Новости за 21.01.2016

South Korea will boost economic cooperation with Iran, it said on Thursday, after sanctions on Iran were lifted earlier this week. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said in a statement it will sign a $2 billion contract for trade insurance financing with Iran, while it will also restore Iran's eligibility to be a recipient country for its Economic Development Cooperation Fund. South Korea will also aim to establish a automobile assembly joint venture with Iran, the ministry said.

Metro Vancouver officials are expected to make a pitch to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to save local and community programming, arguing they need a public channel to stay in touch and inform the region’s residents about civic affairs. Regional officials are slated to present the submission to the CRTC on Feb. 2, as part of a public hearing into a review of the commission’s policy framework for local and community television programming. Their main concern is that... Читать дальше...

A spokesman for the Suffolk County district attorney says Sean Ludwick was apprehended in Sag Harbor, New York.

An officer was fired in October after admitting he went to a woman's hotel room in uniform and asked a woman to model lingerie for him

BC Ferries will doubtless be pleased by year-end traffic statistics just in. They suggest the hemorrhage of both foot passengers and vehicles since the 2008 economic crisis — which accelerated sharply when the company imposed rapid price increases and deep service cuts — may finally have been staunched.

Super Bowl 34

WASHINGTON -- When the U.S. Supreme Court heard an unusual two hours of arguments in October to consider Kansas' death penalty regime, Justice Antonin Scalia took a break from the legal specifics of the case.

The watershed season for women's cricket will end in fitting fashion, with six matches broadcast live on free-to-air TV in 11 days, as the end of the Women's Big Bash League meets the start of the Southern Stars series against India.

Wednesday (Jan. 20) is now officially David Bowie Day in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has declared.  Fans Pay Tribute to David...

Turns out we would rather chuck plenty other meats on the barbecue.

The $2.7 billion Milton Corporation is loading up its portfolio with dividend paying stocks this year, using the market volatility as a chance to buy.

It is a quite extraordinary figure. Dr. Curtis Cooper from the University of Central Missouri has found the largest-known prime number – written (274207281)-1. It is around 22 million digits long and, if printed in full, would take you days to read. Its discovery comes thanks to a collaborative project of volunteers who use freely available software called GIMPS (Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search) to search for primes.

British Prime Minister David Cameron is pledging to fund English-language classes for female immigrants, with a focus on Muslims, while warning they could be deported if they fail to reach certain standards. What did Cameron get right or wrong in his announcement? And are there lessons for Canada in it?

Throwback Thursday: A look back at events in history on January 21, including the Beach Boys entering the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and Alger Hiss convicted of perjury

The Mavericks will play without star Dirk Nowitzki and guard Raymond Felton tonight against the Timberwolves.

A week before Nabil Fadli blew himself up among a group of German tourists, killing 10 people in Turkey's largest city, he walked into an immigration office and registered as a Syrian refugee.

What we often fail to appreciate is that job satisfaction is more to do with personality than luck, intelligence or even talent.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average pared losses to drop 249 points, while shares in Japan and the U.K. entered bear markets.

PORTLAND, Oregon - The latest on the search for missing fishermen off the Oregon Coast (all times local):

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The latest on the search for missing fishermen off the Oregon Coast (all times local):

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg says the search for two men still missing after a fishing boat struck a jetty has been suspended. Klingenberg says crews completed a search by helicopter and boat Wednesday afternoon that covered the area around the crash site near the entrance to Coos Bay, Oregon. The U.S. Coast Guard says a fishing boat struck a jetty before it sank near the entrance to Coos Bay, Oregon, leaving one crew member dead and two missing. The Coast Guard... Читать дальше...

Sen. Ted Cruz, responding to a barrage of attacks from a sitting GOP governor and businessman Donald Trump, Wednesday said his campaign raised $700,000 in the hours after he was pointedly criticized by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad.

Somehow, USC junior guard Julian Jacobs kept his faith in the Trojans' future through two occasionally turbulent seasons and two Pac-12 Conference last-place finishes. After each loss — there were 21 in 2013-14, the team's first under Coach Andy Enfield, and 20 last season — Jacobs would remind...

USC VS. OREGON

When: 6 p.m.

Where: Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Ore.

On the air: TV: Pac-12 Networks; Radio: 710.

Update: USC (15-3, 4-1 in Pac-12 Conference) is off to its best start since the 1991-92 season and is ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time since 2008. And the Trojans...