Новости за 17.01.2021

It's unclear how receptive Iran's leadership remains to renegotiate with world powers after President Donald Trump pulled out. But Europe sees a tight window of opportunity following the president-elect's inauguration on Wednesday.

A further 25 tennis players were forced into quarantine in Australia ahead of the season's first tennis major after another positive coronavirus test on a charter flight, taking the total number of competitors isolating in hotel rooms to 72 on Sunday.

Iran urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to avoid publishing "unnecessary" details on Tehran's nuclear program, state TV reported Sunday, a day after Germany, France and Britain said Tehran has "no credible civilian use" for its development of uranium metal.

As the commander, Brig. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead is responsible for leading the security efforts for the Capitol and the area around it, including the U.S. Supreme Court and the Library of Congress.

Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his "Wall of Sound" method and who later was convicted of murder, has died.

About 41 minutes after rioters first entered the U.S. Capitol through the smashed window, the last member of the last large group of House members to leave had been evacuated and was and headed for a secure location.

The World Central Kitchen started handing out meals Friday night. By Saturday evening, the organization had distributed about 4,000 meals. They don't plan on halting the special mobilization until Inauguration Day.

Advisers say President-elect Joe Biden has scripted a series of inaugural events built around the same unifying themes of post-partisanship and governmental competence that undergirded his campaign.

The threat of extremist groups descending on statehouses across the country in demonstrations Sunday prompted some governors to roll out a massive show of force and ramp up security, less than two weeks after a mob overran the nation's Capitol.

Global events have a way of forcing presidents to focus on defense — even when they’re reluctant to do so. President-elect Joe Biden is unlikely to be an exception.

NASA fired the four engines of its towering Space Launch System rocket for the first time Saturday after a decade of development, but the engines were cut off well short of the intended duration, a sign that something went wrong.

The Turkish coast guard said the ship was called ARVIN and the ship's had 12 crew members, including two Russians and 10 Ukrainians.

A.J. Walker had 15 points for Air Force (4-7, 2-5 Mountain West Conference), which broke its four-game losing streak.

John Carter Jr. had 14 points - six in overtime - and six rebounds for Navy (8-1, 5-0 Patriot League).

Between 2012 and 2016, Walters orchestrated a scheme to defraud Tricare and private health insurers by distributing compounded medications that were not needed, prosecutors said.

Police have arrested a man with a handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition at a checkpoint in Washington set up ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

Armed demonstrators gathered at the Texas Capitol in Austin on Saturday morning as law enforcement officials prepared for a demonstration that was scheduled to begin at noon local time.

Research suggests most people who recovered from covid-19 are immune for at least eight months. Yet epidemiologists are mostly still urging this population to get the vaccine if it's their turn in line.