Новости за 23.12.2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his Results of the Year annual marathon year-ender interactive televised discussion with the Russian public and the media in Moscow on December 19, spoke at some length on the recent developments in Syria. 

A Shoprite supermarket and a Supa Store outlet in Dlamini, Soweto, were issued written warnings and ordered to remove expired food items and those without expiry dates from their shelves.

Police, flanked by City of Cape Town traffic and metro police cops, patrolled various malls and popular beaches around the City in what the officers described as their "busiest" time of the year.

Although historically many doctors believed that unborn babies could not feel pain until the third trimester or even well after birth, the modern scientific literature shows that unborn babies can feel pain by 15 weeks gestation, and possibly as early as 12 weeks.[1] The majority of abortions occur in the first trimester, but a substantial […]

Saudi Vision 2030 represents a bold and transformative shift in Saudi Arabia's economic, social, and geopolitical landscape.

US actress Lively accused her co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment, hostile work environment and embarking on a plan to damage her reputation.

Mike Johnson's time as House speaker could be coming to an unceremonious end.

1. Asteroid-comet chimera Chiron has an unusual ice mix, James Webb Space Telescope finds  Space.com
2. 'Like nothing we've seen before': James Webb telescope spies a mysterious asteroid-comet hybrid lurking past Jupiter  Livescience.com
3. Asteroid or comet? Scientists find ancient ice giant in our solar system  The Times of India
4. Rare asteroid-comet hybrid is unlike anything ever seen before  Earth.com
5. James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented view of icy planetesimals... Читать дальше...

1. Steve Kim's Top 5 Games of 2024  Giant Bomb
2. The video games you may have missed in 2024  The Guardian
3. The 15 Best Video Game Surprises Of 2024  Kotaku
4. Ars Technica’s top 20 video games of 2024  Ars Technica
5. The best PC games of 2024 (that don’t need a graphics card)  PCWorld

1. One fifth of armed forces not fit to fight, admits MoD  The Times
2. More than 10,000 members of armed forces not fit to fight, MoD figures show – UK politics live  The Guardian
3. One fifth of British armed forces 'unfit to fight', Ministry of Defence admits  LBC
4. One-fifth of Britain's Armed Forces are not fully fit to fight a war as Ministry of Defence reveals 'alarming'  Daily Mail

More than just glamor and action, Charlie’s Angels changed TV forever --empowering women, sparking controversy, and leaving an unforgettable legacy.

He had just a single term to try to transform the nation's approach to energy, climate change, technology and jobs. What does he leave behind?

Hair and makeup designer Frances Hannon tells IndieWire about giving the witches of Oz a glow-up and painting a horse blue in Jon Chu's adaptation of the Broadway musical.

Basketball Across Minnesota: Aaliyah Crump, who committed to Texas, is spending her senior year at Montverde Academy in Florida on a team filled with Division I recruits.

There can be few fields of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance. Past experience, to the extent that it is part of memory at all, is dismissed as the primitive refuge of those who do not have the insight to appreciate the incredible wonders of the present. Only after the speculative collapse does the truth emerge.               —John Kenneth Galbraith, A Short History of Financial Euphoria, 1990 All the recent talk about government Bitcoin reserves has gotten... Читать дальше...

This house in Tinh An, Quang Ngai, Vietnam, exemplifies sustainable architecture and deep respect for the natural environment. The core of the design centers around a mature Barringtonia asiatica (fish poison tree), which is carefully preserved as the focal point of the home. Rather than removing the tree, it is integrated into the living space, creating a strong connection between architecture and nature. The tree's branches extend through a rectangular opening in the roof, drawing the outdoors into the home... Читать дальше...

One person’s trash really is another’s treasure. You can make money picking up stuff other people leave behind.

Designed to roll up new audience members into a bigger cultural wave, the prequels, spinoffs, and extended universes have instead gotten small.

My family history meant that I was a strong contender for a preventative mastectomy. But once I made all the practical choices, I had to reckon with the emotional aspect.

Tottenham Hotspur’s plans to reinforce their backline are taking shape, but their ambitions may face stiff competition—not just from the Premier League but across Europe—as... The post Tottenham and Chelsea set to lock horns over David Hancko transfer appeared first on Spurs Web.

The wife of the former Syrian president is now said to be looking for an out from the her marriage after the two fled to Russia.

Jennifer Hudson opens up about her mission to connect with her 24 half-siblings after a family tragedy.

An object that orbits in the space between Jupiter and Neptune has chemistry that could tell us more about the birth of the solar system.

Dan Hooker | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Dan Hooker isn’t buying what Ilia Topuria is selling.

A genetic analysis of six people buried in a Moche tomb around A.D. 500 revealed that two teenagers were sacrificed to their close relatives.