Новости за 06.11.2015

BRUSSELS - One of the most renowned Belgian beer brewers said Friday it is a victim of climate change because increasingly high temperatures have shortened the brewing season by about a month compared with the 1950s.

TOLEDO, Ohio - A convicted murderer who escaped an Ohio prison in 1978 by cutting through cell bars and a fence has been captured in Minnesota's capital, the U.S. Marshals Service said Friday.

SINGAPORE - Singapore welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday with a state banquet featuring local favorites, as the two countries pledged to strengthen economic links and cooperation in regional and international affairs.

BUDAPEST, Hungary - Thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of former Hungarian president Arpad Goncz, who requested to be buried with a simple ceremony bereft of the honors befitting his office.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Hundreds of young men armed with machetes cheered as a ruling party lawmaker called for attacks on opponents of a project to create part-time jobs for youths in his constituency.

GENEVA - The United States insisted that over 100 political prisoners remain in Myanmar as its justice minister trumpeted progress on human rights ahead of weekend elections seen as a possible turning point for a country emerging from nearly a half-century of military rule.

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana health officials have made changes to an effort to boost the number of children vaccinated for the HPV virus after complaints from social conservatives drew the attention of Republican Gov. Mike Pence.

DETROIT - A Detroit woman has apologized for a massive fire that she and authorities said was accidentally started by her efforts to eradicate bedbugs from her apartment.

MADRID - The Spanish government pledged Friday to take immediate legal action against the regional parliament of Catalonia if the Barcelona-based body approves a proposal to formally start an attempt to break away from the rest of Spain.

DETROIT - United Auto Workers union members at General Motors appear poised to approve a new four-year contract with the company.

REYHANLI, Turkey - Despite a month of heavy battering by Russian airstrikes, Syria's rebels have so far been able to fend off offensives by government forces trying to retake territory from the rebel's heartland. The fierce fighting shows how even greater backing from Syrian President Bashar Assad's international allies is not swiftly tipping the conflict in his favor.

NEW YORK - The executive director of the largest police union in the country has threatened a "surprise" for Quentin Tarantino after the director drew its ire for comments about police brutality.

PARIS - Second-seeded Andy Murray overcame strong resistance from local favorite Richard Gasquet to reach the semifinals of the Paris Masters for the first time on Friday.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Friday decried how bishops and other clergy exploit their roles to advance their careers and to increase wealth, in his first public comments following the latest leaked revelations of greedy Vatican prelates resisting his efforts to reform Holy See finances and administration.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - The latest on the crash of a cross-country bus in North Little Rock, Arkansas:

HANOVER, Maryland - Authorities are asking for help tracking down a man charged with killing his wife at the Dunkin' Donuts where they worked.

ISLAMABAD - A teenager was rescued after 50 hours trapped under the rubble of a four-story factory which collapsed this week in eastern Pakistan, officials said Friday. At least 26 people were killed and 103 injured in the collapse in Lahore.

BERKELEY, California - A 15-year-old student has admitted to posting a racist message that prompted a large student walkout at Berkeley High School.

VIDALIA, Louisiana - A Louisiana firefighter helped his wife deliver their child at their home after she went into labor in their bathroom and he couldn't get her to the hospital.

LARAMIE, Wyoming - Suddenly, Wyoming's red-zone incompetency is gone.

PLATTSBURGH, New York - A former employee of a maximum-security prison in northern New York will pay nearly $80,000 in restitution the state sought to cover damage caused by two inmates who cut their way out.

WASHINGTON - The White House says President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry will make a statement to the news media later Friday.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Striker Mario Gomez has been recalled for Germany for the friendlies against France and the Netherlands, with coach Joachim Loew also inviting Schalke teenager Leroy Sane for the first time.

NEW YORK - When fear was pumping through the stock market this summer, most retirement savers kept their cool.

ZURICH - Carli Lloyd and Lionel Messi are among the nominees for the FIFA Puskas Award for goal of the year.