VIENNA (AP) — The Latest on the IAAF's meeting on Russia (all times local):
On Monday, the United Nations elected Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon to chair the Legal Committee, a group that oversees fidelity to international law. This decision sparked outrage from Arab and Palestinian leaders, who say it’s hypocritical for Israel to chair an international law committee while actively committing humans rights violations.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed out a difficult week on a modestly lower note Friday as investors continued to monitor Britain's frenzied debate on whether to leave the European Union. The issue took on a new level of…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed out a difficult week on a modestly lower note Friday as investors continued to monitor Britain's frenzied debate on whether to leave the European Union. The issue took on a new level of concern after the killing of a member of parliament. The Nasdaq composite fell 44.58 points, or 0.9 percent, to 4,800.34.
Afek oil and gas are hoping to soon find out what goodies lie beneath the occupied part of Syria known as the Golan Heights and violate international law in the process. In May, having finished the flow testing phase, they announced the beginning of the analysis phase for the Ness-2 drilling site The task is to identify the contents of the ground wells and what products might come from it, a task Afek said will be carried out by their own scientists as well as “external international experts.” At... Читать дальше...
Tom Hiddleston steps out in his gym clothes while going for a workout on Friday afternoon (June 17) in New York City. The 35-year-old actor reportedly arrived at the gym in the same car that his possible new girlfriend Taylor Swift is often seen being driven around in, according to photographers on the scene. PHOTOS: [...]
Earlier this month, William Shatner, a self-professed fan of the Starz drama Outlander, entangled himself in a complicated conflict over shipping in the fandom that has been building throughout the show’s two seasons. Shipping is the common fandom practice of rooting for two characters or real-life people to get together. In this case, the ship in question involves two actors from the show.
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With some publishers splitting from the show floor and more gamers sliding on virtual reality headsets than ever before, this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo moved the video game industry in decidedly different directions than past installments of the annual interactive extravaganza.
Cancer survivor Kathleen Donahue travels to Washington, D.C., next week to speak in support of the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act.
As you will find out in this Cartoon Lounge, I’m too lazy even to come up with a title for the episode. However, I’m not so lazy that I won’t make a spirited defense of our cartoon caption contest when it is impugned as “juvenile” and “the antithesis of what I would normally expect from your publication” and “a game to be toyed with” by someone whom we refer to as Mr. X.
A new rule that revamps how banks account for loan losses won’t take effect for a few years, but regulators are encouraging the banks to start planning now.
California-based oil major has begun the process of inviting bids after it received indications of interest in the Burnaby plant
No tea, no shade, no pink lemonade: Spike TV’s Lip Sync Battle is good fun, but no one, and I mean no one, lip-syncs like the good queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race. To commemorate this Monday’s Season 7 RuPaul’s Drag Race finale, let’s take a look at the most memorable Drag Race lip-syncs of all time. This definitely was NOT one of the better Drag Race battles, but it deserves a mention because it will forever live in infamy for that scary moment when the loud, brash, and confrontational Mimi violently flipped a freaked-out... Читать дальше...
Friday marks the first anniversary of when nine black parishioners were murdered during Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Dylann Roof, a white 21-year-old, spent an hour with worshippers before allegedly opening fire.
In the aftermath of the Orlando mass shooting, the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees offer proposals on how they would combat terrorism.
U.S. presidential contests are essentially simultaneous, winner-take-all state elections to choose electors. [...] it would seem logical for candidates to focus their attention on the most populous states, which offer the most electoral votes. If she captures all of the states that have voted solidly Democratic in the last six presidential elections, she would start out with 242 electoral votes. Yet presidential campaigns may try harder to woo voters in New Hampshire than in California. The political map is in a perpetual state of flux... Читать дальше...
WASHINGTON — After an emotionally trying week, President Obama headed west Friday to celebrate the raw beauty of America’s national parks as the system nears its 100th birthday and highlight challenges over the next 100 years, including climate change and a shortage of money from Congress. The family vacation will give Obama the opportunity to recap his record on preserving open spaces and promote administration initiatives aimed at boosting tourism at the more than 400 national and other parks... Читать дальше...
State department employees have signed a memo objecting to the U.S. policy in Syria, calling for tougher action against the Syrian regime.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the mass shooting in Orlando, public reactions from around the country and the political response from Washington, D.C.
Scots are expected to vote to stay in the United Kingdom in next week's referendum, but some nationalists see Brexit as a way to hasten Scottish independence.
When we first met Monzer Omar, the Syrian teacher was waiting for smugglers in western Turkey to arrange passage for him to Greece. He is now a refugee in Germany, and he recently met U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power in Berlin during a fact finding trip on refugees. NPR's Ari Shapiro brings us up to date on Omar's story and talks to Ambassador Power about the U.S. and international response to the migration crisis.
The IAAF upheld the ban on Russia's track and field team ahead of the Summer Olympics in Rio. Russian athletes were barred from competition in the wake of a wide-ranging doping scandal.
