Новости за 01.06.2016

MANILA — The Manila North Cemetery, where Michelle Sambalilo was abandoned as a young child, is a sprawling, trash-strewn squatter camp where thousands of people eat, sleep and play among acres of colorful crypts. Some are victims of extreme poverty; others of natural disasters and armed conflicts in the country’s riven south. The Department of Social Welfare and Development is responsible for ensuring that many of these children find homes. Yet the country’s adoption bureaucracy is so forbidding... Читать дальше...

The presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee has been getting good press this week in the North’s carefully controlled media, first in an opinion piece that praised him as “wise” and full of foresight and then Wednesday in the official mouthpiece of the ruling Worker’s Party itself. The presidential candidate who U.S. citizens should vote for is not dull Hillary, who says she would pursue an ‘Iran-type model’ to solve the Korean Peninsula’s nuclear problems, but Trump, who said he would... Читать дальше...

The report, released by the Walk Free Foundation, included children and adults forced into labor, often unpaid or to pay off a debt, as well as child brides, child soldiers and migrant workers in 167 countries. Child labor, the trafficking of sex workers, and bonded labor remains widespread, despite India’s rapid economic growth over the past decade. Laws meant to keep children in school and out of the workplace are routinely flouted, as millions are forced into difficult and sometimes toxic jobs including rolling cigarettes... Читать дальше...

sharkfin07_ls_0202.JPGCorey Lee’s two downtown San Francisco restaurants, Benu and In Situ will play host for Gelinaz’s upcoming “Walk with Us San Francisco” dinners. Photo: The Chronicle Related Links There will be no 12 Days of Christmas guest chef series at Meadowood this year Check out the menu for Locol, now open in Oakland After last summer’s grand chef shuffle, Andrea Petrini and Alexandra Swenden‘s global culinary collective Gelinaz will come to San Francisco again this July for another over-the-top dining experience. Читать дальше...

The expansion of Lustig’s role signals an improvement in the financial position of the respected but beleaguered company, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. Founded by Ronn Guidi in 1965, Oakland Ballet reached its heyday in the 1990s, when it boasted a $2 million annual budget and international renown for its expertise in restoring historic and lost ballets. After Guidi’s 2000 retirement, successor Karen Brown struggled to steer the company through the dot-com bust; after liquidating assets... Читать дальше...

The multimedia installation presented by the Artful Steps program at the Stepping Stones Growth Center puts art in the hands of visitors to the San Francisco Library for the Blind and Print Disabled. Repurposed materials such as bottle caps, woolly felt and domino pieces find their way into the mix. The methods are exploratory, but the result is clear: making art accessible to the student artists with developmental disabilities at the nonprofit Stepping Stones Growth Center in San Leandro — as well as to blind and sighted library patrons.

Wing Chun knife fighting takes center stage in Xu Haofeng’s wall-to-wall martial arts action film “The Final Master,” but the deepest cuts come from the games of sexual politics and political intrigue in this unusual, compelling and even humorous thriller. Take, for instance, the scene in which Wing Chun master Chen Shi (Liao Fan) and his wife, Zhao Guo Hui (Song Jia), sit on a bench and have a tender discussion about the state of their marriage — all while Chen calmly disposes of 20 challengers from a rival martial arts academy. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A Muslim high school student from Florida who hopes to become a Navy officer is going to attend Norwich University after the Vermont military school said it would allow her to wear her headscarf beneath her uniform. About two-thirds of students are in the Corps of Cadets, its military program, while the rest are civilians who don't participate in military training. Norwich officials said privacy rules prevented them from confirming that Sana had agreed to attend, though she showed The Associated... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — From cheese to sliced turkey, the Obama administration is encouraging food companies and restaurants to lower the amount of salt in the foods they sell. The idea is to lower sodium levels gradually so consumers' taste buds can adjust, and to give the industry time to develop lower-sodium foods. The government says overwhelming scientific evidence shows that blood pressure increases when sodium intake increases, upping the chances of heart disease and stroke. According to the CDC... Читать дальше...

The White House says Obama will welcome Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (LEE shee-EHN LOONG) for an official visit and state dinner on Aug. 2. The White House says they will observe the occasion by highlighting a level of cooperation between their countries that has led more than 3,500 U.S. companies to operate in Singapore and has forged strong ties between their militaries.

James Corden, a Tony winner and the host of CBS’ “The Late Late Show,” will make his debut as the Tony emcee June 12 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Others scheduled to attend include Oprah Winfrey, Cate Blanchett, Carole King, Audra McDonald, Saoirse Ronan, Patina Miller and Nathan Lane.

Raiders rookie having flashbacks The rookie quarterback has been in Alameda learning from Derek Carr, a starter who he says throws a picturesque ball with pinpoint accuracy. In 2011, when he was redshirted as a freshman at Michigan State, Cook learned from senior Kirk Cousins, who led the NFL in completion percentage (69.8) last year with Washington. [...] the fourth-round pick didn’t mention Carr’s football IQ or endless spirals when he was initially asked for his impressions of his NFL mentor. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the economy grew at a modest pace in much of the country from April to mid-May, despite obstacles ranging from slower consumer spending to ongoing weakness in the manufacturing and energy sectors. The Fed’s latest survey of business conditions found that half of its 12 regions described growth as modest, while Dallas said economic activity had increased “marginally.” Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said Friday that an interest rate hike would be... Читать дальше...

Residents of some rural southeast Texas counties braced for more flooding on Monday along a river that is expected to crest at a record level just two years after it had run dry in places because of drought FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Residents of some rural southeast Texas counties braced for more flooding on Monday along a river that is expected to crest at a record level just two years after it had run dry in places because of drought. National Weather Service meteorologists predicted that the... Читать дальше...

The Ramones blazing through their storied CBGB sets in New York, the Sex Pistols creating general mayhem in London: [...] Los Angeles had its own thriving punk scene, even if its significance tends to be overlooked, and John Doe of X (along with collaborator Tom DeSavia) pays tribute to that city’s punk past in “Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk” (Da Capo; $26.99). “Under the Big Black Sun” covers events from 1977 to 1982, featuring essays by Doe and a dozen other contributors... Читать дальше...

After our non-super El Niño winter, the surface water supply has mostly recovered. The biggest reservoirs, Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville, are better than 90 percent full and over 100 percent of their normal storage for this time of year. Folsom Lake, at the very edge of the foothills on the American River east of Sacramento, is about 85 percent full and more than 100 percent of average.

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Indie pop duo Tegan and Sara discovered visual artist Sirin Thada when they stumbled on Thada’s Tumblr page. [...] Thada will join the band at Folsom Street Foundry for a free Tegan and Sara concert organized with Tumblr IRL, an interdisciplinary performance series started in 2013 that re-creates a multimedia experience of the microblogging website in real life. “The visuals I created specifically for the live show are directly inspired by their new album,” Thada said of “Love You to Death,” Tegan and Sara’s eighth studio release... Читать дальше...

Trump University is the target of two lawsuits in San Diego and one in New York that accuse the business of fleecing students with unfulfilled promises to teach secrets of success in real estate. Likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign leapt on the new details contained in the unsealed documents, including the organization's strategies for encouraging prospective students to dip into their savings or find other means of making payments they couldn't afford. Florida Sen. Читать дальше...

The feature is part of an update to the “My Account” hub that the Mountain View company introduced a year ago to make it easier for people to manage the privacy and security controls on the Internet company’s services. Google is making the change because it learned that many users doing a “vanity search” under their name wanted a quicker way to find out what the company knew about them, as well as to see how they are depicted on various sites across the Internet, said Guemmy Kim, a Google product manager. Читать дальше...

Comedy vet Tim Heidecker brings his music to S.F. Heidecker is slated to perform at the Independent, where he’ll perform with a 10-piece band (and without comedy partner Eric Wareheim). Heidecker’s music has been on display in “Awesome Show” and other projects, and he’s released several albums, mostly as part of a group. [...] while “In Glendale” is laced with comedy, it’s much more personal, delving into fatherhood, the daily grind and the struggle to remain creative when the rest of life becomes more routine.

Newly released documents about the now-defunct business owned by Trump revealed that he tried to trick people into enrolling who couldn't afford the tuition. With the nomination in sight, Clinton has shifted her focus to Trump, painting the presumptive GOP nominee as a con artist more concerned with his wealth than the future of the country.

According to court records, Littlefield was supervising the boy and his brother Sunday while their mother, who was Littlefield's girlfriend, worked. Littlefield reportedly told investigators he hit the boy in the head to resuscitate him, and that he left the children home alone while he picked up their mother from work.

(AP) — Louisiana's state senators on Wednesday backed a $26 billion spending plan for government operations next year that would slash spending to the TOPS college tuition program, safety-net health care for the poor and a wide array of government services. Even as they voted 37-2 for the budget proposal, senators already had an eye toward a looming special session that could raise more money to help chip away at a $600 million shortfall in the financial year that begins July 1. The Senate budget... Читать дальше...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Midday" game were: 5-9-6-5 (five, nine, six, five)