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US criticises Israel over plans for new settlement homes
The US has criticised Israeli plans to build hundreds of new homes in existing settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. State department spokesman John Kirby called the plans the "latest step… in a systematic process of land seizures". Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised the plans on...
Анджелина Джоли резко набрала вес и удивила поклонников (Фото)
Буквально месяц назад таблоиды всего мира писали о том, что голливудская звезда Анджелина Джоли страдает от чрезмерной худобы. Якобы ее брак из-за этого находится на грани...
Attack near US consulate in Saudi city of Jeddah
A suspected suicide bomber has died after detonating a device near the US consulate in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, the interior ministry says. Two security officers were slightly injured as they tackled the man, but no one else was hurt. The attack came in the early hours of US Independence Day and shortly before dawn...
Viewpoint: Why the US can afford to ignore Canada
Despite being a important trade and defence partner, the US tends to ignore Canada. But that's paradoxically because the two get along so well, as Jordan Michael Smith writes. US President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa today comes six years after his last trip to Canada. Canadians could be forgiven for hoping that Mr...
Brexit: Obama warns on global growth after UK vote
US President Barack Obama has said the UK vote to leave the EU raises "longer-term concerns about global growth". He said Brexit would "freeze the possibilities of investment in Great Britain or in Europe as a whole". He appealed to the UK prime minister and other EU leaders to ensure an orderly process for...
US military failed Americans in Benghazi, says House
The US military failed to protect four Americans who died in attacks on a US compound in the Libyan city of Benghazi, says a Congressional report. The Obama administration was criticised for lax security and a slow response to the 2012 attacks on a US compound, in the report by House Republicans. But they found no new evidence...
US border authority seeks travellers’ social media details
Travellers seeking visa waiver entry to the US may soon be asked to list their social media profiles — if a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal is enacted. An update to application forms would ask users to identify what social networks they use and their "social media identifier" such as a username....
Ikea recalls Malm drawers in North America after child deaths
Ikea is recalling 29 million Malm chests of drawers in North America after the deaths of three children in the US. The Swedish furniture retailer has stopped selling the drawers in the US and Canada after they toppled over and crushed the children. Initially, Ikea warned customers to use wall mounts with them, but a third death...
Джоли озвучила шокирующий диагноз, и это оказалась не анорексия
Пресса всерьез стала опасаться, что у актрисы онкологическое заболевание. Врачи высказывали мнение, что если актриса похудеет еще на несколько килограммов, то фатального исхода...
Obama in Brexit U-turn as President’s administration praises UK’s ‘special’ bond with US
BARACK Obama has backtracked on his claims Britain would “go to the back of the queue” in waiting for a trans-Atlantic trade deal if it voted to leave the EU. In a sensational U-turn, the US President’s administration is now claiming its “special relationship” with Britain “has not...
VW US settlement ‘to cost $15bn’
German carmaker Volkswagen has reportedly reached a $15bn (£11.3bn) settlement with US car owners after admitting it cheated emission tests. The deal would offer to repair or buy back the affected diesel vehicles and pay owners compensation, according to sources close to the talks. Last year, US regulators discovered that...
High Court Overturns Former Virginia Governor’s Conviction
A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday overturned the bribery conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell in a ruling that could make it harder for prosecutors to bring corruption cases against elected officials. McDonnell had been found guilty in 2014 of accepting more than $165,000 in gifts and loans from a wealthy...
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