Новости за 06.12.2015

NEW DELHI - The top security officials from India and Pakistan held bilateral talks in Thailand's capital on Sunday, signaling a resumption of the rival countries' on-again, off-again peace dialogue.

NEW YORK - Donald Trump is arguably New York City's most famous resident, and he's made some of his money off the name of one of the city's most famous public landmarks: Central Park.

NAIROBI, Kenya - The state-run Seychelles News Agency says presidential elections in the Indian Ocean archipelago will go to a second round because none of the six candidates got a clear majority.

JERUSALEM - Israel's state-owned electric utility says Egyptian natural gas companies will pay it compensation of $1.76 billion for halting gas supplies.

MOSCOW - The longtime head of the World Chess Federation has asked the federation's presidential council to suspend his authority temporarily.

YEREVAN, Armenia - Armenia was holding a referendum Sunday on proposed constitutional changes that would give more powers to the prime minister and parliament at the expense of the president, who would become largely a figurehead.

BAKU, Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR says the search is still on for 29 workers missing after a fire swept through an offshore oil platform.

KIEV, Ukraine - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden comes to Ukraine's capital on Sunday for a visit aimed at pushing the country toward making reforms and reassuring it that the crisis in Syria is not overshadowing Washington's concerns about Ukraine.

ROSELLE PARK, New Jersey - A New Jersey councilwoman who quit after colleagues voted to add the word "Christmas" to the name of the town's tree-lighting ceremony has rescinded her resignation.

WASHINGTON - As a group, the most religious Americans are less likely than others in the U.S. to trust the science of global warming. Yet one group of faithful Americans not only believes the threat is real, but also feels obliged to help save Earth's climate, an analysis by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and Yale University shows.

DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian President Bashar Assad says British airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State group are illegal and doomed to fail.

BERLIN - Germany's vice chancellor says the West needs Saudi Arabia as a partner in solving conflicts in Syria and elsewhere, but is criticizing Saudi financing of ultraconservative mosques abroad.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A commuter train slammed into a passenger minibus Sunday at a railroad crossing in Indonesia's capital, killing at least 18 people and seriously injuring six others.

GOLD COAST, Australia - Australian Nathan Holman parred the first hole of a three-way playoff with American Harold Varner III and South Africa's Dylan Frittelli to win the Australian PGA championship on Sunday.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm will be lauded Sunday with a parade in her hometown of Albuquerque.

PARIS - French voters are casting ballots Sunday for regional leaders in an unusually tense security climate, expected to favor conservative and far right candidates and strike a new blow against the governing Socialists.

SACRAMENTO, California - The deadly shooting in San Bernardino happened in a state with some of the nation's toughest gun laws: California bars assault weapons, blocks the sale of large-capacity magazines and requires universal background checks for all gun purchases.

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan took six of 18 singles matches on Sunday to capture the inaugural Queens match-play tournament between teams from different women's golf tours,

PORTLAND, Oregon - Quarterback Aaron Bailey rushed for 200 yards, including touchdowns from 61 and 69 yards out, and Northern Iowa beat the Portland State Vikings 29-17 in a second-round FCS playoff game on Saturday night.

SAN JOSE, California - Steven Stamkos found himself on the penalty kill for the first time this season. He threw himself into it, literally, to help stave off a late rush.

TACOMA, Washington - Gonzaga Prep racked up a record-breaking 521 rushing yards on 83 carries as the Bullpups ran all over Skyline 34-16 in the 4A high school championship football game on Saturday night at the Tacoma Dome.

INDIANAPOLIS - C.J. Beathard thought he had come up with another perfect ending Saturday night.

WARSAW, Poland - A Polish official says that the Defense Ministry is considering asking for access to nuclear weapons through a NATO program which involves non-nuclear states borrowing them from the United States.

BEIJING - China's campaign of island building in the South China Sea might soon quadruple the number of airstrips available to the People's Liberation Army in the highly contested and strategically vital region.

TEMPE, Arizona - Texas A&M had trouble with Arizona State's defense all night. Even when the Aggies were open, they couldn't get shots to fall.