Новости за 25.06.2016

Julianne Hough and Nina Dobrev pose for The Giving Keys‘ new BFF campaign in photos snapped by one of their other great friends, celeb hairstylist Riawna Capri. The jewelry brand and social impact business is celebrating influential and loving besties that truly exemplify friendship goals and spread love and inspiration to those surround them. Also [...]

Nathan Bannister and two relievers pitched a four-hitter, Arizona had 14 hits against what had been the best pitching staff in the NCAA Tournament, and the Wildcats beat Oklahoma State 9-3 at the College World Series on Friday. 

SALT LAKE CITY — Dante Exum has been consistently called the point guard of the future after being drafted No. 5 overall in 2014 by the Utah Jazz. That doesn’t mean he’ll be the starter next season. Exum started 41 games as a rookie and was supposed to hold onto that role last season but

De voozitter van de Europese Commissie Jean-Claude Juncker vreest dat er, na het Britse referendum nog meer referenda zullen volgen over mogelijke afsplitsingen van de Europese Unie. ,,Populisten missen gewoonlijk geen enkele kans om hun anti-Europese beleid te promoten'', zegt hij zaterdag in de Duitse krant Bild.

Kathy Bostic looked through family photographs Friday after rescuing them from her flood-damaged home in Elkview, W.Va.

Gordon G. Chang

Security, Asia

Whether history’s next great conflict begins in East Asia will not be determined in the halls of power in Beijing.

Aggressors, like China, start wars. Yet whether history’s next great conflict begins in East Asia will not be determined in the councils of a belligerent Beijing. If you’re trying to set your watch to the sound of gunfire, you must, most of all, observe Washington.

The region is in seemingly never-ending crisis because... Читать дальше...

Robert Farley

Security, Eurasia

It could outrun torpedos. It could dive to record depths. But was this Soviet super sub simply a bust?

The Soviet Union began the Cold War well behind the United States in submarine technology. Although the Soviets acquired several of the most advanced German submarine types towards the end of the war, the United States had amassed a wealth of experience in submarine and antisubmarine practice from the Pacific War and the Battle of the Atlantic. Читать дальше...

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Bravo`s stroke-filled 102, which earned him the "Man of the Match" award.

ST. LOUIS — When U.S. women’s national team coordinator Martha Karolyi met with Simone Biles to map out the three-time world gymnastics champion’s schedule, one designed to keep Biles fresh heading into the Olympics, it was the equivalent of pulling up to an intersection in a Ferrari and letting it idle when the light turned

American soccer remains far behind the best teams.

Staff Sgt. DeAndre Curtiss/US Air Force

Staging aircraft carriers offshore or using drones from far away can be great assets in modern warfare. However, sometimes it's necessary to go back to the basics when responding to a global crisis. 

Exercise Swift Response 16, a month-long operation led by US forces, was conducted to keep up with traditional and newer methods of combat. Over 5,000 troops from nations such as France, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy took part in this massive airborne exercise to conduct a rapid-response... Читать дальше...

Global markets lost $2.1 trillion in a day. Could this unleash a darker politics in Europe and lead more countries to exit? MSNBC's Ari Melber discusses with NBC's Keir Simmons, The Guardian's David Smith, & Laura Haim of Canal Plus.

Wild draft party at the Xcel Energy Center.

James Jay Carafano

Security, Americas

Advice for handling the world’s weightiest challenges.

There is too much trivia on the campaign trail. A plethora of promises and policy proposals reveal very little of how future presidents govern in practice. There is no résumé for president. The real measure of presidential timber rests in the person, and that’s hard to assess from a campaign stump speech. One indicator that would give great insight into how great a president might... Читать дальше...

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union could significantly weaken the bloc in terms of economics and global affairs, experts told Sputnik.

OMAHA, Neb. — Coastal Carolina’s Andrew Beckwith wasn’t going to volunteer to come out of Friday night’s game against TCU, and coach Gary Gilmore certainly wasn’t going to force him. So the undrafted junior stayed in and pitched his second straight complete game and set a school record with his nation-leading 14th win, keeping Coastal

Non government organisations have joined hands with the district administration to help them run newly-launched mobile applications and two government dispensaries.

Vaivasvat.Venkat@timesgroup.Cases of fake documents being created by agents in the district transport office are on the rise.Police registered four such cases in the recent past.

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Litchfield Penitentiary has by no means reflected a glossy idyll of prison life on Orange Is the New Black, but for her first two seasons, Sophia Burset — a black transgender inmate played by Laverne Cox — seemed to have figured out how to do her time without conflict.

That changed in Season 3 of the Netflix drama, when the clashes between Sophia and fellow inmate Gloria (Selenis Leyva) revealed an ugly, violent transphobia latent among some of the prisoners that resulted in Sophia being put in the SHU... Читать дальше...

Dutch Coach Louis van Gaal left little doubt how he felt about his team having to contest a third-place game in the last World Cup.

Serge Ibaka felt his role was getting squeezed in Oklahoma City with the emergence of Steven Adams and Enes Kanter. He’s got a bigger role now — in Orlando. He was traded on draft night, and now Frank Vogel has Ibaka, Aaron Gordon, and Nikola Vucevic to move around the chess board (the question there […]

Ashley Greene is auctioning off her 2009 Teen Choice Awards surfboard for an awesome cause! The 29-year-old Twilight star is helping to raise money for Lively Minds, a charity that aims to improve the quality of life for deprived children and their families in rural Ghana and Uganda through low-cost early childhood education and care [...]

Elon Musk keeps warning us that artificial intelligence is a real threat, but he’s also contributing to the evolution of machines. Sure, he might not be doing the real coding, but the smart Tesla cars that will be able to drive themselves around town in the following years will have to be programmed to handle a particular type of emergency: hitting a pedestrian or saving the lives of the passengers inside the vehicle.