Новости за 27.08.2020

Hurricane Laura has weakened to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of nearly 70 mph. Authorities say the storm is now 50 miles southeast of Shreveport.

Adam Lanza may have played violent video games leading up to the tragedy, but experts say that alone may not explain his motivation

The Fed’s new strategy means that interest rates are likely to stay exceptionally low for a longer—a boon to people looking for work, buying a home or investing in stocks.

Naomi Osaka has confirmed that she will play her Western and Southern Open semi-final match on Friday.

Maybe screwing with our circadian rhythms isn't a great idea.

Astellas puts health inequality front and center in cancer innovation challenge's 5th year bbulik Thu, 08/27/2020 - 16:41

Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Sen. Kamala Harris speaks ahead of President Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.

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The U.S. banking industry’s largest lobbying group will run television advertisements supporting the reelection of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), one of the most vulnerable incumbent Senate Republicans.The American Bankers Association (ABA) on...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Philip Rivers promises he'll continue making some risky throws on Sunday afternoons.

Le Mod

I wish him well and I wouldn’t wish anyone to lose their job but..

Cant stand the bloke

Typical brown-nosing creep, would chuck anyone under a bus to boost his career, blames everyone else for his own shortcomings, just not my type of person at all.

A role in politics awaits

Is Kamala Harris the new Democrat presidential nominee? Since Joe Biden is too feeble to travel and campaign, he deployed his running mate Kamala Harris to DC to counter Trump’s RNC speech. Kamala Harris spoke on Biden’s behalf on Thursday in a speech designed as a prebuttal to Trump’s GOP convention speech while Biden relaxed…

Sony debuted new gameplay footage for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the first PlayStation 5 entry in the long-running hit series from Insomniac Games, at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2020. Sony shared an initial look at Rift Apart at Sony’s big PS5 games reveal in June, including some gameplay, and today’s extended video built upon what has already been shown.

The aide, Tony Blinken, was deputy secretary of State in the Obama administration.

The University of Toledo has created an online dashboard to update the public about coronavirus infections affecting its campus.

Two-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka will resume her Western & Southern Open campaign on Friday after reversing a decision to withdraw.

Pregnant Harry Potter's Jessie Cave spoke about being raped at 14 by her tennis coach on We Can’t Talk About That Right Now podcast with her sister Bebe

Lottie Tomlinson put on a sizzling display as she modelled a cute black swimsuit on her social media. The model has been pictured enjoying the sun in Ibiza alongside beau Lewis Burton

When looking back on his success with Amazon, CEO Jeff Bezos has said his "best decisions" were all made the same way.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris launched a stinging attack on Donald Trump.

Protests in Wisconsin's city of Kenosha, sparked by a video of a white police officer shooting a black man, Jacob Blake, saw violence, looting, arson, as well as two murders and one injured. To help curb unrest, the White House helped the state to deploy some 1,000 National Guard troops and 200 federal agents.

While some weeks might float by with relative ease, others drag on with each day bringing new challenges that are increasingly more complicated and ever more demanding of our time, energy, and resilience.

Kris Osborn

Security, Americas

DF-21D and DF-26 missiles (the so-called carrier-killers) were just tested. The U.S. military is not happy about it. 

The Pentagon is calling China’s decision to fire off anti-ship missiles in the South China Sea concerning, “counterproductive to easing tensions” and “destabilizing.” 

China’s firing of DF-26 and DF-21D long-range anti-ship missiles, long dubbed “carrier killers,” into disputed, sensitive areas of the South China Sea is drawing sharp criticism from Pentagon leaders.

Fed's new approach would allow for prices to overshoot target