Новости за 17.08.2015

Disney revealed a lot of "Star Wars" news over the weekend at fan celebration D23 for its upcoming movies. 

Our smartphones and TVs don't just do one thing, so why should our kitchen appliances? Released earlier this year, a new Samsung oven is deliciously versatile — and it radically reduces cook time, too.

Going to Paris? Instead of waiting in line at the Louvre, locals recommend checking out the Musee d'Orsay instead.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Home ownership, that celebrated hallmark of the American dream, is increasingly on hold for younger Americans.

After hitting 53 all-time highs last year, the S&P 500 has been relatively flat this year and according to one analyst it's fortelling a coming bear market.

Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban sat down with Dale Hansen on Dallas News channel WFAA to discuss everything from criticizing referees to raising kids in an interview that aired Sunday.

Soldiers leap from planes and parachutes plummet through the air as Israel Defense Forces men and women undergo intensive parachute training in this newsreel from 1957.

Your heart beats 100,000 times today and does some amazing things. Take a moment to learn some other amazing facts about this vital organ.

BANGKOK (AP) — A bomb exploded Monday evening at a popular shrine in the heart of Bangkok, an area frequented by thousands of tourists, office workers and shoppers, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens of others, officials said.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said he needs more time before he will sign a compromise deal with rebel forces led by his former deputy, mediators said Monday.

BODRUM, Turkey (AP) — The lights of the Greek resort island of Kos twinkle at night, an irresistible lure to the scores of migrants who gather daily on Turkish beaches to cross the Aegean Sea.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister said no agreement was reached at a last-ditch meeting Monday with a nationalist party to form a coalition alliance, leaving Turkey with little option but to hold new elections.

A new generation of millennial investors is coming of age with money to save. But one problem for Wall Street is that many of these millennials still have scarring memories of the financial crisis that make them wary of investing.

Imagine being able to feel everything another person is feeling — their pleasure and their pain? Or being convinced, despite all evidence to the contrary, that you're dead?

Facebook “Notes” has long sat mostly dormant, a strange appendage to Facebook whose added function beyond "statuses" wasn’t quite clear.

Google appears to be gearing up to launch its newest smartphones for the fall.

NEW YORK (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took a break Monday from courting voters to go to court as a potential juror.

Bank stocks have been rallying since the spring on the hopes that interest rates might rise this year.

Higher interest rates, the thinking is, mean banks can earn more from their core lending businesses. The Nasdaq Bank Index, for example, is up 4.4% in the past three months.

Massdrop is a new kind of Internet retailer. Actually, it's technically not a retailer at all.

SHANGHAI (AP) — Foreign companies have suspended operations around the Tianjin port as officials scramble to contain the toxic fallout of last week's deadly chemical explosions, which dealt a blow to northern China's emerging economic hub.

There's a lot of money to be made on the internet, and Josh Ostrovsky is cashing in. If you don't recognize his name, you might recognize his social media persona: The Fat Jew(ish). Ostrovsky has become a full-fledged brand after amassing millions of followers posting jokes and memes from around the internet. He launched "White Girl Rosé" this summer, he has a book coming out this fall, he's in talks for a television show, and he was just signed with top Hollywood talent agency CAA.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kendrys Morales had an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. Army skydiver who had served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan died Sunday from injuries suffered in a midair collision with another jumper during a stunt at the Chicago Air & Water Show, authorities said.

Jayapura (Indonesia) (AFP) - A plane searching for an Indonesian passenger aircraft that went missing in the remote eastern province of Papua with 54 people on board at the weekend on Monday spotted debris, an official said.

Shanghai (AFP) - China's central bank on Monday raised the value of the yuan against the US dollar by 0.01 percent, the national foreign exchange market said, after a devaluation last week rocked markets.