Новости за 21.06.2016

– Troops of 223 Battalion, 1 Brigade, carried out a clearance operation in Maru local government area of Zamfara state – The soldiers killed 9, while a few escaped with gun shot wounds – Three AK-47 rifles, 4 AK-47 rifle magazines, 5 rounds of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition, a machete and 24 motorcycles were recovered from the bandits […]

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2014 file photo the Russian and the Olympic flags wave during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Olympic leaders met Tuesday, June 21, 2016 to consider further steps to…

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach, from Germany, speaks during a press conference after the Olympic Summit IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Olympic leaders met to consider further measures to crack down on doping ahead of…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the special Olympic summit (all times local):

Earlier this week, John Oliver expressed his strong views against Brexit, Thursday’s referendum that would remove the United Kingdom from the European Union, in a video that has since gone viral, with more than 3 million views on YouTube alone:

California’s nuclear era may soon be over. On Tuesday, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. unveiled a proposal to close Diablo Canyon, the state’s last remaining nuclear power plant, by 2025. If approved, this plan would shut the door on decades of controversy around the plant’s twin reactors, whose very existence once divided the Sierra Club.

In testimony Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser said the American troops are performing advisory roles while acknowledging that he is not aware that the United States has an "overall grand strategy" for Libya. Libya slid into chaos following the 2011 toppling and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Since 2014, Libya has been divided between two parliaments and governments with each backed by a loose set of militias and tribes. Following... Читать дальше...

Apple plans to break with its recent pattern of overhauling the design of its flagship iPhone every two years and make only subtle changes in the models it will release this fall, according to people familiar with the matter.

Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis surely would have preferred to win a Super Bowl. On Tuesday, he picked up a consolation prize. The Pro Football Writers Association named Davis the winner of its 2016 Good Guy Award. “Thomas Davis exudes professionalism not only on the field, but in the locker room dealing with reporters,” David Newton…

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EDGEWOOD, Md., June 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ordered RadSeeker handheld radiation detectors and identifiers from Smiths Detection under $409 million contract.

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Researchers are beginning a study of up to 10,000 pregnant women in Puerto Rico, Brazil and other Zika-hit parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, to better understand the virus' threat.

According to recent reports, the International Olympic Committee decided not to ban the entire Russian national team's athletes from participating in the 2016 Rio Olympics. In an interview with Sputnik, Olga Bogoslovskaya, 1993 world champion runner and 1992 Olympic Games silver medalist, commented on the recent decision.

Polish prosecutors said on Tuesday they would re-open the coffins of all victims of a 2010 presidential jet crash to examine the remains.

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The media center for the Libyan militias battling Islamic State militants in the group's last remaining bastion in the North African country have seized a radio station used by the extremists and a mosque near their…

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The media center for the Libyan militias battling Islamic State militants in the group's last remaining bastion in the North African country have seized a radio station used by the extremists and a mosque near their…

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — The media center for the Libyan militias battling Islamic State militants in the group's last remaining bastion in the North African country have seized a radio station used by the extremists and a mosque near their…

Hillary Clinton’s speech Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio, was perhaps most effective when she went after Donald Trump’s personal business career as outrageously and unusually exploitative of the middle class — characterizing not just his policies but his business career as motivated by lies and greed.

Among the court's eight remaining cases are regulation of Texas abortion clinics, race in college admissions, protections for people living in the U.S. illegally and the public corruption conviction of Virginia's former governor. Some of those cases still could end in a 4-4 tie that would leave the lower court decision in place without setting a nationwide precedent. Senate Republicans are refusing to vote on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to replace Scalia. Texas abortion clinics are... Читать дальше...

Government troops in Iraq have almost completely recaptured Fallujah from Daesh. They also took control of the administration building in the city center. But the terrorists are still keeping the resistance, holding individual streets and houses.

Sometimes it’s better in life to take no action at all.

It's not going to come as much of a surprise to most, but Real Madrid has recalled one of the world's best young striking assets from Juve.