BP to sell stake in Chinese joint venture
UK energy group is latest western oil company to curtail its activity in country
UK energy group is latest western oil company to curtail its activity in country
This summer, the fatal shootings of unarmed black men (in St. Paul, Minnesota, Baton Rouge, and elsewhere) and of police officers (in Dallas and Baton Rouge) reenergized the national debate surrounding race relations and the use of force by police in the United States. Yet amid the now all-too-familiar characters – unarmed black men, armed police officers, bystanders with cameras — emerged a new one: a robot with the power to kill.
Читать дальше...Firefighters put out a blaze this morning at a vacant house near Nellis Boulevard and Boulder Highway, according to ...
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- General Atomics has received an $8.8 million U.S. Air Force contract for Predator drone ground control station upgrades and training system work.
For the second time today, a Patriots starter has left practice with an injury. New England defensive end Rob Ninkovich left practice with a triceps injury and is scheduled to undergo an MRI to determine the severity of the injury, Mike Reiss of ESPN reports. The 32-year-old Ninkovich has been one of the most dependable…
Kim Kardashian is looking for some peace of mind. In this exclusive bonus clip from Sunday's Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kim is exploring Cuba with Kourtney Kardashian and her...
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday upheld Rod Blagojevich's 14-year prison sentence on corruption counts, setting aside pleas for leniency by the former Illinois governor's wife and daughters during his resentencing hearing. Blagojevich, known as Inmate No. 40892-424 since he went to prison in 2012, appeared on a courtroom video in prison-issued clothing, his once dark hair now white. The Democrat appeared on a courtroom screen through a video from a Colorado prison, his first public appearance since entering prison. Читать дальше...
A lawyer for some of Gawker's creditors complained about founder Nick Denton's costly reunion party plans despite facing bankruptcy.
By Kim Ho-chun, Woo Jae-yeon JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- At 9:33 a.m. last Thursday, two electric monorail vehicles departed from the entrance of the Eorimok Trail on Mount Halla on South Korea's largest island of Jeju to ferry a grou
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Search crews have retrieved the "black box" from the wreckage of the freighter El Faro that sank in 15,000-feet of water near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last year, officials said Tuesday.
'These are wild animals, they are not tame.'
Here’s our daily roundup of what happened, and what is going to happen, at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two political action committees have raised nearly $900,000 for a campaign to persuade Washoe County voters to raise local sales taxes this fall to finance improvements in the county's overcrowded school system.
(AP) — Two political action committees have raised nearly $900,000 for a campaign to persuade Washoe County voters to raise local sales taxes this fall to finance improvements in the county's overcrowded school system. Only 10 states charge more in combined sales taxes, according to the nonpartisan research group Tax Foundation. There is no organized opposition to the tax hike, but over the past 12 years, Washoe County voters have rejected every school funding measure put before them. "The funding is one indicator (of support)... Читать дальше...
The Florida financial adviser who faked his own death amid allegations that he was ripping off his elderly clients will reimburse the U.S.
After two seasons in Serie A the forward is thrown straight back into action due to the absences of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, while Benzema starts from the bench
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man suspected of a robbery in San Diego has been captured in Nebraska.
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SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's film industry has not been affected by the row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of the anti-missile defense system on the Korean Peninsula, although firms are keeping a close eye on potential fallout
Dangerous invitations, packed flat:
six sky lanterns, for my birthday,
rice paper sack glued at the seams,
a thin bamboo ring at bottom for a mouth,
a wire armature holding a deck-of-cards stack
of paper soaked in wax. "Frail, illegal,"
we know, but this birthday ends in zero,
a turn I'm not so inclined to celebrate,
and who could resist a lantern lifted
by its own flame, sailing out
over an August night's black bay?
At land's end... Читать дальше...
The indictment comes just days after Israel charged a World Vision employee of funneling millions to the militant group in charge of the Gaza Strip.