Новости за 15.07.2019

(CNBC) — Tens of thousands of ships sailing the world’s oceans burn more than 3 million barrels of sludge-like high-sulfur fuel every single day. But, starting next year, the shipping industry will have to comply with rules that should dramatically reduce sulfur emissions. “It is the biggest change in oil market history,” Steve Sawyer, senior […]

(CNBC) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has concerns about Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency and its potential illicit use. In a press conference Monday, Mnuchin said Facebook’s planned digital currency “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”

Robert Goddard, the father of American rocketry, is credited with developing the first liquid-fueled rockets, with gyroscope three-axis control providing steerable thrust. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is named for him. After World War II, Werner von Braun, and 1,600 German scientists, surrendered to the United States in Operation Paperclip, stating: “I myself, and everybody […]

(CNBC) — Stocks rose to notch a fresh record close on Monday, but the gains were muted as Wall Street remained cautious to start off the corporate earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 26 points higher, or 0.1%. The S&P 500 ended the day just above the flatline. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.2%. […]

A senior center whose managers abruptly dropped the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer from the opening of its regular lunch has backtracked because of outrage. Reporter Todd Starnes said the directors at the Mullis Community Senior Center on San Juan Island in Washington state decided to drop the Pledge and prayer because some newcomers […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has introduced a House resolution calling President Trump’s tweets over the weekend “racist” and “xenophobic,” but Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday the focus of outrage should be the four “communist” congresswomen Trump was condemning. “Well, we all know that [New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] and this crowd are a […]

(CBS47) — A superintendent in the Central Valley is defending his actions after he allowed a janitor to wear a mask, hold a fake gun, and run around campus acting like he was an active shooter. The incident happened at Raisin City Elementary School just before the the summer break. Superintendent Juan Sandoval says it […]

(FOXNEWS) — The self-proclaimed Antifa militant who was killed Saturday by Washington state police as he attacked a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center was seen in a recent CNN program that critics say glorified a radical, left-wing movement. Willem Van Spronsen, 69, sent a manifesto to friends the day before the assault in […]

(FOXNEWS) — Word to the wise: don’t flush your meth down the toilet. That’s the warning coming out of the Loretta Police Department in Tennessee after investigators said they caught someone “attempting to flush methamphetamine along with several items of paraphernalia” on Saturday.

(YAHOO) — When Carli Saville, 19, tweeted photos of her dad Jeff trying on outfits for a date, she never thought he would go viral. But nearly 6k retweets, and 167 thousand likes later, the Texas dad is in high demand. “I’m getting asked out a lot,” Jeff tells Yahoo Lifestyle. On July 6th, Carli […]

See the speech by Hamas leader Fathi Hammad: A Hamas leader warned Friday that if Israel doesn’t lift its “siege” on the Gaza Strip within a week, Palestinians worldwide will “explode in the faces” of their enemies. “They think that we are rational people. Well, we aren’t,” said Fathi Hammad, a member of the Hamas […]

It’s not every day that customers at Chick-fil-A get an impromptu concert while having lunch. But it took place recently at the popular restaurant’s location at the Rivergate Mall in Madison, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. Video of an a capella group singing “Lean on Me” was posted by Jake Jones Facebook on Independence Day, […]

(CHRISTIAN POST) — A Southern Baptist church in Florida will pay off over $7.2 million in crippling medical debt impacting over 6,500 individuals and families living at or below the poverty line in five Florida counties. Additionally, the church will also fund three foster homes for the next year. Senior pastor Dan Glenn of Stetson […]

(THE COLLEGE FIX) — “Free” college and student loan debt forgiveness (translation: taxpayer condemnation) are common policy positions of influential Democrats, particularly the 2020 primary field. For some Democratic members of Congress, it’s also personal: They still have student loan debt. And their silence suggests they don’t want to pay it back.

(THE COLLEGE FIX) — A few years ago, I noticed that I really enjoyed reading on airplanes and wondered why. After a bit of reflection, I realized that it was because I wasn’t distracted by the temptation to check a device every now and then, allowing reading to be the kind of immersive experience I […]

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(CNBC) — The Trump administration on Monday moved to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants in a major escalation of the president’s battle to tamp down the number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. According to a new rule published in the Federal Register, asylum seekers who pass through another country first will […]

(CNBC) — Accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is willing to post bail as high as $100 million, his lawyer said Monday, as a prosecutor argued that the case against the wealthy investor is “already significantly stronger and getting stronger every single day.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex Rossmiller, speaking at a detention hearing in Manhattan […]

(STUDYFINDS) — TERAMO, Italy — Insects and bugs aren’t exactly the most appetizing food items, but that doesn’t stop a quarter of the earth’s population — an estimated two billion people — from eating insects on a daily basis. It can be hard for the rest of us to wrap our heads around eating bugs, […]

Editor’s note: Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today’s offering: I was not thrilled with the idea of letting my clueless 13-year-old son […]

(Washington Examiner) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used a parable of Jesus to condemn President Trump’s immigration policy, in a Sunday tweet that also offered illegal immigrants advice if Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows up at their door. “It should be a sign to us that today’s Catholic Gospel reading is the Good Samaritan, where Jesus […]

(Washington Examiner) Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham promised that he will launch his own “deep dive” inquiry into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation after the conclusion of Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s investigation into alleged abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. “I promise your listeners, after Horowitz issues his report about […]

(Washington Examiner) Meet The Press host Chuck Todd asked U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe how she balances preaching unity while also avoiding President Trump during her appearance on the show Sunday. Rapinoe made headlines throughout the Women’s World Cup and since their victory for bashing the president, saying she was “not going to the […]

(Axios) Peter Thiel, billionaire investor and Facebook board member, on Sunday night said that Google should be federally investigated for allegedly aiding the Chinese military. Why it matters: Thiel is the tech industry’s highest-profile Trump supporter, and one of the most powerful players in Silicon Valley. Thiel spoke at the National Conservatism Conference, a new […]

(Free Beacon) Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) on Saturday questioned the patriotism of American-born citizens, claiming she “probably love[s] this country more than anyone who is naturally born” in the United States. Omar participated in a foreign policy panel at the liberal Netroots Nation conference in Philadelphia when she made her comment. Omar began […]