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An Underwater Love Affair
Sharks are probably not the first things that come to mind when you think of romance, but it was hundreds of hammerheads that brought this unlikely couple together. Thinking about sharks doesn’t often conjure up images of romance, but it was this apex predator that brought me and my now-husband, Joerg, together. Tell us...
North Korea ‘tests long-range missile engine’
North Korea says it has successfully tested an engine designed for an intercontinental ballistic missile. The new type of engine would "guarantee" the ability to launch a nuclear strike on the US mainland, the KCNA news agency said. The test was conducted at the country's long-range missile launch site near its...
Two dead in US Air Force base shooting
A shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has left at least two people dead, police say. Officials have told US media that an airman shot his commander in an apparent murder-suicide. Police responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time (15:00 BST), a spokesman said. Two bodies...
Kerry in Iraq: Time to ‘Turn Up Pressure’ on Islamic State Extremists
Islamic State extremists are losing ground in Iraq, their leaders and fighters are being eliminated and the group's rank-and-file members are losing hope, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday. Kerry made a quick visit to Baghdad Friday for talks with Iraqi leaders. He promised the U.S.-led coalition fighting...
Suspected terror accomplice known as ‘Man in the Hat’ reportedly among several arrested
Mohamed Abrini, the terror suspect believed to be the "man in the hat," an accomplice of the suicide attackers at Belgium's Zaventem Airport bombing last month and the Paris massacre in November, was finally arrested in a terror sweep Friday after spending months on the run, a French police official told The...
Ivan Urgant left Malikov without pants!
Showman Ivan Urgant has launched an unusual section in his show — "Conversation without pants." The guest of the premiere issue of this new part of a show was a singer and composer Dmitry Malikov. Men were talking in white shirts, underwear and shoes. Interestingly, underwear of Ivan and Dmitry...
Pope to church: Be more accepting of divorced Catholics, gays and lesbians
Pope Francis put his shoulder to the doors of the Catholic Church and shoved them open a little wider Friday, calling for the church to be more tolerant in practice while not changing any official doctrines. He urged priests around the world to be more accepting of gays and lesbians, divorced Catholics and other people living...
Konstantin Meladze showed his first photosession with adult daughters
Konstantin Meladze showed his grown-up daughters, starring in the family photosession. The composer said that he understood the value of family only when he became 45 years old. Konstantin Meladze is one of those celebrities who are trying not to advertise privacy. However, recently Meladze has agreed to make...
Life and Death in Mosul Under Islamic State
When 14 Islamic State militants stormed his home, 22-year-old Mohammed was hiding. His father and brother, both police officers under the Iraqi government, had already been killed. “They asked my mom, ‘Where is Mohammed?' " he tells me a year and a half later in Europe. “She said I was at the...
North Korea Sanctions Pose Human Rights Dilemma
Human rights organizations are supporting the new international sanctions imposed on North Korea to restrict its nuclear program, even though the economic measures could make life more difficult for many people in the country who already live on the margins of poverty. “I think the whole idea of pressure on North Korea is...
Anastasia Zadorozhnaya mutilated herself with plastic
Actress Anastasiya Zadorozhnaya horrified her fans by a new image in her Instagram. Fans immediately suspected the star in the plastic and just started alarming, because "updated" Star appearance was hard to look at. However, as it turned out, this picture — the creation of an unknown user...
Show of masks: recognize a celebrity during cosmetic procedures!
Celebrities are sure that fans will recognize them any way, even plastered from head to toe with mud. Let's check? Answers Regina Todorenko. Olya Polyakova. Masha Efrosinina. Lady Gaga. Anita Tsoi. Vera Brezhneva. Anna...