Новости за 19.05.2016

SEATTLE (AP) — A state senator says he will run to be Washington's treasurer.

A feast for the eyes ~and~ the mouth.

Do you LOVE ice cream?

But maybe you're vegan or lactose intolerant? Or maybe you're just a fan of ~switching things up~, food-wise?

Baskin Robbins

Then feast your eyes on vegan NICE CREAM.

"Growing up, I loved all kinds of ice cream," Lina Saber — recipe developer and soon-to-be author of Radiant Plant Life — told BuzzFeed. "I was also unconscious about the unhealthy ingredients that were used to make it. Читать дальше...

ALMELO – Het gaat uitstekend met politiepup Battje uit Almelo. Hij doet flink zijn best op de puppycursus en krijgt volgens zijn begeleider zelfs al last van sterallures. Toen zijn baasje zijn prestaties wilde vastleggen, opende hij meteen de aanval op de camera. 'We houden het maar op jeugdig enthousiasme voorlopig #killandattack,' aldus politie Almelo op Facebook. 

Andrew S. Erickson

Security, Asia

China’s maritime transformation is already making waves. Still, however, China’s course and its implications—including at sea—remain highly uncertain...

“In recent years, China’s navy has been launching new ships like dumping dumplings [into soup broth].” This phrase has circulated widely via Chinese media sources and websites. Accompanying it are ever-more-impressive analyses and photographs, most recently of China’s first indigenous aircraft carrier... Читать дальше...

NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech

On May 10, NASA added 1,284 new planets to its running list of confirmed planets outside of our solar system, or exoplanets. That brings the total well above 3,000.

And those are just the ones we've detected. Scientists now believe that, on average, every star in the Milky Way has at least one planet orbiting it.

And there are more than 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone.

With numbers like those, its hard to believe that we're all alone.

BAGHDAD (AP) — The top U.S. general for the Middle East has arrived unannounced in the Iraqi capital to meet with commanders and get an update on the military campaign against the Islamic State.

Brooke Bleyl going over homework with her children, from left, Evan, Jayce and Ella, after work. Ms. Bleyl said had a difficult time finding a job after she took 10 years off to care for her children.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As the National Nuclear Security Administration formally opens the bidding process for a contract to manage Sandia National Laboratories, 19 organizations from around the country have expressed interest. The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/20b0QHg ) that the NNSA, which oversees the nuclear weapons lab, will conduct bidding for the $2.9 billion management contract now that it has released its final request for proposals.

You go to any city or town in South Africa and there is little connection between the street names and the black citizens of that town.

NY Federal Reserve chief backs notion of rate rise in June or July

Investors have had a lot to complain about in the year that’s passed since U.S. stocks climbed to record highs.

A top Donald Trump aide downplayed the presumptive Republican nominee’s policy differences with House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday, chalking their rifts on issues like trade and taxes up to “semantics.” Paul Manafort, Trump’s convention manager, met for two hours on Capitol Hill with lawmakers who support the real estate mogul. He said the Trump […]

Bernie Sanders die-hards aren't ready to hear that his fight for the nomination is nearing an end — even from some of his most prominent surrogates.

Donald Trump has released a list of potential Supreme Court picks, andBush administration torture enabler John Yoo has already announced at National Review that he's over the moon:

The photos taken in an Old Believers church in Yekaterinburg

The 20-year-old wanted to leave Old Trafford during the January window but was talked into staying with the promise of first-team football - an opportunity he has barely had

Paddy Power have lined up several new customer offers ahead of the weekend's showpiece finale's around Europe including huge prices on the favourites and a 20/1 treble

These imaginative regional idioms for heavy rain go way beyond cats and dogs.

Lukas Graham has joined the jam-packed list of performers for Sunday night's 2016 Billboard Music Awards broadcast. The show, hosted by Ludacris...

If you thought things were going to slow down in tonight's finale of The 100, you clearly don't know anything. In last week's episode, Clarke (Eliza Taylor) was tortured by...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that NATO refrain from normal relations with Russia until the Minsk agreement is implemented.

Japanese police have arrested an American civilian employee of a U.S. military base in connection with the disappearance of a 20-year-old Okinawan woman missing since last month.

Japanese media reports say Okinawa prefectural police have arrested an American civilian employee of a U.S. military base in connection with the disappearance of a 20-year-old Okinawan woman after discovering a body.

NPR's Russell Lewis, who covers aviation, and Emily Harris in Cairo have the latest on the airliner that went missing en route from Paris with 66 people aboard.