Новости за 05.08.2016

MOSCOW — A petition calling on Russia’s president to sack Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, whose comments about teachers’ pay sparked outrage earlier this week, has attracted more than a hundred thousand signatures. When asked by a teacher from the impoverished Dagestan region why teachers are paid half as much as police officers, Medvedev retorted that

LONDON — Activists linked to the U.S.-based group Black Lives Matter blocked a road Friday leading to London’s Heathrow Airport and held protests in other British cities. Organizer Joshua Virasami told the BBC that the movement — founded to protest the killings of black people by American police — was needed “in Britain and all

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Adele may be one of pop music’s biggest stars, but she says her fame and fortune didn’t prevent her credit card from being declined at an H&M store. London’s Daily Mirror reports that Adele told concertgoers at a show in San Jose, California, on Sunday that her card was declined at

NEW YORK — The Olympics are full of stories of underdogs triumphing against the odds for athletic glory. But in the case of Olympic marketing, smaller brands are finding it tough to prevail amid strict rules. Sponsors such as Visa, Samsung and Coca-Cola pay hundreds of millions of dollars to be associated with the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO — From Kyrie to KD, DeMar to DeMarcus, many players on the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team are so well known to NBA fans they can simply go by first names or nicknames. The Americans have 12 NBA players on their roster, headlined by former MVP Kevin Durant and featuring multiple All-Stars.

NEW YORK — A blockbuster cancer treatment failed in a key study as the drug’s maker, Bristol-Myers Squibb, attempts to extend its usage for lung cancer patients. Shares of the Princeton, New Jersey, company plunged 17 percent when trading opened Friday. Shares of rival Merck & Co., which makes a rival cancer drug, spiked 8

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s government on Friday announced the names of candidates approved to run in the territory’s most contentious Legislative Council elections since reverting to Chinese rule almost two decades ago, amid a dispute over people excluded on political grounds. As many as nine candidates have been rejected because of their stance on

LONDON — The British government must make sure an inquiry into decades of child sexual abuse is not derailed by the sudden resignation of its chief, abuse survivors and politicians said Friday. Lowell Goddard, a judge from New Zealand, quit Thursday — the third chief that the troubled probe has lost since it was announced

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia acknowledged for the first time that one of the pilots of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had plotted a course on his home flight simulator to the southern Indian Ocean, where the missing jet is believed to have crashed. Australian officials overseeing the search for the plane last month said data

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Akihito will issue a rare video message to the public Monday amid speculation he wants to abdicate in the coming years. Akihito in his recorded message will convey his thoughts about his official duties as a symbol, his status stipulated by the constitution, an Imperial Household Agency official said Friday on

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte acknowledged abuses in a war on illegal drugs, which has left more than 400 people dead in a month and alarmed rights activists, but refused to back down from a shoot-to-kill order for drug suspects. Duterte said in a speech late Thursday that most drug dealers and addicts

WASHINGTON — Eight months after raising hopes that they may have found an intriguing new particle that cannot be explained by the existing main physics theory, disappointed scientists are saying: Never mind. It was just a statistical burp, not a breakthrough, researchers reported Friday. “Basically we see nothing,” said Tiziano Camporesi, a chief scientific spokesman

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Addressing reporters for the first time since opting not to pursue further appeals of his four-game suspension in the “Deflategate” saga, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady called it a personal decision and said he is trying to move on. The four-time Super Bowl winner spoke to the media Friday at New

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol has recommended that Dennis Rodman face charges in a freeway incident, but the former basketball player denied Friday that anything happened. “Life is good, that’s why I’ve never been charged,” Rodman told The Associated Press in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he made a surprise appearance to

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The impending closure of Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino may help bolster the arguments of both sides in a referendum over putting casinos in northern New Jersey. Proponents say the state is already losing business to casinos in nearby states and needs new ones closer to these customers. Opponents argue

BEIRUT — Syrian rebels and insurgents said on Friday they are edging closer to breaking the government force’s siege of the opposition-held part of Aleppo, taking parts of the city’s military college close to a strategic siege area. The announcement from two ultraconservative factions, including al-Qaida’s branch in Syria which is now known as the

LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland swung to a loss in the second quarter of 2016 as it set aside more cash to cover litigation and conduct issues as it cleans up the problems that led to a taxpayer-funded bailout at the height of the global financial crisis. The now government-controlled bank on Friday reported

PHILADELPHIA — The FBI spread across the city on Friday to search several properties linked to a powerful labor boss and the City Hall office of his protege on City Council. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed that agents Friday were searching the South Philadelphia home of Johnny “Doc” Dougherty, a nearby union bar named Doc’s Union

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Samuel Meso’s graduation gown was once a source of pride for the 25-year-old Zimbabwean who studied engineering. But now he can’t get a job, and the academic attire is a badge of shame and protest that he wears to anti-government demonstrations in Zimbabwe, where discontent over economic hardship is growing. “My parents

SYDNEY — A powerful X-ray technique has unveiled a hidden portrait beneath a famed painting by French impressionist artist Edgar Degas, helping solve a mystery that has stumped the art world for decades. An article published this week in the online journal Scientific Reports reveals that the long-puzzled-over image concealed behind Degas’ “Portrait of a

RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s two major universities are mourning the loss of the first black woman to earn a college degree in the state at a time when most of the nation was still segregated. A memorial service was scheduled for Friday evening in Las Vegas for Stella Mason Parson, who died July 29 due

PARIS — France, on edge with fears of a new terror attack, continues to cancel festive and sports events for security reasons, most recently the famed an annual flea market Braderie de Lille and a European cycling competition in Nice. Lille Mayor Martine Aubry announced on Friday the cancellation of the Sept. 3-4 flea market,

SRINAGAR, India — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir extended a curfew to most parts of the disputed Himalayan region on Friday in an attempt to prevent an anti-India protest march to a prominent shrine, but clashes erupted as thousands defied the restrictions. The mostly Muslim region, where resistance to rule by predominantly Hindu India is strong,

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama’s alcohol regulators want to know who is buying beer from one of the state’s craft breweries and taking it home to drink. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is considering a new rule that would require brewers to collect the name, address, age and phone number from anyone who purchases beer

CHICAGO — Illinois’ child welfare agency had prior contact with the family of a 4-year-old boy whose malnourished, partially burned remains were found by Chicago firefighters this week. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it received a report in 2012 for neglect and took protective custody of four children, including 4-year-old Manuel