A look at what's next in the Colombian peace process
A cease-fire and disarmament agreement between Colombia's government and the country's biggest leftist rebel group has put the South American nation on the threshold of ending a five-decade war
A cease-fire and disarmament agreement between Colombia's government and the country's biggest leftist rebel group has put the South American nation on the threshold of ending a five-decade war
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's devolved government will start a drive to protect its European Union membership and will prepare for a possible fresh independence vote after Britain voted to exit the bloc, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Saturday.
"We are determined to act decisively in a way that builds unity across Scotland," Sturgeon told reporters, adding that might include a vote on Scottish secession from the United Kingdom.
Scots rejected... Читать дальше...
– Veteran Nollywood actor Fred Amata has been robbed at gun point – He was bundled into his car but later dropped off by 2.30 am at Fadeyi bus stop, Lagos – Amata is the newly sworn in president of the Directors Guild of Nigeria Veteran Nollywood actor Fred Amata has been robbed. According to a […]
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NEW YORK (AP) — A corruption probe at the New York Police Department has cast a harsh light on how people get handgun permits in a city that boasts some of the nation's toughest gun laws.
NEW YORK (AP) — A corruption probe at the New York Police Department has cast a harsh light on how people get handgun permits in a city that boasts some of the nation's toughest gun laws.
NEW YORK (AP) — A corruption probe at the New York Police Department has cast a harsh light on how people get handgun permits in a city that boasts some of the nation's toughest gun laws.
Federal prosecutors say a shady fixer's cash bribes induced officers working in NYPD's licensing division to rubber-stamp dozens of gun applications, circumventing stringent background checks intended to weed out candidates with criminal records, mental health problems and other red flags. The New York investigation caught Alex "Shaya" Lichtenstein, a volunteer safety patrol member, on tape bragging that he had obtained at least 150 licenses for people to carry guns by paying up to $6,000 in bribes for each weapon. Читать дальше...
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Nett Warrior has already been deployed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Army is upgrading and more widely deploying a cutting-edge battlefield force-tracking technology for dismounted Soldiers, enabling them to know the locations of their fellow Soldiers and more quickly find, identify, target and destroy enemy fighters.
Called Nett Warrior, the technology is a cell-phone-like device showing graphics on a small, digital moving map identifying fast-moving combat information. Читать дальше...
The National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders’ campaign, Symone Sanders addresses Bernie Sanders comments that he will vote for Hillary Clinton, but has not yet officially endorsed her for President.
Russia's Rosneft and Beijing Enterprises Group Company sign agreement, Rosneft's CEO Igor Sechin said Saturday.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire law requiring criminal background checks on drivers of ride-hailing companies took effect this week with Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan's signature.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire law requiring criminal background checks on drivers of ride-hailing companies took effect this week with Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan's signature.
Britain's representative on the European Union executive body in Brussels, Financial Services Commissioner Jonathan Hill, said Saturday he was resigning following the referendum vote for Brexit, which he had campaigned against. "I don't believe it is right that I should carry on as the British commissioner as though nothing had happened," Hill said in a statement. "I have therefore told [European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker] that I shall stand down.
In the seaside town of Clacton, Britain’s vote to break from the EU capped years of political disenfranchisement and deep-rooted concerns about immigration.
NAGOYA, Japan - Asuka Cambridge acknowledges the crowd after winning the men's 100 meters in 10.16 seconds at the na...
Saturday night's Copa America Centenario third place match may be lacking in anticipation, but gives fans plenty to dissect about the USMNT.
UEFA could land in hot water because of a dispute over the goal-line technology being used at Euro 2016, Sputnik Germany reported on Wednesday.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Three years ago Sunday, Jim Obergefell asked his longtime partner to marry him, beginning a whirlwind of events that led to his name being at the top of the U.S. Supreme Court case that resulted exactly two years later in legalization of same-sex marriage across America. Obergefell is crisscrossing the country promoting a new book about the legal battle and other plaintiffs and people closely involved in it, written with journalist Debbie Cenziper and titled "Love Wins." Some... Читать дальше...
NAGOYA, Japan - Asuka Cambridge (165) wins the men's 100 meters in 10.16 seconds at the national championships at Pa...
Former world and Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu withdraws from the British Championships - also the Olympic trials - with a virus.