Новости за 23.10.2016

KHAZER, Iraq — The Latest on developments in Iraq where Iraqi forces and their allies launched a major offensive this week to retake Mosul, the country’s second-largest city from the Islamic State group (all times local): 1:11 p.m. The U.N. agency says more than 4,000 people have fled areas around Iraq’s Mosul since the massive

HAINAN, China — Minjee Lee got up-and-down one last time at Jian Lake on Sunday to win the Blue Bay LPGA for her second victory of the year and third in 17 months. The 20-year-old Australian chipped to 3 feet from the front runoff area on the par-5 18th to match Jessica Korda’s birdie and

CAIRO — A little known Egyptian group has claimed responsibility for the killing of a senior Egyptian army officer outside his suburban Cairo home. The claim came in a statement by the “Banner of the Revolution” posted late Saturday on social media accounts known to be sympathetic to militant groups. The claim’s authenticity could not

SOELDEN, Austria — Alexis Pinturault of France and Marcel Hirscher of Austria continued their giant slalom dominance from last season as they finished 1-2 in the first run of the season-opening World Cup race on Sunday. Pinturault led the defending overall champion by 0.17 seconds, with Justin Murisier of Switzerland another 0.03 behind in third.

TOKYO — Two apparent explosions hit the Japanese city of Utsunomiya back-to-back Sunday, killing one person and injuring three others in what police are viewing as a possible suicide. Japanese media reports suggest that the victim, believed to be a 72-year-old former military officer, may have set his house on fire, blown up his car

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan saw an increase of 10 percent in opium poppy cultivation and 91 percent decrease in eradication across the country, according to a new joint survey released Sunday by the UN and Afghan government. The report released Sunday showed the total area under cultivation in Afghanistan at an estimated 201,000 hectares (496,681

SANAA, Yemen — A Saudi-led coalition launched a series of airstrikes around the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday, just hours after a 72-hour cease-fire expired, according to security officials. They said the pre-dawn airstrikes targeted military facilities belonging to the Shiite Houthi rebels fighting the internationally recognized government. They had no word on casualties or

WARSAW, Poland — A Warsaw court had no questions when a landlord known for brutal evictions sought the return of an apartment house seized under communism from a Jewish woman. It was tenants who came forward with information that blocked the restitution, showing the woman — who would have been 106— died in 1974. Poland

IRBIL, Iraq — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived Sunday in Irbil to get a closer look at the fight against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq and likely expand his discussions about the role of Turkish troops in the region. Carter is expected to meet with Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani, as well as military

KHAZER, Iraq — Iraqi and Kurdish forces have launched a new offensive on a town near Mosul as part of a massive operation aimed at retaking the country’s second largest city from the Islamic State group. The Kurdish forces, known as peshmerga, said they launched a dawn offensive Sunday on two fronts to the northeast

LOGAN, Utah — Kent Myers passed for 188 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 66 yards to help Utah State beat Fresno State 38-20 on Saturday night. Utah State (3-4, 1-3 Mountain West) never trailed but allowed the Bulldogs (1-7, 0-4) within 17-14 after a touchdown late in the first half on Chason Virgil’s

LAS VEGAS — The Chicago Cubs have opened as heavy favorites to beat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. John Avello, who makes the odds at the Wynn Las Vegas, set the line Saturday night after the Cubs beat the Dodgers in the clinching Game 6 of the NL Championship Series. Avello says a

RENO, Nev. — Brian Hill had career highs with 289 yards rushing and three touchdowns, quarterback Josh Allen ran for two more scores and Logan Wilson intercepted a pass in the final minute to help Wyoming hold off Nevada for a 42-34 win on Saturday night. The Cowboys (5-2, 3-0 Mountain West) had a season-high

LOS ANGELES — Tanner Pearson scored for the fourth time this season and got the lone shootout goal, lifting the Los Angeles Kings over the previously unbeaten Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Saturday night. Alexander Edler tied it on a power play with 34.4 seconds left in the third period. The Kings had a power play

TEMPE, Ariz. — Luke Falk threw for 398 yards and three touchdowns, Robert Taylor scored on a 100-yard kickoff return and Washington State held off Arizona State 37-32 Saturday night. Washington State (5-2, 4-0 Pac-12) labored offensively early as Arizona State forced the Cougars to throw underneath instead of deep. Falk adjusted nicely, helping the

CALGARY, Alberta — David Perron scored his first three goals of the season and added an assist to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 6-4 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. Paul Stastny, Patrik Berglund and Alexander Steen also scored for the Blues, while defenseman Alex Pietrangelo had two assists. Jake Allen

DALLAS — Fans chanted “S-M-U” when the Mustangs, three-touchdown underdogs against No. 11 Houston, took a lead that big in the first half. They were chanting again in the final moments of a 38-16 victory Saturday, one of the biggest for a program that’s been mostly moribund in three decades since getting shut down by

BATON ROUGE, La. — Leonard Fournette broke LSU’s single-game rushing record on just his first eight carries — scoring three touchdowns of 59 yards or more — and the 25th-ranked Tigers beat No. 23 Mississippi 38-21 on Saturday night. Fournette finished with 284 yards rushing in his first action since aggravating a left ankle injury

LUBBOCK, Texas — Baker Mayfield passed for seven touchdowns and 545 yards to help No. 16 Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 66-59 on Saturday night in a game that broke the NCAA record for combined offensive yards with 1,708 yards. Mayfield completed 27 of 36 passes and broke the school game touchdown mark of six held

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jadon Boatright returned an interception 40 yards for a score 76 seconds into the game, and New Mexico added three more first-quarter touchdowns on Saturday in a 59-17 romp of Louisiana-Monroe. That was exactly the way the Lobos wanted to get the game started. “We definitely we need turnovers,” said Boatright of

NEW YORK — AT&T’s $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner represents a new bet on synergy between companies that distribute information and entertainment to consumers and those that produce it. The acquisition would combine a telecom giant that owns a leading cellphone business, DirecTV and an internet service with the company behind HBO, CNN, and

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach Mark Stoops was speechless after Austin MacGinnis kicked a season-long 51-yard field goal as time expired to lift Kentucky to a 40-38 win over Mississippi State on Saturday night and end a seven-game skid against the Bulldogs. “We both just looked at each other and I don’t even know what

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Grant Haley returned a blocked field goal 60 yards for a touchdown with 4:27 left in the fourth quarter and Penn State upset No. 2 Ohio State 24-21 Saturday night for the Nittany Lions’ biggest win in the post-Joe Paterno era. Penn State (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) took its first lead

SAN ANTONIO — Ryan Metz’s 6-yard TD pass to Warren Redix in the fifth overtime lifted UTEP over Texas-San Antonio 52-49 on Saturday night and ended the Miners’ five-game losing streak. It was the first five overtime game in Conference USA’s history. Metz threw two of his three TDs after regulation, including a 25-yarder to

CHICAGO — The Latest on Chicago Cubs advancing to the World Series (all times local): 11:55 p.m. A large crowd of Chicago Cubs fans jammed into the streets outside Wrigley Field late Saturday after the team advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1945. While cheering for the Cubs, two people climbed