Новости за 04.09.2017

A couple of years ago, Moschka Mohammadi was unable to read or write. Now, at 11, the young Afghan refugee is fluent in German, seamlessly translating between German and Dari with her parents at their dinner table as she arranges a visit to the orthodontist and the delivery of a new bed for her two […]

After North Korea carried out its most powerful nuclear test yet, the U.S. is pushing for even tougher measures to squeeze Kim Jong Un’s regime. But how much further can they go? “People need to cut off North Korea economically,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who’s drafting a new sanctions package for President Trump to […]

Australia is having a worse flu season than usual this year, with 93,711 laboratory-confirmed cases reported to its National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System as of August 18, government data show. That’s almost 2½ times more infections than in the same period last year. According to a surveillance system report, adults over the age of 80 […]

As Harvey’s rainfall tapered off over the weekend in Texas, the region is starting to take stock of the damage as it enters the next phase of recovery. Cleanup efforts are underway after the deadly storm. But, with rivers still full and floodwaters only starting to recede, officials say it will be a long time […]

Daniel Castano matched a State College Spikes single-season record with his ninth victory of the year, and the Spikes kept their playoff hopes alive with an 8-0 win over the Auburn Doubledays on Sunday night at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

President Donald Trump is expected to end a program that protected undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children — so-called “Dreamers” — from deportation, four sources familiar with the decision told CNN. Two of the sources said the plan is to have a six-month delay in any action regarding the Deferred Action […]

Patricia Holloway hovered over her 15-year-old triplets crouched in the closet and prayed as the wind whistled and a tornado ripped shingles off the roof. Holloway’s sister, who had also squeezed into the closet, recited Psalm 91, a Psalm of protection. A third sibling called as Hurricane Harvey whipped the trees around Holloway’s Cypress, Texas, […]

When lawmakers return this week from the August recess, they’ll face a bevy of must-do tasks, but chief among them is a long-held Republican agenda item: comprehensive tax reform. Enthusiasm levels are high for the mountainous challenge, as tax reform is a widely popular idea, and Republicans are desperate for a major legislative accomplishment they […]

A North Korean nuclear test — labeled by experts as the pariah state’s most powerful ever — drew rebuke from around the globe, including from North Korea’s strongest ally, with several nations joining forces to come up with an appropriate response. The United States, Japan, France, the United Kingdom and South Korea quickly requested an […]

Seventh-generation cattle rancher Brandon Cutrer watched as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey began to rise, threatening to engulf his family farm. The deadly storm that turned Houston streets into rivers was also transforming vast swathes of grazing land into lakes, destroying crops and stranding countless cattle across southeastern Texas. Cutrer’s family has 2,000 cattle in Brazoria […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel traded blows with her election rival, Martin Schulz, in a live TV debate Sunday night, three weeks before the country’s federal election. The pair sparred over the right course of action in North Korea, after Sunday’s nuclear bomb test. President Donald Trump “is not the right person to solve this conflict,” […]