Новости за 23.05.2021

After the Washington Nationals intentionally walked the hot-hitting Trey Mancini, putting the go-ahead run on first base with two outs in the ninth inning, pitching coach Jim Hickey walked to the mound. 

PHILADELPHIA — Russell Westbrook waved his arm and motioned his teammates to hurry up the floor, but the disappointment on the rest of their faces said it all. Philadelphia’s Danny Green had just hit what felt like the dagger with less than five minutes remaining, and the Wizards, heads down, ...

Two weeks ago, on May 8, 2021, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) became the first mainline Protestant denomination to elect a transgender bishop. 

Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who was sacked from his command after decrying the growing influence of Marxist-influenced critical race theory in the military, has a powerful new ally on Capitol Hill: the senior Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

We’re clearly living in a time of “doublethink.”

That’s when someone believes two mutually contradictory beliefs. The term comes from George Orwell’s novel “1984,” in which the government ruling party issued absurd dictums such as “War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” and “Ignorance is Strength.”

Anyone not going along with ...

A key House Republican joined the chorus of media freedom advocates blaming Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko for engineering a bogus bomb threat and scrambling a fighter jet to arrest a key opposition activist-journalist on Sunday.

TOKYO — If John Coates was trying to stir controversy, he succeeded.

An International Olympic Committee vice president, Coates was asked a few days ago by a Japanese reporter at an online news conference if the Tokyo Olympics would go ahead, even if a state of emergency were in force ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the ball is now in North Korea's court on denuclearization talks, after President Biden on Friday declined to rule out a possible meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if there's progress on the diplomatic front first.

In an era where moral absolutes are deemed a vintage of a bygone era, no one seems to know the difference between right and wrong. What America's military chaplains embraced for generations — the Judeo-Christian ethic — is now verboten ("Army chaplain appeals 'career-ending' reprimand over transgender troop rules," Web, ...

Hamas is a terrorist organization whose avowed goal is to give the Holocaust a sequel by annihilating the Jewish state. It is firing thousands of rockets at Israeli cities, forcing three-quarters of Israel's population to flee several times daily into bomb shelters with only seconds' warning. These attacks have killed ...

In a January 1940 address broadcast by the BBC, British Prime Minister-to-be Winston Churchill said of countries that were remaining neutral nearly five months after Germany invaded Poland, setting off World War II: "Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last."

The U.S. has long held a wolf by the ears at Gitmo. We can't keep the prisoners there indefinitely without trial, and yet we can't let them go. We fear that they will seek revenge upon release or else be used for propaganda purposes by the enemy. No one wants ...

Negotiations over President Biden’s massive infrastructure plan have hit a snag and the White House on Sunday threatened to move toward a Democrat-only process if Republicans don’t acquiesce.

The Washington Nationals placed outfielder Victor Robles on the 10-day injured list on Sunday with a sprained right ankle.

The Biden administration elevated its criticism of the Hamas over the weekend, as a cease-fire between Israeli forces and the militant Palestinian group that controls the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding for a third consecutive day.

Rep. Peter Meijer, Michigan Republican, said Sunday that Republicans who are trying to block a commission on the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol are laying the groundwork for a more partisan panel dominated by congressional Democrats.

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernard Sanders said Sunday that Democrats will probably end up ditching bipartisan talks on infrastructure and will try to muscle a package through with or without GOP votes.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday that his state is flourishing economically in part because major companies are fleeing from other regions that imposed strict coronavirus-related lockdowns.

Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, said Sunday that Democrats and Republicans aren’t all that close to striking a deal on a major infrastructure package after the White House presented GOP negotiators with a counter-offer late last week.

Cedric Richmond, a top adviser to President Biden, said Sunday that Mr. Biden is prepared to shift tactics on getting a massive infrastructure package through Congress once inaction appears “inevitable.”

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is facing new pressure to resolve a mystery that has vexed its predecessors: Is an adversary using a microwave or radio wave weapon to attack the brains of U.S. diplomats, spies and military personnel?

The 50-year-old talking points that have dominated the abortion debate are about to become much less relevant as legal conflicts headed to the Supreme Court take fresh approaches. 

President Biden is probably very relieved that the Israelis and Hamas have agreed to stop fighting — at least temporarily. Mr. Biden played an important role in pressuring the Israelis to participate in the ceasefire. But he would be well advised not to wander farther into that minefield for several ...

BEIJING — Twenty-one people running a mountain ultramarathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday, giving one of the countries hit hardest in Europe by the coronavirus pandemic reason to cheer.