Новости за 01.08.2017

A former US diplomat has once again been found liable for working with her husband to enslave and rape an Ethiopian woman who was hired to serve as their housekeeper. Linda Howard was ordered to pay the victim $3 million.
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Puerto Rico is pinning its future on medical marijuana production to lift it out of its dire financial crisis. The US territory is over $70 billion in debt after decades of economic stagnation.
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been sharing some awe-inspiring images of one of the strongest storms of the year so far – super Typhoon Noru.
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Police have arrested two people after a body was found stuffed in a freezer at a home near Youngstown in northeastern Ohio. They face charges of abusing a corpse and obstruction of justice.
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The management of a pub in Cardiff have apologized to a group of student priests after refusing them service because staff thought they were a stag party in fancy dress.
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Over a half of university students in Australia were sexually harassed in 2016, with one in every four students experiencing the troubling trend in a university or travelling to and from college, a new survey by the country’s Human Rights Commission (AHRC) revealed.
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Germany has test launched a new face recognition surveillance system at one of Berlin’s railway stations. Security officials say the system would contribute to anti-terrorism efforts while data protection bodies warn against human rights violations.
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Relations between the US and Russia are “under considerable stress” but Washington and Moscow are trying to work together to fight ISIS and create conditions for peace in Syria, said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
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French archaeologists have unearthed a Roman neighborhood in the country's southeast, calling the discovery a "real little Pompeii." The findings include the remains of luxury homes and public buildings.
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UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, who defended his title last weekend at UFC 214 against number one contender Demian Maia, has responded to criticism by the head of the promotion, Dana White, demanding a public apology.
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A suspected thief was shot and killed after dragging a Baltimore, Maryland police officer more than 100 feet in a vehicle while attempting to flee a supermarket, according to officials.
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A new major report by a prominent environmental group has accused US industrialized meat producers, particularly market leader Tyson, of devastating the American landscape and “normalizing a no-questions-asked approach to the environment.”
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Two NATO jets which were intercepting Russian planes over neutral waters near Estonia briefly violated Finnish airspace, the alliance said.
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Jewish summer camp Solomon Schechter in Washington state was forced to apologize following backlash over its raising of a Palestinian flag to welcome Palestinian guests participating in the Kids4Peace program.
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A majority of Leave voters think achieving Britain’s exit from the European Union is worth causing significant damage to the country’s economy, according to new research.
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The sun’s core is rotating four times faster than its surface, according to new solar observations based on gravity waves inside our star.
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American tennis superstar Serena Williams has published an essay dedicated to Black Women's Equal Pay Day, which fell on July 31.
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Scientists in Finland are perfecting a food-making process which could one day enable people to electrically shock carbon dioxide and microbes into a square meal.
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Methane-eating bacteria have been discovered some 800 meters (2,600ft) beneath the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet, in a discovery which could have a big impact on preventing global warming.
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Child sex dolls could be used to treat pedophiles in the same way that methadone is used to stop addicts from using heroin, a charity has suggested.
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An Iranian body supervising the implementation of its nuclear deal with six leading world powers believes Washington’s new round of sanctions against the country contradicts the landmark agreement, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said.
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Antisocial bees that prefer to keep to themselves rather than buzzing around with the rest of the hive share a genetic profile with people who have autism, a condition often leading to a similar lack of social awareness in humans, according to a new study.
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Germany wants the European Commission to suspend negotiations to update the EU-Turkey Customs Union, claiming that continuing the process would send the "wrong signal," according to a draft paper obtained by Reuters.
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Libyans are deeply distrustful of Britain’s aims in their country in the wake of the devastating 2011 war which toppled the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, a report has found.
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