Новости за 14.11.2016

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MOSCOW, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A Russian fighter jet crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near the coast of Syria after taking off from an aircraft carrier, Russia's Ministry of Defense said.

The extent to which Reince Priebus’s appointment as White House chief of staff has been greeted in mainstream quarters as a reassuring sign that Donald Trump is going to govern the country in a responsible way is, itself, a disturbing sign. It’s true that Priebus seems broadly competent and unlike Steve Bannon doesn’t have a long record of promoting bigotry in public life.

Mbanza Congo, a town that was a royal capital centuries ago, is a candidate to become a Unesco world heritage site.

The animation legend is officially unretired (again).

2016 was undoubtedly the year of Kendrick Lamar. After smashing the Grammy’s stage with a powerful performance of “The Blacker the Berry...

To celebrate City Of Caterpillar's reunion tour, here's a gloomy and suspenseful track that got left off the Richmond post-hardcore band's sole album, released in 2002.

The ability to perform contemporary, American opera is a luxury many professional opera houses can’t afford, but an academic opera program can.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- There may be yet another reason to try and get a good night's sleep: New research ties poor sleep to a higher odds for a dangerous irregular heartbeat.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- In a discovery that challenges conventional thinking, researchers report that several people over the age of 90 had excellent memory even though their brains showed signs that they had Alzheimer's disease.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Increases in a woman's blood sugar levels during early pregnancy may affect her baby's risk of congenital heart defects, a new study suggests.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Some people taking the pain reliever Celebrex may not have a greater risk for heart problems than those taking other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a new study says.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that the death toll from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus might be much greater than thought because its effects may often kill people months or years after infection.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- There may be yet another reason to try and get a good night's sleep: New research ties poor sleep to a higher odds for a dangerous irregular heartbeat.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- In a discovery that challenges conventional thinking, researchers report that several people over the age of 90 had excellent memory even though their brains showed signs that they had Alzheimer's disease.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Increases in a woman's blood sugar levels during early pregnancy may affect her baby's risk of congenital heart defects, a new study suggests.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Some people taking the pain reliever Celebrex may not have a greater risk for heart problems than those taking other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a new study says.

MONDAY, Nov. 14, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A new study suggests that the death toll from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus might be much greater than thought because its effects may often kill people months or years after infection.

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Spain's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ignacio Ybanez has expressed to NATO officials the country's support for constructive relations between Russia and NATO, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said Monday.