Новости за 17.04.2021

Robert Beckhusen

Cold War History, World

At the end of the Cold War, Washington wanted to get its hands on some Soviet weapons and it had one very convincing tool to accomplish that mission.

Key point: Washington did not want Soviet military hardware to fall into the wrong (likely Iranian) hands. So it bought up a bunch of warplanes to keep them away and also to test them out and learn from the enemy.

When the Soviet Union collapsed in late 1991, the newly independent... Читать дальше...

PBKS's biggest concern would be the form of their opener Mayank Agarwal, who has failed in both the matches so far

The Institution of Engineers, Mysuru Local Centre, and Congress party will be holding a public meeting on the ‘unscientific’ hike in property taxes by

After starting his own company and working with a few others, this Married At First Sight alum is making his way in the fitness and nutrition world.

MONACO (AP) - Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas swatted aside unseeded Dan Evans 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Monte Carlo Masters final for the first time and stay on course for a first title this year.

NEWCASTLE rocked West Ham’s Champions League dreams in a five-goal thriller at St James’ Park. The Hammers were 2-0 down and a man down after a calamitous first half away from home. In the space of five minutes, Issa Diop scored an own goal, Craig Dawson was sent off and Lukas Fabianski dropped a clanger […]

Actress Robin Wright, one of the stars of the political drama "House of Cards," reveals that she recently demanded to be paid the same as male co-star Kevin Spacey. It turns out she'd been making 84 cents to every one of Spacey's dollars. CBSN's Reena Ninan and Vladimir Duthiers have more on her ultimatum.

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The Duchess of Sussex may not be able to attend Prince Philip's funeral, but she has still found a way to pay tribute to her late grandfather-in-law. 

PERHAPS THE most interesting thing about Brian and Domhnall Gleeson’s car crash Channel 4 comedy, Frank Of Ireland, is what it inadvertently says about the domestic TV industry. After a decade that has seen a streaming boom, and a concurrent explosion of interest in original comedy and drama, RTÉ – almost uniquely amongst European state broadcasters... Read more »

The world is saying its final farewell to Prince Philip. Queen Elizabeth's husband of nearly 74 years died last week. While the U.K. grieves the father, grandfather and great-grandfather of future kings of England, only a handful of mourners will be inside St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle for the funeral services. Holly Williams has the details.

Police have released new details about the shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, including a clearer picture of the lives lost. Eight people, ranging in age from 19 to 74, were killed, and five others were wounded when a former employee opened fire inside the FedEx facility late Thursday. Nikki Battiste reports.

President Biden announced this week he plans to pull all U.S. military troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, a move that will bring an end to America's longest war. The Biden administration wants to turn its foreign policy focus away from the Middle East and redeploy those resources toward countering China and Russia. Christina Ruffini has the details.

Doctor Amesh Adalja joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to discuss the latest on COVID-19 cases, vaccination efforts worldwide and the aftereffects and repercussions of Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine pause.

PLANS TO develop a “co-living complex” at the site of the Phibsborough Shopping Centre has proved as divisive as the local love-hate relationship with Dublin’s brutalist heritage. Derek Poppinga, managing director of developers, MM Capital, has spoken of what he claims is a “huge” and presumably extremely lucrative demand for co-living “that has not been... Read more »

Swansea City launch a dramatic late fightback to claim a point and maintain their slim automatic promotion hopes.

Japan's environmental ministry says temperatures are rising in the country at a faster rate than the global average. That means more rain, and more extreme weather events. But in Tokyo, the world's biggest metropolis, they've deployed a unique weapon to provide protection from floodwaters. Lucy Craft has the details.

National Intelligence Director James Clapper said that foreign hackers could be targeting this year's president candidates. CBS News Homeland Security correspondent Jeff Pegues and CBS News senior national security analyst Juan Zarate join CBSN to discuss what this could mean for the 2016 campaign.

The Colombian beauty Paola Mayfield is grateful and proud to be an American. Check out the certificate of citizenship on her Instagram!

Hamilton edged Sergio Perez by just 0.035 seconds.

Polis Chrysochous municipality and surrounding communities warned on Saturday they would take measures over what they said was the government’s failure to provide proper public healthcare. The communities expressed their “strong protest and anger over the unjust decision” by the state health services organisation (Okypy) to temporarily shut wards at...

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Football.London’s Alasdair Gold has revealed that there is an increasing belief at Tottenham Hotspur that Jose Mourinho will not be at the club next season. Pressure has been growing on Mourinho owing to Tottenham’s struggles over recent months, with several sources indicating that the Portuguese coach runs the risk of losing his job. Alasdair Gold […]