Новости за 18.02.2016

MADISON (AP) — The state Assembly is poised to pass a bill that would relax state oversight on high-capacity water well repairs and transfers.

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss food giant Nestle has reported a drop in profit and sales last year largely because of a stronger Swiss franc, a re-evaluation of some operations and the sale of a stake in…

GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest are trying to add suspense to the annual songfest by shaking up the voting system.

AMSTERDAM (AP) — An Australian freelance photographer's haunting, moonlit image of a baby being passed by migrants underneath a razor-wire fence on the Hungary-Serbia border won the prestigiou…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's military says an airstrike killed the head of intelligence of al-Shabab, a Somali-based extremist group who's believed to have been among those who planned attack…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Recently seized documents show that Poland's former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was a paid informant for the communist-era secret security service from 1…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Amid tardy delivery of voting materials, Ugandans tried to cast ballots Thursday in presidential elections. A top international election observer called the delays "worr…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal says it will announce the verdicts against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic next month following his long-running tria…

DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a former employee of a Waffle House in north Georgia has been arrested and accused of spiking a male co-worker's drink with methamphetamine, leaving the…

BERLIN (AP) — A leader of the anti-Islam and anti-immigration group PEGIDA will go on trial in April, charged with incitement over Facebook posts calling foreigners "cattle" and "trash."

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA ethics prosecutors are seeking life bans for two South American officials who have already pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal investigation of corruption in world soccer.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's top court has ruled that the EU unfairly froze the funds of Iran's Bank Mellat for six years when it claimed the bank was backing the Islamic Republic's nu…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian national with links to Syrian Kurdish militia carried out the suicide bombing in Ankara that targeted military personnel and killed at least 28 people and wounde…

BAGHDAD (AP) — A leading militia spokesman says Iraq's government has decided to cut the number of state-financed paramilitary forces due to a shortage of funds.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has thrown its support behind a plan involving oil powerhouses Russia and Saudi Arabia to freeze oil production levels in an attempt…

(HealthDay News) -- Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and it's a good idea to have kids create their own nutritious start.

(HealthDay News) -- Most cooking fires are easily prevented if you take a few precautions.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- It may be good for hospitalized stroke patients to be taken out of bed for frequent but short periods of movement, researchers report.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- In a finding that suggests the Zika virus can move from a pregnant woman to her unborn child, Brazilian researchers report the virus was present in…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say more than 2,800 vehicles are trapped at crossings on the Greek-Bulgarian border, following road blockades by protesting Greek farmers and coun…

A better understanding of correct positioning keys the sizzling stretch of shooting beyond the arc.

MADRID (AP) — China says its state-owned ICBC bank will cooperate with Spanish authorities investigating it in a money laundering and tax fraud probe that has led to the arrest of five directors.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is making a stop in St. Paul.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly is slated to take up a bill Thursday that would ban county executives from serving concurrently in the Legislature.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Assembly is set to approve a package of legislation designed to help people cope with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.