Новости за 21.05.2016

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The Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), the Russian equivalent of the DEA, has been dismantled in a sudden move that apparently took the head of the agency completely by surprise.

Viktor Ivanov who, like Vladimir Putin, is a former KGB agent, has been in the Russian leader’s inner circle for decades. Following the shutdown, Ivanov posted to his Facebook: “Comrades and fellow soldiers…I want to apologize that I couldn’t save our organization. We protected our national... Читать дальше...

Kris Osborn

U.S. Army, South China Sea

“The ground element of the Pacific rebalance is important to ensure the stability in the region." 

Senior Army and Pentagon strategists and planners are considering ways to fire existing weapons platforms in new ways around the globe – including the possible placement of mobile artillery units in areas of the South China Sea to, if necessary, function as air-defense weapons to knock incoming rockets and cruise missiles out of the sky. Читать дальше...

Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said Saturday it could not corroborate France’s Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for civil aviation safety (BEA) confirmation of smoke aboard the EgyptAir plane before it disappeared from radar screens on Thursday.

Kris Osborn

U.S. Army, United States

The Army is expanding its training and “live-fire” weapons focus to include a renewed ability to fight a massive enemy force.

The Army’s “live-fire” combat exercises involve large-scale battalion-on-battalion war scenarios wherein mechanized forces often clash with make-shift, “near-peer” enemies using new technologies, drones, tanks, artillery, missiles and armored vehicles.

The Army is expanding its training and “live-fire”... Читать дальше...

Rajiv Narandas will be looking to help inmates get fit and healthy, as he plans to donate all of his gym equipment to the prison where he is due to spend the next 15 years.

Alison Brie and Dave Franco could be getting hitched any day now. "We keep kinda paring it down—to the point we might elope," Franco told me at the premiere of his new...

Having just held on for victory against St Kilda a fortnight ago, and conceded eight of the last 10 goals against Essendon last week, there was a feeling unbeaten North Melbourne was vulnerable against Carlton on Saturday night.

Scrum domination could genuinely be the key to victory in the crunch clash between the Bulls and the Stormers at Loftus.

For Donald Trump to win the White House in November, he'll need the votes of women like lifelong Republican Wendy Emery.

Canberra Olympic have kept the pressure on the competition frontrunners with an important 2-1 win over a ten-man Woden-Weston at Woden Park on Saturday night.

'It's the best quote of 2016, so it just felt right to get the tattoos.'

The Prime Minister and his accomplished wife may sit clear at the top of this year's list of Canberra's power couples, but they share with the large majority of the pairings the thread of government work.

Will the Hammers push harder for the French international?

The NFL owners will decide on Tuesday which three cities will host the Super Bowls in 2019, 2020 and 2021, and that decision is expected to show that building a new stadium or rehabbing an old one is the path to hosting America’s biggest sporting event. Atlanta, Los Angeles and Miami are likely to host…

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — For Donald Trump to win the White House in November, he'll need the votes of women like lifelong Republican Wendy Emery.

Yet Emery, a 52-year-old from the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, can't commit to voting for her party's presumptive presidential nominee. While white voters continue to abandon the Democratic Party, small gains with white women could help put likely nominee Clinton over the top if the November election is close. Democrats believe these women could open up opportunities for Clinton in North Carolina, where President Barack Obama lost the state narrowly in 2012, and in Georgia, a Republican stronghold that Democrats hope to make competitive. Читать дальше...

Drinking a pint of beer will become a lot more scientific this week in the capital.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Koreans marched in one of Seoul's busiest leisure districts on Saturday to protest the stabbing death of a 23-year-old woman. Her death has struck a nerve in a country where, despite its…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Koreans marched in one of Seoul's busiest leisure districts on Saturday to protest the stabbing death of a 23-year-old woman. Her death has struck a nerve in a country where, despite its…