Новости за 22.07.2021

The U.S. Department of State announced Thursday a special envoy for Haiti in wake of assassination of its president earlier this month.

Comedy Central released a trailer for Season 2 of 'Awkwafina is Nora From Queens' Season 2 and announced a slate of guest stars that includes Margaret Cho, Alan Kim, Ross Butler and more.

A pair of warships from Iran's navy were spotted sailing through the Baltic Sea Thursday on their way to St. Petersburg, Russia, for a naval parade taking place later this month.

A top Navy admiral said this week that the service's next-generation attack submarine will have the strongest parts of its predecessors -- including payload, speed, acoustics, sensors, availability and service life.

Britain has invested $268 million for an additional 13 Protector drone aircraft, Defense Minister Jeremy Queen announced Thursday during a visit to GKN Aerospace.

A computer network outage Thursday temporarily took down a number of websites belonging to a variety of companies -- including Delta Air Lines and Amazon.

South Korea expressed regret after Vietnamese authorities cremated the body of a South Korean national who may have died due to COVID-19 complications.

YouTube has removed videos Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro posted to his channel for violating rules against making false COVID-19 claims.

K-pop star D.O. released a preview of his video for "Rose," the title track from his EP "Empathy."

Guinea announced Wednesday it has withdrawn its contingent of athletes from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Thanks to a breakthrough in RNA manipulation, crop scientists have developed new potato and rice varieties with higher yields and increased drought tolerance.

Tokyo's government on Thursday reported nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19, 91 connected with the Olympics, the day before the Opening Ceremony.

A video filmed aboard an amusement park ride on the Jersey Shore captured the moment a 13-year-old girl collided with a seagull.

A satellite phone signal was picked up from a location near the Pakistan-China border after a disabled South Korean climber went missing in the Himalayas.

International pressure and threats to impose sanctions on Lebanese political leaders to force agreement on the formation of a new government to deliver reforms and save the country from crisis are leading nowhere.

U.S. Northern Command ran its third Global Information Dominance experiment earlier this month, according to a Thursday announcement.

Warner Bros. released the latest trailer for "Dune" on Thursday. The trailer shows Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) dreaming of Chani (Zendaya) before ultimately meeting her on planet Arrakis.

Billie Eilish will perform her new album during "Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles," a concert film premiering on Disney+ in September.

The 2020-21 flu season was the lightest on record since at least 1997, the first year in which cases of the virus were tracked, according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A New York attorney was one of the last victims identified at the site of the Miami-area condo tower that collapsed last month, which killed almost 100 people.

Tommy Dorfman, who played Ryan Shaver on "13 Reasons Why," confirmed she is a transgender woman.

In a sign that the fraying relationship between the two countries is improving, Jordan's King Abdullah II made a series of visits July 19-22, 2021, around Washington, D.C., with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and leaders in the House and Senate. Here's a look at his visit.

Twitter says it's testing the possible additions of two new features to let users react to posts on the social platform -- a thumbs up and a thumbs down.

Team USA beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb tested positive for COVID-19 and will not participate in the 2020 Summer Games, the Honolulu native announced Thursday on Instagram.

China issued a rare statement of gratitude after Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen conveyed concerns over the impact of deadly floods.