Новости за 21.12.2019

President Trump has signed a Space Force into existence, calling it the “largest investment in the U.S. military.” The force will be the first new branch added to the military in more than 60 years.

A North Carolina pastor is speaking out against the recent editorial in Christianity Today, which criticized President Trump. On Saturday, Pastor Tim Jones slammed the publication as being a well-known liberal and far-left leaning magazine in church circles.

Former Ambassador to North Korea Stephen Biegun was officially sworn in as the new Deputy Secretary for the Department of State on Saturday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed the news on Twitter.

The FISA Court that approved the Carter Page wiretap is now investigating the former FBI lawyer who approved the Page surveillance warrants. On Friday, declassified court documents revealed a judge ordered all matters involving Kevin Clinesmith to be identified and reassessed.

An apartment fire claimed the lives of several residents in downtown Las Vegas. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue workers said six people were killed in the blaze, which broke out in a three-story apartment building on Friday morning.

By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The head of Argentina´s new cabinet under President Alberto Fernandez said on Saturday that the government would make a series of belt-tightening "public

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promised in a speech on Saturday to dramatically expand state-run electricity company CFE's power generation business if private

President Trump has approved a new federal law, which will raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21. The legislation was signed by the president in the government spending bill on Friday. It will prohibit the sale of combustible cigarettes, e-cigarettes and any other tobacco products to those under 21 nationwide.

Facebook is facing yet another massive data breach, which exposed millions of user records. Reports said the personal information of 267 million people was left open on the dark web for nearly two weeks.

Authorities in New York dealt a major blow to the notorious street gang MS-13 in what they are calling the largest crackdown against the gang in state history. On Friday, 96 MS-13 gang members and associates were arrested and criminally charged in a Long Island court.

An Oklahoma man was arrested in connection to his girlfriend’s disappearance. On Friday, authorities confirmed 24-year-old Tanner Washington was charged with first degree murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend Faith Lindsey.

The House Majority Whip is saying he's prepared to sit on the articles of impeachment for as long as it takes. During an interview this week, Congressman James Clyburn said withholding the articles is a necessary step because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won't be fair or impartial.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has awarded bandwidth to three bidders in an auction that raised 5 trillion pesos ($1.5 billion) as part of efforts to improve mobile telephone services and expand internet

By Alun John and Donny Kwok HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong riot police swept into several shopping malls on Saturday, chasing off and arresting some anti-government Hong Kong demonstrators who had

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The group behind Nord Stream 2 said on Saturday it aimed to complete a pipeline to boost Russian gas supplies to Europe as soon as possible, after a major contractor suspended

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Catastrophic conditions fueled massive bushfires across Australia's New South Wales state on Saturday, with two blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South

Tim Hardaway Jr. made seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points to lift the visiting Dallas Mavericks past the Philadelphia 76ers, 117-98, on Friday.

By Nigam Prusty and Shilpa Jamkhandikar NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his council of ministers on Saturday to discuss security measures to end violent protests

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has approved Advent International's $5 billion purchase of defense company Cobham after the U.S. private equity group made commitments to address national security

By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea lashed back at the United States for taking issue with its human rights record on Saturday, saying Washington's "malicious words" would only aggravate

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - PG&E Corp's creditors have sweetened their offer to California wildfire victims, saying they are now prepared to pay $13.5 billion in cash upfront, according to a

By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Weeks after U.S. authorities brought a spying case against three Saudi nationals for digging up dissidents' personal data at Twitter, the company suspended tens

President Trump has signed a $1.4 trillion spending agreement, which will keep the government up and running through the 2020 fiscal year. He signed two spending packages, which contained 12 bills, on Friday after they cleared the House and Senate earlier this week.

BERLIN (Reuters) - The financial transaction tax on share dealing that 10 European countries hope to introduce from 2021 could be extended to cover trading in riskier assets, German finance minister

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) - The mayor of a Michigan steel town was attending his grandchildren's Christmas play Thursday evening when he got an unwelcome voicemail from an official of