Новости за 12.12.2016

Farhad Rezaei

Politics, Middle East

How it could affect Iran’s global reputation—and next year’s election.

Taking power in 2013, President Hassan Rouhani and his team considered the nuclear pact with the West, referred to in Persian by the acronym Barjam, as a first step in making a fundamental reorientation in Iran’s foreign policy and to normalize Iran’s relations with the outside world. As I explained in my previous analyses, limiting overt kinetic actions by the IRGC... Читать дальше...

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As we get deeper into award season, the picture of how Oscar night will turn out is getting clearer.

"La La Land" and its director Damien Chazelle are frontrunners in the best picture and best director categories. Casey Affleck, meanwhile, is the odds-on favorite to win best actor for his performance in the moving "Manchester by the Sea."

But best actress will likely keep people scrambling to guess until the big night.

The category has been famously tight in recent years. Читать дальше...

Kyle Mizokami

Security,

Yes, this acutally happenned. 

In 2005, a U.S. Navy attack submarine collided head-on with an undersea mountain at more than thirty miles an hour. Despite the damage the ship sustained and the crew’s injuries, the USS San Francisco managed to limp to her home port of Guam on her own power. The incident was a testament to the design of the submarine and the training and professionalism of her crew.

USS San Francisco is a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine. Читать дальше...

Seth J. Frantzman

Security, Middle East

We learned with Al Qaeda and ISIS that localized jihadist movements are not local.

When Islamic State overran Mosul more than two years ago media and observers mistook it for an “insurgent” force fighting the Iraqi army. Amnesty International, on June 11, 2014 described it as an “armed opposition group” and called on it to protect civilians. Although its actions were “deeply concerning,” many commentators didn’t see it as particularly... Читать дальше...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — A hobbled Aaron Rodgers passed for 246 yards and three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers routed the Seattle Seahawks 38-10 on Sunday.

Ryan Reynolds always looks so dapper – and his look at tonight’s 22nd Critics’ Choice Awards is no exception! The 40-year-old actor is up for a number of awards this evening at the show on Sunday night (December 11) at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif. He did not win the Best Actor in an [...]

Aircraft giant Boeing clinched a deal to sell 80 jetliners to Iran, completing the first major agreement between a U.S. company and the Islamic Republic at the very moment the political winds are changing.

Failure of his sugarcane crop, coupled with a delay in payment of money that he was due to receive from the sugar factories ultimately drove him to take the extreme step in July 2015. ​

Amazon has once again been accused of wretched treatment of its workers, this time by a Scottish politician, who called conditions at a warehouse in the country "intolerable."

There was lots of controversy leading up to the 22nd Annual Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016.

NFL players may soon have something to celebrate, figuratively, regarding their ability to celebrate, literally. As explained on Sunday’s edition of NBC’s Football Night in America, the NFL will be taking a closer look at player celebrations in the offseason. Specifically, the league office will produce for the Competition Committee a compilation of a wide…

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Savannah State suffered a blowout loss in its last game, but came out with a different mindset on Sunday.

Nolan Peterson

Security, Europe

More than 10,000 soldiers and civilians have already died in the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine, where Ukrainian troops are squared off in static, trench warfare against a combined force of pro-Russian separatists and Russian regulars.

KYIV, Ukraine—A planned missile test over the Black Sea spurs a Kremlin threat to shoot down the missiles and possibly target the launch sites.

An eleventh-hour compromise is reached, defusing an act of brinkmanship... Читать дальше...

State media lash out after US president-elect questions commitment to One China policy

China-focused baby formula company expected to deliver more bad news by Wednesday.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A hobbled Aaron Rodgers passed for 246 yards and three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers routed the Seattle Seahawks 38-10 on Sunday.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A hobbled Aaron Rodgers passed for 246 yards and three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers routed the Seattle Seahawks 38-10 on Sunday.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A hobbled Aaron Rodgers passed for 246 yards and three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers routed the Seattle Seahawks 38-10 on Sunday.

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A new offence should be creating making it illegal to publicise allegations of corrupt conduct against a councillor or candidate in the lead up to an election, the CCC has recommended.

A state Legislature thinks a tax credit that would benefit private and parochial schools has no chance at passing.

A decision to hire online help for an exclusive charity party on Sydney's northern beaches at the weekend ended with three people, including a NRL player, in hospital and a police investigation an alleged stabbing, according to the person who threw the party.

On Monday, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter will attend the delivery ceremony of two US-manufactured fifth-generation F-35 stealth jets in Israel, Israeli Air Force (IAF) announced.

Universal

After a brief teaser Friday, the first official trailer for the next "Fast and Furious" movie is here and everyone has the same reaction after watching it — Dom's gone bad?

The eighth film in the series, called "The Fate of the Furious," takes place after Dom and Letty are on their honeymoon and the rest of the "Fast and Furious" team has returned to a somewhat normal life. That radically changes when Dom gets roped back into the crime world via a mysterious woman played by Charlize Theron. Читать дальше...