Новости за 13.04.2017

By Leah Schnurr and David Ljunggren | OTTAWA OTTAWA Canada was on track to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018 after the government put forward legislation on Thursday that will see it regulate production but left the details of how the drug will be sold up to the provinces.Recreational marijuana has been legalized in some U.S. states, including Colorado and Washington, but Canada would be the first Group of Seven country to do so nationally. The ruling Liberal party made legalization... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Thursday called WikiLeaks a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia. "WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service," Pompeo told an audience at a Washington think tank, adding that Russia's GRU intelligence service had used the anti-secrecy group to distribute hacked material during the 2016 U.S.

By Alwyn Scott and Jamie Freed | SEATTLE/SYDNEY SEATTLE/SYDNEY A new version of Boeing Co's (BA.N) 737 jetliner took off for the first time on Thursday, marking another step in Boeing's revamp of its best-selling product line that could see up to five new models introduced by 2020.Boeing's 737 MAX 9, a fuel-efficient, long-range successor to the 737-900, made its initial flight, a test mission, about 50 years after the 737 first took to the skies on April 9, 1967, and follows the first flight of Boeing's largest Dreamliner model... Читать дальше...

By Idrees Ali | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The United States dropped "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear device it has ever unleashed in combat, on a network of caves and tunnels used by Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said.President Donald Trump touted the bombing as evidence of a more muscular U.S. foreign policy since he took office in January after eight years of President Barack Obama. The 21,600 pound (9,797 kg) GBU-43 bomb was dropped from a MC-130... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK Major U.S. stock indexes fell on Thursday for a third straight day as investors weighed earnings reports from big U.S. banks and geopolitical tensions, while the tech sector fell for a tenth consecutive session.

NEW YORK Major U.S. stock indexes fell on Thursday for a third straight day as investors weighed earnings reports from big U.S

NEW YORK Major U.S. stock indexes fell on Thursday for a third straight day as investors weighed earnings reports from big U.S

NEW YORK Major U.S. stock indexes fell on Thursday for a third straight day as investors weighed earnings reports from big U.S.

If West Bengal follows BJP's Hindutva model, its new-found gains would be more sustainable than it was in the 2014 Lok Sabha Election, but then TMC leader Mamata Banerjee won't won't give up her space without a fight either

But the Transformers The Last Knight will not feature Optimus Prime.

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A huge spike in gold imports pushed the trade deficit to US $10.43 billion during the month under review from US $4.4 billion a year ago.

Catch the live updates of Match 11 of IPL 2017, with Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens on Thursday.

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth are the leading Indian shuttlers in action at the Singapore Open today. Follow our live blog for regular scores and updates from the badminton tournament.

Low voter turnout in Srinagar bypolls & the postponing of the Anantnag bypolls is being seen by many as a sign that Kashmir is further alienating from India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that women are free to retain their maiden names in their passports now after the marriage.

Donald Trump has successfully launched protests across world and the latest comes all the way up from the stratosphere. The Autonomous Space Agency Network (ASAN), an independent advocate of DIY space exploration has sent a message from space to Donald Trump in what it's calling the "first protest in space" against the President of the […]

Sachin: A Billion Dreams, which tells the story of Sachin Tendulkar's life, stars the cricketer himself and his son Arjun.

Kolkata Knight Riders new-found opening sensation Chris Lynn has not yet been ruled out of the Indian Premier League, head coach Jacques Kallis said on Wednesday.

Leicester City couldn’t manage a single shot on target. or create anything of note against Atlettico Madrid. Yet, it took a dubious penalty call for them to fall to defeat.

Disappointing results in a difficult year

The post Infosys results live: Time for Vishal Sikka and Shah Rukh Khan to have a drink together? appeared first on Firstpost.

Such is the determination of Ronaldo to excel, it was unlikely you could keep him away from the spotlight. Two strikes against Bayern made him the first man to touch 100 goals in European football.

The Kathi Dakshin constituency in West Bengal saw Assembly election bypolls this week. And the trend is clear: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be Trinamool Congress' biggest competitor in the state

Rajouri Garden is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency which has nine other Assembly segments--Madipur, Tilak Nagar, Hari Nagar, Najafgarh, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Matiala and Uttam Nagar

No votes were polled in Budgam and Khansahib assembly segments while only two votes were polled in Chrar-e-Sharief segment of the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency

According to the proposal, loyalty-cum-life benefit will be provided to all those members on retirement at 58 or 60 years who have contributed to the scheme for 20 years or more