Новости за 19.04.2016

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates has announced plans for a $1 billion Warner Bros. theme park in Abu Dhabi, which will bring to the Middle East the studio's popular superheroes and cartoon characters ranging from Bugs Bunny and Scooby-Doo to Batman and Superman.

In this photo by Channi Anand, a laborer arranges raw bricks at a kiln on the outskirts of Jammu, India. Brick-making is an unorganized industry that employs many Indians, generally in rural and semi-urban areas. The laborers usually work for 12 to 14 hours a day earning 200 rupees ($2.50) per day.

BUCHAREST, Romania - Fifth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis was eliminated in the first round of the Nastase Tiriac Trophy on Tuesday, losing to unseeded Marco Cecchinato of Italy 6-2, 6-4.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia Airlines CEO Christoph Mueller will leave his job in September, way ahead of the end of his three-year contract, due to his "changing personal circumstances."

Johnson & Johnson beat Wall Street's modest expectations despite a 0.6 percent decline in first-quarter profit, as higher sales of new prescription drugs and other key medicines nearly offset a big hit from the strong dollar.

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni security officials say a member of the country's Jewish minority has been detained over allegations he helped smuggle an 800-year-old scroll to Israel.

UnitedHealth hiked its 2016 forecast after the nation's largest health insurer topped Wall Street's first-quarter earnings expectations.

SEATTLE - Prosecutors have accused a Seattle teen of fatally shooting a man, stealing his money and then posing with the victim's gun in a picture she posted on Facebook after the killing.

LONDON - A senior Cabinet minister who wants Britain to leave the European Union accused his opponents Tuesday of treating voters like children and trying to scare them into staying put.

WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes fell in March by the largest amount in five months, with weakness in all regions of the country except the Northeast.

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The agency that promotes tourism in Raleigh says losses have reached $3 million because of cancellations prompted by the protests of North Carolina's law on LGBT rights.

BALTIMORE - Police are investigating the arrest of an 18-year-old man at the door of his Baltimore home after video of the encounter appeared online.

GENEVA - Swiss police say snowboarder Estelle Balet has been killed in an avalanche.

GREENBELT, Maryland - Police in Maryland say an officer fatally shot a man who fired at police from the balcony of a third-floor apartment.

AMMAN, Jordan - French President Francois Hollande says Jordan is facing a "real threat" from Islamic State extremists and that his country's military cooperation with the kingdom is "exceptional."

BIRMINGHAM, England - Aston Villa says it has suspended striker Gabriel Agbonlahor following reports about his behavior after the Premier League club was relegated.

JERUSALEM - A Jerusalem court on Tuesday convicted an ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jew of murder for fatally stabbing a teenage girl at a gay pride parade last year.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida - The weeklong search for a missing Florida priest ended Monday evening in rural east Georgia when authorities found what they believe to be the body of the Rev. Rene Wayne Robert.

WANTAGE, New Jersey - State troopers discovered the decomposed remains of a man and a dead cat inside a northern New Jersey home while responding to a medical assistance call.

JAGODINA, Serbia - His fists are clenched, his legs slightly apart, expressing firmness and leadership. His head is turned slightly to the side, blue eyes looking into the distance with an air of calm determination.

INDIANAPOLIS - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans a rally in Indianapolis on Wednesday.

CAIRO - Hundreds of Cairo residents are protesting after an Egyptian police officer shot dead a street vendor and injured another one, the latest in a series of incidents that have triggered public outrage over the behavior of the police.

MARSEILLE, France - Marseille coach Michel was fired Tuesday after less than a year in charge of the crisis-ridden French league club.

ORLANDO, Florida - Most Jews around the world say the traditional "Next year in Jerusalem" at the end of the annual Passover Seder feast. Last year, St. Louis native David Benkof said to himself, "Next year in Disney World."

NEW YORK - Philip Morris International Inc. on Tuesday reported a drop in first-quarter profit on lower cigarette sales volume.