Новости за 29.04.2016

There are no good reasons for Britain to leave the European Union. "Brexit" makes zero sense geopolitically or economically, as exasperated foreigners, including U.S. President Barack Obama, have repeatedly pointed out.

Gov. Cuomo's aides are being probed for improper lobbying and "undisclosed" conflicts of interest with Cuomo's signature economic program.

OCEAN CITY, Florida - Authorities have found human remains where a former Florida pastor said he buried a woman's body nearly five years ago.

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BRISTOL, England, April 29 (UPI) -- According to new research out of England, raptors, eagles and hawks have missed out on the perks of a specialized pecker.

With the right approach, anyone can give a memorable speech, even a shy boy from Kenya. TED curator and President Chris Anderson, pictured here with Richard Turere at TED2013, shares some key pointers from his new book “TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking.” Photo: James Duncan Davidson/ TED

Recently, reports have surfaced that the U.S. government is going out of its way to grant Iran access to the dollar for financial transactions, which officials had said would not happen as a result of last summer's nuclear deal.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police have arrested 73 people after breaking up a protest by taxi drivers that blocked the main highway leading from Mexico City to Acapulco.

MEXICO CITY - Mexican police have arrested 73 people after breaking up a protest by taxi drivers that blocked the main highway leading from Mexico City to Acapulco.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican police have arrested 73 people after breaking up a protest by taxi drivers that blocked the main highway leading from Mexico City to Acapulco.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who bought the rifles used in the San Bernardino terror attack has asked that his trial be pushed back by eight months to March of next year, according to a court filing Friday.

LOS ANGELES - The man who bought the rifles used in the San Bernardino terror attack has asked that his trial be pushed back by eight months to March of next year, according to a court filing Friday.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who bought the rifles used in the San Bernardino terror attack has asked that his trial be pushed back by eight months to March of next year, according to a court filing Friday.

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Black women who like to wear their hair pulled back tightly may be increasing their risk of hair loss, new research suggests.

ORCHARD PARK, New York - The Buffalo Bills have freed roster space by releasing linebacker A.J. Tarpley and tight end Jacob Maxwell.

To Donald Trump supporters in Greenwich, Conn., it’s a hush-hush world, except for the brave few like Jim Campbell.

The furry creature's charred remains were discovered next to a half-eaten power cable.

(ATTN: UPDATES with minor edits) SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn called on officials Friday to come up with measures to reduce fine dust emissions in the latest move to tackle growing health concerns in South Korea. Fine d

Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday flagged-off the much awaited East-West corridor of Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) - south India's first underground metro.

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You may have heard that China is on a tear right now.

Lending in the country has exploded. The government has stepped up spending. Property-purchase regulations have been relaxed.

That all seems to be contributing to a pickup in activity in China's old economy, the one driven by building things.

One way to track that kind of activity is by watching the PMI and nonmanufacturing PMI, which track activity in China's factories and services sector every month. Читать дальше...

A probe has been launched into a Brooklyn day care center suspected of mismanaging records, the Daily News has learned.

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In what seems like the plot to a disaster movie, the quiet town of Centralia, Pennsylvania has endured a burning problem since 1962: It's been on fire, literally, for more than five decades.

And how this fire started still remains a mystery. But chemistry can help explain why it's still going.

The problem runs deep

Centralia, Pennsylvania sits atop a few of the biggest coal deposits in the world. This was fortuitous for the sleepy town at the time because coal was ... Читать дальше...

ESTORIL, Portugal - Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain ousted top-seeded Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-4 in the Estoril Open quarterfinals on Friday.

Tea detoxes aren't all they're cracked up to be.

A recent report by Chavie Lieber of Racked digs into how tea detoxes like Lyfe Tea and Skinny Mint — which are essentially just laxatives — exploded on Instagram largely through paid endorsements from social media darlings like Kylie Jenner and Nicki Minaj.

Lieber writes that these celebrities (some of whom are just "Instagram personalities") could be paid $3,000 to $250,000 per endorsement — depending on the size of their online followings. Читать дальше...