Новости за 08.05.2017

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — It's not a movie set, but visitors to Disney World's new Pandora-World of Avatar land are in for a cinematic experience.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Z is set to headline another music festival.

With Ramadan, Islam's annual holy month, upon us, I thought I'd offer up some couscous, a dish that originated among North Africa's Berbers a thousand or so years ago. The term refers to a kind of grain as well as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is congratulating golfer John Daly for winning his first PGA Tour Champions title.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Emma Watson had high praise for MTV's move to remove gender qualifiers for its Movie and TV Awards.

Nicki Minaj is putting some fans on scholarship.

ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's Hall of Fame has honored its newest members with songs and speeches.

PVRIS have admitted they were "freaked out" when they found out they are the chosen support act for Muse and Thirty Seconds to Mars' North American tour this summer and thought it was "a joke".

'Chicago' star Richard Gere says he wants to work with director Oren Moverman in at least five future projects after collaborating with him for the third time in 'The Dinner'.

BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan is pushing for a last-minute invitation to an annual World Health Organization summit amid rising pressure from Beijing to isolate the island by blocking its participation in international events.

HONG KONG (AP) — Taking security to a new level, Macau is stepping up security checks at ATMs in the Asian gambling hub by requiring facial scans and ID card verification for cash withdrawals using China's main payment network.

GENEVA (AP) — A Filipino senator briskly defended the human rights record of President Rodrigo Duterte's government before a U.N. body on Monday, saying his government always "seeks to uphold the rule of law" while critical Western nations aired concerns…

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest developments on the war in Syria (all times local):

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's presidency released the names of the 82 Chibok schoolgirls newly freed from Boko Haram extremists which parents anxiously scoured to see if their daughters were released three years after their capture.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch industrial paints and chemicals company AkzoNobel on Monday rejected a third unsolicited takeover bid from American rival PPG Industries, worth $28.8 billion, saying it was not in the interests of shareholders.

PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French presidential election (all times local):

BEIJING (AP) — Stuck in a Bangkok jail with a deportation order against her, Chen Guiqiu waited with dread over what seemed certain to come next. A Thai immigration official showed her surveillance video of the jail entrance, where more…

Forecasters say to expect sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s throughout the mid-valley to start the week. Lows tonight will be in the 40s.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A man has been arrested in a brawl that broke out at a Georgia church last week.

LONDON (AP) — When Emmanuel Macron topped the first round of voting in the French presidential election two weeks ago, French stocks soared to near-decade highs. On Monday, the reaction to his victory in the runoff was decidedly subdued: investors…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's president is appealing to the public for any information about a New York-based UNICEF official who was reported missing after going for a mountain hike in Cape Town.

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says Emmanuel Macron's inauguration will be Sunday.

'Take That' singer Gary Barlow is worried if he speaks too much about his cameo in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' it will be cut.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine and U.S. troops kicked off on Monday annual joint exercises that are smaller in scale than in years past, focusing on disaster response and counterterrorism while excluding territorial defense operations and maritime security.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film hit "Beauty and the Beast" and Netflix newcomer "Stranger Things" were the night's big winners with two trophies apiece as MTV partied with its Movie & TV Awards show.