Новости за 21.01.2017

Members of far right group Britain First have been campaigning against plans to redevelop a mosque.

Volunteers made clubhouse festive

Miley

Area students make dean's list

SATURDAY, Jan. 21, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The best way for people to protect themselves from the flu is to get vaccinated -- and it's not too late to get a shot, an infectious diseases expert says.

SATURDAY, Jan. 21, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- The best way for people to protect themselves from the flu is to get vaccinated -- and it's not too late to get a shot, an infectious diseases expert says.

Chris Kilham is a "medicine hunter" who travels the world searching for natural remedies through medicinal plant research. He reveals which type of popular herbal remedies don't actually have health benefits.

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When Facebook bought Oculus VR in 2014 for $2 billion, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a bold prediction.

"... at this point we feel we're in a position where we can start focusing on what platforms will come next to enable even more useful, entertaining and personal experiences," he said in a statement announcing the acquisition. He later added that "we believe this kind of immersive, augmented reality will become a part of daily life for billions of people."

Nearly three years later... Читать дальше...

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Travis Kalanick may be the public face of Uber, but he hasn't built the company by himself. 

Like any chief executive, Kalanick leans heavily on his team and direct reports to manage all parts of the business, from people operations internally to putting out regulatory fires externally. 

As Uber faces challenges on all fronts in 2017, here's who is leading the charge internally to make transportation "as reliable as running water."

Jeff Jones is Uber's president of ridesharing. Читать дальше...

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When most President-elects take office, Wall Street analysts pay close attention to what proposed legislation could mean for companies, industries and the economy.

This time around, investors may need to take a different approach.

The global quantitative strategy team at Bernstein plans to pay close attention not only to the President's policies, but also to his tweets, especially when it comes to individual companies and industries.

"Assuming the new US president maintains his fondness for abrupt... Читать дальше...

Wal-Mart used its size to gain an unfair advantage on credit-card fees, a tactic that smaller businesses can’t employ

The Ontario Securities Commission should harmonize the regulations that apply to the Social Venture Connection with those that apply to crowdfunding ventures more generally

(ATTN: UPDATES with minister's offer to resign in paras 4-5; ADDS more details) SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Culture Minister Cho Yoon-sun was formally arrested by investigators Saturday over her suspected involvement in the blacklisting of

Police say the death of a 86-year-old man found in his apartment in Fayetteville was a homicide.

Trump takes the reins of a White House with increasingly unchecked power. Here's how Capitol Hill can take some of it back.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ozeki Kisenosato leaves Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2017, after capturing his lo...

De Britse premier Theresa May wil de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump tijdens hun eerste ontmoeting oproepen de Europese eenheid niet te ondermijnen. May benadrukte vandaag in een interview met The Financial Times waarde te hechten aan een sterke EU.

A convicted murder is wanted by police after he breached his release from prison licence conditions.

Robert Beckhusen

Security, Europe

From Tom Clancy to the real world? 

Tom Clancy’s 1986 novel Red Storm Rising depicts a conventional war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. It’s one of Clancy’s best books and, interesting for a story about a Third World War, doesn’t involve a nuclear apocalypse.

It does describe a ground war in Germany, naval and air battles in the North Atlantic and — central to the plot — an invasion of Iceland by a regiment of Soviet troops. Clancy... Читать дальше...

Clinical psychologist Joseph Burgo Ph.D., author of The Narcissist You Know, explains how you can test if someone is a narcissist.

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Sam Allardyce needs a Premier League boost against Everton today after a difficult start to life at Crystal Palace.

HENGELO - De combibaan aan de Van Alphenstraat in Hengelo is zondagmorgen vanaf 9.00 uur geopend voor de liefhebbers. De ijsbaan is zaterdag open geweest maar ging na een aantal uren weer dicht.

An Afghan official says four Taliban have been killed and two insurgents, with suspected ties to the jihadist group the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, arrested in a raid in northern Afghanistan.

Australian star Daria Gavrilova has claimed a hard-fought win over Swiss 12th seed Timea Bacsinszky to book her spot in the final 16 at the Australian Open.

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