Новости за 01.03.2017

Daniel McCarthy

Politics, Americas

As president, no less than as a candidate, Trump is unconstrained by ideological orthodoxy.

The key word in Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress was “citizens.” The president reiterated what he told conservative activists at CPAC days earlier: “My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America.” This is a president who puts the historic nation-state at the center of all his policies.

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“I will not give in,” the former prime minister said, confirming that he would stay in the presidential race although he has been accused of embezzling public funds.

Rumours are rife in Beijing about the murder of North Korean dictator’s brother

We review Trump's speech with Scott Detrow and talk to Sebastian Gorka, the deputy assistant to the president, who gives his take on the president's speech to Congress and his approach to terrorism.

Remember when Lorde cut Diplo down to size with the greatest riposte of them all? The EDM star has learned from defeat and dealt it out like a...

Manchester City must get past Huddersfield if they are to make progress in the FA Cup on Wednesday night, but just how big a challenge will they face against the form team in the second tier?

Police are asking for help finding a possibly suicidal woman who went missing after attending church with her father in Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Head of the Syrian opposition High Negotiations Committee delegation to the Geneva talks Nasr Hariri said that political transition was the main issue of the meeting of the HNC with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura.

Minutes after U.S. president Donald Trump concluded his Tuesday night speech, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders recorded a 14-minute long video, criticizing Trump for not just what he said but also what he didn't say. In a video posted to Facebook, Bernie Sanders attacked Trump's first speech before Congress, in a point-by-point takedown that called for continued resistance against the new administration.

The German government is attempting to reform a law that discourages its citizens from hosting free and public Wi-Fi, reports said Monday. The draft law will exempt Wi-Fi providers from liability accruing as a result of someone using their internet connection to illegally download material.

The RAF airman has been missing since September and was last seen on a night out with friends.

Benedict Cumberbatch is to star in "Melrose," a five-part, limited series based on the semi-autobiographical novels of Edward St. Aubyn.

A man is in custody after an intruder allegedly broke into a 79-year-old woman's home in Melbourne's outer east on Wednesday morning.

Can you name five women artists?

The prompt seems simple enough ― even a casual fan of art history can conjure the name Frida Kahlo, right? OK, if you’re stumbling already, it probably won’t take you long to remember the name Georgia O’Keeffe. [Pause.] Maybe, if you’re lucky, you’re familiar with Yayoi Kusama, arguably the world’s most famous living artist.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Budapest's assembly approved a motion Wednesday to withdraw the city's bid for the 2024 Olympics.

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2017 file photo cars line up in front of a poster with an advertising campaign for the 2024 Olympic bid with Hungarian Olympic fencer Aron Szilagyi in Budapest. On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Budapest’s…

Foreigners living in UK left in ‘limbo’ by onerous red tape for residence

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was granted a wildcard permitting her to enter the main draw of the tennis tournament in Rome, Internazionali BNL D'Italia, which offers $2.77 million in prize money up for grabs, the tournament’s organizers announced on March 1.

Everybody loves to be independent and one of the best ways to achieve that goal is by handling your finances judiciously. You might have enough money now to pay your bills, to buy your meals and fulfill your daily needs, but it is important to live a comfortable life that involves the ability to maximize your money.  Here are 10 simple ways to help you organize your finances:

Noord-Korea doet het gebruik van het zenuwgas VX bij de moord op Kim Jong-nam af als ‘absurd’. Volgens het land ontbreekt de wetenschappelijke basis om te stellen dat het middel is gebruikt bij het doden van de halfbroer van de communistische leider Kim Jong-un.

A powerful storm system blew through a large swath of the nation’s midsection, spawning deadly tornadoes, blowing cars off roads and causing property damage, including from hail. Here are some hail facts, according to the National Weather Service: HOW IT FORMS Inside thunderstorms are warm updrafts and cold downdrafts. When a water drop is lifted,