Новости за 28.02.2016

Op het terrein van een opslagbedrijf voor particulieren in Zuidland is zondag een 53-jarige man uit Hellevoetsluis om het leven gekomen. Volgens de politie raakte het slachtoffer door nog onbekende oorzaak bekneld tussen een trailer en een auto.

FRANKFURT, Germany - While waiting for the much-discussed future of driverless cars to arrive, European automakers are focusing on tried-and-tested sales winners at this year's Geneva International Auto Show - rolling out the small SUVs that are increasingly replacing hatchbacks and sedans in people's driveways.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — While waiting for the much-discussed future of driverless cars to arrive, European automakers are focusing on tried-and-tested sales winners at this year's Geneva International Auto Show — rolling out the small SUVs that are increasingly replacing hatchbacks and sedans in people's driveways. There will be plenty of discussions about Internet-connected cars, car sharing apps such as GM's Maven, and self-driving cars. [...] those driverless cars arrive, the metal on display... Читать дальше...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — While waiting for the much-discussed future of driverless cars to arrive, European automakers are focusing on tried-and-tested sales winners at this year's Geneva International Auto Show — rolling out the small SUVs that are increasingly replacing hatchbacks and sedans in people's driveways. There will be plenty of discussions about Internet-connected cars, car sharing apps such as GM's Maven, and self-driving cars. [...] those driverless cars arrive, the metal on display... Читать дальше...

The Manchester United manager did his best flop in protest to the officials, and the Old Trafford is loving their boss for at least the day.

“You should love yourself either way — makeup or no makeup.”

Meet Shalom Nchom.

She's a 20-year-old makeup artist from Nigeria who now lives in Maryland.

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A Ben Toolis try gives Edinburgh the narrowest of Pro12 victories over Scarlets at Murrayfield.

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ALEPPO, Syria, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- While fighting has quieted significantly since a Syrian cease-fire took effect, war planes have reportedly carried out airstrikes.

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ALEPPO, Syria, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- While fighting has quieted significantly since a Syrian cease-fire took effect, war planes have reportedly carried out air strikes.

A broad range of parties across the political spectrum have agreed to throw their collective support fully behind the re-opening of the University of Pretoria on Monday and to ensure that the university is not closed again‚ except under exceptional circumstances.

Lisa Thomson scores a try for Scotland in a 22-7 defeat to Italy in the women's Six Nations.

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We are days from the start of spring-training games, and most Major League Baseball (MLB) teams are done making important offseason moves.

So let's take a look at how all 30 teams are shaping up as the season approaches, and some of the decisions they made this winter.

Using two projection systems from Baseball Prospectus (PECOTA) and Fangraphs and over/under win totals from Vegas Insider — think of this as how much confidence the public has in each team — as well as grading each team's offseason... Читать дальше...

Warplanes carried out Sunday air raids on two villages in northern Syria as Russia said a northern town held by a predominantly Kurdish militia came under fire from the Turkish side of the border.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wants to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish seat-size standards for commercial airlines, which he says now force passengers to sit on planes "like sardines." Schumer said seat pitch, the distance between a point on an airline seat and the same spot on the seat in front of it, has dropped from 35 inches in the 1970s to a current average of closer to 31 inches, and seat width has gone from 18.5 inches to about 16.5 inches. Schumer pointed... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wants to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish seat-size standards for commercial airlines, which he says now force passengers to sit on planes "like sardines." Schumer said seat pitch, the distance between a point on an airline seat and the same spot on the seat in front of it, has dropped from 35 inches in the 1970s to a current average of closer to 31 inches, and seat width has gone from 18.5 inches to about 16.5 inches. Schumer pointed... Читать дальше...

In just over twelve hours, the awards season will be over, the Oscar winners will be crowned, and the after parties will be in full swing. But Warner Bros. and Disney are using the fading moments of the season to do some clever marketing their films. Both studios have dropped Oscar spoofing posters for their upcoming pictures, "Keanu" and "Zootopia." In the former, the cat who is at the heart of Jordan Peele and Keegan Michael-Key's picture takes center stage in one sheets inspired by some of the year's Best Picture. Читать дальше...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speculated on Sunday that Donald Trump hasn’t released his tax returns because they show he has strong ties to the mob.

Wales women earn their first win over France since 2008 with a battling defensive performance in Neath.

The Black American economy is recovering - I hope - from what Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude calls the Great Black Depression. Black unemployment, as of December 2015, was 8.3%. One-quarter of black households has less than $5 - the price of a fast-food combo order - to use in moments of sickness, lay-offs, or other financial emergencies. The political economy is even worse. In Flint, MI, as is well-known, black folk ain't well. We can't even count on government officials, elected or administrative... Читать дальше...

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-HI, endorsed Sanders bid for president and stepped down from her position as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee.

"Eddie the Eagle" is like the "Rudy" of Olympic ski jumping. The new movie, which opened this weekend, chronicles Eddie Edwards, who in 1988 became the first British ski-jumping competitor after virtually no professional training. As Dexter Fletcher's movie has it, Edwards was coached by a former athlete who's now become a washed-up alcoholic. Together, they master the slopes -- or at least enough for "Eddie the Eagle" to become an inspiring little comedy about barreling through adversity. 

Fresh off a runaway win in the South Carolina primary, Democrat Hillary Clinton turned her sights to a possible match-up with Republican front-runner Donald Trump in the Nov. 8 presidential election.

INDIANAPOLIS - Lawmakers, educators and teachers' unions all seem to agree: Indiana's standardized ISTEP student exam is a flawed way of measuring student performance.

[...] Republican Gov. Mike Pence and GOP lawmakers only recently got on board with plans to ditch the test, which came after they dropped national Common Core standards, resulting in last-minute changes made to state education policy that led to widespread problems with the 2015 ISTEP exam. A bill passed by the Senate would create a 22-member panel of academic experts, teachers and administrators tasked with finding ways to reduce the testing costs, increase "fairness to schools, teachers and students"... Читать дальше...

Kesha isn't letting her ongoing legal battle with Dr. Luke put a cloud on her vacation. The "Die Young" songstress and her boyfriend, Brad Ashenfelter, jetted to the Bahamas...