Новости за 13.09.2018

Mangkhut’s forecast track lurches northwest, bringing it slightly closer to Hong Kong by mid-afternoon Sunday.

Mangkhut re-strengthens, forecast to plow over northern Luzon early Saturday packing 167-mph sustained winds.

The House on Thursday approved a $147 billion package to fund the Energy Department, veterans' programs and the legislative branch. It came a day after the Senate passed the measure. The bill now goes to White House, where President Donald Trump is expected to sign it.

Servicemembers in Japan, Kuwait and Alaska came together Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. for what was billed as the “world’s biggest USO tour.”

Base tours offer an easy way to see Europe with other members of the military community. Here is a sampling of trips scheduled as of Sept. 14.

Members of the Oregon Air National Guard's 125th Special Tactics Squadron are on their way to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to help with Hurricane Florence relief.

The European Union's foreign policy chief on Thursday added her voice to a string of western officials urging the people of Macedonia to vote in a referendum on a deal with Greece that could enable the former Yugoslav republic's NATO and EU accession.

Tokyo is home to several world-class museums, displaying everything from Japanese artifacts to contemporary anime-inspired art pieces. One unique museum in the sprawling metropolis pays homage not to an artist or ancient civilization, but to a beloved companion to Japan’s rich culinary history: Beer.

It's called the Waffle House Index, and FEMA monitors it. Seriously. Waffle Houses are known for staying open through anything. So when the company decides to close one of its locations because of bad weather, it means the storm is an unusually bad threat.

There is no shortage of restaurants in Venice, a city that’s on just about every checklist for those visiting Italy.

The city of La Spezia, Italy, is billed as the gateway to Cinque Terre, a set of five coastal villages that has become ubiquitous on bucket lists and Instagram feeds in recent years. Search for things to do in La Spezia on TripAdvisor, the popular tourism website, and the first several results are day trips to Cinque Terre.

Lack of preparation, the research shows, is caused by cognitive biases that lead people to underplay warnings and make poor decisions even when they have the information they need.

More than 200 veterans receiving treatment at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in coastal Virginia were loaded onto buses Wednesday afternoon and dispersed among five other VA hospitals throughout Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said this week he thinks of Noah Furbush as a future NFL player. "I certainly have a passion for football," Noah Furbush said Wednesday, "but my dream and my goal has always been to be a pilot in the military."

Army Secretary Mark Esper has told reporters he wants to assess on the ground "how they're making sure that we have good quality control across all of the programs, and then what are they doing on the management side to make sure" there's no repeat of quality issues that have marred production of the new self-propelled howitzer.

An organization representing professors has urged the U.S. Naval Academy to rescind the firing of a tenured professor who was often critical of the school.

The U.S.-led United Nations Command on Thursday approved planned border crossings for South Koreans and material to build a new communication building and to open a new liaison office in a North Korean border village.

As the wife of the vice president, Karen Pence knows she's been given a few privileges to effect change. So she is looking for ways to help military spouses overcome the challenges that come with being wed to active-duty servicemembers.

In Las Vegas, the ultimate sand trap-turned-capital of capitalism, there’s no better byword for sophistication than the Cosmopolitan. Its 20-plus suites, known as the Boulevard Penthouses, are the most coveted rooms in town, largely because they’re priceless. The only way in is by invitation, which means fronting over a million dollars (and preferably two) at the Reserve, the hotel’s private, three-room casino on the 75th floor. It’s a gaming experience so exclusive that not even James Bond could charm his way through the door.

Kofi Annan, the soft-spoken diplomat who served as the first United Nations secretary-general from sub-Saharan Africa, was laid to rest Thursday in Ghana.

Excited about Monday’s 70th Emmy Awards? Probably not. That’s an educated guess based on shrinking interest in entertainment’s back-slapping ceremonies generally and television’s biggest night in particular.

U.S. forces in Somalia came under attack earlier this week, prompting a defensive air strike against a militant group aligned with al-Qaida, U.S. Africa Command said Thursday.

The Suwalki Gap is a vulnerable corridor along NATO’s eastern flank, and some military analysts fear that U.S. and allied soldiers are badly exposed as they operate near the 45-mile corridor as part of NATO Battle Group Poland.

An 8-ton marble monument to Guglielmo Marconi dedicated by American signal soldiers 45 years ago is to be hauled off base and handed over to local Italians for a planned museum.

Three of six young Marine recruits who became critically ill last fall after eating undercooked hamburgers at Marine Corps Recruit Depo San Diego have filed lawsuits against the foodservice company Sodexo Inc.