As the Panama Canal Zone nears the end of a nine-year expansion to accommodate larger ships, the Canal Authority plans to train roughly 250 pilots to operate them. They're using miniature replicas of tugboats and massive cargo ships . Photo: Carlos Jasso/Reuters
Ed Adamczyk
DHAKA, Bangladesh, June 10 (UPI) -- Bangladesh police arrested some 900 suspected Islamist extremists after a wave of attacks on minorities and openly secular bloggers.
Good news if you're German.
Global weakness brought on by high debt and low demand will keep the Federal Reserve struggling to raise interest rates, said Adair Turner, a former British regulator.
(ATTN: ADDS more info in para 5, 10, 16) SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., a financially troubled shipping giant, said Friday that it has reached an agreement with owners of its chartered ships to cut leasing rates by slightly ov
2015 was a record year for high temperatures and melting glaciers in western Greenland, an effect that is amplifying itself and could lead to accelerated warming in the Arctic.
'If people don’t change then they are going to suffer '
There are always going to be some similarities between a father and his son, but sometimes things get totally uncanny! There is always an Aso ebi for every Nigerian wedding and what makes it more beautiful is the different designs with which the wedding guests rock the chosen fabrics. Usually, ladies pay more attention to […]
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There's nothing better than relaxing at a beach for hours on a cloudless summer day. But the locale in question can make or break that little slice of heaven. I can't think of anything worse than a shoreline packed with thousands of sweaty, sunburned tourists, dodging dangerously close football passes and avoiding downwind barbecue smoke the entire time.
Thankfully, there are plenty of beaches around the coastal United States that pack plenty of character and remain well-kept secrets. Читать дальше...
Loren B. Thompson
Defense, United States
The U.S. planes the Chinese intercept look more like exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum.
Chinese fighter pilots trying to enforce Beijing's control of nearby airspace must be confused about the U.S. military. They have been trained to expect the latest in military technology from the world's sole superpower. But the U.S. planes they intercept look more like exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum. Читать дальше...
Roy Hodgson's young side will be favourites to progess from Group B, according to the 62-year-old, who says he is interested to see how they cope with the pressure
Yesterday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren eviscerated Donald Trump in a lengthy speech at the American Constitution Society, Thursday.
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Live updates: Muhammad Ali funeral service June 10, 2016, 8:47 a.m. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will be laid to rest on Friday and thousands of attendees, including world leaders, are expected at the service in Louisville, Ky. Join us for updates from the scene starting Friday afternoon. Friday's...
Live updates: Muhammad Ali funeral service June 10, 2016, 8:47 a.m. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali will be laid to rest on Friday and thousands of attendees, including world leaders, are expected at the service in Louisville, Ky. Join us for updates from the scene starting Friday afternoon. Friday's...
Twitter has notified millions of users that their accounts are at risk of being taken over after a file containing 33 million usernames and passwords was made public.
Their brother has been gone for nearly 50 years, but Tracy Janigian and her brother Don have kept a vigil of sorts for all that time. On Thursday, the state dedicated a permanent place to honor that memory and others.
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Please let us never return to Braavos.
I was briefly really excited about Arya dying in that episode.
This feels like a weird thing to say, but I just really wish that child had actually been murdered by that other, slightly older child that was borrowing an old woman’s face.
I like Arya. Or at least, I used to like Arya. She was once the most compelling character on a show full of them. For the first four seasons, culminating in that brilliant laugh when The Hound got told Lysa Arryn was dead... Читать дальше...
The Republic of Sudan will continue coordinating with Russia all the issues related to the normalization of relations with South Sudan, Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Ismail Saeed told Sputnik on Friday.
Gabrielle Union and her husband, basketball player Dwyane Wade, walk the red carpet at the 2016 amfAR Inspiration Gala on Thursday (June 9) at Skylight at Moynihan Station in New York City. Other celebs in attendance at the event included Kelly Osbourne and models Naomi Campbell, Lindsey Ellingson, Selita Ebanks, and Andreja Pejic. Earlier in [...]
The legendary Canadian ice hockey player, Gordie Howe, known simply as "Mr Hockey", dies at the age of 88.
Barbra Streisand, Anne Hathaway and Daisy Ridley have joined musical forces in what may possibly be the most dazzling theatrical performance since Hamilton. The renowned icon...