor reported seeing flames, WTSP reported. D’Elia, a...