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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, accused Russia on Tuesday of waging “campaigns of subversion” against the United States and its allies. McMaster also announced that Trump would unveil his first formal National Security Strategy on Dec. 18.

• A state in bondage to its past confronts a difficult choice for Senate
• In Israel, even the left backs Trump on Jerusalem
• White House hides troop numbers in Iraq... Читать дальше...

Should Roy Moore win the Alabama special Senate election Tuesday night, Senate Republicans will meet Wednesday morning to discuss where they go from here, several Republicans with knowledge of the meeting told NBC News.

Will the tax-reform effort be the Republican Party’s version of ObamaCare? I don’t know, and neither does anyone else. We have little idea what the final legislation will look like, and even if we did, it’s hard to predict its overall effect. But there are some similarities already, starting with the ugliness of the process....

Two men have been arrested in connection to an alleged assault that occurred during an apparent theft in Kelowna.

In building the Warriors’ championship roster, general manager Bob Myers has come to master the art of a bargain. It helps that Golden State’s recent success prompted the likes of Zaza Pachulia and David West to take pay cuts in pursuit of rings. But to surround the Warriors’ All-Stars with a capable supporting cast, Myers has excelled at identifying players whose market values didn’t match their abilities. During a two-week span last summer, Myers rounded out the roster with three players ... Читать дальше...

The Big Baller Brand made its Garden debut Tuesday night and, oh, by the way, there was pretty good basketball played there, too. The Knicks beat the Lakers 113-109 in overtime, but the Big Baller family seated on celebrity row got almost as much attention as the players on the court. The Big Baller himself,...

Let’s put aside all the brash talk, bravado and grandiose gestures for a moment and notice LaVar Ball is doing a few things for his basketball playing kids that should be admired. For starters, he’s a father that’s very involved in his sons’ lives. He’s not an absentee dad that left his children for their...

The checkstop lasted almost five hours in two different locations. No charges for impaired driving were handed out, but 30 tickets were issued for other issues.

Wi-Fi is everywhere and built into everything. It’s like oxygen for internet access, media streaming, gaming, and all types of networking. And it should just work all the time—right? If you’ve had an average experience with Wi-Fi on mobiles devices, laptops, game systems, and more, you know that while Wi-Fi connections and consistency work correctly nearly all the time, it’s the occasions when it doesn’t that can leave you tearing your hair out.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Police in Tucson have released the name of a man killed in a shooting that may be gang-related. They say 23-year-old Jacob Edward Luna was found sitting inside a vehicle early Tuesday in central Tucson and died at the scene. Officers responded to multiple reports of shots being fired in the area around 12:45 a.m. Police say Luna had gang affiliations and detectives with the Tucson Police Gang Unit responded to the scene to continue the investigation. They say no suspects are in custody yet.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a court hearing in a lawsuit by California over new rules by the Trump administration allowing more employers to opt out of birth control coverage for women (all times local): 4:30 p.m. A lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice says it's not clear that new rules crafted by the Trump administration would cause any women to lose insurance coverage for birth control services. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Ethan Davis made the comments during a hearing in federal... Читать дальше...

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• Saudi Aramco, the world's largest company, was worth $4.1 trillion in 2010.
• Dutch East India Company, established in the early 17th century, would be worth $7.9 trillion in today's dollars. 

Before speculative bubbles could form around Dotcom companies (late-1990s) or housing prices (mid-2000s), some of the first financial bubbles formed from the prospect of trading with faraway lands.

Looking back, it’s pretty easy to see why.

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A world where people who need an organ donation could simply have one printed for them is inching closer to reality thanks to a groundbreaking discovery at the University of Alberta. Su-Ling Goh explains.

In Tuesday’s edition of Health Matters, Su-Ling Goh looks at a groundbreaking discovery at the U of A that could help with people who need organs and looks at new research into the so-called man flu phenomenon.

The Spanish Court of Auditors has ordered the seizure of the house of former head of the Catalan Government Artur Mas in Barcelona.

Les minorités visibles – surtout les Arabes et les Asiatiques occidentaux – se sentent moins en sécurité que les autres habitants du pays, révèle une analyse de Statistique Canada.

It was a few minutes after 4 P.M. on September 29, 2004, and the telephone rang in the office of Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams. It was Commissioner Bud Selig calling with a short but monumental message, “Congratulations. It’s been a long time coming.”1 Washington had a major-league baseball team for the first time since the end of the 1971 season. Four days later, the Montreal Expos franchise played their last game, losing to the Mets 8-1 at Shea Stadium in New York. The franchise was still owned by Major League Baseball... Читать дальше...

The robbery happened about 6 p.m. at the Chase Bank branch at 1600 W. Lake St., according to the FBI.

It’s a boy for country singer Dylan Scott!

The “My Girl” crooner and his wife Blair welcomed their first child — a son named Beckett Scott Robinson — on Tuesday, Dec. 12, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Beckett — whose middle name matches his dad’s and grandfather’s — weighed in at 8 lbs. and measured 21 inches long.

“Blair and I are so excited that our son, Beckett, arrived at 5:20 p.m. today,” Scott, 27, tells PEOPLE. “He is a healthy, beautiful... Читать дальше...

Relatives of Wettlaufer's victims, along with other advocacy and health-care groups, are among four dozen applicants seeking to take part in the public inquiry Tuesday and Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s eldest son asked a House of Representatives committee on Tuesday to investigate possible leaks of information about his Dec. 6 interview with lawmakers, as congressional probes of Russia and the 2016 election picked up steam ahead of the New Year. Donald Trump Jr takes a picture as he and his wife Vanessa attend the National Christmas Tree Lighting and Pageant of Peace ceremony on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2017. Читать дальше...

Dave Majumdar

Security, Asia

Yes, Moscow and Tokyo have their own bit of island drama. 

Russia and Japan are moving towards a rapprochement after a long period of mutual antipathy. In recent days, Moscow and Tokyo have started to discuss increased cooperation in the naval arena. And, in time, there could be a settlement between the two powers over the Kuril Islands, which came under Soviet jurisdiction after the end of the Second World War, but which Japan wants returned. Читать дальше...

Als Rian Johnson vier Jahre alt war, nahm ihn sein Vater mit ins Kino, um den ersten «Star Wars»-Film zu sehen. Es war der Beginn einer großen Leidenschaft für den Regisseur und Drehbuchautor, der die Saga jetzt selbst mit «Star Wars: Die letzten Jedi» fortsetzt.London (dpa) - Zwei Jahre nach dem Start der dritten «Star Wars»-Trilogie erzählt US-Regisseur und Drehbuchautor Rian Johnson die Geschichte der Rebellen weiter, die gegen die bösartige «Erste Ordnung» des Schurken Kylo Ren kämpfen, und führt viele neue Charaktere ein. Читать дальше...

After he had a momentum-shifting drop in a season-opening loss to Carolina, 49ers wide receiver Marquise Goodwin sounded undeterred. “I know we’ll have many more opportunities because I’m fast as hell,” Goodwin said on Sept. 10. “And I’m going to keep running fast as hell.” Goodwin’s turnaround from a shaky start didn’t happen overnight, but three months later this is clear: He’s enjoying one hell of a season. After spending his first four seasons with the Bills as a one-dimensional speedster... Читать дальше...