Новости за 10.09.2016

The Aleppo Media Center, an activist collective, said 45 died in strikes that took place just hours after a new U.S.-Russian agreement was reached to try to end the violence in Syria. The United States and Russia announced a deal Saturday that would establish a nationwide cease-fire starting on Monday, followed a week later by an new military partnership targeting Islamic State and al Qaeda militants as well as the establishment of new limits on the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Previous... Читать дальше...

John Hinckley released from mental hospital WASHINGTON — John Hincklye, the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, has been released from a Washington mental hospital, more than 35 years after the shooting. A spokeswoman for the District of Columbia’s Department of Mental Health said early Saturday that all patients scheduled to leave St. Elizabeths Hospital had been discharged. An Associated Press reporter saw a hired car pull into the driveway of the Hinckley home in Williamsburg... Читать дальше...

“The Making of Medea’s Medea”: Part of Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco’s developmental fall reading series, Chas Belov’s play goes behind the scenes of a modern-day production of the Greek tragedy. 8 p.m. Shelton Theater, S.F. www.playwrightscentersf.org Jake Bugg: The young British singer-songwriter is on tour in support of his latest album, “On My One.” 8 p.m. The Regency Ballroom, S.F. www.axs.com “All About Eve”: Bette Davis in her signature role... Читать дальше...

The echoes of fast-talking, flirty couples from screwball through French New Wave, from Woody Allen through every promising Woody wannabe, reverberate through this zippy, well-acted tale of a guileless aspiring chef (Callum Turner, “Queen & Country”) and a tart-tongued sharpie (Grace Van Patten) thrown together on a two-day adventure through the hubs and across the boroughs. Marked by engaging performances and an effortless sense of place, “Tramps” has the good sense to win you over with a crackling... Читать дальше...

(AP) — A Florida teenager accused of pretending to be a doctor and stealing money from an 86-year-old patient faces new charges in Virginia after authorities say he fraudulently tried to buy a luxury car. Malachi Love-Robinson was arrested Friday and charged with identity theft and other fraud offenses after he attempted to purchase a Jaguar at a car dealership, Stafford County Sheriff's officials say. Authorities in Palm Beach County said Love-Robinson was illegally operating a medical practice ... Читать дальше...

Real-life story of inspirational polio survivor will also star Claire Foy Bleecker Street and Participant Media have landed the domestic distribution rights to Andy Serkis‘ “Breathe,” starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. Serkis, the prolific motion-capture actor who is directing Warner Bros.’ upcoming take on “The Jungle Book,” will direct from a script by “Gladiator” writer William Nicholson. Three-time Academy Award winner Robert Richardson will serve as cinematographer. Cavendish, a zesty and adventurous man... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has blocked Kansas, Georgia and Alabama from requiring residents to prove they are U.S. citizens when registering to vote using a national form. The 2-1 ruling Friday is a victory for voting rights groups who said a U.S. election official illegally changed proof-of-citizenship requirements on the federal registration form at the behest of the three states. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia acted swiftly in the case... Читать дальше...

[...] as the last day of an EU finance ministers’ meeting focused on ways to harmonize tax rules for multinational companies, Dijsselbloem told reporters that the firms “have an obligation to pay taxes in a fair way.” The European Commission hopes to have ready by fall proposals for multinational companies operating in the EU that tightens rules on tax bases. Pushing back against U.S. criticism of the Apple decision, EU tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Saturday hailed U.S. investment as... Читать дальше...

[...] even if the North’s assertion that it has rounded a crucial corner in nuclear development is more rhetoric than real, the content of its claim holds some important clues about where the country’s atomic efforts may be heading. North Korea says its “standardization” of a warhead will allow it to produce “at will and as many as it wants a variety of smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear warheads of higher strike power.” If true, Pyongyang has developed a unified design for nuclear weapons... Читать дальше...

(AP) — The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will consider increasing the salary of the university system's president to $510,400. The recommendation for the 6.3 percent salary increase for Hank Bounds came Friday from the Board of Regents' executive committee, The Lincoln Journal Star reported (http://bit.ly/2cNtVeU ). In addition to his state-funded salary, Bounds receives $20,000 a year in private funds from the University of Nebraska Foundation, along with perks that include a home, the... Читать дальше...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — The European Union will add 115 million euros ($129 million) in funding to humanitarian organizations in Greece to assist programs for refugees and migrants before the winter, officials said Saturday. The money would be used to support refugee schooling, food stamps, heating and living facilities for unaccompanied minors, said Christos Stylianides, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management. The EU money was pledged a day after Human Rights Watch... Читать дальше...

TEHRAN — Iran began building its second nuclear power plant with Russian help on Saturday, the first such project since last year’s landmark nuclear deal with world powers. Sergey Kiriyenko, the head of Russia’s atomic agency, told reporters the plants would be built according to high safety standards, “particularly those defined after Fukushima,” referring to the Japanese nuclear power plant that was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Western nations do not view the Bushehr plant... Читать дальше...

A’s put six-man rotation in play with Manaea’s return With Manaea’s return, the A’s are expanding to a six-man rotation, which provides an opportunity to check out more talent and gives extra rest for pitchers not accustomed to working this late in a season. Kendall Graveman faces Mariners ace Felix Hernandez in Saturday’s intriguing matchup, and Raul Alcantara will start Sunday’s series finale. “I don’t think that’s a bad thing with the guys that we have and where their innings are,” said manager Bob Melvin... Читать дальше...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which historically has been seen as little more than a speed bump on a condemned inmate’s road to the death chamber, in recent weeks has postponed the lethal injections of four inmates whose execution dates were pending. A declining number of new death sentences and a plunge in executions nationwide has forced the court to address questions “about the ways Texas has traditionally carried out the death penalty,” according to Kathryn Kase, executive director of the Texas Defender Service... Читать дальше...

The program, founded by Wall Street tycoon Stephen Schwarzman, covers all expenses for students in a one-year master’s degree program that will also emphasize cultural immersion, travel around China, and efforts to grasp and understand the world’s second-largest economy and rising superpower. Launched in 2013, the program has drawn support from the top ranks of the ruling Communist Party, one reason Schwarzman said he wasn’t concerned about possible infringements on academic freedom. Chinese universities... Читать дальше...

NEW DELHI — A boiler exploded and triggered a fire at a packaging factory near Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 23 workers and injuring dozens, officials said. Fire officials said that the explosion at the five-story Tampaco Foils Ltd. factory in the Tongi industrial area outside Dhaka was huge, and that the blaze triggered by the blast spread quickly because flammable chemicals were stored at the factory. Television footage showed smoke billowing from the factory, with the fire engulfing part of the upper floors. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine plans to campaign at the University of Michigan as part of a party rally. Hillary Clinton's campaign announced Saturday that Kaine, her running mate, is expected to speak Tuesday at the Ann Arbor university's Diag.

WASHINGTON (AP) — CORRECTS: Clinton says she regrets calling 'half' of Trump supporters 'basket of deplorables'; says many are hard-working Americans. (Corrects APNewsAlert to reflect that her comment referred to half of Trump's supporters)

The stodgy production of Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chénier" that opened the new fall season in unobjectionable but uninteresting fashion on Friday night would not have been out of place on the stage of the War Memorial Opera House 30, 50 or even 100 years ago. There were opulent sets and costumes to delight the eye, a few showpiece arias and duets delivered with forceful eloquence, and enough orchestral activity to carry a listener past the many dull spots in the opera itself. Because make no mistake... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Students at one elementary school in Portland got some good news when classes recently began: no more homework. Last month, a second-grade teacher in North Texas got national attention after sending a note home to parents telling them she wouldn't formally assign homework and encouraged them to eat dinner as a family, read together and other activities linked to education success.

‘The Woman Who Left,’ ‘Nocturnal Animals’ Top 73rd Venice Film Festival Awards Tom Ford‘s “Nocturnal Animals” took the grand jury prize at the 73rd annual film festival, with Emma Stone also landing Best Actress Silver Cup for her turn in “La La Land.” The top prize, Venice’s Golden Lion for Best Film, however, went to “The Woman Who Left,” from Filipino director Ang Babying Humayo. Ford’s second directorial effort drew a huge crowd at the Toronto International Film Festival for its North American premiere on Friday. Читать дальше...

The Republican presidential nominee added plans for education to his still relatively thin roster of policy proposals this past week, unveiling an effort to spend $20 billion during his first year in office to help states expand school choice programs. There's no failed policy more in need of urgent change than our government-run education monopoly," Trump said at the school, blaming the Democratic Party for having "trapped millions of African-American and Hispanic youth in failing government schools... Читать дальше...

The News Tribune reports (http://goo.gl/LfYRRO ) that the state Department of Natural Resources spent about $45 million fighting 44 of the most recent fires caused by negligence but has only recovered about $10 million — or about 22 percent of the amount it originally sought. In a 2010 fire involving Klickitat Public Utility District, for example, DNR held the utility liable for $27 million after a tree fell on one of its power lines.

The Chicago Tribune reports (http://trib.in/2ctMzqd ) the state relaxed a 2-year-old policy that had limited drug coverage to just the sickest patients, or those with stage 4 liver scarring. According to state data, 12,000 Illinoisans covered by Medicaid had hepatitis C as of last year.

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — A 20-year-old man who fell off a cliff while hiking in Sunset Bay on the Oregon Coast has been rescued. Crews from Coos Bay Fire and Rescue and the Coast Guard rescued the hiker Friday evening. The Coast Guard says the hiker suffered bruises and cuts on his head and body but was in stable condition when he was taken to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay.