Новости за 25.08.2016

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The remains of an Army captain who was previous lost and unaccounted for following World War II will return to his hometown in Rhode Island this weekend. WPRI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2bpgjlJ ) the remains of Capt. Elwood Euart will arrive to fanfare at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick on Saturday. A military and

ANKARA, Turkey — The Latest developments in the Syrian civil war, following Turkish ground forces’ incursion (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Turkey’s defense minister says Turkish forces are securing the area around the town of Jarablus in northern Syria, a day after helping Western-backed Syrian rebels take the town from Islamic State militants. Minister Fikri

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s campaign to crack down on tax avoidance by multinationals has drawn unusually public criticism from the U.S., which says it is unfairly targeting American companies. The EU executive Commission responded with a sharp denial on Thursday, insisting it is being fair as it goes after corporate tax dodging. The EU’s

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s executive branch rejected Thursday the U.S. government’s complaint that its probes into sweetheart tax deals between EU governments and big companies are hitting U.S. firms hardest. “EU law applies indiscriminately to all companies operating in Europe — there is no bias against U.S. companies,” Commission spokeswoman Lucia Caudet said. The

PARIS — Sonia Rykiel, a French designer dubbed the “queen of knitwear” whose relaxed sweaters in berry-colored stripes and eye-popping motifs helped liberate women from stuffy suits, has died at 86. President Francois Hollande’s office announced her death in a statement Thursday, praising her as “a pioneer” who “offered women freedom of movement.” His office

NEW ORLEANS — A week after he was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison in federal court, disgraced ex-football star Darren Sharper is set for formal sentencing in state court to charges that he drugged and raped multiple women. Thursday’s sentencing for the former NFL player is set for Judge Karen Herman’s courtroom

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian police say they have arrested a man after finding 34 migrants in his house in a Belgrade suburb. Police said Thursday that the man is suspected of people smuggling for allegedly hiding the migrants in the house. Serbia has stepped up efforts to curb the entry of migrants passing through in

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday called for an international investigation of rights abuses and violence in Yemen’s civil war, which has killed thousands of people, as he insisted that a domestic panel set up to look into violations has not been up to the task. The call from Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein

RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina woman has been arrested after police say she left her young children home alone for hours and never picked up her kindergarten student at a school bus stop. Media outlets report arrest warrants show 29-year-old Sarai F. Lechuga of Raleigh is facing four counts of child abuse. Wake County

ZURICH — After six months of working without a contract, FIFA President Gianni Infantino is set to get a pay deal. FIFA said Thursday that its newly appointed compensation panel will meet next week to work on setting the salary for Infantino and other top officials. Infantino has worked without a pay deal since being

BERLIN — Business confidence in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has dropped unexpectedly as managers’ assessment of both their current and future situations darkened following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, a survey showed Thursday. The Ifo institute’s confidence index fell to 106.2 points for August from 108.3 in July. Economists had predicted a slight

ELKHART, Ind. — As an historic sports moment played out within his reach, Shawn Dechant thought to himself, “Don’t screw it up.” Michael Phelps had just won his fifth gold medal of the 2016 Rio Olympic Summer Games, a 400-meter medley relay with Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller and Nathan Adrian. The Team USA swimmers gathered

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — T .C. Steele was a man of mystery. In 2012, an art conservator working to restore Steele’s “An Old Garden” was surprised to find another painting underneath that work. At the time, no one knew why Steele had covered up the piece. In fact, we’ll never really know the truth. So when

LEICESTER, England — Danny Drinkwater has become the latest Leicester player to commit his future to the English champions. Leicester said Thursday the midfielder has signed a new five-year contract. Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez have also penned new deals this summer. Drinkwater, a former Manchester United player, was a regular for Leicester in its

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrived for his appeal hearing against a six-year ban from football on Thursday, pledging to accept the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport “I do hope it will be positive for me,” Blatter, sporting a light gray beard, told reporters at around 8 a.m. (0600

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man accused of killing his pregnant sister during an argument over a utility bill has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The Sun Sentinel (http://goo.gl/cfSiAX ) reports that 26-year-old Willie Ward was sentenced Wednesday after pleading no contest to manslaughter by culpable negligence and manslaughter of an unborn child.

BOISE, Idaho — Thirty-five large, uncontained wildfires were burning in the West, and firefighters were making initial attacks on another 112 new blazes to prevent them from spreading. Firefighters in the region mostly faced windy, dry conditions that have fanned flames that destroyed buildings and forced evacuations in California, Washington, Idaho and elsewhere. Late last

PARIS — France’s highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns about police forcing Muslim women to disrobe. Images of uniformed police appearing to require a woman to take off her tunic, and media accounts of similar incidents, have elicited shock and anger online this week.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — Popular tourist areas in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks will be open for the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service on Thursday, but a wildfire is forcing some visitors to drive a little farther than they expected to get to the celebration. The fire in Grand Teton National

LOS ANGELES — Italy’s earthquake was a lot weaker than the one in Myanmar, but it did far more damage because it happened at a shallower depth. The Associated Press explains the difference between shallow and deep earthquakes. EARTHQUAKE POWER A quake’s destructive force depends not only on its strength, but also on location, distance

ANKARA, Turkey — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told his Turkish counterpart that Syrian Kurdish forces have started withdrawing east of the Euphrates River, Turkish officials said Thursday. The pullback was a major demand by Ankara after Turkey sent in tanks and special forces backed by U.S. airstrikes across the border to help

BEIRUT — Syria’s battle-hardened Kurds have proven their mettle against the Islamic State group, and in the process, carved out an autonomous zone across the country’s north. But their advance has alarmed Turkey, and Ankara on Wednesday sent tanks across the border against IS, and demanded that the Kurds withdraw from recently seized territory. The

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — When he was one of Miami’s notorious “cocaine cowboys” in the 1980s, Mickey Munday made millions of dollars flying loads of drugs for Colombia’s Medellin and Cali cartels. He knew infamous Medellin kingpin Pablo Escobar. He liked to fly his illicit cargo to out-of-the-way landing strips in the Everglades using night-vision

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Sea Shepherd Australia said Thursday that a legal settlement involving the conservation group’s U.S. founder will not affect its anti-whaling campaign in the Southern Ocean. Spokesman Adam Burling said the Australian arm of the group has been deliberately independent from the U.S. organization since the court case began several years ago.

WASHINGTON — The world’s key central banks have worked themselves into contortions to try to rev up economic growth, raise inflation and coax consumers and businesses to borrow and spend more. They’ve pumped trillions into financial systems and driven interest rates about as low as they can go — even below zero in Europe and