Новости за 24.12.2020

The State Department approved a possible $128.1 million deal this week to sell three King Air Scorpion aircraft to Kazakhstan, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group began its scheduled deployment this week after completing a sustainment exercise, the Navy announced.

Shemar Moore said on Instagram Thursday he has COVID-19 and the actor reassured his fans he'd get through it.

The 11th annual Surfing Santa event in Florida went ahead Thursday with a smaller-than-usual number of St. Nicks taking to the waves while observing COVID-19 safety protocols.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known as NORAD, is tracking Santa Claus on his Christmas Eve journey across the globe for the 65th year.

The origins of the Caribbean's first islanders can be traced to two distinct groups, thousands of years apart, suggesting the archipelago was settled by highly mobile people.

Staff members at the National Library of Australia said they were stunned when they found a 120-year-old box of chocolate hidden in papers of the late poet and journalist A.B. "Banjo" Paterson.

Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt will assume command of USS Abraham Lincoln, making her the first female commanding officer of an aircraft carrier, the Navy announced this week.

The annual "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," with Ryan Seacrest announced Thursday that Ella Mai will perform.

A New Hampshire couple whose cat went missing in 2013 were reunited with their pet seven years later when he was brought to an animal shelter.

In Bethlehem, long a traditional epicenter for annual Christmas celebrations, Mayor Anton Salman hasn't canceled all events but the COVID-19 pandemic has limited their size and scope.

A Chinese martial artist used nunchucks to hit 35 table tennis balls launched by a robot in one minute, breaking his own Guinness World Record.

Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky shared messages on Instagram Thursday in celebration of 10 years of marriage.

Long-term mortgage rates in the United States have fallen to a record low for the 16th time this year.

South Korea said it has secured enough vaccines to inoculate 46 million people, after signing new contracts with Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson-owned pharmaceuticals company Janssen.

The Trump administration has ordered that all goods produced in a key area of the occupied West Bank be labeled as "Made In Israel" for customs purposes, granting de facto recognition of Israeli sovereignty.

"Lovesick Girls," the music video for the hit song by K-pop group Blackpink, has reached another milestone.

After months of oft-contentious negotiations, Britain and the European Union announced Thursday that they have finally reached a Brexit trade agreement.

Canada said it supports "freedom of expression" when requested to comment on South Korea's ban on anti-Pyongyang leaflets.

Researchers from two universities in Utah have a warning for students planning to hit the slopes or play in the snow without sunscreen: You could greatly increase your risk of skin cancer.

A Pakistani court ordered the release Thursday of a British-born militant who was charged in the kidnapping and death of American journalist Daniel Pearl almost 20 years ago.

Donnie Wahlberg praised his "Blue Bloods" co-star Tom Selleck on Twitter for leaving a $2,020 tip on a $205 New York restaurant bill.

Robert Tonyan and Logan Thomas land inside the Top 5 of UPI senior sports writer Alex Butler's Week 16 fantasy football tight end rankings.

Genetic data from people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds can be used to predict a person's risk for inflammatory bowel disease, according to an analysis published in the journal Gastroenterology.

A Wisconsin man who spotted a deer stranded out on the ice of a frozen reservoir braved the dangerous conditions to slide the animal back to safety.