Новости за 27.12.2016

YORK, Pa. (AP) — Police in Pennsylvania are investigating after they say a 40-year-old mother intentionally suffocated her 12-month-old son before taking her own life in an apparent murder-suicide. The bodies were found by officers who were dispatched to Sheri Shermeyer’s Shrewsbury Township home for a welfare check on Monday afternoon. Shermeyer was found lying […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Another rising talent turned into a profit. Another title on the horizon. It’s a scenario Benfica’s fans are more than accustomed to: watching their club perform its masterful balancing act of staying atop the Portuguese league while transacting smart business deals. When the January transfer market opens, one of the leading […]

BEIRUT (AP) — A spokesman for a U.S.-backed Kurdish-led force in northern Syria says they are approaching a strategic dam controlled by the Islamic State group north of the country. Talal Sillo of the Syria Democratic Forces said Tuesday that gunmen backed by U.S., French and British special forces have taken dozens of villages and […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At money changers across Tehran, shouting voices accompany each change of the signboards out front showing the value of the Iranian rial, which slips ever lower against the U.S. dollar. This week saw Iran’s currency fall to 41,600 rials to $1, its lowest point ever. While making Iranian exports more attractive […]

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics company Panasonic and U.S. electric car maker Tesla said Tuesday they plan to begin production of photovoltaic cells and modules at a factory in Buffalo, New York. The two companies said they finalized an agreement calling for Tokyo-based Panasonic to pay capital costs for the manufacturing. Palo Alto, California-based Tesla […]

SEMMERING, Austria (AP) — A few days after Mikaela Shiffrin spent Christmas at Manuela Moelgg’s home in Italy and trained with her, the American and the Italian went 1-2 in the opening run of a women’s World Cup giant slalom on Tuesday. Overall World Cup leader Shiffrin, who is seeking her second win in the […]

MILAN (AP) — Troubled Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena says it will need more rescue money than previously expected, as a government rescue looms. The bank said in a statement issued late Monday that the European Central Bank had estimated its capital shortfall at 8.8 billion euros ($9.2 billion), well above the 5 […]

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia on Tuesday sentenced the country’s exiled opposition leader to five years in prison after finding him guilty of conspiring to incite chaos by posting misleading documents on his Facebook page. The conviction by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court is the latest legal problem for Sam Rainsy, […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine authorities said Tuesday that anti-narcotics operations have led to the arrest of 10 suspects, including three Chinese nationals, and the seizure of nearly 1 metric ton of methamphetamine, the country’s biggest drug haul ever. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said the 890 kilograms (1,962 pounds) of methamphetamine seized in raids […]

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Police say the death toll from consuming tainted liquor during the Christmas holiday in eastern Pakistan has jumped to 27. Local police officer Atif Imran Qureshi said Tuesday that dozens of people were transported to hospitals in the town of Toba Tek Singh in Punjab province after they consumed contaminated alcohol. […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump is questioning the effectiveness of the United Nations, saying it’s just a club for people to “have a good time,” after the U.N. Security Council voted last week to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, The president-elect wrote Monday on Twitter that the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are united on repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law, but ideologically and practically speaking, they’re in different camps over replacing it. Getting the factions together won’t be easy. Some Republicans would revise and rebrand “Obamacare,” junking unpopular provisions like its requirement that most Americans carry health insurance, while preserving more […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Unidentified gunmen broke into the house of a female journalist and activist in Baghdad late Monday night and kidnapped her, Iraq’s Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, a reminder of the dangers journalists face in a country where authorities have struggled to maintain security nationwide. The Ministry’s statement didn’t give details on the […]

Reviewing answers Seahwks coach Pete Carroll gave about the offensive line, return situation and the backup safety spot during his Monday press conference.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Russian talks on their separate fights against the Islamic State group are improving and becoming more frequent, American officials said, with each side trading information in real time and even outlining some of their strategic objectives in the months ahead. The progress dispels the notion that ties between the former Cold War […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Oregon’s slow climb from a bumpy start to the season could pick up speed this week. The No. 21 Ducks (11-2) have won nine straight entering two home games against ranked Pac-12 opponents — including against No. 2 UCLA — that headline the week ahead for teams in college basketball’s AP […]

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have handed down prison sentences to nine residents of a fishing village that received international attention for its demonstrations against land seizures. State media reported that the nine villagers in Wukan were given sentences ranging from two to 10 years in prison for offenses including disturbing public order. Wukan was […]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota President Eric Kaler stepped behind the podium and began to speak, a crisis averted after seven Golden Gophers football players announced that the team would not boycott the upcoming Holiday Bowl against Washington State because 10 of their teammates had been suspended in a sexual assault case. “I listened to their […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Matthew Stafford moved on quickly from another loss to his hometown team. The Detroit quarterback was already thinking about his home field, where the Lions will play Green Bay for the NFC North title in the regular season finale Sunday after missing a chance to clinch a playoff spot in a […]

TOKYO (AP) — Shares are mostly higher in Asia as trading for the last week of the year began Tuesday after most markets were closed for Christmas. Most benchmarks stayed in a narrow range. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 was nearly flat at 19,403.06 and the Kospi of South Korea rose 0.2 percent to 2,042.17. […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The year of the rooster looks set for a gloomy start. Egg prices are soaring and new year’s festivals are being canceled as South Korea fights its worst bird flu outbreak in more than a month. South Korea’s government said Tuesday that about 26 million head of poultry will be […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine coast guard has pressed the search for 18 missing Filipino crewmen from a cargo ship that sank at the height of Typhoon Nock-Ten, which spoiled Christmas celebrations in Asia’s largest Catholic nation. Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo said Tuesday that 14 other crewmen have been rescued and one died […]

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — For most of the past decade, Egypt has been a quiet partner with Israel in a blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip that has stifled the economy and largely blocked its 2 million people from moving in and out of the territory. But after a three-year crackdown, there are signs […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The principal of a high school in northern Taiwan has resigned following widespread criticism over an event staged by students that featured Nazi-themed costumes and swastika banners. Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported this week that Cheng Hsiao-ming, principal of Kuang Fu High School in the city of Hsinchu, apologized for […]

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Rescue workers on Tuesday found a flight recorder from the Russian plane that crashed into the Black Sea over the weekend, the defense ministry said. All 92 people aboard the Russian military’s Tu-154 plane are believed to have died Sunday morning when it crashed two minutes after taking off from the […]