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Over the past 11 years, people around the world have turned to online video as a rich medium to help explore, share, and celebrate who they are. It makes us incredibly proud that over these years, YouTube has also become a platform where the LGBTQ community can express themselves, start new conversations, and create solidarity around the globe.

From commemorating Pride parades to opening up about transitions and explaining the ABCs of LGBT, YouTube is a place where anyone can belong no matter who they are or who they love. Читать дальше...

Today the Czech republic is meeting the Turkish national team and Croatia is meeting the Spanish national team as the Euro-2016 football championship is underway. Sputnik has decided to conduct a poll for all those die-hard sports fans.

Six ways to take care when travelling to Europe, or anywhere else...

Johannesburg - “Anything can happen anywhere and at any time,” says Theresa Szejwallo, managing director for The Travel Corporation (TTC) in South Africa.

“Europe has so worth seeing, and with a little bit of planning and awareness there's no reason not to visit.”

South African travellers are generally very resilient and don't let events such as the recent Paris and Brussels terror attacks cause panic or trip cancellation. Читать дальше...

Colonel Sanders: Tech Disruptor.

<em>It’s the perfect gastronomic experience, isn’t it? – something that tastes like delicious smoked pork belly without the artery-clogging saturated fat …</em>

Image source: Getty Images.

Hundreds of bees fitted with coloured number tags are being released from a London rooftop to help scientists find the insects' favourite haunts in the capital.

WASHINGTON — After flying through dangerous dark and cold, a rescue plane landed Tuesday at the South Pole to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science station, federal officials said. The plane arrived at the South Pole after a daring 1,500-mile, nine-hour trip from a British base on the Antarctic peninsula, according to

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces a number of uncertainties that require the Fed to proceed cautiously in raising interest rates.

The mother of a 2-year-old child who drowned last year in a Las Vegas community hot tub has been sentenced to up to five years of probation for felony child neglect. Vanessa Loftis sobbed during sentencing ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the special Olympic summit (all times local):

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the special Olympic summit (all times local):

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the special Olympic summit (all times local):

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the special Olympic summit (all times local):

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the special Olympic summit (all times local):

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach of Germany, center, speaks during the opening of the Olympic summit in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach of Germany arrives for the opening of the Olympic summit in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the special Olympic summit (all times local):

The Marine Corps general nominated to lead U.S. forces in Africa said Tuesday the United States has a small number of troops on the ground in Libya and no more are needed "at the moment."

We established CDP in the year 2000 because we could see that thousands of large corporations were playing a dominant role in organizing human society. Their rise is part of that other phenomenon sweeping across the world: globalization.

Globalization was originally understood as an economic force - a convenient shorthand to describe the process by which countries and regions of the world are veering towards greater economic integration, all facilitated by the exhilarating pace of technological change. Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky clerk who spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit against her because of a new state law…