Новости за 21.01.2016

Qubad Talabani, the deputy prime minister of Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government, has issued an urgent warning that falling oil prices, combined with the costs of war and of housing refugees, is threatening the Kurdish Peshmerga's ability to fight ISIS (Daesh).

"The world is focused on the war against ISIS but nobody wins a war bankrupt," Talabani states. "I think this is something the coalition against ISIS really do need to factor into the equation."

The Kurdistan Autonomous Region (KRG)... Читать дальше...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With more laptops, tablets and cellphones in classrooms and college campuses, Minnesota lawmakers unveiled a set of bills Wednesday meant to ensure students' private inf…

Recently, I asked Northwestern University Assistant Professor and Founder of PRIMR, Dr. Nicholas Soulakis, to tell me how he plans to use data science to innovate health care. Dr. Soulakis is a public health scientist whose research focus lies at the intersection of epidemiology and informatics; he is particularly interested in understanding the expanding, data-rich environment created by health information technology, and leveraging computationally techniques to monitor and improve healthcare quality. Читать дальше...

Pope Francis's foreign secretary has stated that 'Brexit' could weaken Europe

Exposure to airborne ultrasound — high frequency sounds beyond the range of human hearing — from public address systems, loudspeakers and door sensors may be making people ill, a new study has claimed.

Architect Rene Gonzalez says the peculiar, abandoned structure, with views of the water and the downtown, was the country’s first stadium purpose-built for watching powerboat races.

by Mimi O' Connor

There is something so wonderful about the indomitable and ever-evolving nature of the human spirit. Down through the generations, we recall and retell the inspiring stories of those who came before us pioneering a pathway for progress. Memorable historical figures spring to mind such as Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks. In our personal lives we are deeply inspired by our immigrant ancestors, our tireless teachers and role models... Читать дальше...

If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.

When Aaron Carter stepped out onto the stage for the first time as a solo performer, he was 9 years old, opening for the Backstreet Boys in Berlin. Carter at the time had no record deal, no album, no singles of his own and no real music experience -- yet, that night marked the exact moment a "joke" performance turned into a serious career.

Carter had grown up in a musical family, the younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter. Even before he ever set foot on stage... Читать дальше...

As a Senate subcommittee met on Wednesday to look into waste from the Pentagon’s USAID task force, some are calling for them to review why the Kajaki Dam, a $300 million project, is sitting in Afghanistan unfinished for the last eight years.

England lose 58-52 against world champions Australia in the opening game of the international tri-series in Liverpool.

You've heard over and over again that posting an online dating profile is one of the best ways to increase your chances of meeting someone special, so you finally did it.

Maybe you stayed up late, struggled with writing about yourself and hunted down just the right pictures. After all that, you found yourself staring at a bunch of emails from people you'd never date or even an empty inbox. Now what?

If you're disappointed with the results you've gotten with your online dating profile, take a look at these three tips. Читать дальше...

Mitch McConnell didn't want "fear-mongering" to dominate the debate over refugee resettlement. Too late.

Washington Mom Lauren Nordberg was dining out with her 6-year-old son, who has autism, when he started having a meltdown. But a stranger's kind note left her in tears. 

A U.S. congressional committee is demanding former drug executive Martin Shkreli appear at a hearing on drug prices to testify about his former company's decision to raise the price of a lifesaving drug by more than 5,000 per cent, congressional aides said on Wednesday.

PITTSBURGH - Keith Butler's first year calling the shots on defense impressed his boss. Cortez Allen's inability to get on the field, not so much.

Members of Bachelor Nation sat through a particularly harrowing episode on Monday, as black, Haitian-born Jubilee became the focus of an oddly virulent, racially charged mean-girl swarm.

Walking home from my set at the Jerusalem Folk Evening, I begin to realize that my abs hurt. This feeling after singing -- like I've been overly enthusiastic doing crunches on the first day of a new workout regimen -- is one I know mostly from the end of Yom Kippur; after that prayer marathon, my achy abs (a reminder that I have poured so much physical energy into singing) feel well earned. But I'm amused to find that I've managed to work that hard spending forty minutes singing Gordon Lightfoot and Pete Seeger tunes. Читать дальше...

REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats narrowly blocked legislation on Wednesday that would slow the entry of refugees from Syria and Iraq into the United States in a contentious vote cloaked in presidential election-year politics.

The vote was 55-43, with "yes" votes falling short of the 60 needed to advance the Republican-backed measure in the 100-member Senate. No Republicans voted against the bill, and only two Democrats backed it.

Among other things... Читать дальше...

The European Central banks bond-buying program was designed to stimulate the eurozone’s economy, but slumping markets have wiped out gains.

INDIANAPOLIS - Wisconsin administrator Terry Gawlik has been chosen as the next chairwoman of the NCAA women's basketball championship committee.

NEW YORK (AP) — Change at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, where membership is for life, does not come easily. As Spike Lee said on Tuesday, its 6,000-plus membership can't be…

NEW YORK - Change at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, where membership is for life, does not come easily. As Spike Lee said on Tuesday, its 6,000-plus membership can't be changed "hocus pocus, presto chango" overnight.

Efforts have been made. Since becoming the academy's first African-American president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs has worked to induct a higher rate of minorities and unveiled a five-year initiative to promote diversity in the industry. Just how much she can do to alter the democratic voting of the academy's membership is unclear; Boone Isaacs declined interview requests from The Associated Press. Studies have repeatedly found that the movie industry lags in movies featuring black, Hispanic and Asian... Читать дальше...