Новости за 06.03.2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Reigning entertainer of the year Jason Aldean will receive the artist of the decade award at this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards in April. The ACM announced Wednesday that Aldean will join only five other honorees that have received the award since 1969, including Marty Robbins, Loretta Lynn, Alabama, Garth […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees ace Luis Severino expects to resume a throwing program in two weeks. Severino will miss his scheduled opening-day start on March 28 because of right-shoulder inflammation. He was scratched from his first planned spring-training start on Tuesday after feeling discomfort after throwing his first slider in a pregame […]

CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) — About 3,000 Venezuelan children cross the border daily to attend school in Colombia, and the closure of border bridges has forced them instead to take perilous treks along illegal pathways. Venezuelan children in school uniforms boarded makeshift wooden rafts to cross the Tachira River on Wednesday to reach schools in Cucuta, […]

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former top aide testified Wednesday the decision to move the attorney general out of her job had nothing to do with alleged efforts to pressure her into not prosecuting a Canadian company in a corruption case. Gerald Butts, a close friend of Trudeau and his former principal […]

A person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press FIFA is exploring Oman and Kuwait becoming co-hosts of the 2022 World Cup with Qatar if the field of teams is expanded from 32 to 48. Although Qatar won a bid for a 32-team tournament and its infrastructure is already stretched for the Middle […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift says she turns off comments on social media to “block some of the noise.” That’s one lesson the singer outlined Wednesday in an article in Elle magazine about 30 things she’s learned before turning 30 this year. Swift wrote that her biggest fear was going on tour after the […]

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Right-hander Jose Leclerc and the Texas Rangers have agreed to a $14.75 million, four-year contract, a deal that covers the seasons the closer would be eligible for salary arbitration. Texas has options for 2023 and 2024, the first two seasons after he would be eligible for free agency. A 25-year-old right-hander, […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s central elections committee says members of a Jewish ultranationalist party will be allowed to participate in April’s parliamentary vote, after narrowly rejecting motions to disqualify them. The committee voted 16-15 on Wednesday to uphold the candidacy of Jewish Power party leaders Michael Ben Ari and Itamar Ben Gvir. Jewish Power’s leaders […]

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s minister for economic development has been rebuked in parliament, an unusual show of tension in the circles loyal to President Vladimir Putin. Maxim Oreshkin was speaking to the Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday when speaker Vyacheslav Volodin halted his remarks and criticized Oreshkin for being unprepared and short […]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan government has given the German ambassador 48 hours to leave the country after he expressed support for opposition leader Juan Guaido. Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Wednesday tweeted a statement saying Ambassador Daniel Kriener interfered in Venezuela’s internal affairs and allied himself with “extremist sectors” of the opposition. Kriener […]

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — University of Mississippi student government groups are calling for a Confederate soldier monument to be moved from a prominent spot on campus to a Confederate cemetery. The Daily Mississippian reports that graduate and undergraduate student senates adopted resolutions this week asking administrators to move the statue, which has stood since 1906. […]

TERRYTOWN, La. (AP) — A sheriff’s spokesman says that three people are dead and two critically injured in a New Orleans suburb and a homicide investigation is underway. News outlets quote Jason Rivarde as saying that authorities were called to the residence just after 7 a.m. Wednesday, responding to a call for medical assistance. When […]

VIENNA (AP) — Iran’s deputy foreign minister says Tehran has received “strong support” from all remaining parties to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with his country since the U.S. pulled out unilaterally last year. Abbas Araghchi told reporters in Vienna on Wednesday that Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China have “acknowledged that the deal can […]

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban baseball and Little League International say they are launching a relationship that will allow young Cuban players to participate in international Little League tournaments. The agreement announced Wednesday follows a deal between Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation that will allow Cuban players to legally play professionally in the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign leaders showered President Donald Trump and his family with more than $140,000 in gifts during their first year in the White House, with China and Saudi Arabia among the most lavish givers. According to the State Department’s annual accounting of such gifts, China’s president gave Trump and his wife the two […]

GENEVA (AP) — When a period of Champions League success ends, it’s not always so easy to get back to the top. Real Madrid’s embarrassing 4-1 loss to Ajax on home turf on Tuesday sent the three-time defending champions out of the competition in the round of 16. The elimination ended Madrid’s run of three […]

MADRID (AP) — Trying to hold back tears, Dani Carvajal used a dirty word to describe Real Madrid’s dreadful season. He offered no excuses. The right back spoke his mind in a post-game interview after another humiliating home loss, a 4-1 rout against Ajax that ended the team’s reign as Champions League champions. The elimination […]

LONDON (AP) — “Havana” conquered the world in 2018. A global music industry group says Camila Cabello’s song, featuring guest vocals from rapper Young Thug, is the year’s best-selling digital single. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry says the Cuban-American musician’s song has been streamed 2.6 billion times around the world — the equivalent […]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The party of Hungary’s prime minister says it “cannot yield” to conditions set for it to remain in the main center-right group in the European Parliament. Balazs Hidveghi, communications director of Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party, said Wednesday that “the defense of European Christian values and stopping migration is more important than […]

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Olympic slalom champion Frida Hansdotter says she will retire from Alpine skiing’s World Cup after next week’s season-ending meeting. The 33-year-old Swede has been one of Mikaela Shiffrin’s biggest rivals since the American star started dominating slalom in the 2012-13 season. Hansdotter finished on the podium behind Shiffrin in three world championship […]

LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray says he is pain-free after hip surgery but likely won’t play at Wimbledon. Murray tells the BBC in an interview he wants to continue playing but the surgeons “couldn’t give me any guarantees.” The three-time Grand Slam champion says “I don’t feel any pressure to come back. If it allows […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock is scheduled to appear in court for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court declined to get involved in his corruption case. A federal judge in Chicago set a Wednesday hearing for the 37-year-old, who once was a rising star of the Republican Party. Schock resigned […]

Q: You may have some readers who would like to know about eliminating breath odors. A simple and inexpensive way to do this is to nibble on parsley leaves, fresh or dried. I learned this from a co-worker who fortified himself with a shot of gin before meetings. He then nibbled on parsley from a […]

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