The 2016 Vienna oil output cut deal between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries will stabilize the oil industry and the global economy, providing short-, mid- and long-term stability, OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo told Sputnik on Thursday.
Dave Majumdar
Security,
A stealthy 'what-if'.
Would Boeing have done any better? Hard to say—the Joint Strike Fighter was always a technically challenging and extraordinarily ambitious program. It is likely that Boeing would have run into similar but different technical and budgetary problems.
In October 26, 2001, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin’s X-35 had won the Joint Strike Fighter contest over Boeing’s X-32.
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A duck living in Symbio Wildlife Park in News South Wales, Australia has earned the respect of the internet after beating a tiger at “the most dangerous game ever of Marco Polo.”
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The fashion industry is going to miss Michelle Obama. Whereas first-lady style used to be comprised of lavish, luxurious ensembles, saved for the day dreams of American women,...
A dog's purpose is to cause international outrage, apparently.
British Columbia, which supplies half of Canada’s softwood-lumber exports to the United States, is now bracing for what could be its toughest round of trade conflict over softwood lumber
Dave Majumdar
Security,
What could have been.
The nail in the coffin was the jet’s exorbitant price tag and lack of mission flexibility—the B-70 couldn’t be adapted for the low level role. Let’s hope today’s shadowy Long Range Strike Bomber fares better.
The North American XB-70 Valkyrie was the largest and fastest bomber ever built by the United States, but the massive six-engine Mach 3.0-capable jet never entered production. Only one surviving prototype sits in a museum in Dayton... Читать дальше...
Uncertainty over key growth policies takes wind out of the rally’s sails
Do you know your Ja’mie quotes from your Mr G ones?
I knew I’d heard that voice somewhere!
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer (all times local):
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Cuba Gooding Jr. is putting an end to his Hollywood marriage. E! News can confirm the The People v. O.J. Simpson star filed for divorce from his wife Sara Kapfer after 22 years of...
Trump nominated the former Georgia governor to head the agriculture department. … Click to Continue »
Alex Butler
Jan. 19 (UPI) -- One player is a 13-time All-Star and former NBA MVP, while the other has never averaged more than 12 points per game in 14 seasons.
August Wilson might be best known for Fences but the Broadway debut of Jitney it's clear the late playwright has a whole lot more to offer.
It takes place in 1977 Pittsburgh, focusing on a group of African-American men who shuttle people around the neighborhood for a small fee. Each of them does it for his own reason, but it's what draws them together -- the tutelage of their leader and mentor, Becker (John Douglas Thompson) -- that solidifies them as a unit. Director Ruben Santiago-Hudson... Читать дальше...
Dave Majumdar
Security,
Let's hope Russia or China don't read this.
Yes, America's stealth fighters and bombers are amazing--but they can be defeated.
The United States has poured ten of billions of dollars into developing fifth-generation stealth fighters such as the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. However, relatively simple signal processing enhancements, combined with a missile with a large warhead and its own terminal guidance system... Читать дальше...
If you violate traffic rules, police won’t fine you but instead make you take an oath that you’ll follow traffic rules in future. Police in Hubballi-Dharwad came up with this idea for Road Safety Week to ensure vehicle users obey traffic rules.
Last year was warmer by 0.04 Celsius, but it was also an El Niño year.
Wayne Barrett, a New York City muckraker who burnished his credentials with unsparing reporting on Donald Trump, died Thursday. He was 71.
Participants in a recent symposium on preventing suicide in the armed forces of the United States are preparing recommendations for soldiers to reach out to troubled former colleagues on social media, the US Army said in a press release on Thursday.
Nicola Peltz has a new man in her life – her friend Gigi Hadid‘s younger brother Anwar Hadid! The 22-year-old Transformers: Age of Extinction actress was seen holding hands with Anwar, 17, while out and about on Wednesday (January 18) in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nicola and Anwar, a budding model, have been together for several [...]
Under rainy skies, thousands of guests in sunny spirits descended on the War Memorial Opera House for the San Francisco Ballet's 84th season-opening gala, "Ever Magical."
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive James Dimon will receive $28 million in total compensation for 2016, up 3.7% — or $1 million — from 2015, according to a Thursday securities filing.