Новости за 13.07.2016

Dave Majumdar

Security, Asia

The case is compelling. 

The United States should ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS) in the wake of Manila’s victory over Beijing in The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) says one senior Democratic lawmaker. The United States—which acts as the guarantor of the liberal-institutional world order—is notably absent from the treaty—much to the chagrin of executive branch officials.

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Some of the sport's biggest names knocked it back but Marcus Fraser, Scott Hend, Minjee Lee and Su Oh are excited and proud to become their country's first golfing Olympians.

This solves nearly nothing.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was in Indiana for a campaign rally with Gov. Mike Pence as speculation over Trump's potential running mate reached fever pitch on Tuesday.

Pence introduced Trump while criticizing the state of the US economy, saying that "we're tired of being told this is as good as it gets."

He also railed against what he called the "little intellectual elite in a distant capital" for making decisions for Americans.

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Phil Lovingfoss, owner of the historic Monticello Hotel, was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail for threatening District Court Judge Ed Putka a year ago.

San Francisco may revise its latest attempt to crack down on vacation rentals in private homes, hoping to stave off issues raised in a lawsuit filed by Airbnb that seeks to halt new enforcement measures. The latest revision, which must now go through the legislative process, directly addresses issues Airbnb raised in its lawsuit, which said the city was violating the First Amendment, the Communications Decency Act and the Stored Communications Act. The ultimate aim of both sets of amendments is... Читать дальше...

On Tuesday, the Fort Bragg community thanked Maj. Gen. Erik C. Peterson as they welcomed his replacement, Brig. Gen. John R. Evans Jr., during a ceremony at Meadows Field.

The remains of eight babies were found last year at her home in southern Germany.

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Victoria Beckham heeft flink wat kritiek gekregen om een Instagram-foto waarop ze haar dochter Harper op de mond kust. Beckham plaatste de foto met haar kind zondag ter ere van de vijfde verjaardag van het meisje.

The Obama administration says it will provide another $439 million in humanitarian aid to refugees and others affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria.

LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of killing a transgender teen pleaded guilty Tuesday in county court.

LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of killing a transgender teen pleaded guilty Tuesday in county court.

LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man accused of killing a transgender teen pleaded guilty Tuesday in county court.

Saints coach Sean Payton isn’t sure how the team will symbolically honor the memory of Will Smith, but Payton told NFL Network this week he’d like to honor Smith with a defense that makes big plays and hits opposing quarterbacks. “Our ability to be more opportunistic on defense, and that balance that we need to…

Ben Alexander is poised to become the most capped player in the club's history.

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Broadcast and cable networks’ advanced ad sales for the upcoming TV season are expected to hit $18.6 billion, the best showing in three years, according to the consulting firm Media Dynamics.

One death has been blamed on the flash flooding which struck northwest Wisconsin and northeast Minnesota Monday.

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Britain's biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said it will create a fleet of more than 100 research vehicles over the next four years to test autonomous and connected technology, with the first models to hit the streets later this year.

Jaguar Land Rover, maker of Range Rover 4x4s and sportier luxury saloons, will drive the initial models on a new 41-mile (66 km) test route on motorways and urban roads near its headquarters and plants in central England.

The market for autonomous driving is worth 900 billion pounds ($1.

Armed forces families are being given poor accommodation and are often left without basic facilities such as hot water and heating, a group of MPs say in a report.

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SAN DIEGO, July 12 (UPI) -- Although MLB has fought to give meaning back to the mid-summer classic, it's hard to combat its relaxed vibe.