(AP) — State law may soon require Michigan children to learn about the Holocaust and the 1915 massacre of Armenians under a bill approved by the state Senate and House. The Senate approved the bill from Republican state Rep. Klint Kesto on Wednesday that would have Gov. Rick Snyder set up a 15 member genocide education panel.
Chinese home-appliance maker Midea Group’s planned $5 billion takeover bid for Kuka of Germany is the latest example of China’s voracious appetite for industrial robots.
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO foreign ministers this week will discuss how the alliance can deal more effectively with security threats outside Europe, including by training the Iraqi military and cooperating with the European Union to choke off people-smuggling operations in the central Mediterranean. Stoltenberg told a news conference the ministers will discuss a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to expand or transfer a NATO military training program for Iraqi officers already underway in Jordan to Iraq itself. Читать дальше...
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We happily present to you: Hot Dudes And Hummus, a delicious Instagram account that follows the footsteps of feeds like Hot Dudes Reading, Hot Dudes With Kittens and Hot Dudes In Bed. The account features smokin' hot guys eating hummus in restaurants, outdoors, on top of cars and (best of all) in bathing suits.
When Republican Donald Trump complains about unfair trade partners, he often singles out Vietnam — "hot as a pistol right now" and "the new one just killing us."
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Grofweg gezegd heeft de KNVB twee sancties als betaald voetbal-clubs de licentieregels overtreden: een boete of het intrekken van de licentie. De boete, van 45.250 euro, is de hoogte van twee maandsalarissen van de gemiddelde eredivisiespeler. Het afpakken van de licentie betekent het faillissement van de club.
President Obama is considering broadly expanding weapons sales to Vietnam in a move aimed at strengthening ties with Hanoi and boosting regional defenses against China's growing clout.
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Richard Tomkins
MELBOURNE, Fla., May 18 (UPI) -- Harris Corporation has won a $96 million contract to supply the military with precision approach radars for U.S. military air traffic control.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is helping dig former rival Chris Christie and the New Jersey Republican Party out of big debt they incurred from the George Washington Bridge scandal and the governor's presidential campaign. Trump on Thursday will attend a $25,000-per-person fundraiser for the state GOP to help it pay off about $500,000 incurred in legal fees responding to legislative subpoenas in the bridge scandal. The hand-in-hand fund raising help is a sharp turnabout from five months ago... Читать дальше...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island bakers are asking lawmakers to make it easier for them to create an Italian-American treat.
The state Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on legislation to create a special wine biscuit license that would allow bakers to buy up to 2,000 gallons of wine a year from wholesalers. Bakers mix red wine into dough and to create the crunchy cookie.
The state Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on legislation to create a special wine biscuit license that would allow bakers to buy up to 2,000 gallons of wine a year from wholesalers. Bakers mix red wine into dough and to create the crunchy cookie.
The piano-size New Horizons probe is moving through the Kuiper Belt.
A black beaded and sequined dress she wore in "Some Like it Hot," memorabilia from her marriages to Arthur Miller and Joe DiMaggio and correspondences with her acting teacher and mentor, the famed Lee Strasberg, will be among the Marilyn Monroe items that will be offered at a major auction devoted...
Namotel claim that their new gadget, the Namotel Acche Din, is the most affordable smartphone not just in India, but the whole world.
The Tomah High School junior varsity boys golf team held on to second place in the Mississippi Valley Conference season standings with a pair of second-place finishes in the last two conference matches of the season.
Jeremy Corbyn likens the government to "a driverless car heading in the wrong direction" as he accuses it of failing Britain, in his Queen's Speech response.
Daniel Uria
CAMBRIDGE, New Zealand, May 18 (UPI) -- A phallic eggplant has gained attention from bidders on a New Zealand auction site after being listed by the son of a local gardener.
The audit released Wednesday says nearly $31,000 of the total included payroll and reimbursements payments made to the former city clerk, Beth Sipma. Other disbursements for her included city credit card payments for more than $1,300 in airline tickets to Scotland; nearly $510 for a personal cellphone bill; and nearly $430 for IKEA purchases.
The days of waiting for a swallowed item to pass through the body may soon be gone thanks to a tiny, foldable, ingestible, origami robot. A team of researchers from the University of Sheffield, Tokyo Institute of Technology and MIT have created a tiny origami robot that can be steered inside the digestive tract to remove foreign objects or treat internal wounds. Slash Gear reports: Once in the stomach, that capsule dissolves and the robot unfolds itself and can then be steered by an external magnetic... Читать дальше...
Rep. Jason Chaffetz is introducing a resolution condemning the head of the IRS for how he has responded to congressional investigations of the agency’s scrutiny of tea-party groups.
Brooks Hays
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, May 18 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand found sea snails infected by parasitic flatworms were better able to survive acidified seawater.
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