Новости за 12.01.2017

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria has demanded that Taiwan relocate its trade office following a visit by China’s foreign minister and a promise of $40 billion in investment. Taiwan quickly protested, calling China’s actions “crude.” During a visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday, Nigeria publicly reiterated its support for Beijing’s “One China” policy,

PARIS — A French judge has cleared international art dealer Guy Wildenstein of hiding valuable paintings to dodge paying tax. Wildenstein, 71, the Franco-American heir of a billion-dollar New York art dealing empire, was accused of concealing much of his inherited fortune from French tax authorities in trusts held in offshore havens. The judge in

BALTIMORE — A woman and three children are injured and six more children in the family are unaccounted for after an early morning house fire in northeast Baltimore, a fire official said Thursday. Responding firefighters found heavy fire coming from all three floors of the home and they attacked the blaze from outside, fire department

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Little Rock Zoo has announced the births of three maned wolf pups. The zoo said Wednesday that one male and two female pups were born Dec. 21 and now weigh about two pounds. Carnivores curator Debbie Thompson at the zoo said it’ll be about six more weeks before the pups

NEW YORK — Alec Baldwin may be taking his Donald Trump act on the road. Baldwin tells ABC News (http://abcn.ws/2j72gXA ) that he is “in discussions” with other venues for his impression of the president-elect besides NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” The 58-year-old actor has played Trump on SNL since last year. He says he will

ATLANTA — Delta reported better-than-expected revenue in the fourth quarter, while its adjusted profit met Wall Street’s view. The airline benefited from lower fuel costs. For the three months ended December 31, the Delta earned $622 million, or 84 cents per share. A year earlier the Atlanta-based company earned $980 million, or $1.25 per share.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Two men and a 17-year-old girl were charged with fatally shooting two Cuban-born teenage brothers in what Syracuse police said was an attempted robbery set up by the youngest suspect, authorities said Thursday. The two men and the girl were arrested Wednesday and charged with murder and attempted robbery, Police Chief Frank

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — U.S. Marshals seized personal belongings of a Florida sheriff’s deputy to help pay the expenses of a 23-year-old man he shot and paralyzed. Attorney Jack Scarola tells the Palm Beach Post (http://pbpo.st/2inndMY ) he got permission from a federal magistrate to take property from Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adams

PARIS — A French court has ordered the release of a jailed former prime minister of Kosovo pending a decision on whether to extradite him to Serbia, where he’s wanted on war crimes charges. Overturning an earlier decision, the court in the eastern French city of Colmar said in a statement Thursday that Ramush Haradinaj

BAGHDAD — Iraqi and coalition officials say forces advancing from the north and east have converged in Mosul, where they have been waging a three-month-old offensive against the Islamic State group. The U.S. special envoy to the anti-IS coalition, Brett McGurk, called Thursday’s advance a “milestone” in a statement posted on Twitter. Brig. Gen. Haider

STAFFORD, Va. — A Florida teenager accused of pretending to be a doctor has been indicted on charges in Virginia after authorities say tried to illegally buy a car. News outlets report a grand jury last week indicted 19-year-old Malachi Love-Robinson on charges of making false statements to obtain credit, attempting to obtain money under

TEHRAN, Iran — The first of 100 Airbus planes that Iran is expected to receive after its historic nuclear deal with world powers ended some sanctions landed on Thursday in the capital, Tehran. The arrival heralds the beginning of a new chapter for the Islamic Republic’s creaking and accident-prone aviation industry, which was hobbled by

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at critics of a government reform bill being debated in parliament that would greatly expand the powers of his office. “Whatever you do, I believe that this will pass — even if it takes a month rather than two weeks — and go before

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Zoo says the oldest aardvark in captivity in the United States has died. The zoo announced on Wednesday AJ was 28 years old and died of heart failure. AJ arrived at the zoo in 1989 and was born at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden on Nov. 4, 1988. The zoo

MOSCOW — The Kremlin says Russia and the United States can overcome the current diplomatic strain based on mutual respect once President-elect Donald Trump takes office. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters Thursday that “Moscow hopes that our presidents will get along well.” He added that while Moscow and Washington can’t agree on

LUSAKA, Zambia — A British law firm says one of its lawyers was arrested and held for hours in Zambia after meeting residents who filed complaints about alleged pollution from a copper mine. The Leigh Day firm said Thursday that lawyer Oliver Holland was in the southern African nation to meet communities who say the

LONDON — London’s Heathrow Airport says dozens of flights have been cancelled amid forecasts of snow and strong winds in Britain. Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, said 80 out of about 1,350 flights scheduled Thursday have been cancelled pre-emptively because of the wintry weather. Britain’s weather forecasters have issued warnings for snow for much of the

JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister on Thursday condemned an upcoming conference in Paris aimed at reviving peace talks with the Palestinians. “It’s a rigged conference, rigged by the Palestinians with French auspices to adopt additional anti-Israel stances,” Benjamin Netanyahu said during a meeting with Norway’s foreign minister. “This pushes peace backwards. It’s not going to

MILAN — Italian bank UniCredit says it will book an additional 8.1 billion euros ($8.1 billion) in bad loans in the last quarter of 2016. That is in addition to a turnaround plan being voted on by shareholders Thursday to offload 17.7 billion euros in bad loans, cut 14,000 jobs and raise 13 billion euros

MIAMI — A high-ranking Volkswagen AG executive indicted in the company’s U.S. emissions scandal is seeking release on bail over the objections of federal prosecutors. A detention hearing for 48-year-old Oliver Schmidt is scheduled Thursday in Miami, where he was arrested on a visit to the U.S. from Germany. Five other Volkswagen executives have also

LONDON — Cyprus, a small, divided island nation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, has played an outsized role throughout history because of its status as a jewel coveted by much bigger powers. Its strategic location between three continents — Europe, Africa and Asia — has made it a prize, economically and politically. Reunification talks on

ROANOKE, Va. — Police say a juvenile has been charged with trying to kill her baby after the child was found in a plastic container in Roanoke. Roanoke police say in a news release that officers went to the home Jan. 5 after being called to investigate suspicious circumstances involving a newborn. Authorities say the

VALLETTA, Malta — The leader of the European Union’s presidency says that record numbers of migrants will try to cross the Mediterranean this spring and he wants the EU to work with Libya now to stem the flow. Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Thursday that “we will have a crisis.” Muscat said Europe can

BERLIN — A freight train has partially derailed in Germany after hitting a stolen cash machine that had been left on the track. Police said no one was hurt in the incident before dawn Thursday in Dinslaken in western Germany. A freight train from the Netherlands hit the ATM, which had been stolen from the

JOHANNESBURG — Rory McIlroy made an impressive start to 2017 with a new set of clubs, shooting a 5-under 67 in the first round at the SA Open on Thursday. Making his first appearance at the tournament since 2008, McIlroy rolled in seven birdies — including four straight from Nos. 14-17 after starting at the