Новости за 21.01.2016

Brittany Nelson isn't your average photographer. Instead of making pictures with a camera, she creates strange textures and colors with a tray of chemicals.

Drama, documentaries, weird genre movies. Sundance has a lot to offer this year. Here are the movies we're most excited to see.

Leading European politicians warned that time is running out to find collective answers to the region’s migration crisis and the threat of terrorism, in a panel debate about the future of Europe.

Companies are racing to build teams of humans and bots to respond to our every whim. But is that what we really want?

A second woman appears in court charged with murdering a businesswoman who was found with multiple stab wounds at her home.

While films based on video games are notoriously rubbish, read on for the 10 best actually worth watching, even if just for pure cringe factor

Fewer students entering kindergarten in the Golden State last year claimed personal beliefs should exempt them from getting their shots, a new report shows.

The biggest scandal in the emails Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder released Wednesday about his handling of the Flint water crisis isn't just about lead poisoning.

UK will summon the Russian ambassador to the country amid the inquiry report into Alexander Litvinenko's poisoning.

The rand may weaken another 16 percent from current levels should South Africa’s credit rating be downgraded to junk.

The person who discovered it broke his previous record by over five million digits.

Moscow on Thursday slammed the results of a British inquiry into the poisoning death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko after the findings said President Vladimir Putin "probably approved" the killing.

Campaigners will hold a public meeting with NHS bosses to discuss how to improve services at Folkestone's hospital.

A change of rail operator means the Oyster card service is set to extend to another Kent station.

Staff and parents have been left heartbroken after hundreds of irreplaceable photos of children were swiped by thieves during a break-in at a nursery.

Serge Brussolo's hallucinatory 1992 novel The Deep Sea Diver's Synrome follows a group of lucid dreamers whose slumbers produce a strange ectoplasm that can soothe and even heal people who see it.

A large-scale study and analysis by the American Heart Association charts the impact of dietary fats on global heart health for the first time.

When you see something listed on Craigslist for $25,000, and you can't live in it or drive it, that tends to raise an eyebrow. When it's an antique gold bicycle shaped like a seahorse, it raises both eyebrows and a question: "is that for real?" Well, it is. Due to a pending move, old-world master craftsman Dan Horenberger is selling the seahorse bike. There aren't many in existence. It is purported to have been displayed at the Sutro Baths at one time, then subsequently moved to the Cliff House.

Amid the raindrops of recent El Niño rainstorms, San Francisco officials have been scrambling to add temporary shelters to house the city's homeless population. The most dramatic offering is at Pier 80, which this week is transforming into a 150-bed shelter under a temporary tent. Officials say they've been gradually increasing the number of temporary beds around the city, and have added about 500 beds to the year-round stock of 1,233.

A Harvard University digest cited Sputnik International News Agency as a source of useful articles on nuclear, security-related issues and foreign relations, alongside top global media outlets.

French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that a coalition waging a bombing campaign against the Islamic State group would "accelerate" air strikes.

Shehu Bankole-Hameed, the author and one of the chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the interview granted to the Vanguard, has criticized the renewed agitation for the Biafra. The leader of the pro-Biafra campaigners, Nnamdi Kanu, who was granted bail by an Abuja Federal High Court, was re-arrested by operatives of the […]

The Giants promoted Ben McAdoo from offensive coordinator to head coach and are set to move Mike Sullivan into McAdoo’s old job. Those trips up the ladder left an opening at Sullivan’s former role as quarterbacks coach. Mike Garafolo of FOX Sports reports that the team will hire Frank Cignetti to be Eli Manning’s position…

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MOSCOW, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- French energy company Total said it may transfer half of its stake in a Russian operation to a national player, but maintained a strong interest in the region.