Новости за 21.07.2016

JERUSALEM — Nine months ago, Dareen Tatour posted a poem to Facebook about her frustration over spiking violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Days later, Israeli police banged on her door in the middle of the night and arrested her, accusing her of inciting violence on the social network. Hoping to further clamp down on what it sees as the driving force behind a 10-month spate of Palestinian attacks, Israel is now preparing a law that aims to rein in content on social media, including Facebook... Читать дальше...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey will be able to extend detention times for suspects and issue decrees without parliamentary approval under a three-month state of emergency approved Thursday by lawmakers following last week’s attempted military coup. Parliament voted 346-115 to approve the national state of emergency, which gives sweeping new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had been accused of autocratic conduct even before this week’s crackdown on alleged opponents. Since the July 15 coup attempt... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have come up empty-handed in their latest effort to find elusive dark matter, the plentiful stuff that helps galaxies like ours form. For three years, scientists have been looking for dark matter — which though invisible, makes up more than four-fifths of the universe’s matter — nearly a mile underground in a former gold mine in Lead, S.D. But on Thursday they announced at a conference in England that they didn’t find what they were searching for, despite sensitive equipment... Читать дальше...

Outside Lands has just released its lineup of set times, and ticket holders, encountering this year's worst set conflicts, are apprehensively setting up their daily schedules.

Shotgun Players serves morality in a soup kitchen There are the small forgivenesses of her daily grind as a nun working in a soup kitchen — the petty theft (mostly just carrots that haven’t made it into the soup pot yet) and ingratitude bordering on entitlement of the people she serves, like Frog (Kevin Clarke, one of the Bay Area’s finest conjurers of eccentricity). Pathologically, Emma thrives on Shelley’s forgiveness, just as she thrives on attracting Oscar (Caleb Cabrera), another worker at the soup kitchen. Читать дальше...

While gay conversion therapy for minors has been banned in five states and in Washington, D.C., backing for the practice is alive and well, with gay rights advocates accusing Republicans of endorsing the idea at their party’s national convention in Cleveland. Gregory Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation’s largest GOP organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender conservatives, said he was “mad as hell” over the platform, calling gay conversion therapy a debunked psychological... Читать дальше...

“Pokémon Go,” the wildly popular augmented-reality smartphone game, expanded officially into 26 more countries this week, even as some security and religious authorities around the globe expressed alarm: Kuwait banned the app’s use at government sites, and officials warned it could put users’ personal data at risk or be used by criminals to lure victims to isolated places. The game is notable for causing people to range out into the world, walking into places where they might not normally have a reason to be... Читать дальше...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Pressure mounted Thursday on Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, with lawmakers demanding he go on leave and be held accountable after U.S. officials initiated action to seize more than $1 billion they say was stolen from a state investment fund by people close to the premier. The diverted funds paid for luxury properties in New York and California, a $35 million jet, art by Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet and helped finance the Hollywood film, “The Wolf of Wall Street,”... Читать дальше...

HONG KONG — Three Hong Kong student leaders were convicted Thursday of leading or encouraging the massive pro-democracy street protests that unsettled the southern Chinese city two years ago. The magistrate convicted Nathan Law of the same charge, while finding Alex Chow guilty of inciting others to join an illegal assembly, according to local media reports. [...] no matter what is the penalty or the price that we need to pay, we will still continue to fight against suppression from the government, Wong said after the verdict.

While Patagonia, the vast region that makes up most of South America’s tail and is shared by Chile and Argentina, has become increasingly traveled and celebrated, this area is one of its lesser-known corners. Queulat National Park opened in 1983 — after the Carretera Austral highway finally reached here that year — so the park’s 600 square miles of mountains, forests, rivers and glaciers are still pristine. The journey started with a flight to Balmaceda airport, about 2½ hours south of Santiago... Читать дальше...

The series' look, style and sound are shaped by a variety of old and new Latino and Hispanic cultures, but the dialogue is in English save for a sprinkling of Spanish words and phrases, such as the endearment "mija." Elena, voiced by Aimee Carrero, is an appealing hero for the show's 2-to-11 target audience and beyond, a combination of intelligence, empathy and daring, and with a magic amulet to back it up. Even pre-debut, the company has backed its commitment with products (dolls, accessories... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The U.S. government is suing to stop two major health insurance mergers, a move regulators say is needed to protect Americans from potential cost hikes and lower quality care. Prices for prescription drugs and care have risen, and as they have, insurers — who ultimately pay most of the bill — have raised premiums and out-of-pocket expenses like deductibles to shift more costs to consumers and help protect their own bottom lines. In recent years insurers have invested in... Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu.: OpenHighLowSettleChg.WHEAT5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushelSep414419¾408¾417¾+4¾Dec435½442¾432¾441¼+5¼Mar459½465¾456464½+5½May474478½469½477+4½Jul482486½479½485¼+3¼Sep496½498¼492½497¼+2½Dec511¼515509¼515+2½Mar526527¾526527¾+2¼May531+2¼Jul531¼+2¼Sep531¼+2¼Dec532¼+2¼Mar532¼+2¼May532¼+2¼Jul532¼+2¼Est. sales 105,068. Wed.'s sales 131,734Wed.'s open int 461,008CORN5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushelSep337¾341¾332¾334¼—3¼Dec344¼348½339¼340¾—3½Mar353¼357¼348¼350¼—3May359362½354¼356—3J

The 15 council members decided not to reveal the results of their voting to encourage, ''discourage, or express no opinion about the 12 candidates — unlike the informal straw polls 10 years ago, which were made public and led to Ban's election to the world's top diplomatic post. Guterres, who was Portugal's center-left Socialist prime minister from 1995-2002 and served as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees until the end of last year, received 12 "encourage" votes and three "no opinion" votes, the diplomats said. Читать дальше...

Inmate killed at a maximum security prison Prison records show Mansfield was serving a five-year sentence for burglary and grand larceny and was due to be released in March.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Melania Trump is returning to the Republican National Convention Thursday for the first time since her prime-time speech went viral with charges that she stole parts of it from a speech given by Michelle Obama. Mrs. Trump is expected to be in the arena to watch her husband give his acceptance speech, perhaps the biggest speech of his very public life. [...] on Wednesday, a speechwriter for Trump's company issued a statement saying she was to blame.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Europe and Asia this week on a trip focusing on climate change, the Mideast, tensions in the South China Sea and North Korean missile tests. Kerry then attends a Southeast Asian security conference in Laos to be dominated by South China Sea disputes between China and its neighbors and North Korean missile tests.

(AP) — A monthly survey of bankers suggests there's been a drop in the already weak economic outlook for rural areas of 10 Western and Plains states. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says the overall index has remained below growth-neutral for 11 straight months.

VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities said Thursday a local journalist was shot to death outside his home in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the country's deadliest for reporters in recent years. The newspaper he worked for, El Pinero de la Cuenca, published an editorial saying Tamayo "documented the acts of violence and social protest in his hometown" and had also reported extensively on crime. All those killings have occurred during the administration of Gov. Javier Duarte, who has at... Читать дальше...

The measure passed in the Legislature after female legislators complained the tax was sexist because personal products including condoms and bandages are tax-free. The new law exempts tampons, sanitary napkins and panty liners from the 4 percent state sales tax and from local taxes that generally are about 5 percent.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say the death of a 5-month-old boy in the city has been ruled a homicide. Sgt. Gary Knight says officers called to an unknown disturbance Wednesday at a home in northwest Oklahoma city found Zaaric Davis not breathing. Knight says the child was taken to a hospital where he died. Knight says the state medical examiner's office on Thursday told police the death is being ruled a homicide. Police say there have been no arrests.

Audience members in brightly colored wigs watched Thursday as DreamWorks Animation debuted 16 minutes of footage from "Trolls," an animated feature coming to theaters Nov. 4. Timberlake served as executive producer on the soundtrack, which includes remixes of classics like Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sounds of Silence" and four originals such as "Can't Stop the Music."

Authorities believe the fuel tank ruptured when the plane hit the street and ignited a fire that spread to a house to the north, Joliet Deputy Fire Chief Ray Randich said at a news conference. Aerial television video of the crash site showed that siding from that home was peeling from the structure and smoke rose from the inside.

Trump's message to NATO allies spark global response WASHINGTON (AP) — Reactions are pouring in from around the world to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump saying the U.S. may revisit NATO's longstanding policy of defending its allies against possible Russian aggression if he becomes president. Trump told The New York Times he would decide whether to protect the Baltic republics against any incursion by Russia based on whether those countries "have fulfilled their obligations to us."... Читать дальше...

The WNBA has fined the Indiana Fever, New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury and their players for wearing black warm up shirts in the wake of recent shootings by and against police officers. While the shirts were the Adidas brand — the official outfitter of the league — WNBA rules state that uniforms may not be altered in any way. WNBA President Lisa Borders said Wednesday night in statement to The Associated Press the fines were not about the players speaking out on a social issue. Typical WNBA... Читать дальше...