As a young boy, Hamdullah Mohib lived in refugee camps. As a teenager, he was sent to England to escape the Taliban. As a university graduate, he returned to his native country, even though family and friends tried to talk him out of it. Now, at the tender age of 32, he is Afghanistan's new ambassador to the United States
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan measure to partially fund President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request to combat the Zika virus will soon get a vote, a senior Senate Republican said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan measure to partially fund President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request to combat the Zika virus will soon get a vote, a senior Senate Republican said on Thursday. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said the proposal, still a work in progress, is likely to be attached to an unnamed spending bill on a Senate floor vote. "While we are reassured that there appears to be initial steps to rectifying Congress's failure to act to date, any proposal... Читать дальше...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan measure to partially fund President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request to combat the Zika virus will soon get a vote, a senior Senate Republican said on Thursday. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said the proposal, still a work in progress, is likely to be attached to an unnamed spending bill on a Senate floor vote. "While we are reassured that there appears to be initial steps to rectifying Congress's failure to act to date, any proposal... Читать дальше...
Kylie Jenner is making her fans go crazy after she posted a photo of herself with Blac Chyna on her Snapchat account. “When we’ve been best friends the whole time..” the 18-year-old reality star captioned the pic on her social media page. Kylie is currently dating Tyga, who used to be in a long-term relationship [...]
It doesn't hurt that Kevin Durant loves Brooks.
‘Winding Stream’ a charming profile of country music royalty A.P. Carter, who would scour the hillsides in search of indigenous folk songs; his wife, Sara, whose primal voice would become a standard for country performers; and his sister-in-law, Maybelle, whose guitar prowess would become a bedrock of the genre. There is no need to be a country music buff to enjoy this charming slice of Americana, though you may need a scorecard to keep track of all of the relatives who are involved in this story. Читать дальше...
As news of Prince's death at age 57 today (April 21) spread, fans grieved the music legend on Twitter, sending several of his recent tracks into...
He might have seven Grammys, an Oscar, 39 albums and an abundance of hits we'll never forget, but Prince is also the creative mind behind some incredibly famous songs that you probably never...
Is this the digital proof of an olive branch offering? Blac Chyna and Kylie Jenner shared the camera while posing for a series of photos on their Snapchat accounts Thursday,...
A US Coast Guard boat crew had to return to base after being hit by a green laser while training.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The owners of nearly half a million polluting Volkswagens in the U.S. will have the option of selling them back to the company or getting them repaired at VW's expense, under a deal announced Thursday by a federal judge. The judge involved with a tangle of litigation for VW did not elaborate and warned attorneys not to talk about the negotiations, saying that it could cause confusion among customers. After lagging its peers in the early stages of Page's reign, the company has... Читать дальше...
Michael Strahan has another supporter in his corner. Chef Mario Batali had nothing but kind things to say about the former NFL player when he chatted with E! News at the Food Bank of New...
Scientists at Glasgow University establish a world first by cracking the communication code of our brains.
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Victorian man was already abusing his nieces when he spent $44,000 to have the twins conceived overseas using a donor egg with the clear intention of sexually exploiting the children.
A former staffer at the MTA says she was fired in March after accepting two chicken salad sandwiches and a cheeseburger from a co-worker.
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NEW YORK, April 21 (UPI) -- Tilda Swinton says she is confident in her casting for "Doctor Strange," even though the character she plays is an Asian man in the comic-book source material.
Metro Police say they are investigating a fatal three-vehicle crash in the northwest valley. A woman was killed in the wreck, which was reported ...
Prince always mattered, even when we were sure he didn’t. And as of today, he matters even more, in a culture that, frankly, ain’t got enough gas without him.
Microsoft
Microsoft only sold 2.3 million Lumia phones last quarter. That's a massive 73% drop from the same quarter last year, when the company sold 8.6 million phones.
In documents filed with the SEC, Microsoft explains that this whopping decrease in phone sales is due to "the previously announced change in strategy for the phone business."
That strategy was to lay off most of Nokia's employees and write down nearly the entire value of the acquisition and start building first-class apps for Android and iPhone instead. Читать дальше...
Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry documents the early days of Research In Motion