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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, said Thursday that North Korea fulfilled its promises ahead of the canceled summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. At a joint news conference at the Konstantin Palace presidential residence outside St. Petersburg, Putin said the North Korean leader "did everything that he had promised in advance, even blowing up the tunnels and shafts" of the country's nuclear testing site. Читать дальше...

(This May 22 story corrects to show timing of release of funds to be distributed "by July," not "later this week," in paragraph six) By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Trump administration officials warned Congress on Tuesday of ongoing efforts by Russia to interfere in the 2018 midterm congressional elections as the federal government prepares to hand out $380 million in election security funding to states. At a briefing attended by about 40 or 50 members of the 435-member U.S. House of Representatives... Читать дальше...

School bus driver Hudy Muldrow Sr. was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of a student and teacher.

Diamond Platnumz has been trying to maintain a low profile ever since he was arrested for posting a graphic video on social media. The father of three seemed to have completely turned over a new leaf. Read more on the story.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella has asked little-known lawyer and academic Giuseppe Conte to seek to form a new populist government that many migrants in Italy fear will mean deportation for them. Conte, who has no political experience, met Thursday with all the groups in parliament to discuss his plans.  His name was put forward by Luigi Di Maio, leader of the 5-Star Movement, which obtained the largest number of votes in the March general elections, and by Matteo Salvini, head of the second-largest party, the League. Читать дальше...

Following Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn's protest against any Brexit deal that includes a return to a hard border with Ireland, Sputnik spoke to Mick Fealty, political analyst and founding editor of the Northern Ireland-based blog Slugger O'Toole for more insights into the issue.

SAUSALITO, Calif. (AP) — Another dead gray whale washed ashore on Bolinas Beach in Marin County, the fifth dead whale found in the San Francisco Bay Area since March and the third since Friday. The Marine Mammal Center said the whale was reported Tuesday and a necropsy was planned. Scientists said human-caused injuries killed two whales found last week in the Bay area. The Marine Mammal Center said a ship hit a 45-long fin whale that was found May 18 near Oakland. A necropsy found the juvenile female had broken bones and massive hemorrhaging.

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Here’s a little-known fact: it’s approximately as difficult and time-consuming to incorporate a business in Switzerland as it is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Swiss entrepreneurs face on average a six-week-long, paper-heavy process to legally register their business entity with the government. This doesn’t jibe with a generalized sense of Swiss perfection. Even though the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report identifies Switzerland as the world’s... Читать дальше...

A fire that swept through a Kelowna house Wednesday night has left three construction workers without a home.

JAMESTOWN, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a power company can continue constructing controversial power line towers that will cross the James River near historic Jamestown Island in Virginia. In an opinion published Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth ruled against conservation groups who sued to stop the project. They claimed the towers will harm the view near the site of Britain's first permanent settlement in North America. Dominion Energy says the project is needed to meet the region's growing energy needs. Читать дальше...

TX Houston/Galveston TX Zone Forecast for Thursday, May 24, 2018 _____ 976 FPUS54 KHGX 242052 ZFPHGX Zone Forecast Product for Southeast Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 352 PM CDT Thu May 24 2018 TXZ211-250915- Austin- Including the cities of Bellville and Sealy 352 PM CDT Thu May 24 2018 .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Patchy fog late. Lows around 70. Southeast winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny early in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Читать дальше...

HARTFORD, Conn.— Denia Perez’s parents brought her from Mexico to the United States illegally when she was 11 months old. Last month, she became among the first of the so-called “Dreamers” to earn a law degree. And now, she and others are using their lawyerly know-how to take on the system so they can legally practice. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows young immigrants who entered the U.S. before 2007 and before their 16th birthday to go to school under temporary renewable work permits... Читать дальше...

Noted artist James Turrell is hollowing and sculpting Roden Crater near Flagstaff into an enormous work of art.

Three days before the last race of her career, Danica Patrick is feeling a little bit of everything — nervous, excited and a little anxious.

The ICBC customer survey shows that 47 per cent of customers feel that committing auto insurance fraud is an accepted practice in B.C.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on a judge's order shutting down Sunoco pipelines in the Philadelphia suburbs (all times local): 4:50 p.m. Sunoco Pipeline says it plans to appeal a judge's decision that shut down construction of two natural gas liquids pipelines and halted use of another in the Philadelphia suburbs. The company said Thursday the decision was a departure from the law and due process procedures, adding the entire energy industry should be concerned about the order. A state Public... Читать дальше...

It would be a mistake to talk about "Solo: A Star Wars Story" as just another movie, because that's not how its fans will receive it. As the 10th "Star Wars" entry in a series going back 41 years, it will be received as a part of a puzzle, as a set of clues and revelations concerning previous "Star Wars" movies — the secular equivalent of an entirely new gospel. Weighed according to that scale, it's a successful movie. It introduces Han Solo, the role made famous by Harrison Ford (until he got stabbed and fell off a bridge)... Читать дальше...

With a few exceptions, analysts have been predicting a permanent consumer shift away from cars toward SUVs and trucks. Could gas prices change that?

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) _ Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (LGF.A) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $91.3 million. The Santa Monica, California-based company said it had net income of 41 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 25 cents per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 19 cents per share. The motion picture producer and distributor posted revenue of $1.04 billion in the period... Читать дальше...

LONDON — A jury in Winchester has found an army sergeant guilty of attempted murder of his wife by sabotaging her parachute and tampering with a gas valve at her home. Jurors convicted Army Sgt. Emile Cilliers, 38, on Thursday of two attempted murder charges and a third count of damaging the gas fitting following...

Joe Flacco said he was "surprised" by the Ravens' move to trade up into the final spot of the first round for quarterback Lamar Jackson,

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Morgan Stanley has once again raised its price target for Apple.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Supreme Court has rejected a legal challenge to the military's rules on when soldiers can fire their weapons amid weeks of violent protests that have killed dozens of Palestinians on the border with Gaza. Human rights groups had asked the court to declare as unlawful any regulations that allow soldiers to shoot at unarmed civilians, but the court sided with the Israeli military Thursday. It said the protests are taking place in the context of a long-running armed conflict... Читать дальше...

May 24, 2018: The unmanned Cygnus spacecraft successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) this morning on the ninth cargo mission under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract with NASA. Cygnus launched from Cape Canaveral on May 21st atop an … Continue reading →