Новости за 26.08.2020

More than 1 million American adults quit smoking between 2012 and 2018 after seeing messages from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign, according to new figures.

Salesforce stock surged on Wednesday following news it would join the Dow Jones Industrial Average, leading a rise in tech stocks that helped push the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to new records.

Researchers say they've uncovered significant differences in how male and female immune systems respond to the new coronavirus.

Employees at a Texas nail salon went dumpster diving behind the business to reunite a customer with a wedding ring that accidentally ended up in the trash.

The success rate of climbers attempting to summit Mount Everest has doubled over the last 30 years, despite a dramatic increase in climbing traffic. But new research suggests the death rate remains flat at 1 percent.

An Ontario woman who scored a lottery jackpot worth more than $750,000 told officials her winning numbers came to her in a dream.

Authorities on Wednesday arrested a 17-year-old male they said shot three people, killing two, during overnight protests in Wisconsin over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

Veterans employed by the government are leaving those positions at a higher rate than non-veterans, a Government Accountability Office report says.

A zoo in Belgium said a 3-year-old wolf was safely recaptured after escaping from its enclosure and spending a night on the loose.

Day 3 of the Republican National Convention will headline Vice President Mike Pence, who's expected to deliver remarks from Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

A federal judge struck down a Pentagon policy which slows the citizenship path of non-citizens in the U.S. military.

Lockheed Martin won an $18.8 million modification contract for planning and risk reduction of the Aegis Ashore defense system in Japan.

Researchers said they might have found a way to prevent people from developing Type 1 diabetes by blocking nerve signals that cause the body's immune system to attack insulin-producing cells in the pancreas.

K-pop stars Kard released the single album "Way with Words" and a video for the song "Gunshot."

Biotechnology company Moderna said Wednesday its COVID-19 vaccine candidate is showing a strong immune response in older adults.

Police in Ireland said they reunited a resident with the wallet they lost nearly 20 years ago.

Disclosure released "Birthday," a new song featuring Kehlani and Syd that appears on its new album, "Energy."

Hurricane Laura grew to a Category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon and is expected to remain at that strength until it arrives on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Despite the wave of criticism that has followed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's emergency approval of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients, infectious disease experts say the therapy remains promising.

Geologists have discovered a link between carbon dioxide degassing patterns and earthquake incidence in Italy's Apennine Mountains.

"This is Us" star Justin Hartley, Bonnie Bedelia and Treat Williams have joined "The Noel Diary," a new movie based on the Richard Paul Evans novel.

The Trump administration on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and imposed visa restrictions on dozens of Chinese citizens.

The Commerce Department said Wednesday it is blacklisting 24 Chinese companies for assisting China's government in creating artificial islands in the South China Sea.

A new trap for invasive lionfish works so well that scientists believe it might help control the intruder that eats native fish and shrimp in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study released Tuesday.

Video of a Massachusetts wedding is going viral after a perfectly timed lightning bolt appeared to punctuate the groom's lamentations about 2020 not being "the best year."