Новости за 21.01.2016

Marilyn Malara
ELOY, Ariz., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- John Legend and Colombian singer Juanes performed a joint concert across from the Eloy Detention Center Wednesday in support of immigrant rights.

After moving to Berlin, I decided to see if living my life according to Twitter polls could help me mix things up and get to know my adopted city better.

Beijing will provide humanitarian aid to Syria, Libya, Yemen, Lebanon and Jordan amounting to almost $35 million in 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday.

A state of emergency has been declared in Washington, DC, on Friday morning as a heavy snowstorm approaches the US capital, City Mayor Muriel Bowser said on Thursday.

UPDATE: The album will be released on March 18th, according to Queens of the Stone Age’s Instagram page. The duo will debut music Thursday night on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

The Federal Government has announced plans to generate a whooping sum of two billion dollars (N394 billion) from non-oil exports within the 2016 fiscal period. READ ALSO: Bureaux De Change Operators At War With Naira – CBN NAN reports that Managing Director, Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Mr Robert Orya, made this known on Thursday, January 21. […]

After getting a rap from the Supreme Court over failing to curb wrong side driving, the traffic police have started a crackdown on such offenders and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 against them.

The Delhi government's odd-even scheme has been given a thumbs up by Centre for Science and Environment, a green think tank, which said it helped bring down air pollution levels in the city and reduce traffic congestion.

First Lady Michelle Obama addresses veteran homelessness in the United States during her remarks at the Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C.

Russia's space agency Roscosmos has approved the postponement of the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket with the European Eutelsat 9B communications satellite until January 30 due to weather-related logistical issues, the United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) said Thursday.

The cash-strapped East Corporation has introduced a new proposal in its budget to collect show tax from theatres.

Andrew V. Pestano
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Britax Child Safety Inc. has recalled nearly 76,000 of its B-Safe 35 and B-Safe 35 Elite car seats because the handle can break.

New York lottery ticket sales per capita in 2012, by zip code.

Jeremy Singer-Vine / BuzzFeed News

You may want to watch your wallet on days when your team is winning unexpectedly or the sun breaks surprisingly through the clouds. That’s all it took to increase lottery ticket sales in New York City, statisticians report in a new study.

The $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot announced last week adds to the interest in the $70 billion spent yearly on lottery tickets in 43 states... Читать дальше...

Walid Juffali, the chairman of one of Saudi Arabia's biggest conglomerates, is lying in a Swiss hospital, according to the former wife seeking a share of his fortune

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor, director and producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who also founded and directs the online creative collaborative hitrecord.org, was named Thursday as Harvard Universit…

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Actor, director and producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who also founded and directs the online creative collaborative hitrecord.org, was named Thursday as Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals Man of the Year.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor, director and producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who also founded and directs the online creative collaborative hitrecord.org, was named Thursday as Harvard Universit…

Saudi Arabia will privatize all 27 airports operating in the country by 2020, a marketing general manager in the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said Thursday.

Here's why new EU rate-swap rules are a concern for the US financial sector, explains Harvard Professor Hal Scott.

In Amsterdam Nieuw-West, in en rond het Sloterplaspark, is een zoektocht naar een vuurwapengevaarlijke man bezig. De man is mogelijk het park in gevlucht, nadat agenten kort daarvoor op hem hadden geschoten.

Ben Hooper
CONCORD, N.C., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- A North Carolina restaurant owner apologized for bringing a roadkill deer into the eatery, saying the animal's meat was never meant for sale.

In a move that could lead to construction of more Jewish settlements, Israel plans to annex 370 acres of agricultural land in the occupied West Bank near the city of Jericho.

The best seaside villas for summer holidays in France, Italy, Croatia, Turkey, Greece and Spain, with tips on the tour operators to get you there.