Новости за 12.05.2016

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Thursday he is willing to create a commission to study whether women can be deacons in the Catholic Church, signaling openness to letting women serve in ordained ministry currently reserved to men. Francis agreed to a proposal to create an official study commission during a closed-door meeting with some 900 superiors of women's religious orders in Rome for their triennial assembly. Deacons are ordained ministers but are not priests, though they can perform many of the same functions as priests... Читать дальше...

What separates animals, plants, fungi and even amoebas from bacteria? Well, there's one feature that no longer universally makes us distinct, thanks to a new study that redefines what it means to belong to our limb on the tree of life.

SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military conducted an artillery exercise in the hotly-contested maritime sea border with North Korea on Thursday, mobilizing its K9 self-propelled howitzers. "Marine Corps conducted a maritime firing drill on

CANNES, France (AP) — Jodie Foster, one of only two female directors helming a major studio wide-release this summer, says Hollywood's risk aversion is contributing to its overwhelming male directors.

CANNES, France (AP) — Jodie Foster, one of only two female directors helming a major studio wide-release this summer, says Hollywood's risk aversion is contributing to its overwhelming male directors.

CANNES, France (AP) — Jodie Foster, one of only two female directors helming a major studio wide-release this summer, says Hollywood's risk aversion is contributing to its overwhelming male directors.

CANNES, France (AP) — Jodie Foster, one of only two female directors helming a major studio wide-release this summer, says Hollywood's risk aversion is contributing to its overwhelming male directors. Foster spoke Thursday at a "Women in Motion" talk at the Cannes Film Festival before the premiere of her hostage thriller "Money Monster."

CANNES, France (AP) — Jodie Foster, one of only two female directors helming a major studio wide-release this summer, says Hollywood's risk aversion is contributing to its overwhelming male directors.

White House defends aide, fires back at House GOP White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the White House is reviewing a request for deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes to testify before the House oversight committee.

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But unfortunately, most brick-and-mortar stores don't carry a wide enough size range to accommodate friends with different body types — or at least not stocked close enough together so you can chat and browse at the same time.

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RICHMOND, Calif., May 12 (UPI) -- Police in California are seeking the suspects that were caught on surveillance camera attempting to steal a World War I cannon from a local veterans home.

Kansas City Fed President Esther George said interest rates are too low for today’s economic conditions.

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Azealia Banks is no longer on Twitter.  

The controversial rapper's account -- @azealiabanks -- was deactivated Thursday after she posted a series of offensive tweets aimed at singer Zayn Malik that included homophobic and racial slurs. 

Dozens of Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were part of a state-run doping program, the New York Times reported.

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More than 66 million travelers fly in and out of Los Angeles International Airport every year, making it the third-busiest airport in the US. In 2013, there were 1,685 takeoffs and landings per day, on average, at LAX. That's one takeoff or landing every minute. The airspace in and around the airport is incredibly crowded.

Architectural photographer and "aviation geek" Michael Kelley decided on one smog-free Sunday morning to spend the day photographing the action at LAX. Читать дальше...

Resource Furniture, a company that specializes in space-saving furniture, sells the LGM Tavolo. It's a bookshelf that doubles as both a bed and a table. It allows you to have three bedroom essentials all in one convenient place.

Kansas City Fed President Esther George supported gradual rate hikes, saying low rates can create economic risks.

Unscrupulous sites target worried student borrowers.

Students at Rangsit University, in Thailand, have to retake their final exams after peers were caught participating in a sophisticated high-tech cheating ring.

As previously reported, Drake celebrates his first No. 1 as a lead artist on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated May 21), as "One Dance,"...

The Brazilian president has been temporarily suspended from office and is due to face an impeachment trial after the majority of senators voted against her. Doctor Kai Michael Kenkel told Radio Sputnik that more than half of senators who voted for Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment have pending legal cases against them.

The percentage of families earning middle-class incomes fell in nearly nine out of 10 major metro areas across the country between 2000 and 2014, according to new research by the Pew Research Center.