Новости за 13.08.2018

On the eve of Omarosa Manigault Newman's book release, Trump tweeted scathing criticism of his former top-level aide.

In the age of fast-paced social media, the pressure to perform has reached new heights. Like many entertainers who dream of reaching the top, YouTube stars are discovering it's not all fun and games.

"For peace and prosperity of the world as well as those of the Korean peninsula," reads a short statement issued by South Korea's Blue House on Monday

Some workers say wages and living conditions have improved. Farms have also committed to providing five annual paid sick days, five paid vacation days and to meet housing health and safety standards.

The collapse occurred shortly after the headliner at a concert tried to pump up the crowd by telling people to jump, witnesses told a local news site.

Witnesses told a local news site that the collapse occurred shortly after the concert headliner tried to pump up the crowd by telling people to jump.

Senior officials from North and South Korea met Monday and scheduled a September date for a third summit between South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

A small group of white supremacists gathered near the White House Sunday in Lafayette Park. They were protected by a huge police presence keeping them separated from hundreds of counterdemonstrators.

The world record for the longest chain of mini dominoes was in the process of coming together. It takes a day to set up 4,000 tiny tiles. The record was thwarted when a fly triggered the dominoes.

In some cities, people have fallen in love with motorized scooters. The Los Angeles Times reports some people in that city have damaged scooters, throwing them off balconies or in the ocean.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige headed off a challenge from Rep. Colleen Hanabusa in the state's Democratic primary. Voter turnout was once again low in this solidly blue state.

The administration takes aim at a law designed to protect military members from shady lending practices. Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman says she secretly audio taped her firing.

There's been a deadly explosion at an arms depot in the rebel-held Syrian town of Idlib. At least 12 children are reported among the dead. Dozens of people are missing.

Outrage over the administration's policy of family separations at the border prompted an outpouring of donations to bond funds. People are giving so detained immigrants can post bond and be released.

Noel King talks to Elmira Bayrasli — who served in the State Department during the Clinton administration, and now teaches international affairs at Bard College — about the tariffs.

David Greene talks to Thomas Erdbrink of The New York Times about the series he produced for Frontline documenting life inside Iran which airs Monday and Tuesday night on PBS.

Last December, the ex-White House aide secretly audio taped her firing over the alleged misuse of a government car. The recording was played Sunday during her appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.

The Baltimore Police Department announced on Sunday that it has accepted the resignation of an officer who was seen in a video posted on social media repeatedly punching a man on the street.

David Greene checks in with David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, for context and comment on President Trump's latest tweets on trade and the economy.

Hawaii Governor David Ige headed off a challenge from Rep. Colleen Hanabusa in the state's Democratic primary. Voter turnout was once again low in this solidly blue state.

The West Virginia House of Delegates Monday considers the impeachment of four state Supreme Court justices who are accused of corruption. The fifth has already resigned and is facing federal charges.

Friday's interview with the organizer of last year's deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., stirred controversy. Critics argue NPR erred by giving Kessler a platform for his views.

In the past century, many Americans have lost the ability to sit in a way that doesn't strain their backs. Specialists say we could take a lesson from excellent sitters from other cultures.

Syria's President Bashar Assad is on the verge of winning the war. But refugee activists are waging new battles against the regime from Europe.

On the band's ninth album, Ben Gibbard addresses an array of life's aftermaths, set against propulsive arrangements that know just when to sparkle and sway.