Новости за 21.01.2017

Nadat veel artiesten al weigerden op te treden tijdens de inauguratie van Donald Trump, heeft een aantal muzikanten zich nu ook gekeerd tegen het gebruik van hun muziek tijdens het daaropvolgende inauguratiebal. Zo laat countryster Rachel Platten via Twitter weten dat ze nooit toestemming heeft gegeven voor het gebruik van haar nummer Fight Song.

There is confusion in Osogbo, Osun state as police officers allegedly opened fire on some students of the Osun State University while playing football.

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Russia plans to have negotiations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump regarding its application for expanding of the Arctic continental shelf, which the U.S. has not ratified earlier, Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergei Donskoi told reporters on Jan. 21.

When Donald Trump shows up for work next week, it’s anyone’s guess as to what he will do. Over the past month, many reporters have asked me “what do you think Trump will do and what are you most concerned about?”. My simple answer has been “I know what worries me most, but I have no idea what he’ll do because I don’t think he knows either.”

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman voiced hope for a constructive dialogue with President Donald Trump's administration in comments broadcast Saturday, but warned that differences will remain. Trump has promised to mend ties with Moscow badly strained over the Ukrainian crisis, the war in Syria and allegations of Russian meddling in the U.S. elections, and his victory has elated Russian political elites. While Russia supports prospective nuclear arms cuts, they should be... Читать дальше...

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Tottenham travel to Manchester City today aiming to secure a seventh consecutive Premier League victory.

With the Centre clearing a draft ordinance to allow Jallikattu, the Madurai district administration on Saturday said it is fully prepared to hold the bull-taming sport at Alanganallur, near here.

Publicis Media

If you ask any advertising executive their biggest challenge, most will reply with: "Talent".

Whether attracting talent or retaining employees, advertising companies are under huge pressure to provide the type of environment, salaries, and kudos of big well-known brands. And when it comes to attracting STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) graduates, the advertising industry faces a challenge in attracting those candidates away from flashy roles at companies like Facebook, Snapchat, or Google. Читать дальше...

His most ardent supporters like to think he fundamentally changed the country. But his record shows otherwise.

HUNTINGDON — The Clearfield Area High School girls basketball team was rolling toward a sweep of Huntingdon through two quarters, but the Mountain League game turned into a barn-burner late in the fourth period before the Lady Bison escaped with a 55-52 victory. With three players one foul away from exiting, the Lady Bison saw […]

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST): 7:35 a.m. It’s the first full day in office for President Donald Trump — after his first night in the White House. And first up on his schedule: a prayer service at Washington National Cathedral. For years, the cathedral has hosted such a service

Kyle Mizokami

Security, Europe

A tragic tale that still has legs in Beijing.

During NATO’s 1999 air war over Yugoslavia, the Atlantic alliance struck hundreds of targets over Serbia and Kosovo. Most were uncontroversial: air-defense sites, army headquarters and other military targets. The destruction of one target in particular, however, set off a wave of anti-Western—and anti-American in particular—protests half a world away. That target was the Chinese embassy in Belgrade. Читать дальше...

Trump's overtures to Russia have stoked concerns that long-cherished ties with European intelligence counterparts could become strained.

Bishop Mariann Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington has written in blog post that she shares "a sense of outrage at some of the president-elect's words and actions" — but that she feels an obligation to welcome all people without qualification. Trump has been critical of intelligence officials for their assertions about Russian election hacking and about leaks about his briefings in the weeks before he was sworn in. Trump's victory has elated Russian political elites amid bitter tensions with Washington over the Ukrainian crisis... Читать дальше...

HYDE — There was no rest for the weary in the case of the Clearfield Bison basketball squad.  Just one night after taking down Clarion-Limestone, the Bison Gymnasium was ready to roar its approval of the home team on a foggy Friday night.  The one-loss Bison welcomed in the Huntingdon Bearcats, a team the Bison […]

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has started campaigning for constitutional reforms that would greatly expand the powers of his office, hours after a vote in parliament cleared the way for a national referendum on the issue. Speaking in Istanbul on Saturday, he hailed the assembly’s early-morning decision and said “God willing the people

Michael Peck

Security, Asia

The government is making a bold play to stoke nationalism and burnish the credentials of the Communist Party.

The history books tell us that the Second Sino-Japanese War began in 1937, ended with Japan's defeat by the Allies in 1945, and cost the lives of perhaps 20 million Chinese soldiers and civilians.

China now says the history books are wrong. The Second Sino-Japanese War began in 1931, according to the Chinese government.

China is right. Читать дальше...