Новости за 18.06.2021

President Joe Biden touted a new COVID-19 milestone Friday with 300 million vaccinations administered within the first 150 days of his presidency, but also warned more effort is needed to defeat the pandemic.

A Michigan man said the scratch-off lottery ticket that earned him a $500,000 jackpot nearly ended up in the trash when he misread it as a losing ticket.

BALTOPS 50, the expanded annual NATO naval exercise which this year included defensive cyberwarfare tactics, concluded successfully on Friday, NATO announced.

A Nova Scotia lumberjack who rescued three young crows from a felled tree said the birds are now thriving -- and he's taught them how to log roll.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged residents to vote in nationwide elections Friday, but many expect hard-line front-runner Ebrahim Raisi to cruise to victory, replacing Hassan Rouhani.

Hyundai is under fire from customer complaints that the Ioniq 5 leaks coolant within the first months of usage.

President Joe Biden has lifted a 25% tariff on Scotch whiskey and other goods being imported from the European Union.

B-52H Stratofortress bombers flew from Spain to Louisiana in a long-range mission over the Arctic and Pacific Oceans, the U.S. Air Force said on Friday.

Catholic bishops on Friday voted to develop new guidelines on communion in a possible step toward denying the sacrament to elected officials such as President Joe Biden who support abortion rights.

An overdue book is on its way back to a California after being found by a man whose mother failed to return it by the June 2, 1950, due date.

New rules were issued this week for military personnel seeking to charge the government for medical malpractice, a change from a policy begun in 1950.

COVID-19 "vaccination access deserts" exist in New York City, even with more than half the population considered fully vaccinated, an analysis published Friday by JAMA Network Open found.

A New Hampshire homeowner's security camera recorded the moment a bear wandered up to a car parked in the driveway, opened the door and went inside.

Taylor Swift will be releasing a new, re-recorded version of her 2012 album Red on Nov. 19.

The U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 1, led by the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, arrived in Hawaii for training, the Navy announced on Friday.

Space tourism company Space Perspective successfully flew a prototype of its giant stratospheric balloon 20 miles high over Florida early Friday, the company announced.

A New York dog who fled from a sitter in Manhattan was found seven days later in Queens after crossing between the boroughs via the Queens Midtown Tunnel.

Denmark soccer star Christian Eriksen underwent a successful heart operation and was released from a hospital Friday in Copenhagen, the Danish Football Association said.

A visitor to Boston's New England Aquarium was allowed to enter the facility for free using a ticket that was issued in 1983.

Universal Pictures released a new interview with "Candyman" director Nia DaCosta in which she discusses the influence of Juneteenth on the horror film.

"Flash" movie director Andy Muschietti posted on Instagram Friday the first look at the Supergirl costume Sasha Calle will be donning in the film.

Canada will keep its border with the United States closed to non-essential travel for at least one more month, the federal government announced Friday in Ottawa.

Toymakers are entering another nervous holiday season amid the coronavirus pandemic and shipping incidents such as the blockage of the Suez Canal in March.

Researchers at the University of Bath, in Britain, have developed a new graphene-based material that significantly reduces aircraft engine noise.

Demonstrators participated in the annual SlutWalk to protest violence against women in central Jerusalem on June 18, 2021. Here's a look at the march. Photographs by UPI Photographer Debbie Hill.