Новости за 21.05.2017

Health Minister Li Bin blamed the party of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, saying its refusal to accept the idea of a single China has torpedoed its ambitions to attend — leading to the first lockout of Taiwan as an observer state since 2008. Speaking to reporters Sunday on the eve of the assembly's opening, she said the refusal of Tsai's Democratic Progressive Party to accept the principle "has destroyed the goodwill basis for the continuous attendance of the Taiwan region into the assembly." Despite the lockout... Читать дальше...

CANNES, France (AP) — Jake Gyllenhaal says he was motivated by one goal above all others while shooting the fantasy "Okja": making his Korean director giggle. "Okja" is a disturbing kind of fable in which a young girl (An Seo Hyun) has raised a massive, genetically modified pig named Okja. Ten years on, the New York conglomerate that manufactured the animal comes to the remote South Korean mountains to retrieve its invention, one intended to provide a new profitable source of genetically modified food. Читать дальше...

CANNES, France (AP) — Clint Eastwood regaled the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday with stories from his long career, predicted a possible return to acting and decried the rise of political correctness. Eastwood didn't talk about current political events, but while discussing his then-controversial 1971 film "Dirty Harry," he waded into a topic he's touched on before: so-called political correctness. Sofia Coppola's remake of Don Siegel's 1971 film "The Beguiled," which starred Eastwood, is to premiere this week in Cannes... Читать дальше...

It's sunny here in Seattle and — just like that — everything here seems perfect. But that doesn't mean there isn't something for haters to pick apart.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — An area of the College Station police department parking lot set up to provide a safe location for people selling and trading online items has become not safe for two would-be entrepreneurs accused of dealing stolen merchandise. Bryan-College Station TV station KBTX reports (http://bit.ly/2qLD2Qg ) the original owner spotted online and for sale the device he recently lost in a vehicle burglary.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's official news agency says the FBI has detained a Turkish man who attempted to sit in first class on a Los Angeles-Honolulu flight. The Anadolu news agency reported Sunday that 25-year-old Anil Tuvanc Uskanli bought an economy ticket on American Airlines Flight 31 but left his seat to try first class.

Covenant' edges 'Guardians' at weekend box office Covenant edged out Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 in a weekend space battle at the box office. Ridley Scott's latest "Alien" exploit opened with $36 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Covenant is a dark, R-rated scare-fest about slimy, parasitic space monsters; Disney's Guardians is a sweet, family-centered romp across the cosmos. Warner Bros.' teen romance Everything, Everything debuted in third place with $12 million... Читать дальше...

'Roadkill' cookbook author publishes again 25 years later The Parkersburg News and Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2q9qJLK ) reports Jeff Eberbaugh of Elizabeth self-published "Volume III Hillbilly Style Roadkill Cooking - 'It's Not for Breakfast Anymore'" in April. Eberbaugh says his schedule as a registered nurse allows him time to distribute and market the book.

A two-alarm fire in a strip mall Sunday morning has gutted a Subway sandwich shop and destroyed a second business.

Studio estimates Sunday show Ridley Scott's latest "Alien" exploit opened with $36 million in ticket sales. The teen romance "Everything, Everything" debuted in third place with $12 million.

After reaching Vnukovo airport, a glass-topped metallic ark bearing the relics was visited by a long stream of pilgrims who bowed and kissed the container. According to some versions of the story, the coins were thrown through a window and landed in stockings hanging up to dry. State TV news channel Rossiya-24 devoted hours of live coverage to the departure of the relics from Bari and their arrival in Moscow, at one point showing split-screen shots of the plane taxiing at the airports in both cities. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minutes matter when it comes to treating sepsis, the killer condition that most Americans probably have never heard of, and new research shows it's time they learn. New York became the first state to require that hospitals follow aggressive steps when they suspect sepsis is brewing. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year began a major campaign to teach people that while sepsis starts with vague symptoms, it's a medical emergency. A recent CDC study found... Читать дальше...

AVONDALE, Ohio (AP) — An expanded Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo is scheduled to open in early June shortly after the one year anniversary of the shooting death of an endangered gorilla named Harambe. The zoo installed new barriers at the exhibit after a 3-year-old boy entered the enclosure, leading to the death of the 17-year-old western lowland gorilla Harambe.

WA Forecast WA Forecast for Tuesday, May 23, 2017 City/Town;Weather Condition;High Temp (F);Low Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%);Chance of Precip. (%);UV Index Bellingham;Mostly sunny;75;52;SE;4;64%;4%;7 Chehalis;Lots of sun, warm;86;55;N;6;47%;0%;7 Eastsound;Mostly sunny;66;52;SE;3;73%;4%;7 Friday Harbor;Mostly sunny;69;48;SSW;5;66%;4%;7 Moses Lake;Mostly sunny, warm;88;56;SE;5;31%;0%;7 Pasco;Mostly sunny, warm;91;53;SE;4;35%;0%;7 Pullman;Mostly sunny;78;52;E;3;48%;0%;8 Puyallup;Lots of sun... Читать дальше...

[...] that was the case Sunday when Noah Baumbach's "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)," starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman, premiered at the French Riviera festival. When the film's cast, which also includes Emma Thompson, assembled for a press conference, the moderator noted this was the second film that Sandler and Stiller have made together after that classic 1996 comedy. [...] while Sandler is far from a Cannes regular, the comedian was the toast of the festival Sunday... Читать дальше...

In this weeks world news photos, we include a demonstration organized by Vegan Impact in which demonstrators painted their bodies blue and then got under a net on the ground. It was certainly one of the more obscure protests of the week. Others involved more fire and vehemence ... then there was the slight controversy over hair in Saudi Arabia.

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel — far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. Despite introducing new rules to try to curb its expansive travel budget, senior officials have complained internally that U.N. staffers are breaking the rules by booking perks like business class airplane tickets and rooms in five-star hotels. Читать дальше...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Iran's chief nuclear envoy, Hassan Rouhani earned the nickname "diplomat sheikh" when negotiators in 2004 reached a deal that saw the Islamic Republic halt all its enrichment of uranium. Over 10 years later, it would be Rouhani as president who would strike a bargain with world powers to again limit Iran's atomic program, showing once more the cleric's pragmatism in slowly engaging with the West. Rouhani would become a law school student at the University of... Читать дальше...

LONDON (AP) — AP Exclusive: World Health Organization spends $200 million a year on travel, far more than it spends on many diseases.

WA Current Conditions as of 11:00 PM PDT Saturday, May 20, 2017 _____ City/Town;Weather Condition;Temp (F);Wind Direction;Wind Speed (MPH);Humidity (%) Arlington;Clear;54;Calm;0;66% Bellingham;Clear;58;S;6;83% Bremerton;Clear;55;Calm;0;79% Chehalis;Clear;59;Calm;0;82% Deer Park;Clear;48;Calm;0;89% Eastsound;Mostly clear;57;SSE;7;82% Ellensburg;Clear;61;NNW;15;59% Ephrata;Clear;58;Calm;0;59% Everett;Clear;54;Calm;0;66% Fort Lewis;Clear;64;NNE;3;51% Friday Harbor;Clear;51;Calm;0;96% Hoquiam;Cloudy;53;Calm;0;96%... Читать дальше...

Interview with Olivia Sudjic author of 'Sympathy', a story of obsession fueled by dating apps, the Internet, and Alice Through the Looking Glass.

In 'Royally Roma,' Teri Wilson gives us an adventure and a tour, taking us into the beauties of Rome, and introducing the beginning buds of romance, created by the connection of two people trying to escape their lives.

Capitalizing on the fidget spinner craze, this faux Cartier commercial sells to the people who are tired of their (basic) partners complaining about things like, "there's no one here." Zamata appeared as Baroness Antarctica, who created a "freeze rain" device that could encapsulate all the world's monuments in ice as a bid to become one of the world's most evil villains. Frankly, with climate change currently crippling ice caps and glaciers, she'd be more of a hero than a bad guy with her freeze ray. Читать дальше...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has worn a lot of caps in his lifetime -- he's been a professional wrestler, a movie star, a TV mogul, a father ... and now he's set his sights on the Oval Office with just the right running mate in mind to help him earn 100 percent of the popular vote. For his opening monologue on last night's season finale of Saturday Night Live, Johnson celebrated his status as a newly minted member of the "Five Timers Club" alongside Alec Baldwin before revealing that his vice presidential... Читать дальше...

NBC has renewed its cheeky crime courtroom parody series Trial & Error. The first season centered around a young lawyer (Nicholas D'Agosto) who was hired to defend a poetry professor (John Lithgow) against charges of of murdering his wife but had to grapple with the client constantly (and hilariously) implicating himself through his actions.