Новости за 25.08.2016

SEOUL, South Korea — Surviving South Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military in World War II will be eligible to receive around 100 million won (about $90,000) each from a foundation that will be funded by the Japanese government. Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the families of deceased victims

BATON ROUGE, La. — Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal authorities bring in temporary housing for thousands of people displaced by catastrophic flooding. These houses, though, will be on blocks and strapped down — not on wheels like the travel trailers of a decade

RIO DE JANEIRO — Lisa Borders and WNBA players are ready to move forward. With the league resuming play this weekend after a month-long Olympic break, Borders outlined to The Associated Press a plan to have teams and players hold conversations in the community similar to what Carmelo Anthony and the U.S. Olympic basketball teams

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino fisherman in western Palawan island has found possibly the world’s biggest pearl, but he didn’t know it. For 10 years, the 34-kilogram (75-pound) pearl was hidden in a bag under a bed. The fisherman’s family would rub it with their hands before going out to sea in the belief it

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A tourist from the Czech Republic, whose partner fell to his death, survived a harrowing month in the frozen New Zealand wilderness before being rescued, police said Thursday. The woman was found Wednesday living in a park warden’s hut on the snowed-in Routeburn Track, Inspector Olaf Jensen told reporters. She was

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea marked its “Military First” holiday on Thursday with mass dancing, outdoor concerts and boasts of a successful — and potentially game-changing — submarine-launched ballistic missile test it hopes will serve as a warning to Washington and Seoul to stop holding joint military exercises Pyongyang sees as a dress rehearsal

PHOENIX — Brandon Drury came out of high school thinking he might help the Atlanta Braves win games one day. He did just the opposite Wednesday night. Drury drove in Jake Lamb with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning, giving the Arizona Diamondbacks a 10-9 win over the Braves. The Diamondbacks loaded the bases

LOS ANGELES — Brandon Crawford hit a shot to right field, and for a moment, it seemed San Francisco might finally break through. The fly ball died on the warning track, though, and the Giants lost more ground to their NL West rival. Rich Hill pitched six dominant innings in his first start with Los

INDIANAPOLIS — A wave of severe storms produced at least a dozen tornadoes in Indiana and Ohio, damaging homes and businesses but causing no serious injuries, authorities said Thursday, as crews worked to restore power and remove fallen trees. The National Weather Service said an EF3 tornado hit the south side of Kokomo, Indiana, packing

INDIANAPOLIS — Tornadoes that touched down in central Indiana tore roofs off apartment buildings, sent air conditioners falling onto parked cars and cut power to thousands of people, but left no one seriously injured. About a dozen people suffered minor injuries as the twisters moved through the area Wednesday, Indiana State Police Capt. David Bursten

NEW YORK — Global shares fell Thursday in lackluster trading following a bleak day on Wall Street, as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen on Friday. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX dropped 0.8 percent to 10,534.58 and the CAC 40 of France lost 1.1 percent to 4,384.32. The FTSE 100 of Britain

TEHRAN, Iran — The whirling hum of a dialysis machine could have been the soundtrack to the rest of Zahra Hajikarimi’s life but for an unusual program in Iran that allows people to buy a kidney from a living donor. Iran’s kidney program stands apart from other organ donation systems around the world by openly

BAGAN, Myanmar — It was a time of conquest and conversions. Above all, it was a time of construction, on a scale never seen before. Over 250 years, from the 11th century onwards, the rulers of Bagan built more than 10,000 magnificent religious monuments. The stupas, temples and monasteries became the defining emblems of Bagan,

SINGAPORE — The world’s first self-driving taxis began picking up passengers in Singapore starting Thursday. Select members of the public can hail a free ride through their smartphones in taxis operated by nuTonomy, an autonomous vehicle software startup. While multiple companies, including Google and Volvo, have been testing self-driving cars on public roads for several

JOHANNESBURG — South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has admitted himself to a Cape Town hospital for treatment of a recurring infection, according to his family foundation. The Nobel Peace Prize winner is expected to remain in hospital for a week or two, said the statement issued by the foundation late Wednesday. Tutu

SYDNEY — Heavy rainfall in Sydney over 12 hours into early Thursday morning forced changes to the practice schedules for California and Hawaii just two days away from their college football season-opener at the Olympic stadium. Both teams were scheduled to hold open practice sessions at the stadium in western Sydney on Thursday, but falls

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — On its many voyages through space, the Starship Enterprise has endured bridge-shaking blasts from enemy ships and infiltration by scheming aliens. Now it’s being invaded by tourists. Sets mimicking those of the 1960s TV series “Star Trek” — including Capt. Kirk’s bridge, sick bay and engine room — were built by fans

The Army reservist who killed five Dallas police officers last month showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home from Afghanistan in 2014, but doctors concluded that he presented no serious risk to himself or others, according to newly released documents from the Veterans Health Administration. Micah Johnson had sought treatment for anxiety, depression

LOS ANGELES — Justin Turner and the Dodgers aren’t thinking cruise control just yet. Rich Hill pitched six dominant innings in his first start with Los Angeles and Turner hit his 24th homer, lifting the Dodgers over the San Francisco Giants 1-0 on Wednesday night. Los Angeles has a three-game lead over the Giants atop

ST. LOUIS — The New York Mets came out of Wednesday night wondering what might be wrong with right-hander Jacob deGrom and hoping nothing serious is amiss with right fielder Jay Bruce. DeGrom allowed homers to Randal Grichuk, Matt Carpenter and Stephen Piscotty, and the Mets lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 8-1. Roughed up

AMATRICE, Italy — Rescue crews raced against time Thursday looking for survivors from the earthquake that leveled three towns in central Italy, but the death toll rose to 247 and Italy once again anguished over trying to secure its medieval communities built on seismic lands. Dawn broke over the rolling hills of central Lazio and

KABUL, Afghanistan — A brazen, hours-long militant attack on the American University of Afghanistan ended early Thursday after at least 12 people were killed and dozens were wounded in the assault on the sprawling campus on Kabul’s outskirts, a government spokesman said. The attack underscored how despite efforts by the Afghan authorities to improve security,

MINNEAPOLIS — Brian Dozier has given a big jolt to the Minnesota Twins’ offense the second half of the season. Minnesota’s pitching is leaving Dozier’s power display to go for naught. Dozier hit his career-high 30th homer for the Twins, but starter Tyler Duffey (8-10) allowed six runs in three innings as Minnesota fell to

BOYLSTON, Mass. — The towering, whimsical shapes Patrick Dougherty creates by twisting and weaving sticks together have gained him an international following. Now, the artist who lives in a log cabin near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is back in New England to build two more of his almost cartoon-like stick sculptures. Since the early 1980s,

PANA, Thailand — To stop wild elephants from rampaging through their produce, farmers in Thailand put up electric fences, set off firecrackers and even switched their crops from pineapples to pumpkins, which the pachyderms don’t relish much. Nothing worked, so the villagers decided on Plan Bee. In a pilot scheme run by the Thai Department