Новости за 21.08.2017

JPMorgan Chase is fighting back against hate groups by donating $1 million to nonprofits that expose extremists. The nation’s largest bank announced on Monday that it is giving $1 million to be split equally by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. The donations are part of an effort to address “deep divisions” […]

Forget about putting the nuclear genie back in any bottle in Pyongyang. North Korea will have — and will not be dissuaded from possessing — a deliverable nuclear weapon. So now it’s up to President Donald Trump to exercise a degree of verbal restraint — which many fear he could be lacking — that would […]

James Joseph Dresnok, believed to be the last remaining US soldier in North Korea, died last year, two of his sons said in video posted on a North Korean state-run news site. He died of a stroke after receiving medical attention for an undisclosed condition, his sons said. He was 74. Dresnok defected to North […]

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Jerry Lewis was indisputably an entertainment legend and comedy giant, yet also a complex and polarizing figure — one whose often-contradictory career went through various stages, and whose appreciation waxed and waned across the times and even geographic locales. Like Dick Gregory, the civil-rights pioneer and stand-up comedian who also died over the weekend, Lewis […]

The first glimpses of the first total solar eclipse to cross the United States from coast to coast in 99 years are now visible. What started as a tiny crescent of the moon’s shadow has turned into a perfectly beautiful eclipse. It begins now in Oregon and will make a diagonal trek across the country, […]

Cambridge University Press has reversed a decision to censor hundreds of articles at the request of the Chinese government after a backlash from academics and activists. The university press, which describes itself as the oldest publishing house in the world, had admitted to blocking online access in China to academic works on Tiananmen Square, the […]

A popular YouTube artist has an unusual collaborator on her new album — artificial intelligence. Pop artist Taryn Southern, who appeared on American Idol in 2004, created the lyrics and melodies for “I AM AI” but left most of the other work to software programs. The album’s first song “Break Free,” which was released on […]

The White House is in silent mode. President Trump’s press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders isn’t holding a press briefing on Monday, even though Trump is officially back at work after a 17-day vacation. Sanders and other White House aides are nowhere to be found on television. Trump himself has barely spoken in public since he was […]

The selfie stick looked a bit out of place in front of the Dome of the Rock, but no one seemed to care. The group of about 100 children were too busy snapping their own pictures around the holy site, scarcely able to believe they were really in Jerusalem. “When we saw Al-Aqsa mosque, we […]

A Chinese automaker says it’s interested in buying Fiat Chrysler. Great Wall Motor said Monday that it was exploring a bid for the parent company of Jeep, Maserati, Dodge, Ram and Alfa Romeo. “We have the willingness to buy FCA,” a company spokesperson said, adding that Italian-American group fits its “needs.” A deal, however, does […]

One person has died after a car ran into two bus shelters in separate areas of the southern French city of Marseille, the city’s police force told CNN. The driver was arrested on Charles Livon Boulevard and a police operation is ongoing. It was unclear whether the action was deliberate. Police have asked the public […]

Safety concerns have prompted a recall of solar eclipse glasses given away at Dutch Bros Coffee stands. “If you received a pair of these glasses, do not use them to view the eclipse,” the company said in a statement announcing the voluntary recall. The moon’s shadow will block the sun from view in a total […]

The crisis over dirty diesel engines could hurt the German economy. The German government said Monday that while it was impossible to quantify the potential fallout at this stage, the risk to future growth could not be ignored. In its August monthly report, the finance ministry added the “diesel crisis” to a list of economic […]

Founded as a small gathering in San Francisco in 1986, Burning Man has evolved into what it advertises as “a temporary metropolis dedicated to art and community.” These days, the annual festival attracts some 70,000 revelers who descend on the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Initially based on the bonfire ritual of the summer solstice, […]

Despite international tensions and political turmoil, Mother Nature still knows how to steal the show. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign up here. 1. Eclipse Happy Eclipse Day! In case you […]

The man suspected of stabbing two women to death in the Finnish town of Turku Friday has been named as an 18-year-old Moroccan, Abderrahman Mechkah. Finland’s state broadcaster YLE reported Mechkah’s name, citing court documents, and said he would appear in court via video link Tuesday. Mechkah, an asylum seeker from Morocco who was living […]

The prestigious publishing arm of one of the world’s top universities is under fire for bowing to pressure from China to censor sensitive articles. Britain’s Cambridge University Press, which describes itself as the oldest publishing house in the world, has admitted it blocked hundreds of articles from being read online in China following a request […]

The political world is watching Arizona this week as President Donald Trump tries to move past one controversy by wading into another — visiting his core supporters in the state whose two senators are among his most vocal critics within the Republican Party. Weeks ago, Sen. John McCain’s vote sank Trump’s health care bill in […]

It wasn’t hard for generals to prepare for Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s first question at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. “Gen. (David) Goldfein, would a significant reduction in funding to the State Department and other non-defense security agencies and programs make the Air Force job of defending America easier or harder?” Warren asked the Air […]

The world’s leading artificial intelligence experts are sounding the alarm on killer robots. Tesla boss Elon Musk is among a group of 116 founders of robotics and artificial intelligence companies who are calling on the United Nations to ban autonomous weapons. “Lethal autonomous weapons threaten to become the third revolution in warfare. Once developed, they […]

This refreshing frozen salad is easy to assemble ahead and serve to a group at breakfast – or any time of day. It’s a convenient and colorful addition to a holiday buffet. —Andrea Hawthorne, Mozeman, Montana View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

Tens of thousands of people braved blazing summer heat Sunday to join a march in Hong Kong protesting the jailing of three pro-democracy leaders for their involvement in the 2014 “Umbrella Movement.” Last week a Hong Kong court sentenced Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow — three young organizers of the protests that rocked […]

Ten US Navy sailors are missing after a US Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore early Monday, the fourth accident in Asia waters involving a US warship in 2017. The Navy’s 7th Fleet said the USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while the destroyer was […]

On any given day, fitness enthusiasts toting water bottles and earbuds stream to Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta to test their strength and endurance. They make the 1-mile climb to the top of the 825-foot granite outcrop or navigate the sidewalks and trails that surround it. Out of their view, on an adjacent side of […]