Новости за 15.05.2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union scored a major victory in elections in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday. Preliminary results showed Merkel’s CDU receiving 33% of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia, or NRW, followed by the Social Democratic Party’s 31.4%. It’s a major upset for the SDP, in a state it […]

Michael Chang’s love of noodles should make his adopted home a perfect fit. But despite being world famous for its noodle dishes, Xi’an wasn’t a dream destination for the young tour guide. Growing up poor in eastern China, Chang crowded around one of the only two televisions in his village to watch Hong Kong soap […]

Here is a look at the life of the late Kim Jong Il, former Leader of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Details of his life were mysterious and varied from source to source. Personal: Birth date: February 16, 1942 (some sources say 1941) Death date: December 17, 2011 Birth place: Sources vary between Khabarovsk, Union […]

Here’s a look at the life of Ronald Reagan, 40th president of the United States. Personal: Birth date: February 6, 1911 Birth place: Tampico, Illinois Birth name: Ronald Wilson Reagan Father: John Edward Reagan, shoe salesman Mother: Nelle (Wilson) Reagan Marriages: Nancy (Davis) Reagan (March 4, 1952-June 5, 2004, his death); Jane Wyman (January 26, […]

The Anderson Creek Sportsmen’s Club would like to announce the winners of Sunday’s groundhog match.  The winners are: Unlimited Class: 1. Rich Gregorchick of Johnstown 2. Jeff Gates of Altoona  3. Jim O’Hara of Blairsville  Factory Class: 1. George Mock of Johnstown  2. Joe Lash of Johnstown  3. Tom Hamilton of Curwensville  Also, a side […]

North Korea said Sunday’s test-fire of a ground-to-ground ballistic missile proved the missile is capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead, state news agency KCNA said in a report Monday. The country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, supervised the launch of the Hwasong-12 missile that reached an altitude of 2,111.5 kilometers (1,312 miles) and flew 787 […]

Companies worldwide are bracing for even more fallout from the biggest cyberattack ever as their workers head back to the office Monday. The massive ransomware attacks that started late Friday have locked people out of their computers and demanded hundreds of dollars from the users before they could regain control. The attacks exploit a vulnerability […]

It was 18 feet long and built like a tank. Now its mummified remains have emerged from an oil sands mine in Canada. No, it’s not the plotline of a summer blockbuster. It’s science: breathtaking, take-you-back-in-time science. Meet nodosaur, the crown jewel of a newly opened dinosaur exhibit at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology […]

Three people have died from an Ebola outbreak in a remote northern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as health officials travel to the central African country in response to a rising number of suspected cases, the World Health Organization says. Last week, WHO reported one Ebola-related death and the possibility of two others. […]

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Sunday that he thinks US institutions are under assault from President Donald Trump. “I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally — and that’s the big news here is the Russian interference in our election system — and I think as well our […]