Новости за 12.12.2016

Dan Goure

Security, United States

For President-elect Trump this is the proverbial hat trick: infrastructure spending plus improved national defense plus high paying jobs.

During his winning campaign and in the month since, President-elect Donald Trump has promised to make America great again by, in part, massive infrastructure spending and rebuilding the U.S. military.  History provides a valuable lesson for the incoming administration on how to make a dollar of increased spending serve multiple purposes. Читать дальше...

The US, several European countries, Turkey and the Gulf states have renewed calls for a new ceasefire in Aleppo, a city now over 95% controlled by Syrian government forces. Accordingly, some Russian observers have begun to question whether Western officials have any understanding of realities on the ground and what negotiations are really about.

Donald Trump asked Monday morning why Russian hacking wasn't "brought up before the election." It was. Many times. But intelligence agencies hadn't said the hackers aimed to help Trump — until now.

First they moved the dead body into a hallway. Then they took it into a shower room. There it remained, ignored, for more than nine hours. No one showed up to take it to the morgue because no one called the dispatchers.

Keke Palmer’s Sunday night decision to binge-watch season 9 of the “Bad Girls Club” resulted in a brief Twitter feud with former cast member Mehgan James. The “Scream Queens” actress took to Twitter to share her feelings about the reality series with fans.  One fan asked Palmer who her favorite cast member is. Palmer noted that James was far from her favorite and said she was “corny.” James responded by calling Palmer “a hater.”

Rex Tillerson's compensation from Exxon Mobil is so substantial that even his savings plan contributions from last year dwarf what his salary would be as secretary of state.

At a news conference on December 15, 1941, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox put the blame for the Pearl Harbor attack on Japanese Americans living in Hawaii. He provided no evidence for his claim, then or ever.

ENSCHEDE – Ruim 600 kilogram illegaal vuurwerk is maandag in Enschede in beslag genomen. De politie kwam het vuurwerk via een anonieme melding op het spoor.

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry said Monday it has requested the United States to send more surveillance and reconnaissance assets to counter growing threats from North Korea. In a parliamentary report, the ministry said

Does the presence of armed police reassure people or make them feel less safe?

Allen Cone
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Crime victims report higher rates of gun ownership than those without weapons, according to findings from Gallup crime surveys.

Bob Dylan announced he'll perform three shows in Sweden in April, but it's still unclear if he will deliver his Nobel Prize in Literature lecture.

Beware the impact of lower tax rates on valuations and capital levels

Putin's press secretary denies Russia sought to influence U.S. election.

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- Rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae was picked as the top South Korean athlete of 2016, a national survey showed Monday. In the poll by Gallup Korea from Nov. 4 to 25 on 1,700 South Koreans at least 13 years of age, Son receive

Dating apps like Tinder make it easy to meet new people - but many profiles on Tinder can be misleading. Spin the Bottle, a new video dating app, wants to take people away from misleading profile pictures and go straight to face time.

Alexion Pharmaceuticals said it has named an interim chief executive and a new chief financial officer as the company’s top leadership abruptly stepped down amid an investigation into improper sales practices.

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(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the National Football League's estimated billion settlement of concussion-related lawsuits with thousands of retired players brought by a small group of them who contend it is…

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the National Football League's estimated billion settlement of concussion-related lawsuits with thousands of retired players brought by a small group of them who contend it is…

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the National Football League's estimated billion settlement of concussion-related lawsuits with thousands of retired players brought by a small group of them who contend it is…

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the National Football League's estimated billion settlement of concussion-related lawsuits with thousands of retired players brought by a small group of them who contend it is…