Новости за 15.07.2015

Jason Isbell, "Something More Than Free" (Southeastern Records)

MEXICO CITY - Mexico is getting off to a rough start in its effort to attract investment for its oil fields by allowing private companies to enter the energy sector after a seven-decade state monopoly.

PARIS - French authorities have foiled a plot by four would-be extremists to attack military bases, the interior minister said Wednesday.

NEW YORK - The geographic areas where Lyme disease is a bigger danger have grown dramatically, according to a new government study published Wednesday

Alan Jackson, "Angels and Alcohol" (ACR/EMI Nashville)

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Country star Luke Bryan said he misspoke when he differentiated himself from outlaw country musicians like Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings by saying he doesn't do drugs.

NEW YORK - It only took 92 years for the U.S. publisher of Kahil Gibran's inspirational classic "The Prophet" to release the book in paperback.

NEW YORK - The escape of Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" has meant more sales for a crime novel that features the escape of a Mexican drug lord.

OMAHA, Nebraska - Douglas County officials say the FBI and IRS have taken over an investigation into an event-planning business and its owner, who's accused of selling thousands of worthless travel vouchers.

It's no longer a matter of if, but when. The interest rate on everything from credit cards to adjustable-rate mortgages could soon be headed higher.

CALGARY, Alberta - Canada's provincial Northwest Territories government has been talking to pipeline companies about shipping crude oil through the Arctic, according to the territory's minister in charge of resource development.

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Serb authorities in Bosnia have decided to challenge the country's integrity two decades after it emerged from a bloody inter-ethnic war by endorsing a decision to hold a referendum on the authority of the national court over the country's Serb-run part.

CAIRO - Egypt's Cabinet has decided to rename a square where security forces broke up a pro-Islamist sit-in two years ago in honor of the country's chief prosecutor, who was assassinated last month.

BENGHAZI, Libya - Libyan officials say a popular army commander has been killed in battle in the eastern city of Benghazi after opposing militiamen hit his position with a rocket.

BERLIN - Prosecutors in Germany have indicted a 92-year-old former Auschwitz guard on charges of accessory to murder.

NEW YORK - A three-year-old song on Zedd's latest album is the track that helped him land his record deal - with the help of Lady Gaga.

America's favorite truck, the Ford F-Series, was revamped from top to bottom for 2015, and the handsomely styled result shows how far pickups have come from their rough-riding and utilitarian past.

KABUL, Afghanistan - The reclusive Afghan Taliban leader backs peace talks with the Kabul government, saying in a rare message Wednesday that the goal of these efforts is an "end to occupation" by foreign forces.

PARIS - France's interior minister says a double blast in two huge fuel tanks at a petrochemical plant in southern France is of criminal origin.

LONDON - The critics bashed Douglas Gordon, and he bashed back - with an ax.

LOS ANGELES - The "Kids' Choice Sports" awards show is adding a tribute to America's new soccer superstars.

NEW YORK - Ryan Seacrest has noticed a pattern when he knocks on a stranger's door.

LONDON - Britain's foreign secretary said Wednesday that Israel wants a "permanent standoff" with Iran and suggests it wouldn't have welcomed any kind of nuclear deal.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Sea water leaked dangerously into an undersea tunnel in western Norway on Wednesday after a fuel truck crashed into the tunnel's side, triggering a series of explosions. The leaks prompted fears the tunnel could collapse, police said.

TORONTO - Canada's central bank cut its key interest rate Wednesday as it slashed its economic outlook and predicted a pullback in the second quarter due to the impact of lower oil prices and weaker demand for exports.