Новости за 31.03.2017

UN chief calls decision to build another illegal settlement on occupied Palestinian land an 'obstacle to peace'.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Republican state Sen. Elaine Morgan has proposed a bill that would make the teaching of cursive writing mandatory for grades 1 through 6 in classrooms statewide. Only 14 states have made the practice mandatory in public schools.

The Simpsons is assembling some of the greatest minds in pop culture — while taking a few subtle jabs at President Donald Trump in the process. Sunday’s episode (Fox, 8/7c) features the founding of Burns University, a for-profit venture dreamed up by — you guessed it — C. Montgomery Burns. Homer’s boss gets the idea […]

The BJP on Friday ruled out any talks with Pakistan and separatists and said that those advocating such demands are befooling people.

The company is growing its sales and shrinking its losses, though it still lost $187.32 million last year.

Would the players, coaches and administrators of the Final Four teams accept an invitation to the White House under President Donald Trump? It's an awkward question one lucky team will face after Monday's national championship game.

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A pair of crooks tied up an autistic 7-year-old Bronx boy and pistol whipped his babysitter during a home invasion robbery.

Team Victorie, de schaatsploeg van Bart Swings, houdt op te bestaan. Dat heeft de manager van de ploeg, de vroegere Nederlandse rijdster Renate

Ruling out any role of middlemen in wheat procurement, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today asked peoples' representatives to help in monitoring wheat purchase centres which will go functional in the state from on Saturday.

Republicans are using the language of science reformers to obstruct the EPA, says Vox's Brian Resnick.

Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute documented previously unknown parental-care behavior of translucent glassfrogs in a recent study.

You can now search for Snap Stories by place and topic.

The options are endless: "Puppies," "Atlanta Falcons," your favorite bar, "spring break," "election day," etc. The feature launches today in Miami and will roll out later in other cities, though Snap declined to specify exactly when and where.

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In a blog post released Friday, Snap said that its curation team had become "overwhelmed" by the number of Stories people had produced and submitted to the collective... Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY — How do you bring home to men the discomfort and disgust caused by sexual harassment on the subway? U.N. Women and the Mexico City government decided to launch a series of video ads in which the issue comes up, literally. They replaced a seat in a Mexico City subway car with a

If defensive lineman Ego Ferguson’s ego was heavily invested in being employed by the Bears, it took a blow on Friday. The Bears announced that they have waived the three-year veteran from their roster. He’ll become a free agent if he goes unclaimed by the other 31 teams in the league. Ferguson came to Chicago…

Christopher Bell topped Brett Moffitt and Noah Gragson in the first of two practice sessions.

Condition in EU negotiating guidelines presents stumbling block for Theresa May

When Ebola struck Liberia, consumption of bushmeat dropped dramatically. But in an odd twist, poorer households cut their consumption much more than well-to-do households. The findings have implications for public health, as well as wildlife conservation. Education campaigns about the risks and consequences of bushmeat hunting have focused on rural villagers near protected nature reserves. But, it turns out, the more tenacious consumers may be the wealthier city-dwellers. Bushmeat — wild animals like monkeys... Читать дальше...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Security forces violently repressed protests that broke out in Venezuela's capital on Friday after the Supreme Court gutted the opposition-controlled Congress of its last vestiges of power, drawing widespread condemnation from foreign countries and even triggering…

From left, Little Hanzo and Kubo (voiced by Art Parkinson) in “Kubo and the Two Strings.”

A frame grab from a video of the “men only” seat on the Mexico City Metro, part of a campaign against sexual harassment.

In the past 24 hours, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced both the creation of a brand-new settlement in the occupied West Bank (widely reported as the first new, officially sanctioned settlement in 20 years), and promised to curtail settlement activity, in deference to President Donald Trump’s wishes.

A judge approved an agreement Friday to settle lawsuits over his now-defunct Trump University.