Новости за 11.07.2016

JUBA, South Sudan — The president of South Sudan and his opposition rival both called Monday for a cease-fire in a conflict that has seen fierce clashes between their forces spread beyond the capital. President Salva Kiir declared a halt in fighting that began Thursday night and has raised fears of a return to civil war that could draw in even more of the East African country’s ethnic groups. Speaking to reporters Monday, Ban also called for additional sanctions against South Sudan leaders who... Читать дальше...

AMES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Board of Regents dismissed concerns Monday about a major land deal between its president's private company and Iowa State University President Steven Leath, calling it a "private business transaction." An appointee of and top donor to Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, Rastetter played a key role in hiring Leath at Iowa State in 2011 and retaining him since then with board-approved contract extensions and raises. Rastetter has often listed Summit's relationships with Iowa... Читать дальше...

Whether he is named Trump's running mate or serves otherwise as the Republican presidential candidate's adviser, Gingrich has become an understudy to a because-I-said-so billionaire who is given neither to partnerships nor the intricacies of public policy. Running mate or not, "Newt Gingrich is going to be involved with our government," Trump said. [...] not as principal table-kicker of old, who toppled 40 years of Democratic control in the 1994 "Republican revolution" and became House speaker... Читать дальше...

SRINAGAR, India — Indian authorities struggled to contain street protests Monday by Kashmiris defying patrols and a stringent curfew after at least 25 people died in clashes that followed the killing of a top rebel leader. Wani, in his early 20s, had become a top commander of Kashmir’s militancy, using social media to rally supporters and reach out to other youths like him who had grown up while hundreds of thousands of Indian armed forces have been deployed across the region. At least 24 civilians... Читать дальше...

Police made nearly 200 arrests in Louisiana’s capital city during weekend protests around the country in which people angry over police killings of young black men sought to block some major interstates. Riot police in full gear stopped protesters in Baton Rouge from walking onto an interstate late Sunday, police said, thwarting a protest tactic that social justice activists have increasingly tried in several U.S. cities. DeRay Mckesson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist who was released... Читать дальше...

The National Institute on Retirement Security, a nonprofit research center, reports that women are 80 percent more likely than men to be impoverished at age 65 and older. While experts cite a pay gap as a major cause for retirement insecurity, other factors play a role, from single parenthood and divorce to the fact that women typically live longer than men. Joan Entmacher, vice president for family economic security at the National Women’s Law Center, says “the solution to the retirement (funding)... Читать дальше...

Touting himself as the “law and order candidate,” Republican Donald Trump pledged Monday to crack down on Department of Veterans Affairs employees who fail to serve veterans, his latest in a series of prepared remarks aimed at articulating his policy agenda for his general election campaign. “America’s police and law enforcement personnel are what separates civilization from total chaos — and the destruction of our country as we know it,” he said. The speech is the latest in a series of teleprompter-delivered... Читать дальше...

U.S. commanders plan to use the base, Qayara Airfield West, as a staging area to provide logistical support to Iraqi forces as they try to retake Mosul. Some of the U.S. troops who will be stationed at the airfield specialize in infrastructure support, such as building bridges — a technical skill the Iraqis will need for the assault on Mosul because the Islamic State has destroyed many around the city since it took control of Mosul in 2014. The new troop deployment comes two years after Obama said... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is expected to make another run for Senate in Indiana, Democratic officials said Monday, a development that would dramatically improve the party’s chances to win the vacant seat and Senate control along with it. [...] he was not considered a strong candidate to take on the GOP nominee, establishment favorite Rep. Todd Young, in the GOP-leaning state. Democrats need to net four or five seats to win back Senate control — four if they hang onto the White... Читать дальше...

Oakland congresswoman Barbara Lee on Monday also offered her endorsement of Clinton, saying she is confident that Clinton “will unite the party around the progressive issues” in the party platform. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, will speak July 18 — while the Republican convention is under way. “In these violent and horrifying times when a new generation is waking to call for police accountability, economic and education equality and protecting the right to vote for all people... Читать дальше...

The dispute centers on waters through which an estimated $5 trillion in global trade passes each year and are home to rich fishing stocks and a potential wealth of oil, gas and other resources. The Philippines has also asked the tribunal to rule on whether several disputed areas are outcrops, reefs or islands, a move intended to clarify the extent of territorial waters they are entitled to or if they can project exclusive economic zones. Beijing wants to use the dispute to show how “China’s own... Читать дальше...

Poet Solmaz Sharif’s first collection, “Look” (Graywolf), is a fragmented array of narratives — stories of her own experience, and of her family’s — that offer piercing looks at the violence of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Born in Istanbul to Iranian parents, Sharif investigates the personal and the political in works such as “Look,” the title poem that makes up the book’s first section, where she writes, “Whereas years after they look down from their jets and declare my mother’s Abadan block probably destroyed,/ we walk by the villas... Читать дальше...

Christie, once considered the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, stunned some of his own allies by becoming the first of the Republican hopefuls to endorse Trump. Trump has since tapped him to lead the presidential transition, a massive hiring-and-organization challenge that would be required if Trump defeats his likely Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, on Election Day. When he isn't haranguing Democrats, Christie shows a more compassionate side, telling a tear-jerking story about... Читать дальше...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s prime minister said Monday that authorities will conduct a vigorous investigation to uncover any conspiracy behind the shooting death of a government critic, and urged the opposition not to use the assassination to incite people. Police said the suspect claimed to have shot Kem Ley, a high-profile political analyst, because he failed to pay him back for a loan. [...] Cambodia’s opposition, which has long been suppressed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, has suggested... Читать дальше...

“We did not get anyone from Antarctica this year, nor Australia,” said Julie Baker, California WorldFest executive director, but the festival welcomes diverse acts such as My Bubba, a Scandinavian folk music duo hailing from Iceland and Sweden; singer Awa Sangho from Mali; and Iranian setar player Sahba Motallebi. The collaborative Global Indigenous Village will also bring in several American Indian bands for a joint performance and discussion. Acts well known to American audiences will perform as well... Читать дальше...

Sine decades before the WWE, before even Dick the Bruiser, a battle between good and evil has been going on in wrestling rings in Mexico known as lucha libre. Directors Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz go behind the colorful masks in “Lucha in Mexico” to present an array of real-life characters with such names as 1000% Guapo Shocker, Blue Demon Jr, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, and extreme American bodybuilder Jon “Strongman” Andersen. Mexico City’s Arena Mexico, which must still smell of the sweat of wrestlers from a century ago. Читать дальше...

“Star Trek” marks its 50th anniversary this month, a milestone the San Francisco Symphony plans to celebrate with a multimedia tribute concert set for two nights this week. Fans may join the musicians at Davies Symphony Hall, where “Star Trek” movie and television footage will be projected on a massive screen, while the symphony performs a lively medley of old and new music drawn from the TV series. Conductor Justin Freer, a veteran in the world of movie scores, has written advertising music for... Читать дальше...

Boss Hog, the New York art-rock band fronted by husband and wife Jon Spencer and Cristina Martinez, was mainly a side attraction during its original early 1990s incarnation. Gaining attention with its striking album covers, which featured full-frontal nudes of Martinez, the outfit lived in the shadows of its members’ priority projects, Pussy Galore and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. [...] lack of traction hasn’t discouraged them from hitting the reunion circuit, touring behind their first new music in 16 years... Читать дальше...

In a post on its official Facebook page, the Goochland Sheriff's Office links a rise in reports of trespassing and suspicious activity over the weekend to Thursday's release of the popular Pokemon Go game. Authorities say those actions constitute trespassing and put both members of the public and law enforcement officers at risk.

The 67-year-old paddleboarder says a fisherman on the lake knocked the beaver off her twice, but it attacked again before letting her go. Asheville Police say an animal control officer caught the beaver the next day, and the animal is being tested for rabies.

The centerpiece of the push is a cap-and-trade program that aims to reduce the use of fossil fuels by forcing manufacturers and other companies to meet tougher emissions limits or pay up to exceed them. The four-year-old program, however, is only authorized to operate until 2020 and faces a litany of challenges, including a lawsuit questioning its legality, poor sales of credits, and lukewarm support among Democratic legislators to extend it. Supporters credit the strategy — born under previous Gov. Читать дальше...

University director of IT external affairs David Day says the school completed the network in recent weeks after testing since early June. School chief information officer Bob Lim says the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas State University and Wichita State University plan to put a 100-gigabit network in place.

U.S. Attorney Emily Gray Rice said "prosecuting those who possess child pornography is crucial to destabilizing this black market and undermining the normalization of child sexual abuse." Favor's lawyer, George Ostler, said the Ivy League English professor recognized he suffers from an addiction and has committed himself to mental health treatment. Prosecutors said investigators searching his home computer and flash drive found more than 500 videos and 300 still images depicting children, some as young as toddlers, being sexually abused. Читать дальше...

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The panel on Monday also voted to offer the job of administrator of the commission to Brian Bell, a budget and policy analyst for the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services. Lautenschlager served one term as attorney general but lost in the 2006 Democratic primary after pleading guilty in 2004 of drunken driving.