Новости за 13.12.2015

Low-ranked Petra Vlhova of Slovakia pulled off a surprise by leading the opening run of a World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden, on Sunday with the dominant Mikaela Shiffrin out injured.

PARIS - The world is about to go on a carbon diet. It won't be easy - or cheap.

VAL D'ISERE, France - Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway easily protected his lead from the first run to win a World Cup slalom race on Sunday, beating Marcel Hirscher of Austria by 1.09 seconds.

OSAKA, Japan - Paulinho scored in the final minute of stoppage time on Sunday as China's Guangzhou Evergrande beat Mexico's Club America 2-1 to set up a semifinal with European champions Barcelona in the Club World Cup.

KUWAIT CITY - A Kuwaiti appeals court has upheld a death sentence against a man convicted in connection with an Islamic State-claimed suicide bombing at a prominent Shiite mosque in the capital in June.

DAMASCUS, Syria - Rebels entrenched in an eastern suburb of Damascus fired volleys of mortar shells that slammed into neighborhoods of the Syrian capital on Sunday, killing one child and wounding at least three people, Syria's state-run news agency and residents said.

PARIS - Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration National Front was the frontrunner heading into the decisive second round of French regional elections Sunday, and now it's up to voters whether to hand the once-pariah party an unprecedented political victory.

HOCHFILZEN, Austria - Italian biathlete Dorothea Wierer beat Germany's Franziska Preuss at the finish of a women's World Cup relay on Sunday, giving Italy its maiden win in the discipline.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Benedict Anderson, a Cornell University scholar who became one of the most influential voices in the fields of nationalism and Southeast Asian studies, died Sunday in Indonesia. He was 79.

BUJUMBURA, Burundi - The U.S. government has asked it citizens to leave Burundi as soon as possible after 87 people were killed Friday, in an escalation of the violence surrounding the disputed third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza.

LONDON - The last British resident held at Guantanamo Bay has denounced extremism in his first interview since being released in October.

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania - Authorities say a man armed with two handguns and a machete has been shot and killed by police inside a northeastern Pennsylvania Wal-Mart store.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis called on humanity Sunday not to let sadness prevail because of the many forms of violence afflicting the world.

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Gunfire, a grenade explosion and threats of violence in Central African Republic on Sunday prevented many from voting in a constitutional referendum seen as a test of whether national elections can take place later this month.

ISLAMABAD - A bomb explosion in a market Sunday killed 12 people and injured over 30 others in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region near the Afghan border, an official said.

BERLIN - Leipzig police say 69 officers have been injured in clashes with rioting leftwing protesters and that they had to use tear gas and water cannons to disperse the group.

CHONBURI, Thailand - Jamie Donaldson won his first title of the year after beating Clement Sordet of France and defending champion Lee Westwood by three strokes in the final round of the Thailand Championship at the Amata Country Club on Sunday.

WASHINGTON - The White House and top lawmakers want to wrap up a year's worth of budget work and let Congress adjourn this coming week until 2016. There are two major bills: A $1.1 trillion government-wide spending measure and a broad renewal of expiring tax breaks for businesses and individuals that could cost hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade.

BEIJING - One of China's most prominent human rights lawyers is due to stand trial Monday for comments on social media that were critical of the ruling Communist Party in a case that international rights groups say is political persecution.

KAWHMU, Myanmar - Following her party's landmark election win, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi vowed to give her desperately poor country a much-needed face-lift.

SYDNEY - Melbourne City continued its high-scoring form, beating Newcastle 4-0 on Sunday to move into third place in the A-League.

SAN FRANCISCO - A third winter-like storm in a week will bring rain and possible thunderstorms to much of Northern California and snow to the Sierra Nevada, forecasters said.

HONOLULU - Stefan Jankovic had a career-high 29 points on 10-of-14 shooting, Isaac Fleming added 16 points and Hawaii beat Hawaii Pacific 83-71 on Saturday night.

SAN JOSE, California - As well as Darcy Kuemper has played in place of the injured Devan Dubnyk, he hadn't got rewarded with a win as a starter.

BEIJING - China's push for a global climate pact is partly because of its own increasingly pressing need to solve serious environmental problems. China says the Paris deal shows it is dealing with climate change "as a responsible big country."