Новости за 17.03.2020

The U.S. Navy has awarded United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney a nearly $319.7 million contract modification to produce 32 propulsion systems for the F-35 fighter planes for the Navy, Air Force and government of Japan.

South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion is vowing to press ahead toward a clinical drug trial on humans in hopes of treating the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.

The future destroyer USS Delbert D. Black , also known as DDG 119, has successfully completed acceptance trials after spending two days at sea in the Gulf of Mexico.

A real estate website is seeking a job applicant to fly to Dubai and spend a week testing out a luxury apartment.

Officials with an Indian railway company said they have started using the recorded sound of buzzing bees to keep elephants from wandering onto the tracks.

Social distancing may be inconvenient, and lead to feelings of loneliness and isolation, but it can also help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, experts from the Bloomberg School of Public Health said.

A woman who spotted an unusual animal in a Tennessee field captured video of an albino deer.

"7th Heaven" star Beverley Mitchell shared on Instagram Tuesday that she is pregnant.

An Australian college student said he ignored his friend's advice and won $600,000 with his first-ever lottery ticket purchase.

A study published Tuesday on mysterious bone circles made largely from mammoth bones on the Central Russian Plain revealed hints of how people survived Europe's ice age.

A British soccer freestyler set a world record when he walked 50 miles across a Siberian like while juggling a soccer ball with his feet, knees, chest and head.

A London court on Tuesday convicted a man in the terrorist attack that killed 22 concertgoers who'd gone to see singer Ariana Grande in Manchester nearly three years ago.

South Korea says it has exported 51,000 coronavirus test kits for the first time, to the United Arab Emirates.

Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia believe they have identified how the body's immune system responds to the new coronavirus, providing insights into potential keys to recovering from the disease.

An anonymous customer at a Houston restaurant left staff a $9,400 tip just hours after the county announced mandatory business closings.

Raytheon said Tuesday it has completed the first round of testing of the radar antenna array for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier and Missile Defense Sensor, a next generation radar intended to counter hypersonic weapons.

South Korean boy band Monsta X appeared on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" to perform their song "You Can't Hold My Heart."

A North Korean diplomat previously in charge of negotiations with the United States could be tapped as Pyongyang's top envoy to Austria.

Sony is set to announce new details concerning the PlayStation 5 on Wednesday at 12 p.m. on the PlayStation Blog.

Iraqi President Barham Salih appointed veteran politician Adnan al-Zurfi as prime minister Tuesday and tasked him with forming a new government.

In a new analysis published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open, researchers estimated that more than 880,000 people worldwide died from exposure to secondhand smoke in 2016, compared to nearly 950,000 in 1990.

Fernanda Flores of "90 Day Fiance'" fame announced on Instagram that her divorce from Jonathan Rivera has been finalized.

Workers at an Australian newspaper office said a venomous snake entered the building for the second time in a month, but escaped before reptile handlers arrived.

China says the United States needs to cease directing "unwarranted accusations" at China.

Game show "Let's Make a Deal" was presented with a Guinness World Records certificate after building the world's largest water gun.