Новости за 14.08.2015

Late last month, Hillary Rodham Clinton stood before a line of television cameras at a rural Iowa campaign stop to deny reports that she had sent sensitive information over her private e-mail system.“I’m confident that I never sent or received any information that was classified at the time it was sent and received,” Clinton said, dismissing claims to the contrary by federal intelligence officials as a bureaucratic dispute over what qualifies as classified.Read full article >>

U.N. human rights experts expressed grave concern Friday about Iran’s continued detention of Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and called on authorities in Tehran to release him immediately.“The arrest, detention and secret trial of Mr. Rezaian violate his rights and intimidate all those working in the media in Iran,” said David Kaye, the U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression. “His continued detention violates basic rules that not only aim to protect journalists, bloggers... Читать дальше...

It's always a little freaky to watch videos of awake brain surgery: It's hard to believe that someone can stay calm and patient as doctors slice into their heads, and there's something macabre about watching them talk through the process.Read full article >>

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Ten years ago this month, the Israeli army undertook one of its most controversial missions, uprooting more than 8,000 Jewish settlers from their homes here in Gaza, some by force.Read full article >>

HAVANA — Secretary of State John F. Kerry presided over the official re-opening of the U.S. embassy to Cuba under a blazing Caribbean sun Friday morning, declaring an end to “too many days of sacrifice and sorrow, too many days of suspicion and fear” over more than half a century of estrangement between the two countries.Read full article >>

Decisions, decisions. If you're looking to lose weight, should you go for the mango smoothie or the artisan cheese plate? The poppy-seed bagel or the cashew snack?If you're unsure, join the crowd. For years nutritionists have debated the same kinds of questions -- with some arguing that a low-fat diet is the way to go, while others insisting that a diet with restricted carbohydrates is better.Read full article >>

HAVANA — The American flag was raised Friday over the U.S. Embassy in Havana beside the three Marines who last lowered the Stars and Stripes more than a half-century ago in a day of history-making symbolism as more Cold War vestiges were put to rest.Read full article >>

Just after 4 p.m. Thursday, Marilyn Smith stood a few feet away from several Miami Police Department patrol cars with her cell phone camera recording. After a few seconds, an officer entered the frame, escorting a handcuffed young black man to the back of a police car.Read full article >>

TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered his remorse for all those who died as a result of Japan’s World War II actions on Friday — the eve of the 70th anniversary of his country’s surrender — but avoided explicitly repeating the apologies of his predecessors.Read full article >>

SYDNEY — The abuse was meticulously catalogued. From 1950 to 2014, the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society amassed 5,000 files detailing sexual abuse of Australian children by 1,006 of its members, who believe that only they — the Jehovah’s Witnesses — proclaim the truth about God. Read full article >>

Former first daughter turned “Today” show correspondent Jenna Bush Hager and her husband, Henry, on Thursday welcomed their second daughter, Poppy Louise.The announcement, like everything else about 33 year-old Hager’s pregnancy, saving the actual birth, was made on NBC’s “Today” show.Read full article >>

The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts has been paying close attention to the War on College for quite some time, and it has concluded that the state of higher education is simply awful. College is just a horrible place to send your children — because you are spending obscene sums of money for a substandard education.Read full article >>

First things first: Al Gore is apparently not looking to run for president. So said an unnamed "friend to Gore" quoted by the Tennessean, denying a report in BuzzFeed that the former vice president -- who won the popular vote but lost the presidency in 2000 -- might try again 16 years later.Read full article >>

Robert Griffin III made his eagerly anticipated first appearance of the preseason in the Redskins’ 20-17 win over the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night. After yet another offseason filled with scrutiny and speculation regarding the quarterback’s future, Griffin posted a seemingly underwhelming stat line. He completed just four of eight passes for 36 yards. But that fails to tell the whole story.Read full article >>

It was a few days into January 1961 when three Marines at the U.S. Embassy in Havana were given a sad task: Take down the American flag. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was shutting down the diplomatic compound and pulling Americans out, a response to the downward spiral in U.S. relations with the new government of Fidel Castro.Read full article >>

When Jeff Flake led a congressional delegation to Cuba nine years ago, he came, as is the custom, bearing gifts for his Communist hosts. But instead of a plaque or trinket, Flake brought copies of “The Wealth of Nations,” Adam Smith’s seminal economic treatise, and “Free to Choose,” Milton Friedman’s paean to capitalism.Read full article >>

For Aran Khanna, landing a highly sought-after internship at Facebook didn’t quite turn out to be the experience he expected.In fact, the computer science student at Harvard University didn’t even get the chance to start working for the social media giant before they turned him away after he exposed a privacy problem for Facebook users.Read full article >>

The Paraguayan child sexual assault case attracted international outrage: A 10-year-old girl's stepfather allegedly raped and impregnated her, and officials denied her mother's request for an abortion. When her story came to light in April, the girl was already 22 weeks pregnant.Read full article >>

“If Congress does not act to end sequestration, we’re looking at the loss of as many as 1.4 million jobs over the next two years.”— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), statement in news release, Aug. 11, 2015Read full article >>

CLEVELAND — Careful not to overpromise during another rebuilding year, the Washington Redskins have limited their 2015 season predictions to a single word: pain. It’s very Clubber Lang of them, if you’ll recall Mr. T’s character in “Rocky III.” Read full article >>

Political dissidents of the world, take note: If you are railing against a repressive government, then Sen. Marco Rubio wants you at his presidential inauguration — should he win the 2016 election, of course.Read full article >>

Former senator Tom Harkin of Iowa endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, lending a prominent liberal name to Clinton's campaign at a time when liberal challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is surging in the polls and drawing much larger and more enthusiastic crowds than the Democratic front-runner.Read full article >>

CLEVELAND — Jay Gruden made sweeping changes following his disappointing 4-12 debut as an NFL head coach, shaking up the Washington Redskins’ coaching staff and bringing in a specialist to hone the mechanics and decision-making of quarterback Robert Griffin III.Read full article >>

ALDEN, Iowa -- GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina said Thursday that parents should not be forced to vaccinate their children against diseases like measles and mumps, although she added that public school systems can forbid unvaccinated children from attending.Read full article >>

Jeb Bush has firmly established himself as the Republican to vote for if you wish his brother were still president. Best of luck with that.In what was billed as a major foreign policy speech Tuesday, Bush proposed inching back into Iraq, wading into the Syrian civil war and engaging in much the same kind of geopolitical engineering and nation-building that George W. Bush attempted. So much for the whole “I am my own man” routine.Read full article >>