Nya fredssamtal planeras hållas i Libyen. Rivaliserande politiska parter ”i princip” gått med på att sätta sig vid förhandlingsbordet, meddelar FN:s säkerhetsråd.
Nya fredssamtal planeras hållas i Libyen. Rivaliserande politiska parter ”i princip” gått med på att sätta sig vid förhandlingsbordet, meddelar FN:s säkerhetsråd.
Två bränder i bostadshus på samma gata upptäcktes på tisdagen i Säffle. Polisen utreder om det finns ett samband mellan bränderna, som förmodas vara anlagda.
Två bränder i bostadshus på samma gata upptäcktes på tisdagen i Säffle. Polisen utreder om det finns ett samband mellan bränderna, som förmodas vara anlagda.
jones_supa writes: Russia is facing a "full-blown economic crisis," a former finance minister has warned, as the country is forced to take emergency financial measures. The economy has been battered by a wave of sanctions (set by other countries as a result of tensions over Ukraine), geopolitical uncertainty, and falling oil prices. Analysts have warned that the Russian economy will not improve in the long run until the aforementioned conditions have also improved. The Central Bank of Russia said that a plan to loan Trust bank an amount of up to 30bn rubles ($54m) had been approved. Trust bank has run a series of advertisements featuring actor Bruce Willis in Russia, along with the ironic quote: "When I need money, I just take it." Anna Stupnytska, an economist at Fidelity Solutions, said that "the risk of a sovereign default is low, it's the corporate sector where the main vulnerabilities lie, and banking in particular. Due to sanctions, companies cannot refinance their debt as access to international markets has been essentially cut off." Reader hackingbear adds: Two Chinese ministers offered support for Russia as President Vladimir Putin seeks to shore up the plummeting ruble without depleting foreign-exchange reserves. Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said expanding a currency swap between the two nations and making increased use of the yuan for bilateral trade would have the greatest impact in aiding Russia. Western governments and experts have been criticizing China for restricting exchange and suppressing the value of its currency, even though anyone who lived in China during the 1990's knew that the value of the yuan was cut to align with the (vibrant) black market. But as grandma has warned us, we should be careful of what we wish for. China has greatly sped up the relaxation of currency exchange and is promoting the yuan as an alternative to the dollar for global trade and finance. They've signed currency-swap agreements with 28 other central banks to encourage this. Once accomplished, and backed by China's growing military might, Renminbi would be a formidable competitor to U.S. Dollar, which would hamper the U.S's ability to borrow almost freely with banks around the world.
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An anonymous reader writes: The final chapter to Peter Jackson's series of films based on The Hobbit debuted last week, and the reviews haven't been kind. Ars Technica just posted theirs, and it highlights all the problems with Battle of the Five Armies, a two-hour and twenty-four minute film based on only 72 pages of the book. Quoting: "The battles in Battle of the Five Armies are deadly boring, bereft of suspense, excessively padded, and predictable to the point of being contemptuous of the audience. Suspense is attempted mostly by a series of last-minute saves and switches. ... There are other problems. Everyone in this movie takes themselves way too seriously, which makes them even harder to sympathize with. Peter Jackson leans way too hard on voice modulation to make characters seem menacing or powerful. The movie's tone is still way out of step with the book's tone. ... There's one big thing that doomed these movies from the outset — the fiscally smart but artistically bankrupt decision to make a single, shortish children's novel into three feature-length prequel films." Other review titles: "Peter Jackson Must Be Stopped," "The Phantom Menace of Middle Earth," and "Lots of Fighting, Not Much Hobbit."
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Män som har sex med män kommer i USA att få donera blod ett år efter deras senaste sexuella kontakt, enligt ett förslag som kan träda i kraft nästa år. Det meddelar amerikanska läkemedelsverket FDA, enligt nyhetsbyrån Reuters.
jones_supa writes: Russia is facing a "full-blown economic crisis," a former finance minister has warned, as the country is forced to take emergency financial measures. The economy has been battered by a wave of sanctions (set by other countries as a result of tensions over Ukraine), geopolitical uncertainty, and falling oil prices. Analysts have warned that the Russian economy will not improve in the long run until the aforementioned conditions have also improved. The Central Bank of Russia said that a plan to loan Trust bank an amount of up to 30bn rubles ($54m) had been approved. Trust bank has run a series of advertisements featuring actor Bruce Willis in Russia, along with the ironic quote: "When I need money, I just take it." Anna Stupnytska, an economist at Fidelity Solutions, said that "the risk of a sovereign default is low, it's the corporate sector where the main vulnerabilities lie, and banking in particular. Due to sanctions, companies cannot refinance their debt as access to international markets has been essentially cut off." Reader hackingbear adds: Two Chinese ministers offered support for Russia as President Vladimir Putin seeks to shore up the plummeting ruble without depleting foreign-exchange reserves. Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said expanding a currency swap between the two nations and making increased use of the yuan for bilateral trade would have the greatest impact in aiding Russia. Western governments and experts have been criticizing China for restricting exchange and suppressing the value of its currency, even though anyone who lived in China during the 1990's knew that the value of the yuan was cut to align with the (vibrant) black market. But as grandma has warned us, we should be careful of what we wish for. China has greatly sped up the relaxation of currency exchange and is promoting the yuan as an alternative to the dollar for global trade and finance. They've signed currency-swap agreements with 28 other central banks to encourage this. Once accomplished, and backed by China's growing military might, Renminbi would be a formidable competitor to U.S. Dollar, which would hamper the U.S's ability to borrow almost freely with banks around the world.
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Dzjochar Tsarnajev, som misstänks ligga bakom bombdåden under Boston Marathon förra året, kräver att hans självutnämnda supportrar avlägsnar sig från domstolsområdet.
Dzjochar Tsarnajev, som misstänks ligga bakom bombdåden under Boston Marathon förra året, kräver att hans självutnämnda supportrar avlägsnar sig från domstolsområdet.
Fem bomber har exploderat mitt i Jemens huvudstad Sanaa. Enligt regeringstrogna säkerhetskällor gömde sig shiitiska rebeller ur den nordliga Huthi-klanen i bostadsområdet, och flera av dem ska ha dödats i bomberna.
Fem bomber har exploderat mitt i Jemens huvudstad Sanaa. Enligt regeringstrogna säkerhetskällor gömde sig shiitiska rebeller ur den nordliga Huthi-klanen i bostadsområdet, och flera av dem ska ha dödats i bomberna.
En lärare som köpts ut från fem olika skolor i södra Sverige efter anklagelser om att han tafsat på elever får nu sin legitimation indragen. Det är andra gången sedan lärarlegitimationen infördes som ett sådant beslut tas.
En lärare som köpts ut från fem olika skolor i södra Sverige efter anklagelser om att han tafsat på elever får nu sin legitimation indragen. Det är andra gången sedan lärarlegitimationen infördes som ett sådant beslut tas.
Tre rån och rånförsök skedde i Malmö under några timmar på tisdagseftermiddagen och kvällen. Bland annat blev en taxichaufför pistolhotad och misshandlad.
