Новости за 17.05.2018

BANGKOK (AP) — A study says a Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River’s biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to lose from dams on the waterway. The three-year study, posted on the website of the U.S.-based organization that Cambodia’s government […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that Tehran has signed an agreement with a British consortium to develop an oil field in the country’s south. The agreement is the first between Iran and a key Western ally of the United States since Washington last week announced it will pull out of the […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Anwar: Preferential treatment for Malaysia’s Malay majority must be replaced by program to help poor regardless of race.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has carried out airstrikes on militant sites in Gaza overnight in response to machine gun fire that hit a building in the Israeli city of Sderot. The army said Thursday that planes bombarded a military compound and a weapons production facility in the northern Gaza Strip. The […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia State University has scheduled a second graduation ceremony for students whose original commencements were shortened by the threat of stormy weather. News outlets report GSU graduates who did not the chance to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas at last week’s ceremony will get another opportunity on Sunday. The […]

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — Health officials say a sixth food worker in a northern Kentucky county has been diagnosed with hepatitis A. Media outlets report that the Ashland-Boyd County Health Department said an employee who handled food at RJ Kahuna’s restaurant on U.S. Highway 60 in Ashland was diagnosed with the disease Tuesday. Officials say […]

MIAMI (AP) — As the summer sun beats down on Florida, a big yellow RV designed to diagnose and treat skin cancer will be roaming the streets. The Skin Cancer Foundation’s 38-foot (12-meter) mobile clinic is visiting Miami June 9-10. The RV has two exam rooms where dermatologists will give free screenings and educate patients […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Officials say the number of boating accidents in Florida is rising. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Wednesday released its annual boating accident report that showed that there was a nearly 14 percent rise in accidents in 2017. A total of 67 people died in boating accidents, which was […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Records show that the University of Tennessee has pumped millions from its endowment into private investment funds, including many in the Cayman Islands. The USA Today Tennessee Network reports that the school successfully lobbied state lawmakers to pass a law to make details about these types of investments secret from the […]

LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police have honored a trooper who was fatally shot more than 42 years ago. State police said in a news release Wednesday that personnel in Wayne County have placed a wreath at the grave of Trooper John Wayne Hutchinson at Elk Springs Cemetery. Hutchinson was 29 when he was […]

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) — Burundi is voting in a referendum proposing constitutional changes that could extend the president’s rule until 2034. Five million people are registered to vote in the referendum amid fears of violence because of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s efforts to prolong his stay in power despite widespread opposition. Burundi descended into violence in […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party has ended Congress party rule in a key southern state, a victory that will boost morale with national elections less than a year away. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s B.S. Yeddyurappa was sworn in as Karnataka state’s top elected official on Thursday. The BJP […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that a violent protest in the southwest city of Kazerron has left at least one person dead and six others injured. The Thursday report says protesters also set fire to a police station. Fars said a “small number” of protesters gathered Wednesday night in […]

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s health department has closed shellfish harvesting on part of a Chesapeake Bay estuary because of a raw sewage spill. The Virginia Department of Health said in a statement Wednesday that the spill was on a portion of Back River in Hampton. The ban on shellfish harvesting is due to potential […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia game officials are making a concentrated effort to prevent the spread of a fatal disease in deer. The Roanoke Times reports that the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has increased its focus on eliminating chronic wasting disease in Virginia’s deer population. Chronic wasting disease is a fatal ailment that […]

STERLING, Va. (AP) — The operators of the Dulles Greenway in northern Virginia are donating a day’s worth of tolls to charity. The greenway’s 13th annual Drive for Charity is Thursday. All tolls collected Thursday will be divided among charities including the March of Dimes, the Loudoun Free Clinic and the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy. The […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An applicant for one of Louisiana’s nine medical marijuana pharmacy permits has filed a lawsuit against the state Board of Pharmacy over its decision to pick the fourth-ranked choice for the license in the New Orleans region. News outlets report that Rx Greenhouse is suing in Baton Rouge court seeking to […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Veterans Services will host Memorial Day ceremonies at locations across the state on May 28. Gov. Ralph Northam will be the keynote speaker at the 62nd annual Commonwealth’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. The program will be held in the Heilman Amphitheater […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials are on the lookout for a large feline spotted in an odd place — the suburbs of Louisville. They are telling residents to be vigilant after receiving two credible but unconfirmed sightings of a mountain lion or large feline in the Anchorage area. A release from […]

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi State University has announced it will start accepting applications from a platform that over 1 million college applicants use each year to apply to more than 800 universities worldwide. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports MSU announced Monday that it will begin accepting the Common Application from prospective undergraduate students […]

STUART, Va. (AP) — The owner of a shuttered Patrick County hospital says it is in negotiations with potential tenants and buyers. Virginia Community Capital tells the Martinsville Bulletin they are making all efforts possible to find someone to take over the former Pioneer Hospital in Stuart. It was the county’s only one. But the […]

ORONO, Maine (AP) — A pub that’s been a preferred after-class hang-out for students at the University of Maine for more than 23 years says it will close its doors at the end of this month. The Bear Brew Pub opened in 1995 in Orono, after the original owner spent two years renovating a long-empty […]

ROUND HILL, Va. (AP) — Authorities say a West Virginia woman who was involved in the distribution of narcotics and was suspected of being intoxicated has been arrested after asking for directions from a deputy in Virginia. WJLA-TV reports 56-year-old Lisa M. Polk, of Capon Bridge, was driving near Round Hill when she came upon […]

STRATHAM, N.H. (AP) — A parrot found abandoned in a trash bag outside the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is expected to make a full recovery. The Amazon parrot named Mayday is improving after he was abandoned last Friday by a blonde woman driving a sedan. NHSPCA officials tell WMUR-TV […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most D.C. Circulator buses have free Wi-Fi and officials in the nation’s capital say even more of the red buses will have it in the future. The District Department of Public Transportation says most of the buses in the Circulator fleet are equipped with free public Wi-Fi, which will be standard on […]