Новости за 29.11.2018

There’s electricity in the air during the Christmas season in Japan. Santa’s little helpers have been at work stringing lightbulbs around the city of Sapporo on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido — and many more will light up other Japanese cities in the leadup to the end-of-the-year holidays.

The Church of Gesu Nuovo’s austere facade, with its dark, diamond-shaped bricks, conceals an interior adorned with frescoes, ornate sculptures, vaulted ceilings and a shrine to a modern saint.

I had dined at the Roadhouse chain of restaurants before while visiting the Tiare shopping mall near Villesse just a few miles from the Italian border with Slovenia.

Family members will hold a vigil this week for a Fort Bragg soldier who was fatally shot in northeast Raleigh, N.C., one year ago while on leave. Police have not made an arrest in the death of Spc. Jose Juan Melendez.

Coach Jeff Monken continues to open eyes around college football with Army's first national ranking heading into the service-academy rivalry with Navy in 22 years.

Reports of possible exposures to rabies, the deadly virus that killed a soldier seven years ago, more than doubled in southern Germany-based troops in 2016 primarily because of deployments to Egypt and Eastern Europe, according to a new report.

The top tier of Democratic hopefuls includes a quartet of senators preparing for a campaign with powerful fundraising networks, viral Twitter accounts, and strong ambitions: Kamala Harris of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York.

A vocational rehabilitation counselor at the VA Regional Office in Waco, Texas, is Craig Colton's friendly, gregarious nature quickly puts the people he meets at ease, the kind of guy most people would want to have a beer with. That's what makes Colton good at his job and why he so easily earns the trust of those he is trying to help.

Investigators say four soldiers from the Central Texas post in 2014 showed Army identification and hid immigrants under military gear to get through the Sarita checkpoint.

As many as 90,000 ailing “Blue Water Navy” veterans are likely to have to wait for a new Congress to see legislation passed that would make them eligible for Agent Orange-related disability compensation and VA-paid health care.

Authorities say they have arrested a suspect in a Thanksgiving night shooting at an Alabama shopping mall where police killed a man they thought was the shooter.

Installment plans have helped shoppers afford large purchases since the late 19th century and are still available for pricey items like cars and smartphones. But to delay payment for a T-shirt and a couple pairs of jeans, you needed a credit card. Now several fintech startups are putting smaller purchases on installment, too.

In his latest saber-rattling intervention, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Turkey can't stand by while it's menaced by the Kurds. The "days when we will crush terrorists are very near," he said. The president then chaired a five-hour meeting of the National Security Council.

The two Koreas on Friday will begin an 18-day joint field survey of railway sections in the east and the west with South Korea sending a train into the North for the first time in more than a decade.

China again warned the U.S. against stoking military tensions after two American warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the third such show of force by the Navy this year.

A key broker of the latest deal to end South Sudan's civil war diverted European weapons to South Sudan's military despite an EU arms embargo, a new report says. It also asks how a U.S. military jet ended up deployed in South Sudan in possible violation of arms export controls.

Syria's warring sides and the mediators meeting in Kazakhstan failed to agree on the formation of a committee meant to draft a new constitution for the war-torn country, the U.N. special envoy to Syria said Thursday, calling it a "missed opportunity."

Opening statements are set to begin Thursday in the murder trial of self-professed neo-Nazi James Fields Jr., accused of intentionally ramming his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a violent rally of white supremacists here 15 months ago.

Ukraine’s president urged NATO on Thursday to send warships into the Sea of Azov, as President Donald Trump announced he was canceling a planned meeting with Russia's president over the seizure of Ukrainian ships and crews this week.

The real problem is that many states have outdated registration rolls and voting procedures that have failed to keep up with population growth.

As an attorney with LegalHealth, I find far too many veteran clients who are seeking services not only for themselves, but care for others.

When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car. What he didn't know is that Tesla constantly sends information about the precise location of his car to the Chinese government.

Without power, Capt. Jonathan "Holster" Morgan's beloved F-16 had turned into a $22 million glider, and at its controls, he was hurtling like a driver with no brakes. Morgan had to maneuver 38,000 pounds of metal and fuel away from the nation's capital.

Without power, Capt. Jonathan "Holster" Morgan's beloved F-16 had turned into a $22 million glider, and at its controls, he was hurtling like a driver with no brakes. Morgan had to maneuver 38,000 pounds of metal and fuel away from the nation's capital.

A U.S. Air Force airman has pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact with a child while at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.