Новости за 26.08.2015

Richard Tomkins
SUWANEE, Ga., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Meggitt Training Systems in Canada is to provide in-service support of small arms and indirect fire training devices to the country's military for $25 million.

Annie Martin
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Pierce Brosnan voiced his support for a black James Bond amid speculation Idris Elba will assume the iconic role from Daniel Craig.

Jared M. Feldschreiber
MOSCOW, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattal el-Sisi, and discussed trade cooperation and commitment to fight terrorism.

Richard Tomkins
ROME, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Fight testing of a European-made unmanned combat vehicle prototype has been completed at an Italian Air Force base.

Danielle Haynes
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Walmart officials Wednesday said the retail giant will no longer sell assault rifles, semi-automatic shotguns or high-capacity firearms.

Stephen Feller
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A proposed change to Medicare coverage of prosthetic devices would make it harder for many amputees to afford them, according to two amputee rights groups.

Brooks Hays
RAJA AMPAT, Indonesia, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A team of researchers, from Florida and the Netherlands, recently located a tiny creature living inside another creature.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Amber Rose and Blac Chyna will reportedly star on an MTV reality series that follows the pair as they pursue various ventures and raise their respective sons.

By Larry Fleisher, The Sports Xchange
NEW YORK -- When Carlos Gomez flied out in the sixth inning while the Houston Astros held a nine-run lead Tuesday night, the play seemed routine.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter revealed he will compete on "Dancing with the Stars" season 21 alongside Bindi Irwin and Victor Espinoza.

Ben Hooper
CHENNAI, India, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A sign posted at an Indian airport is making viral waves with its saucy-seeming English translation: "Eating carpet strictly prohibited."

Stephen Feller
BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Female mice whose mothers were exposed to low doses of arsenic early in pregnancy started puberty early and became obese as adults in lab tests.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- "Sons of Anarchy" creator Kurt Sutter is developing a spinoff to the hit FX show that reportedly focuses on the Mayans Motorcycle Club.

Brooks Hays
YUMA, Ariz., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Orion's parachute system passed its latest test on Wednesday, in which engineers simulated a mechanical failure.

Ed Adamczyk
WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Soviet fighter plane and Jewish tombstones are among artifacts exposed by a drought that has reduced water levels in Poland's Vistula River.

Ben Hooper
CENTEREACH, N.Y., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A Long Island man was arrested on criminal tampering charges after he recorded himself using a painter's pole to re-aim red light cameras.

Marilyn Malara
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Actress Pamela Anderson says she's not into trends promising people everlasting youth.

Ed Adamczyk
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The accused ringleader of a 1996 bombing which killed 19 U.S. military personnel in Saudi Arabia is in the hands of Saudi authorities.

Elizabeth Shim
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- South Korean high school students devote an average of 12 hours a day to schoolwork and more than 70 percent said they "feel guilty" if they take a break.

Ben Hooper
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The Smithsonian's National Zoo announced Wednesday the smaller of its twin giant panda cubs has died after being rejected by its mother.

Amy R. Connolly
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The Mormon Church, the nation's largest sponsor of the Boy Scouts of America, announced it will continue its affiliation with the group.

Amy R. Connolly
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Aug. 26 (UPI) -- James Holmes, convicted in the 2012 fatal shooting that left 12 dead in a Colorado movie theater, was sentenced to 3,318 years in prison for related crimes.

Amy R. Connolly
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The State Department's inspector general found U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy conducted official business through private email accounts.

Andrew V. Pestano
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the 2016 election, is making headlines again for feuding with journalists, this time with Univision's Jorge Ramos.

Ben Hooper
CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A resident of the Venezuelan capital captured video of water rushing into a city subway station amid heavy rains in the region.