Новости за 01.08.2016

LONDON (AP) — Britain's most senior counter-terror police officer is appealing to the public to help prevent attacks.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Drive a guest into Philadelphia from the airport, and the first question you're likely to hear is not "What's the best cheesesteak in town?" or "Where is the Rocky statue?" but "Why are all those cars parked in the middle of the street?"

(ATTN: ADDS photos from signing ceremony) By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Yonhap) -- A consortium led by U.S. casino operator Mohegan Sun on Monday signed a land lease agreement with Incheon International Airport Corporation to build an integrated res

In 2014, receiver Charles Johnson went from the practice squad in Cleveland to a key part of the passing game in Minnesota. Last year, Johnson was MIA for most of the season. Now, Johnson is making a good impression as he tries to re-establish himself. “That’s what I do, I catch footballs,’’ Johnson said over…

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McDonald's is testing a drive-thru for customers without cars.

A McDonald's in Llandudno, North Wales recently opened a drive-thru lane for pedestrian customers, reports The Sun. The test was reportedly an immediate success, leading to the restaurant making the walk-thru lane a permanent fixture.

However, there is one major catch: the walk-thru is only open between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 4 a.m.

The walk-thru lane was debuted to serve customers leaving a nearby nightclub... Читать дальше...

When George Jursch went downtown Kansas City to apply for a Bendix job in 1949, he didn’t know exactly what he’d be doing – just that it was important to national security.

NIJVERDAL - Fractieleider Dennis op den Dries van GroenLinks Hellendoorn is vorige week met spoed opgenomen in het ziekenhuis met acute leukemie. Op den Dries maakte dat zelf bekend op zijn Facebook-pagina.

Three US B-52 strategic bombers and two B-2 stealth bombers are conducting exercises flying to the North and Baltic Seas.

This year at Lollapalooza was a big one, with the festival adding an extra day for its 25th anniversary. It wasn't the 25th Lolla -- there were some years off between its inception as a touring festival in the early '90s and its rebirth and subsequent shift to its current form -- but it felt…

She also took indecent images of her three-year-old daughter.

VirnetX Holding Corp.'s stock plunged 44% in active morning trade Monday to a 6 1/2-month low, enough to make it the biggest declining stock listed on U.S. exchanges, after a disappointing court ruling regarding its patent infringement claims against Apple Inc. Volume topped 1.3 million shares, which was already about double the full-day average. The internet security software company said the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a new order in the case against Apple... Читать дальше...

The Olympic Games generated over $8 billion in revenue over the course of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games and the 2012 London Summer Games. The majority of revenue comes from broadcasting, sponsorships, and ticketing.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Slow economic recovery in Japan coupled with a potential build in crude oil supplies dragged oil prices sharply lower in the first full trading day of August.

A surveillance video captured the harrowing accident in Deland on Friday afternoon as good Samaritans can be seen saving the driver.

Joel Benenson of the Clinton campaign talks about Donald Trump's comments about the Khan family, calling the GOP nominee "divisive."

Conrad Roy III died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2014

In a German town of Dusseldorf, residents of the street Auf’m Rott received a bill for a road laid in the days of the Third Reich.

Monday is National Girlfriends Day, a celebration of the women you love. Since it's yet another social-media-friendly-but-not-necessarily-real holiday, you can observe it however you want: either as a chance to recognize female friendship or let your lover know you appreciate her.

CLEVELAND — Authorities say a county protective services officer breaking up an argument on a downtown Cleveland street shot a man wielding a sharp object. A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office said the suspect held either a knife or a screwdriver when he lunged at the officer, who is assigned to the county

Oil prices fell 1.9 per cent due to increases in OPEC production and U.S. oil rig additions

The traditional role of the honours system was to reward those who devoted their lives to public or charitable service and who were, conventionally, not well-paid. But this has been warped over time

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ACCRA -- Ghana is partnering with the U.S. government and civil society organizations to eradicate child trafficking here, a country where modern-day slavery is rampant. Political officials, NGOs and community leaders gathered in Accra last week for the first-ever anti-human trafficking symposium aimed at bringing together government and civil society to conquer the human rights crisis of child slavery. The event highlighted the challenges Ghana is facing and addressed strategies... Читать дальше...

There is an impression that Crimea has righted a historical wrong by making a decision to reunify with Russia, Michel Terrot told Sputnik on Monday, after visiting the Black Sea peninsula as a member of a delegation of the French lawmakers.