Новости за 15.04.2017

While the world watched the latest round of saber-rattling between Washington and Pyongyang, North Korea staged a massive rally and military parade Saturday to mark the 105th anniversary of its national founder, Kim Il Sung. There weren't any nuclear tests or ballistic missile launches to mark the day. But concerns the rising tensions could lead to a real conflict were on the minds of many Koreans on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone. ...

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday he does not view recent U.S. missile strikes on ally Syria as a message for Iran, which he called a "powerful country" that the U.S. cannot harm. ...

Emma Morano, at 117 the world's oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died Saturday at her home in northern Italy, her physician said. ...

Italian rescue ships have plucked some 2,000 migrants from unseaworthy smugglers' boats off the coast of Libya, with hundreds of them arriving Saturday in southern Italian ports. ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea paraded its intercontinental ballistic missiles in a massive military display in central Pyongyang on Saturday, with ruler Kim Jong Un looking on with delight as his nation flaunted its increasingly sophisticated military hardware amid rising regional tensions. ...

A stalled population transfer resumed Saturday after a deadly explosion killed at least 100, including children, government supporters and opposition fighters, at an evacuation point — adding new urgency to the widely criticized operation. ...

A small fire at a downtown casino on Friday night represented the second fire on the property of a Las Vegas casino in less than 24 hours. ...

I am especially mindful of this subject — man’s inhumanity to man — because today is Easter and if Christianity around the world is celebrating anything it is the magnificence of the human spirit coupled with a sincere faith that man can be better, do better and act better toward his fellow man. ...

In the annals of public relations disasters, this ranks up there with Volkswagen cooking the books on its diesel engine fuel efficiency and Wells Fargo’s stiffing patrons with fraudulent accounts. Ah, free enterprise. ...

Three major clean energy bills were passed through their respective committees this week at the Nevada Legislature to get them a step closer to becoming law ...

Now that President Donald Trump is in office, people are watching to see what he will do on everything related to public lands, from cattle grazing to national parks ...

While sitting dead-center in the Venetian’s cavernous Opaline Theatre and allowing the warmth of Steely Dan’s 1977 jazz-rock opus “Aja” to wash over me ...

Demetrious Johnson had just finished an open workout on a muggy spring afternoon when the UFC flyweight champion was asked about the impressive haul of title belts he has amassed over the years. Did that ever set off a diatribe. In rant that was half-serious, half-joking, the man ...

Here’s the latest installment of the Play of the Day, which uses odds from the South Point. Our three sports writers started with ...

Sometimes the bumbling bozos in charge of the NFL just can't help themselves. Or maybe they've been so afraid of Las Vegas for so long that they automatically start hyperventilating every time ...

UNLV golf Dwaine Knight is a little too soft-spoken to play the Godfather, but with the way his championship ring sits on his hand, it’s easy to imagine younger coaches waiting outside his office, rehearsing their ...

Fearing a mass shooting, authorities chased nearly 800 leads in search of a Wisconsin man they believed had a cache of stolen firearms and had written of his desire to commit violent acts against ...

North Korea rolled out intercontinental ballistic missiles and other military hardware at a massive parade on Saturday to celebrate the birthday of the country's late founder ...

A train with about 1,200 passengers became stuck in a tunnel between New York and New Jersey for nearly three hours on Friday, and the chaotic scene escalated to pandemonium when ...

Is the Force still strong with Luke Skywalker?

He was the first black man to play in the major leagues, ending six decades of racial segregation, and a first-ballot Hall of Famer ...

The number of militants killed in an attack by the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military has risen to 94 ...

The Navy is investigating a decorated SEAL who moonlights as a porn actor ...

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are claiming success with the first in a new series of test flights involving an upgraded version of a nuclear bomb that has been part of ...

There can be no winners in a war between the U.S. and North Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile programs, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, while pledging support for ...