Новости за 22.08.2016

MINNEAPOLIS — Some of the pills taken from Prince’s estate in Paisley Park after his death were counterfeit drugs that actually contained fentanyl — a synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin, an official close to the investigation said. The official, who spoke to The Associated Press Sunday on condition of anonymity because of

NEW YORK — Valeant Pharmaceuticals is replacing Robert Rosiello as chief financial officer as the embattled pharmaceutical company attempts to normalize operations amid a host of ongoing investigations and class action suits. The Canadian company named Paul Herendeen, former Zoetis chief financial officer, to fill the post immediately. The company has been under fire for

INDIANAPOLIS — Final numbers show this year’s Indiana State Fair had nearly 20 percent fewer attendees than last year’s event. Indiana State Fair officials said late Sunday that overall attendance this year down 19.4 percent with about 730,000 visitors compared to last year, which had the fifth-largest crowds. Fair officials cited heat indexes of higher

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — The owner of a skydiving company says a man has died after opening his main and reserve parachutes too late during a jump at a southwest Ohio airport. The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports (http://bit.ly/2ba4WMh ) the 47-year-old man from the Cincinnati suburb of Mason man plunged to his death Sunday morning at Middletown

WAWAYANDA, N.Y. — Authorities say a New York City man playing catch with his son after their car broke down on an upstate highway was struck by a vehicle and killed as they waited for a tow truck. State police say 35-year-old Nicholas Barba of the Bronx was driving on Interstate 84 on Saturday night

NEW YORK — Global travel spending is still growing, although at a slower pace, despite weakening economies and fears over terrorism. The World Travel and Tourism Council, a group backed by travel providers with the mission to promote tourism, said in a report Monday that global travel spending for 2016 is expected to grow by

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man who police say is suspected of posting a series of message on Twitter threatening to shoot students and put pipe bombs inside some Florida schools has been arrested. Orange County Sheriff’s spokesman Jeff Williamson said in an email sent late Sunday that 23-year-old Jesus Kong was taken into custody on

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An ethnic Chinese rapper in Malaysia has been detained for allegedly insulting Islam in his latest music video. Wee Meng Chee, popularly known as Namewee, was detained Sunday at Kuala Lumpur’s airport as he returned from abroad. Police on Monday obtained a court order to hold the 33-year-old singer for four

NEW YORK — Pfizer will pay about $14 billion in cash for the cancer drug company Medivation, a deal that will add the pricey late-stage prostate cancer treatment Xtandi to its oncology portfolio. The New York drugmaker said Monday that it will pay $81.50 per Medivation share. That’s a 21 percent premium to the San

BATON ROUGE, La. — The Latest on Louisiana flooding (all times local): 7:10 a.m. The south Louisiana floods, which have forced tens of thousands of people to look for housing, comes at a time when the metro Baton Rouge housing market was already grappling with a limited inventory of homes. As of July, the Greater

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Authorities say actor Leonardo DiCaprio and his Danish supermodel girlfriend weren’t injured when their vehicle was involved in a minor accident in the Hamptons over the weekend. Police in the village of East Hampton say the accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Saturday on Montauk Highway on Long Island’s east end, where

IRBIL, Iraq — A juvenile would-be suicide bomber was apprehended in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk before he was able to detonate his explosive belt, Iraqi police said Monday. Local television footage aired on Kurdistan 24 TV shows a group of police officers holding the young boy while two men are seen cutting off

IRBIL, Iraq — A boy would-be suicide bomber was apprehended in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk before he was able to detonate his explosives belt, Iraqi police said Monday. Local television footage aired on Kurdistan 24 TV shows a group of police officers holding the young boy while two men are seen cutting off

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Despite claiming only two gold medals in Rio, North Korea is as determined as ever to fulfill one of leader Kim Jong Un’s primary goals: to become an international sports superpower. North Korea’s small Olympic team won its two golds in weightlifting, where it has a number of world-class and world-record-holding

MARION, Ind. — General Motors says it will spend about $90 million to update equipment at an Indiana factory that supplies many of the company’s assembly plants. GM officials announced the project for its Marion Metal Center on Monday. Officials say the new equipment will start being installed this year. The factory has some 1,400

MARION, Ind. — General Motors officials are set to announce what is expected to be a multimillion dollar investment at an Indiana factory. GM has scheduled a news conference for Monday afternoon at its Marion Metal Center, where the company says it has about 1,600 workers. Marion city officials tell Indianapolis television stations that GM

OSLO, Norway — Peace talks between the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and communist rebels aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest-running rebellions formally resumed Monday, with hosts Norway cautioning against a quick result. Some 150,000 people have died in the conflict that began almost half a century ago. “We are going to have

OSLO, Norway — Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende on Monday opened a new round of peace talks between the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and communist rebels aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest-running rebellions that has killed 150,000 people. Brende said the talks were welcome but cautioned that the issues are demanding. The

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University professor is urging Indiana residents to check trees in their area for signs of a destructive beetle species that’s damaging trees in others parts of the Midwest. Asian longhorned beetle infestations have been reported in Chicago and Cincinnati. Purdue entomologist Clifford Sadof says that puts Indiana in the

NEW DELHI — P.V. Sindhu, the 21-year-old badminton player who won one of India’s two medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, returned to her hometown in southern India to cheering crowds Monday Sindhu and freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik restored some national pride in this patriarchal nation by returning with a silver and bronze medal

TOKYO — Japan has protested to Moscow over the detention of a Japanese man visiting one of the disputed islands between the two countries. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday, however, the man’s situation would not affect a planned meeting in September between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The

BEIJING — Major stock markets and the price of oil turned lower on Monday as investors looked ahead to the Fed’s meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for clues on timing for possible interest rate hikes. KEEPING SCORE: After gains on the open in Europe, France’s CAC-40 was down 0.4 percent to 4,384 in midday trading,

HANOI, Vietnam — A Vietnamese government minister says it’s now safe to swim at most beaches in four central provinces where massive fish deaths occurred more than four months ago because of toxic chemicals released by a Taiwanese steel company. The online newspaper VnExpress quoted Environment Minister Tran Hong Ha as telling a conference Monday

BRUSSELS — Belgian harmonica player Toots Thielemans, whose illustrious career included playing with jazz greats like Miles Davis and whose solos have figured on numerous film scores, has died. He was 94. Thielemans died in his sleep in a Belgian hospital on Monday, his manager said. He was hospitalized last month after a fall, but

BEIRUT — The Latest on developments in the Syrian war (all times local): 2 p.m. A Syrian Kurdish news agency says clashes have erupted again in the northern Syrian city of Hasakeh between Kurdish fighters and Syrian pro-government militias. Monday’s outbreak follows a short lull in violence the day before. The Hawar News Agency says