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Experts discuss how the vessel could affect Russian and Chinese sea power

Russian commentators Anna Shafran and Elena Ananeva offer an interesting perspective on why many ordinary Europeans do not consider Russia to be their enemy, whatever politicians and the media might say.

Kanye West believes he was raised to do something and make a difference. “It’s funny because I was sitting there with Obama and Leo [DiCaprio] is talking about the environment and I’m talking about clothes,” he explained.

Corey Clagett, a former Army private who pleaded guilty to shooting two unarmed detainees in Iraq in 2006 and was released in March.

Every May, the NFL Players Association gathers a group of incoming rookies for the “NFLPA Rookie Premiere” in Los Angeles. Among other things, the rookies don their NFL uniforms for the first time, for trading-card photographs. This year’s group, which has gathered Thursday in L.A., consists of 41 new players, including the first four picks…

"#Zupta isela (Zupta is a thief) has been spray-painted in red above an image of President Jacob Zuma on an ANC election billboard overlooking Ulundi's busiest street.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will headline a fundraiser for Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey Thursday night, helping the GOP governor pay down his campaign debt at a time when his popularity is at new lows in his home state.

The countries gave no reason for the move

22 groups will be banned from the June conference

Eliminating the threat of AIDS is a Sustainable Development Goal

Marilyn Malara
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (UPI) -- Joe Jackson, father to Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, was reportedly hospitalized after complaints of a high fever.

My neighbor Lisa’s minivan, a pearly blue 2008 Chrysler Town & Country, has a hundred and eighty-four thousand miles on it, reflecting the fact that in a car-centric city like Austin, Texas, to be a parent is also to be a part-time shuttle driver. She’s racked up miles driving the boys to and from school—not to mention Scout meetings, band camp, wrestling tournaments, and her older son’s first date. She also ferries them on summer cross-country road trips lasting many weeks. (Her husband, who works at I.B.M.... Читать дальше...

Each competition film seems to trump the last in a year that is going from strength to strength

The rapid melting of one the largest glaciers on earth, the Totten Glacier in East Antarctica, could raise global sea level at least 2 meters by the end of the century, according to a new study Scientists say the huge glacier is even more vulnerable than they previously thought and that research indicates that the process may be unstoppable. Imperial College London reports: By studying the history of Totten’s advances and retreats, researchers have discovered that if climate change continues unabated... Читать дальше...

When a metropolitan area adds population, it typically does so in part by adding people to areas that are already developed (infill) and in part by expanding its geographic footprint (sprawl). With the Census Bureau out today with new information on population dynamics in America's cities, I was interested in which effect predominates and where.

VALLETTA  – Investeringsmaatschappij Doyen Sports leeft mee met FC Twente. Voor de club uit Enschede dreigt degradatie naar de Jupiler League, mede vanwege de omstreden relatie uit het recente verleden met Doyen. Zo verzweeg Twente bewust onderdelen van de overeenkomst met de investeringsmaatschappij om de KNVB om te tuin te leiden.

(ATTN: ADDS details throughout) By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's 19th National Assembly held their last regular session on Thursday, passing some last-minute bills and paving the way for the newly-elected lawmakers whose ter

– President Buhari has welcomed the rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali Nkeki, to Aso Rock presidential villa – While accepting that he can’t reverse all horrors of her captivity the president promised to help with the bright future – Buhari says that the education of the girl remains the priority President Muhammadu Buhari has today […]

“I needed to get him a gift.”

This is Jenny Hudak, a 17-year-old senior at a private high school in Miami.

Jenny Hudak

She was late to her afternoon calculus class EVERY DAY this school year, she told BuzzFeed News.

Jenny Hudak

"I was editor of the yearbook and senior class president," she said. "Me being 15 minutes late to class was not me being a bad student, but I was so committed... Читать дальше...

The ANC has demanded an investigation into allegations that a bodyguard of EFF leader Julius Malema entered the National Assembly chamber during clashes with parliamentary security.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — In a story May 18 about the suspension of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Wisconsin, The Associated Press reported erroneously that university documents did not say how a fraternity member was disciplined…

(AP) — In a story May 18 about the suspension of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Wisconsin, The Associated Press reported erroneously that university documents did not say how a fraternity member was disciplined by the fraternity for an alleged assault of a black member. According to the documents, the member was suspended for the next three social events, was required to serve as a sober monitor for the three events after that, and was barred from a December formal. The University... Читать дальше...

The cousin of Carolina Panthers wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. was found shot to death Wednesday night in East Cleveland. Diamond Russell was set to graduate from Ginn Academy, the school founded by and named for his uncle, Ted Ginn Sr., this weekend. Ginn Sr. confirmed the death and the relation to FOX 8 in…