Новости за 19.10.2016

Klaus Larres

Politics,

Obama clearly did not succeed in making the world more stable and less dangerous during his eight years in power.

Barack Obama’s presidency was a tumultuous one. Obama was challenged by almost unprecedented domestic difficulties and a deeply divided Congress as well as by increasing global instability and turmoil. He nevertheless retained high personal popularity ratings during most of his two terms. To a significant extent this was due to his superior... Читать дальше...

Dodgers vs. Cubs live updates: No score after two innings Oct. 18, 2016, 6:10 p.m. Game 3 of the NLCS between the Dodgers and the Cubs is underway, with Rich Hill on the mound for L.A. and Jake Arrieta for Chicago. Oct. 18, 2016, 5:48 p.m. Hill escapes trouble in the second as game remains scoreless...

Drones, remote-operated aircraft, paragliders and balloons are banned in Mumbai skies.

The next hearing is Nov. 1.

The Valero oil refinery in Benicia is facing nearly $200,000 in potential fines for spilling more than a million gallons of partially treated wastewater into Suisun Bay and Carquinez Strait, including excessive concentrations of selenium and cyanide, state regulators said Tuesday. A worker at the plant failed to open a valve on Jan. 18, causing 1.13 million gallons of industrial sludge to flow into the bay over a seven-hour period, according to a civil complaint filed by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. Читать дальше...

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Yahoo had one main objective when it reported Q3 results on Tuesday: to show Wall Street that there hasn't been a mass exodus of users after the news of its big hack attack. 

To make the case, Yahoo showed off several charts that indicated healthy traffic trends across its websites.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer said in a statement that she was "heartened" by its users' "continued loyalty as seen in our user engagement trends."

Yahoo's stock was up about 1.5% in after hours trading on Tuesday... Читать дальше...

Andrei Lankov

Security, Asia

They openly say that Saddam Hussein would still be alive if he had actually possessed weapons of mass destruction. So what does the U.S. do about it? 

North Korea has done it again. On October 9 they conducted yet another nuclear test, so far the most powerful and arguably the most successful. To make matters worse, there are good reasons to expect that another test is in the making.

North Korea’s strategy is not difficult to predict. Читать дальше...

Seth J. Frantzman

Security, Middle East

Ankara has a long history of influence in northern Iraq.

In mid-April of 2003, two weeks after the U.S. 173rd paratroop division had taken Kirkuk, eleven Turkish men were detained by American forces near the city. They were Turkish special forces dressed as civilians but carrying AK-47s and body-armor. “They did not come here with a pure heart,” U.S. commander Col. Bill Mayville told reporters. “Their objective is to create an environment... Читать дальше...

You can get a meeting with an influential person you have never met by doing research ahead of time, showing hustle and remembering to ask, ‘What can I do for you in return?’

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police say at least three people were injured in a shooting outside two neighboring schools that were put on lockdown for an hour. San Francisco Police Officer Carlos Manfredi says two young men and a young woman were injured Tuesday when gunfire erupted outside the City Arts and Technology High

She’s an expert, after all.

Issa Rae's ~big break~ came through a web series of her own creation called The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl. And now she’s back with her very own comedy series, Insecure, on HBO. Given the titles and subject matter of those shows, who better to give us tips on how to avoid life’s awkward moments — and slay at life in the process — than Issa Rae herself? BuzzFeed sat down with the powerhouse star to get her advice.

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WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on a wildfire burning in southern Colorado (all times local):

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say at least three people were injured in a shooting outside two neighboring schools that were put on lockdown for an hour.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police say at least three people were injured in a shooting outside two neighboring schools that were put on lockdown for an hour. San Francisco Police Officer Carlos Manfredi says two young men and a young woman were injured Tuesday when gunfire erupted outside the City Arts and Technology High School and the June Jordan School for Equity, which share a campus.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Environmental Quality Board holds a hearing Wednesday on a petition by the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians to require comprehensive assessments of the impacts on human health of proposed copper-nickel mines.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's former general counsel testified Tuesday that several days before two high-ranking administrators were charged over their handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, the school's then-president let the men's defense lawyers review and…

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's former general counsel testified Tuesday that several days before two high-ranking administrators were charged over their handling of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, the school's then-president let the men's defense lawyers review and…

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Mike McQueary leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. The trial for McQueary's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State over how it treated him for complaining…

Dottie Sandusky, left, wife of jailed former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex after attending the first day of trial for former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary in Bellefonte, Pa.,…

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Mike McQueary, right, leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. The trial for McQueary's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State over how it treated him for…

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Mike McQueary, left, leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. The trial for McQueary's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State over how it treated him for…

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Mike McQueary, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. The trial for McQueary's defamation and whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State over how it treated him for…

Dottie Sandusky, right, wife of jailed former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex after attending the first day of trial for former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary in Bellefonte, Pa.,…