A hot-air balloon hit at least one electrical transmission line before all 16 people on board died in a fiery crash in Central Texas on Saturday, prompting accident experts to delve into weather conditions, pilot actions and equipment issues, according to the first official release of information by federal investigators.
Chloe Moretz poses with her boyfriend Brooklyn Beckham backstage at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards held at The Forum on Sunday (July 31) in Inglewood, Calif. The 19-year-old actress picked up the award for Choice Movie Actress: Comedy for her work in the movie Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising! PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of [...]
Doug Bandow
Security, Asia
They're a burden to America, full stop.
Despite the success of America’s post–World War II policy, its advocates act as if it is an abysmal failure. Consider analyst Khang Vu’s argument for continuing to treat the Republic of Korea as a helpless dependent. No matter that the Seoul took advantage of Washington’s defense shield to develop into one of the world’s most important, largest and advanced economies. The United States must continue to protect... Читать дальше...
The decree gives the president and the prime minister the authority to issue direct orders to the commanders of the army, the air force and the navy.
Will Smith has just given a masterclass on talk show entrances.
Christina Grimmie has won her first award at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards held at The Forum on Sunday (July 31) in Inglewood, Calif. The 22-year-old “With Love” singer, who was shot and killed at a concert earlier this summer, was awarded the Choice Web Star: Music honor. Christina won the surfboard, beating out Boyce [...]
Man accused of stabbing murder of his stepdaughter.
The NRL season is drawing to a close and the finals are waiting just around the corner. These are the games that will shape the NRL's final eight.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack on a military and logistics services compound in Kabul early on Monday.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch declared Sunday that his expansive political network would not support Donald Trump, questioning whether the Republican presidential nominee believes in free markets.
Schuyler Foerster, Ray Raymond
Security, Americas
America’s legitimacy as a global leader will rest not only on our military and economic power, but also on our moral authority.
In his prophetic poem, “The Second Coming,” about the coming of fascism in Europe in the 1920s, Anglo-Irish poet W. B. Yeats wrote:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.
The best lack all... Читать дальше...
The trade deadline will have come and gone by the next time the Dodgers take the field. That would be Tuesday in Colorado, and Yasiel Puig laughed at the question of whether he expected to be there.
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The teens were in charge of the winners at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards held at The Forum on Sunday (July 31) in Inglewood, Calif. Some of the big winners of the night were Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, and Dylan O’Brien. Pretty Little Liars won big as it usually does and so did The Hunger [...]
It all started with a dream. A of ensuring an endangered species was kept from extinction. That sort of mad-cap enthusiasm is what lead to the front page of Imgur being populated entirely with GIFs of New Zealand bird superstar, Sirocco the kākāpō. SEE ALSO: These photographs of New Zealand's natural wonders are seriously alluring The kākāpō looks like a well-aged owl, is known to smell similar to a musty cupboard and forgets that it can't fly so runs about the forest floor pretending to take off. Читать дальше...
Djokovic finished with 13 winners as he improved to 51-4 this season.
Tabcorp will acquire ASZ-listed gaming technology group INTECQ for $115 million in deal that will Tabcorp says will strengthen its gaming services division and at $20 million to underlying earnings.
Geneive Abdo
Politics, Middle East
He might play a more pivotal role than Iraq’s own president.
It is no secret that Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s premier Shia authority, altered his role as a strictly religious figure and dove head-on into the country’s politics after the U.S. invasion. But as of late, Sistani is finding himself as an arbiter not only of the Shia-Sunni divide, but also as an attempted peacemaker in what is becoming a violent crisis among the Shia themselves. Читать дальше...
Jimmy Walker won the P.G.A. Championship with a bogey-free final round at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J.
Shawn Snow
Politics, Asia
The basics of the conflict have barely changed in decades.
In mid-July, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joe Dunford relayed to the media cautious optimism regarding the war effort in Afghanistan. Afghan security forces—reeling from a bloody 2015 fighting season, which witnessed the first collapse of a major population center since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001—appear to be making slow and steady progress on the battlefield, a... Читать дальше...
Jennifer Garner and her young co-star Kiley Rogers pose backstage after accepting the Choice Movie: Drama award at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards held at The Forum on Sunday (July 31) in Inglewood, Calif. The pair starred in Miracles from Heaven together, which ended up winning the big award that evening! “Thanks to everyone, we [...]
Britain’s Metropolitan police commissioner warns the risk of a terror attack in the United Kingdom is a case of “when, not if.” In light of the recent wave of worldwide terror attacks, Met Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said he believes the threat from terrorism is very real and expresses “a greater sense of fear […]
On your marks, set, go — the Rio Games are here and the next chapter in Olympic history is about to be written. Over 10,000 athletes from 206 countries will compete for 4,924 medals across 42 sports over the next fortnight. From the track to the taekwondo arena — new champions will be crowned and […]
Asia markets traded mixed on Monday, with Chinese mainland shares falling, as traders digested weak Chinese PMI data.