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By Timothy Gardner and Jeff Mason

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top health officials expressed heightened concern on Monday about the threat posed to the United States by the Zika virus, saying the mosquito that spreads it is now present in about 30 states and hundreds of thousands of infections could appear in Puerto Rico.

At a White House briefing, they stepped up pressure on the Republican-led Congress to pass approximately $1.9 billion in emergency funding for Zika preparedness... Читать дальше...

A 37-year-old woman has filed a rape complaint with Krishnanagar police against one Digvijay Chavda, a resident of Rajiv Park, Krishnanagar.

A 37-year-old woman has filed a rape complaint with Krishnanagar police against one Digvijay Chavda, a resident of Rajiv Park, Krishnanagar.

While the rest of the industry is figuring out virtual reality, I’m going to continue enjoying an HTC Vive game that already knows how to use immersion, motion controls, and vulgar hand gestures to bring its action to life. Hover Junkers is a $35 launch game for the Vive virtual reality headset from HTC and […]

The Zika virus is "scarier" than previously thought, US health officials warned Monday as they urged Congress to unblock funding to fight the mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects.

Selon une étude, un Américain du quartile le plus pauvre habitant à Detroit (Michigan) vit en moyenne 4,5 ans de moins qu’un homme de la même catégorie sociale vivant à New York ou Los Angeles.

Сейчас, в двадцать первом веке, есть космические ракеты, для запуска которых используются детали из дерева. Тридцать две березовые палки являются важным элементом системы запуска двигателей. И если страну-производитель таких ракет вы, наверняка, угадали (да, это Россия, а ракеты - семейство "Союз"), то от презрительного отношения к такому инженерному решению я бы вас предостерег - это будет серьезной ошибкой. Почему?

Сейчас, в двадцать первом веке, есть космические ракеты, для запуска которых используются детали из дерева. Тридцать две березовые палки являются важным элементом системы запуска двигателей. И если страну-производитель таких ракет вы, наверняка, угадали (да, это Россия, а ракеты - семейство "Союз"), то от презрительного отношения к такому инженерному решению я бы вас предостерег - это будет серьезной ошибкой. Почему?

Яростная вспышка боевых действий, атака азербайджанской армии и ответные боевые действия армии непризнанной мировым сообществом Нагорно-Карабахской Республики были и неожиданными, и давно ожидаемыми. Ожидаемыми — так как подавляющее большинство экспертов говорило о хрупкости мира между АР и НКР.

Google today announced the beta launch of Voice Access, an app that will let people use speech recognition to control Android devices. While anyone will presumably be able to use it, it’s designed with specific groups of people in mind — specifically “people who have difficulty manipulating a touch screen due to paralysis, tremor, temporary […]

Police officers may, for the first time, be directly inducted into the force at the rank of inspector. Top sources in the department said the long-standing proposal for direct induction of officers at the rank of inspector has now been sent to the government for consideration.

A aprovação do relatório pró-impeachment da presidente Dilma por 38 votos a favor e 27 contra já era esperada pelo governo. No entanto, o resultado é expressivo e mantém o Planalto de caneta na mão, contando apoio no plenário. Quando o Supremo Tribunal Federal votou o rito do impeachment, os governistas comemoraram. A indicação dos integrantes da comissão especial pelas lideranças dos partidos era favorável à presidente Dilma. Na prática, no entanto, o jogo virou. Os escândalos foram aparecendo... Читать дальше...

Киев, 12 апреля. Спикеру Верховной Рады Украины Владимиру Гройсману удалось согласовать все должности в Кабинете министров

City crime branch on Monday morning recorded the statements of six witnesses in the case of Ketan Koradia's suicide.

中国国务院总理李克强说，当前中国经济运行稳中向好因素增多，但下行压力仍然较大，要为巩固经济稳中向好势头不断蓄能增势。

香港激进本土派去年发动多次反水货客的“光复行动”，终促使北京在4月13日将深圳户籍居民的“一签多行”政策，改为“一周一行”。

据台湾总统府人士晚间转述，马英九指“陆方强行带走我国国民，未事先通知我方，有违程序正义”，并说政府已向陆方严正抗议，将尽最大努力保护国民。

В Петербурге разыскивают трех курсантов, убивших медсестер в военном госпитале.

We’ve been hearing for years now how this is supposedly, “the most hated bull market in Wall Street history.” In fact, it’s become such a popular meme that even USA Today picked it up this week and ran with it. The trouble is there is absolutely no evidence at all to support this idea.

With the Metro Expo Line to Santa Monica scheduled to open in May, this piece revisits an interview I conducted four years ago, shortly before the opening of the first phase of Expo to Culver City. Like the line itself which follows the Pacific Electric's right of way of the Santa Monica Air Line streetcar, I have always been a recycler.

Given the many who felt that we would never again see a line from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific, and the NIMBYs who fought it in the courts and in the press for no rational reason... Читать дальше...

Two youths were hospitalized at the VS Hospital on Sunday after unidentified persons threw some acid-like substance on them.Police suspect it to be a case of revenge or warning to the victims.