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Attacker in Nice plotted for months with ‘accomplices’
The man who drove a truck into a crowd in Nice, France, killing 84 people, plotted his July 14 attack for months with "support and accomplices," Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Thursday. Molins said authorities are investigating five suspects who are in custody on terror charges related to the attack that...
Florida policeman shoots autistic man’s unarmed black therapist in Miami
A Florida policeman shot and wounded an autistic man's unarmed black therapist on Monday, local media reports. Charles Kinsey, who works with people with disabilities, told WSVN television he was helping a patient who had wandered away from a facility. Mobile phone video shows Mr Kinsey lying down with his hands in the air,...
Trump to NYT: Would Review Whether to Help NATO Allies in Crisis
Donald Trump raised doubts about whether the United States under his leadership would come to the aid of its NATO allies in Europe in the event of an attack by Russia, in an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday. When specifically asked about his views of Russia, the newly-minted Republican nominee said that if that...
Man Who Threw Suspicious Package at NYPD Van in Custody After Standoff
A man who is suspected of throwing a suspicious package into an NYPD van in Times Square has been taken into custody, police said this morning. The man had been sitting in a parked SUV, prompting the closure of New York's Columbus Circle and surrounding streets earlier today. The suspect was initially reported to be wearing...
Rio Olympics 2016: Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month’s Games
A decision to ban Russian track and field athletes from Rio 2016 over the country's alleged state-sponsored doping regime has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Russia's athletics federation was suspended by the sport's world governing body, the IAAF, after an independent report found evidence of...
Tracking the Zika Virus Online: How Google Mapped the Start of an Outbreak
As the Zika virus outbreak has spread in Central and South America, online searchers for the formerly little-known virus have exploded across the globe since the start of the year. While the virus initially gained headlines late last fall when Brazil connected a Zika outbreak to an increased rate of infants born with the birth...
Australian rugby player Michael Quinn admits US child sex charge
Australian amateur rugby union player and scientist Michael Quinn has pleaded guilty to travelling to the US to have sexual conduct with a child. Quinn, 33 and a player with the Melbourne Chargers, arrived in the US on 19 May and believed he had made contact with child traffickers in LA. Instead he was arrested on 21 May after...
В Интернет попало эксклюзивное фото обнаженной дочери Валерия Миладзе
Инга наслаждается отдыхом на Бали. Старшая дочь певца Валерия Меладзе 24-летняя Инга, которая не спешит замуж и уже давно проживает вдали от родителей, отправилась в экзотическое...
At Least 75 Dead, Missing in Recent China Flooding
At least 75 people in northern China have died or gone missing since Monday in some of the worst flooding in years, the government said Thursday. The figures released by the Civil Affairs Ministry come amid continuing heavy downpours that have caused havoc across usually dry regions, including the capital Beijing. Already, 576...
UK nuclear submarine collides with merchant vessel off Gibraltar
One of the UK's newest nuclear-powered submarines has docked in Gibraltar after a collision with a merchant vessel during a training exercise. The Royal Navy said it has launched an immediate investigation after HMS Ambush was involved in the "glancing collision" while submerged off the coast of the British...
Israeli parliament passes controversial impeachment law
Israel's parliament has passed a law that would allow it to impeach an MP who incites racism or supports armed struggle against the state, report world.korupciya. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the measure ended an "absurd situation" whereby someone who "supports terror" was allowed to...
Malaysia 1MDB investigation: US seeks to seize $1bn in assets
The US Justice Department is looking to seize more than $1bn (£761m) in assets as part of its investigation into Malaysia's state fund 1MDB. Lawsuits filed in Los Angeles by the Justice Department allege there was "an international conspiracy to launder funds misappropriated" from 1MDB. The fund was set up...