Новости за 11.03.2016

With VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive selling out in minutes and Samsung bundling in its Gear VR with pre-orders for its latest Galaxy smartphones, the virtual reality trend is entering the mainstream. 

Counterterrorism investigators say they are beginning to pour through a cache of documents detailing what could be the most comprehensive look into the recruiting networks luring fighters into the Islamic State group

Michelle Fields of conservative site Breitbart alleged that she was assaulted at a Trump event by someone who was ID'd as Trump's campaign manager.

An architect who oversaw the restoration of a decaying ninth-century castle in southern Spain has defended his work after critics slammed the result as resembling a box-shaped parking garage

Talks have resumed between negotiators for New Jersey Transit and its railroad workers unions aimed at reaching an agreement to prevent a strike for the nation's third-largest commuter railroad

President Barack Obama looked to the upcoming U.S. election and some of our odd northern behaviour to provide some light-hearted moments at Thursday's state dinner.

Op ongeveer één van de tien paspoorten staan de vingerafdrukken ondersteboven. Dat is de uitkomst van een steekproef die de Rijksdienst voor Identiteitsgegevens heeft uitgevoerd bij de producent van de reisdocumenten, schrijft minister Ronald Plasterk (Binnenlandse Zaken) vrijdag aan de Tweede Kamer. Hij onderzoekt of een hersteloperatie wenselijk is.

Earnings a fifth higher than a year earlier

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SEOUL, March 11 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered more nuclear tests after watching a ballistic missile launch Friday, the state news agency reported.

Carlos Quevedo Rojas told The Associated Press that Matrera Castle in Villamartin was in danger of collapsing completely and that the restoration job was approved by regional cultural authorities. The Spanish historical conservation association Hispania Nostra joined in by labeling the restoration "a disaster" and said it received messages of condemnation from outside the country. Jose Maria Gutierrez Lopez, the director of Villamartin's History Museum, said town officials were happy with the result... Читать дальше...

Tokyo hopes that Moscow will revise the ban on the Japanese food imports that has been in place since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, Japanese Ambassador to Russia Toyohisa Kozuki said Friday.

Earlier, Indian male shuttlers' campaign in the tournament also came to a halt on Friday with the trio of B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma making an exit in the second round of the singles event.

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US Navy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US forces responsible for disrupting the flow of illegal drugs and migrants to the US lack the airplanes and ships needed to perform their mission at the level set by the Pentagon, a top US admiral said on Thursday.

Admiral Kurt Tidd, head of US forces operating in Central and South America, told lawmakers the goal was for US forces to interdict 40% of the illegal traffic moving from the region toward the US.

"The simple fact of the matter is... Читать дальше...

The US Justice Department has declined to comment on a possibility of providing the documents on circumstances of the death of former Russian Press Minister Mikhail Lesin to Russia, US Justice Department spokesperson Peter Carr told Sputnik on Friday.

If the Blitzbokke are to emerge victorious in the Vancouver, then they will need to urgently address their lack of discipline writes Vata Ngobeni.

Iron ore sank on Friday, adding to signs the record leap at the start of the week wasn't justified given the global market's poor fundamentals.