Новости за 21.08.2017

For a few moments on Monday, millions will experience a rare total eclipse across the continental U.S., and millions more in Canada will get a chance to witness a partial eclipse.

The University of Texas is removing statues of Robert E. Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus, saying such monuments have become "symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism."

At least 10 U.S. sailors are missing after USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker early Monday east of Singapore, the second accident involving a ship from the Navy's 7th Fleet in two months.

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early Monday in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca, and at least 10 sailors are missing.

There were 65 boats and two helicopters ready to help assist those participating in the Port Huron Float Down. The Canadian Coast Guard says 168 people were helped to shore during the event.

U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House following a "working vacation" with plans to lay out the U.S. strategy for the war in Afghanistan during a prime-time TV address Monday night from Fort Myer near Washington, D.C.

On Monday, the Oregon town of Madras — a two-hour drive from Portland — is expected to swell to about 100,000 people, as visitors jostle their way in to get a glimpse of the first total solar eclipse to sweep across the continental U.S. in 99 years.

Canada, the United States and Mexico wrapped up their first round of talks Sunday to revamp the NAFTA trade pact, vowing to keep up a blistering pace of negotiations that some involved in the process said may be too fast to bridge deep differences.