Новости за 19.02.2016

ESSEX, Maryland - The Latest on a passenger who was shot by a Baltimore Police officer in Essex early Thursday morning (all times local):

New research challenges conventional wisdom that good-looking people get ahead

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund's unbeaten start to 2016 comes under threat with a visit to third-place Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga sandwiched between Europa League games against Porto.

London market ends a four-day winning streak

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Dallas-based auction house says a rare copy of a comic book featuring the first appearance of Spider-Man has sold for $454,100.

The pursuit of peace in Syria may require the United States and Iran to break new ground in their increasingly comfortable diplomatic relationship, propelled by last year's nuclear accord and their more recent prisoner swap. Another taboo could be shattered soon: Military discussions.

Michigan State University and Hurley Medical Center are looking for ways to change the course of the Flint water crisis. The school’s college of medicine has been working with Hurley for nearly 40 years. Now, they’re joining forces to monitor blood lead levels in children, and working on ways to prevent long-term consequences. “So in 20 years, when we are looking at these kids we’re going to be like wow, ...

The question of whether tech companies should be required to build backdoors has been floating around Congress for years. A public fight over the San Bernardino terrorism case could break the logjam.

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As of last week, China deployed surface-to-air missiles on one of the most central swathes of land in the disputed waters. 

According to author and the chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, Robert D. Kaplan, "the South China Sea functions as the throat of the Western Pacific and Indian oceans — the mass of connective economic tissue where global sea routes coalesce."

"More than half of the world’s annual merchant fleet tonnage passes through these choke points... Читать дальше...

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As of last week, China deployed surface-to-air missiles on one of the most central swathes of land in the disputed waters. 

According to author and the chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, Robert D. Kaplan, "the South China Sea functions as the throat of the Western Pacific and Indian oceans — the mass of connective economic tissue where global sea routes coalesce."

"More than half of the world’s annual merchant fleet tonnage passes through these choke points... Читать дальше...

As the Democratic race heads to Nevada this weekend for caucuses there, a group of Hispanic backers of Hillary Clinton slammed the record of her rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, on immigration issues during a conference call with reporters Thursday. The Clinton surrogates criticized instances in which Sanders voted against immigration reform and cast him as a newcomer to supporting Latinos, echoing rhetoric Clinton supporters used to critique Sanders’ support for black issues last week.

Watch a trailer for “INAATE/SE/ [it shines a certain way. to a certain place./it flies. falls./]” Photo/Video: Adam and Zack Khalil

Watch a trailer for “INAATE/SE/ [it shines a certain way. to a certain place./it flies. falls./]” Photo/Video: Adam and Zack Khalil

A few weeks ago, a picture of Roman Burtsev, a 33-year-old Russian security guard, went viral because he looked so much Leonardo DiCaprio. His life was turned upside down, and now Burtsev is going to movie premieres and starring in a reality TV show in which he tries to transform into the actor in mind, body, and spirit.

A few weeks ago, a picture of Roman Burtsev, a 33-year-old Russian security guard, went viral because he looked so much Leonardo DiCaprio. His life was turned upside down, and now Burtsev is going to movie premieres and starring in a reality TV show in which he tries to transform into the actor in mind, body, and spirit.

Innings limits have been followed for more than a decade and still about a quarter of major-league pitchers have had reconstructive ‘Tommy John’ elbow surgery, according to a recent study.

RACE: Third Indianapolis 500

Any post-crisis strategy? President Park Geun-hye's dramatic turnaround in North Korea policy after its latest nuclear and long-range missile tests might be unavoidable. North Korea certainly must take responsibility for our government's seismic t

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on Feb. 19. Korean-language dailies -- Gov't, ruling party simultaneously call for passage of anti-terror law (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Intelligence serv

THAAD disputes NIMBYism, or not-in-my-backyard syndrome, is everywhere in the world. But in Korea, it is often exacerbated by political and ideological factors, as seen in the cases of the construction of nuclear waste storage facilities and naval

Plight of young jobless The unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 29 reached 9.5 percent last month, the highest since the 10.2 percent recorded in June last year. The rate represents a 0.3 percentage point rise from the same month last ye

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota - After finishing 11-5 with a division title, the Minnesota Vikings will look in 2016 a lot like they did last season.

Crystal Palace striker had a messy split from Tottenham last year, and he hold the club's chairman responsible

Two prominent U.S. senators are coming to the defense of Brandon Coleman, a Phoenix VA employee who exposed problems with how hospital staff were treating potentially suicidal vets. In a letter, Sens. Ron Johnson and Charles Grassley called on the VA to “immediately cease its continued retaliation” of Coleman, and grant him a transfer to another VA facility. Coleman, an addiction treatment specialist, has been on paid administrative leave for ...