Новости за 18.09.2020

An Australian couple who won a lottery jackpot of nearly $500,000 said they actually bought their ticket by accident while trying to enter a different drawing.

Police in Britain responded to an early morning call from a man who became trapped in a pair of handcuffs in an apparent case of romance gone awry.

American and Ugandan military leaders held a virtual ceremony this week marking the end of a U.S. Marine engagement with Uganda as part of that nation's six-year participation in a peacekeeping program in Africa.

Paleontologists have discovered a diverse assemblage of 120,000-year-old human and animal footprints in an ancient lake deposit in Saudi Arabia, offering new insights into the trajectories of human migrations.

A North Carolina city said it is replacing a recently erected street sign after residents of Autumn Oaks Lane complained that the sign incorrectly identified their street as "Autum Oaks Drive."

A wildfire in Southern California sparked by an explosive at a gender-reveal party is responsible for the death of a firefighter, U.S. agriculture officials said Friday.

Hot on the heels of the latest tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico, yet another disturbance AccuWeather meteorologists have been monitoring since it cruised across Africa has become Tropical Storm Wilfred.

Many Americans at high risk for colon cancer don't know how often they need to have a screening colonoscopy, researchers say.

A $7.4 billion contract between the U.S. Air Force and General Atomics, announced this week, will field MQ-9 Reaper drones faster, the Air Force said.

China's construction of its third aircraft carrier validates the U.S. Navy's plans to builds more carriers of its own, Adm. Christopher Grady said.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its testing guidelines Friday, saying anyone exposed to someone with COVID-19 should be tested for the virus, even if they're asymptomatic.

Officials in a Quebec town called Asbestos said a planned vote on a new name for the municipality might be delayed after negative public reaction to the local council's options: Phenix, Apalone, Trois-Lacs and Jeffery.

Shoppers in Jerusalem prepare to observe Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, on September 18, 2020. Normally marked by family gatherings, the holiday this year will be subdued due to the coronavirus pandemic. Israel has imposed a new three-week lockdown after a surge in cases.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo on Friday won his second consecutive NBA MVP award after a stellar 2019-2020 season.

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney on Friday resigned her role as Britain's envoy on media freedom in response to the country's plan to break part of its Brexit agreement with the European Union.

A virtual conference of NATO defense chiefs on Friday noted the military bloc's progress in new concepts and stressed a deterrence approach toward Russia.

Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok told Parliament on Friday he is moving forward with a human rights violation case against Syria in the International Court of Justice.

Netherlands Foreign Minister Stef Blok told Parliament on Friday he is moving forward with a human rights violation case against Syria in the International Court of Justice.

Rosh Hashana, which ushers in the Jewish holiday season, began Friday, with many traditions upended amid the coronavirus pandemic, including a new lockdown in Israel.

Japanese lawmakers called for joint military drills with the United States to protect the South China Sea's Senkaku Islands, a target of Chinese incursion.

The 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes announced in a virtual ceremony included awards for researchers who made knives out of frozen poop and a team of scientists who had an alligator shout after inhaling helium.

K-pop group Treasure released the single album "The First Step: Chapter Two" and a video for the song "I Love You."

Accepting hearts from older donors and those with some chronic health conditions allowed surgeons at Yale New Haven Hospital to perform more transplants and reduce the time recipients spent on the waiting list.

Nearly 90,000 Americans between 15 and 39 years of age will be diagnosed with cancer this year and more than 9,200 will die, a new report projects.

The Trump administration offered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a presidential pardon if he revealed the source of the 2016 Democratic National Committee email hack, his lawyer said Friday.