Новости за 18.09.2015

Doug G. Ware
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The Obama administration on Friday announced the end of certain restrictions between the U.S. and Cuba that have been in place since the height of the Cold War.

Brooks Hays
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Scientists in Canada have proposed a new strategy for measuring how far away distant galaxies are.

Stephen Feller
ATLANTA, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The CDC and Department of Homeland Security announced they will remove requirements for enhanced screening for people traveling to the U.S. from Liberia.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Kendra Wilkinson discussed her troubled relationship with "sadistic" mother Patti Wilkinson on Friday's episode of "Kendra on Top."

Ryan Maass
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A CENTCOM official has revised the official size of the New Syrian Forces from "four or five" to nine, effectively doubling the size of the fighting force.

Inam Ullah
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept. 18 (News Lens Pakistan) The holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar this year brought the usual fasting, family gatherings – and a one-month ban on toy guns.

Karen Butler
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Bryan Singer celebrated his 50th birthday by announcing his next project -- a big-screen adaptation of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."

Stephen Feller
MAYWOOD, Ill., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Researchers found birth control pills slightly increase the risk for a stroke, but the increase is more significant for women already at risk of having one.

Brooks Hays
HAMBURG, Germany, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- A team of European researchers has developed a measurement method that halves the margin of error for measuring a photovoltaic cell's output.

Annie Martin
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Vin Diesel and former "Game of Thrones" actress Rose Leslie team up to take on a coven of evil witches in a new "The Last Witch Hunter" trailer.

Karen Butler
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The final group of presenters for the 67th annual Emmy Awards show was announced Friday and includes Adrien Brody, Mel Brooks, Reg E. Cathey and Joan Cusack.

Wade Sheridan
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- New "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Thursday to give his take on the recent Republican debate.

Karen Butler
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Michelle Obama, the first lady of the United States, has been booked to appear on the Sept. 28 edition of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," CBS said.

Wade Sheridan
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- YouTube comedian Nicole Arbour appeared on {i:The View} Wednesday to defend her controversial "Dear Fat People" video.

Doug G. Ware
GAZA, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Egyptian forces on Friday pumped sea water into underground tunnels used to smuggle goods -- and possibly militant activity -- into the Gaza Strip.

Annie Martin
READING, Pa., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Jon Gosselin denied celebrating ex-wife Kate Gosselin's reported split from Jeff Prescott, saying he wouldn't trash the mother of his eight children.

Marilyn Malara
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The Television Academy is altering its voting rules again as the 67th annual Emmy Awards ceremony revs up to tackle the best of this year's TV programs.

Marilyn Malara
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Two film producers have been jailed and charged for operating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme which left 140 victims in its wake.

Brooks Hays
ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Georgia recently published a study ranking urban heat island effects in the United States.

Marilyn Malara
BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Dakota Johnson says her racy role in "Fifty Shades of Grey" actually scares men away more often than not.

Richard Tomkins
NEW MALDEN, England, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine teaming with Terma of Denmark to jointly pursue naval business, initially in the areas for surveillance radars and navigation.

Annie Martin
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Kristin Cavallari and "The Hills" co-star Audrina Patridge reunited at the the designer's Chinese Laundry show at New York Fashion Week.

Ben Hooper
BROOKSVILLE, Fla., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Authorities in Florida said a woman with more than 3,500 knives, swords and machetes in her home was arrested at the end of a five-hour standoff with police.

Marilyn Malara
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Twitter says fall TV is abuzz on the popular social media site, so it effectively quantified just how much netizens are chatting about new and returning shows.

Ryan Maass
LONDON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The U.K. Ministry of Defense has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for its Desert Hawk 3 unmanned aerial system.