POLITICS
New Cold War? McCain slams Putin
A day after Russia's prime minister spoke of a renewed "Cold War" between his country and the West, a senior U.S. senator accused Moscow of treating Syria "as a live-fire exercise" for its military as it sought to carve out a sphere of influence in the Middle East. Speaking Sunday at the Munich Security...
‘Super polymer’ can change shape with body heat, lift 1000x its own weight
A new polymer capable of supporting 1,000 times its own mass could soon change the world of medicine and fashion forever. The material can be stretched to a temporary shape, and hold that shape until heated to just above room temperature. The 'shape-memory polymer,' developed by researchers at the University of...
20 любопитни факта за ракията, които всеки българин трябва да знае!
1. Не си истински българин, ако в хладилника нямаш шише от марково уиски, пълно с домашна ракия. 2. Народно поверие гласи: Ако на бутилката от „Фанта“, има капачка от...
Hush-hush: Obama holds secret meeting with Hollywood donors
US President Barack Obama has again held a late-night, off-the-books dinner with three of Hollywood’s elite, who also happen to be big Democratic Party donors, and his administration won’t tell the press what was discussed. Attending the private dinner with Obama on Thursday were Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks CEO,...
Celebrities and politicians, however, you have not seen them before (Photos)
Sobchak family in a holiday village in Komarovo 1982 Anatoly Sobchak. 1986 Anatoly Sobchak at a meeting with foreign delegation Sobchak family on vacation in Anapa 1989 Anatoly Sobchak and Putin Vladimir Putin at the opening of the salon Honda, 1992 Putin and Gorbachev Uma Thurman, 1990s. Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Christy...
60% increase in week: Over 5,000 pregnant women in Colombia infected with Zika
Colombia has reported more than 5,000 cases of pregnant women coming down with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The number has increased by almost 60 percent over the past week. The total number of registered cases of the virus in Colombia stands at 31,555, the national health institute said in its epidemiology bulletin on...
Dozens of guns, 20,000+ ammo seized from 2 Britons in Greece near Turkey border
Greece’s coast guard has reportedly arrested two “heavily armed” British men carrying more than a dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from Turkey, a top security official said. A high-ranking security official told AP that the suspects were both Iraqi-born British subjects in their 20s. The...
War for SCOTUS: SC Justice Antonin Scalia death has Republicans threatening to block Obama nominee
Following the death of Conservative US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a new focal point to the 2016 election year has emerged, as Republicans and Democrats argue over who should appoint his successor. Scalia, 79, was found dead on Saturday morning at a luxury resort in Texas where he had been spending the weekend,...
Republicans trade blows ahead of debate
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have clashed ahead of a debate between the remaining Republican contenders for president. Mr Trump accused Mr Cruz of negative campaigning and "cheating" and threatened to sue him "for not being a natural born citizen". Mr Cruz condemned the "amazing torrent of insults and...
Former Obama official: Clinton should quit
President Barack Obama's former top military intelligence official said Hillary Clinton should pull out of the presidential race while the FBI investigate her use of a private email server for official government communication while secretary of state. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the retired chief of the Defense Intelligence...
Syria rebels pledge to keep fighting
Rebel groups in Syria have told the BBC they will not stop fighting because they do not believe that Russia will end its bombing campaign in support of the government. They have expressed scepticism over a deal by world powers to push for a cessation of hostilities within a week. They have also reiterated their demand that...
‘People aren’t dumb’: Sanders attacks Clinton’s effort to distance herself from Wall Street
Senator Bernie Sanders criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she said that Wall Street donations wouldn’t influence her decision-making. The Vermont senator argued that she shouldn’t “insult the intelligence of the American people.” In the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate,...