Новости за 22.08.2016

A robot directs you to your stadium seat, while artificial meteorites streak across the sky. Down below, hundreds of performers decked out in traditional Japanese costumes glide through the arena. You take all this in, as a multilingual translation app on your smartphone describes what’s going on. It sounds like science fiction, but this is […]

Here’s a triple treat for chocolate lovers…chocolate cream puffs with a rich, velvety chocolate-orange filling that’s topped with a homemade chocolate syrup. Yum! —Agnes Ward, Stratford, Ontario View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

For a nation known for its obsession for gold, Team China seemed to have had a rough time in Rio de Janeiro. The country came in third place in the gold medal count at the 2016 Summer Games, trailing the United States and Great Britain. Eight years ago in Beijing, China sat on top with […]

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shocked his audience on Sunday after he swayed and gripped the podium two hours into a live television address. With sweat pouring down his face, the audience gasped as Lee’s expression turned blank and he started to fall. The Singaporean leader didn’t collapse but had to be helped off […]

For a nation known for its obsession for gold, Team China seemed to have had a rough time in Rio de Janeiro. The country came in third place in the gold medal count at the 2016 Summer Games, trailing the United States and Great Britain. Eight years ago in Beijing, China sat on top with […]

Hakki Okur’s family was searching hospitals for him Sunday morning after an explosion at a Kurdish wedding in Turkey killed at least 51 people. The 14-year-old boy’s sister had last seen him running away after a small explosion at 11 p.m. Saturday, said his cousin Mesut Bozkurt. Suddenly, a larger explosion knocked the sister to […]

While much of the debate over America’s security policy during this presidential campaign has centered on the response to specific attacks — Brussels, Orlando, Nice — a remarkable thing happened earlier this month. Quietly, without much attention, the Obama administration released an important policy document into the public domain, one that has previously been classified […]

Resale tickets to the women’s final at the upcoming U.S. Open are selling for unprecedented prices. At an average resale price of $520, tickets to see the women’s final on September 10 are only 18% cheaper than the men’s final — which is the closest the tournaments have come in price since SeatGeek began tracking […]

On Thursday night, Donald Trump did the unthinkable. Sometimes, he admitted, I say “the wrong thing.” But Trump wants you to know he “regrets it … particularly where it may have caused too much personal pain.” At the end of the day, though, his apology doesn’t matter. Not just because Donald Trump hasn’t given us […]

NBC isn’t exactly racing across the finish line in Rio. The network’s Summer Olympics ratings have been particularly weak in the final few days of competition. Saturday, which featured track and field events and Matt Lauer’s interview with Ryan Lochte, was the lowest-rated night of the games yet. The closing ceremony will take place on […]

An Irish woman live-tweeted her journey to the United Kingdom to have an abortion this weekend. The woman, and a friend who accompanied her, began posting early Saturday morning from the Twitter account Two Women Travel. Abortion is illegal in the Republic of Ireland, except in certain circumstances, and more than 165,000 women traveled from […]

Eliud Kipchoge won marathon gold for Kenya on the final day of competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics to maintain his dominance in the grueling distance event. The 31-year-old Kenyan crossed the line after 42.1 km (26.2 miles) in two hours, eight minutes and 44 seconds, finishing over a minute clear of second-placed Feyisa Lilesa […]

A pair of suicide car bombings struck a government building in Somalia on Sunday, killing 23 people, including two attackers, authorities said. Many of the fatalities are students and local traders who were at a nearby school and market in the town of Galkayo, police said. One bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into the main […]

The US swept aside Serbia 96-66 Sunday to claim its third straight Olympic men’s basketball crown, and the final gold medal of Rio 2016. Victory was never in doubt after a dominant second quarter, inspired by Kevin Durant, which saw the Americans pull 23 points clear at halftime. Durant finished with 30 points, 18 in […]

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte insulted and threatened to leave the United Nations in response to criticism of his approach to drug crime since taking office. The pugnacious new leader made the comments in a speech Sunday in Davao City, the southern Filipino city where he served as mayor for over two decades. “Maybe we’ll just […]