Новости за 29.02.2016

Flying will get more expensive with finance minister Arun Jaitley raising the excise duty on aviation turbine fuel (ATF), the single largest input cost item for airlines.

Gone are opportunities to interview guards, meet with mental health professionals, taste a detainee meal and compare life in maximum-security detention for those who misbehave to those in communal captivity and get many more privileges.

We’re just about to ready to say goodbye to this year’s Oscar season. Best Picture went to a worthy winner in “Spotlight,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” won the most awards, Leonardo DiCaprio is finally happy, and Sam Smith broke new ground for people who write really, really boring songs. But before we move on from the 88th Academy Awards, we wanted to wrap up with one last thing: some cold, hard numbers. Below you’ll find some facts, stats and trivia relating to some of the big winners from last night. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO - Grain futures were mostly lower Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

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SunEdison, the solar power company that has seen its stock fall 83% in the last six months, is crashing yet again on some disappointing news.

The news is that Appaloosa Management, the hedge fund helmed by billionaire David Tepper, will accept a Delaware court's offer to expedite its lawsuit against the company.

"Anybody who read the judge's opinion, who read the transcripts of the trial, knew we were going to go for an expedited trial," Tepper said in a phone call with Business Insider. Читать дальше...

A 13-year-old girl says she was in a southwest Ohio school cafeteria when a student near her began shooting. A sheriff says a 14-year-old student pulled out a gun in a southwestern Ohio school cafeteria and opened fire, hitting two students. Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says two other students were injured at Madison Local Schools either as they tried to get away or from shrapnel from the shooting. A law enforcement official says a shooting at a southwestern Ohio school district injured four students... Читать дальше...

TEHRAN — Iranian reformists and relative moderates who support last year’s nuclear deal won the most seats in parliament and a clerical body charged with selecting the next supreme leader in a major setback for hard-liners who opposed the agreement, official election results showed Monday. Final results released by the Interior Ministry and broadcast on state TV show that reformists, who favor expanded social freedoms and engagement with the West, and other backers of President Hassan Rouhani, won at least 85 seats. Читать дальше...

Ben Hooper
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Feb. 29 (UPI) -- A New Jersey woman said a "love struck turkey" has taken a liking to her son's brand new Honda Civic and won't let anyone else near the vehicle.

The technical crew of the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, headed by Florence Omagbemi, has called to camp 40 players ahead of the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against either of Senegal or Guinea.   Seven –time champions Nigeria have drawn a bye into the second round of the qualifying series, […]

The Armenian Foreign Ministry said Monday that Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter signed an agreement on the simplification of the process of obtaining entry visas.

McDonald's has designed Happy Meal boxes that can turn into VR headsets called Happy Goggles.

The League Bloggers Awards (LBA) has named four players and four managers as its nominees for the Player and Manager in the Nigeria Professional Football League in the month of February.  In the player’s category, Rivers United attacking midfielder Frederick Obomate, Anthony Okpotu of Lobi Stars, Michael Olaha of Abia Warriors and 3SC hat-trick hero, Wasiu Jimoh, are in […]

Kobach also explained how Trump would get Mexico to pay for his wall.

TEMPE, Arizona - Ji-Man Choi's baseball career had stalled a bit last summer in his sixth pro season. The South Korean prospect says he decided to get it moving again by learning how to switch-hit in the middle of the year.

The 88th Academy Award ceremony faced a boycott and has been under scrutiny for its lack of diversity in nominations.

Sacha Baron Cohen made a big reveal that his Ali G character was actually banned from the 2016 Academy Awards, but he sneakily brought the costume in! “The truth is we actually had to sneak it in because the Oscars sat me down before and said they didn’t want me to do anything out of [...]

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TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian moderates have won a majority in the Assembly of Experts, a clerical body that is tasked with choosing the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, and which was previously dominated by hard-liners.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian moderates have won a majority in the Assembly of Experts, a clerical body that is tasked with choosing the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, and which was pre…

Image Source: Alexion Pharmaceuticals The biotech sector as a whole has been out of favor for several months now, which has caused the stocks of even the strongest and most successful companies in it to plunge.

Wade Sheridan
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane reprised their roles in "The Producers" Monday to mock presidential hopeful Donald Trump on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

Starbucks has partnered with an Italian company, Percassi, to launch in the coffee-rich market.

Everton midfielder Muhamed Besic signs a new five-and-a-half-year deal at Goodison Park.