Новости за 03.04.2021

The $42.8 billion wind farm, to be built over the next decade off the southwest coast of the country, would generate up to 8.2 gigawatts of power, one of a catalog of grand projects the government wants to roll out with private sector backing to meet its ambition of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.

The company commander of an ordnance disposal unit at Fort Campbell, Ky., broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest mile run by a woman wearing a bomb disposal suit Saturday at George Mason University.

As CEO of a Michigan-based telecommunications company, Marty Tibbitts seemingly led a charmed life, until he died in a plane crash in July 2018. Nearly three years after his death, prosecutors are alleging that Tibbitts was involved with drug trafficking and had plans to design an underwater drone meant to shuttle cocaine to Europe.

Jordanian authorities detained the kingdom's former crown prince and arrested nearly 20 other people Saturday after what officials called a "threat to the country's stability."

For any company doing business in China, the choice is now clearer than ever: Avoid commenting on any controversial subjects or risk losing access to the world's second-largest economy.

Italy entered a nationwide coronavirus lockdown Saturday to deter Easter travel and get-togethers even as the country's variant-fueled spike in new infections began to wane.

Changes to Russia's law on "foreign agents" are threatening to close some of the country's oldest rights organizations, even reversing the victories of dissidents such as Andrei Sakharov in the final years of the Soviet Union.

It began with a single watchman hired to safeguard the new Capitol building in the country's new capital in 1800. John Golding was the first member of what eventually became the U.S. Capitol Police, a force that grew to 2,300 officers over the course of the next two centuries.

It was not immediately clear if or how many children could be placed at the camp, which is located along the Salinas River almost directly between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Jordanian authorities detained the kingdom's former crown prince and arrested nearly 20 other people Saturday after what officials called a "threat to the country's stability."

With Friday's guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that fully vaccinated people can travel again at low risk to themselves, millions of Americans got the green light to start planning their next trips.

Britain's medicines regulator is urging people to continue taking the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, despite revealing that seven people in the U.K. have died from rare blood clots after getting the jab.

During his first news conference, President Joe Biden became especially passionate when discussing a law being pressed by lawmakers in Georgia that he said was intended to make it harder for people to vote. He reiterated those concerns the next day in a written statement. Biden earned four Pinocchios from the Washington Post.

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer will try to win her third national championship on Sunday when the Cardinal face Pac-12 rival and first-time finalist Arizona.

The Canada-U.S. border remains closed to most travelers, as it has been for more than a year, threatening airlines, hotels and tourism businesses with a second barren summer.

White House officials have struggled to define Vice President Kamala Harris's directive to stem a surge of migrants at the southern border. They have recently emphasized that her focus is on the Northern Triangle countries of Central America and on the underlying causes of migration - not the more politically sensitive question of what to do with people once they arrive.

An annoyed Philippine defense chief renewed a demand on Saturday for dozens of Chinese vessels to leave a Manila-claimed reef in the South China Sea.

The Russian government has already moved to develop other environmentally sensitive areas in Siberia and the Arctic to tap energy resources and potential shipping corridors as climate change opens new routes. Baikal, however, is a particularly delicate battle for the Kremlin.

While the Customs and Border Protection agency has never claimed to interdict every border crosser, the number of so-called "got-aways" recorded in recent weeks is the highest in recent memory, according to CBP officials familiar with the data.

Preliminary enforcement data for March confirms what border officials have been saying for weeks: The number of migrants crossing into the United States has skyrocketed to the highest levels in at least 15 years

At the center of Kabul, a city of traditional bazaars and tattered shopping malls, horse-drawn carts and crumbling streets thronged with automobile traffic, lies a heavily fortified district that is a mystery to most Afghans.

The collection is an informal hall of fame for generations of male and female drummers, horn players, flag spinners, baton twirlers, rifle throwers, and saber wielders.

All midshipmen, who are not on restriction or have other military duties, will have liberty Saturday through Monday, although there are different time restrictions based on the class.

The Gold Star Family Fellowship Program, established in 2019, provides employment opportunities for families who have lost loved ones in the line of duty in the U.S. military.

Sen. Jim Inhofe, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, "has been briefed on the situation and has been assured that the base and the Army are taking the necessary action," according to a spokesperson.