Новости за 21.05.2017

MADRID — The Latest on political factors affecting the government of Spain (all times local): 10:50 p.m. Spain’s Socialists have voted to put Pedro Sanchez back in charge as their general secretary seven months after party heavyweights ousted him from power. Party spokesman Mario Jimenez said that Sanchez “was the clear winner” of Sunday’s election

ATLANTA — A strong start by Stephen Strasburg provided much-needed relief for Washington’s drained bullpen. Then Koda Glover made a convincing pitch to be the Nationals’ closer. Strasburg struck out a season-high 11 and kept up his recent domination of the Atlanta Braves, leading Washington to a 3-2 win Sunday that stopped the Nationals’ four-game

CONCORD, N.C. — The All-Star race showed Kyle Larson is the likely favorite for the Coca-Cola 600. It also showed that the best car doesn’t always win, and the winner will likely be aided by a heavy dose of clean air. Translation? NASCAR’s longest race could be an epic snoozer. That’s saying a lot after

ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan — His skull and jaw wrapped in bandages, the young Syrian refugee stared nonchalantly into a small black box at a supermarket in this sprawling, dust-swept refugee camp. The box scanned his iris to identify him, charged his account and sent him on his way. If the boy noticed U.S. Ambassador

CINCINNATI — Kyle Freeland hadn’t rounded the bases since 2011, back when he was a senior in high school. He remembered the way on Sunday. The rookie pitcher hit one of Colorado’s four solo homers off Bronson Arroyo, leading the Rockies to a 6-4 victory over the struggling Cincinnati Reds. Freeland pulled a 71 mph

NEW YORK — Mike Trout drew a no-pitch intentional walk his first time up, a decision by Mets manager Terry Collins that prompted scattered boos around the ballpark. All those fans who hoped to see Trout hit, well, they didn’t have to wait long. Trout homered , doubled and drove in three early runs, C.J.

CHICAGO — Brewers slugger Eric Thames has left Milwaukee’s game against the Chicago Cubs in the bottom of the fifth inning because of leg cramping. Thames went 0 for 3 on Sunday. He had a run-scoring groundout to first base in his last at-bat in the top of the fifth. Jesus Aguilar replaced Thames at

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bernhard Langer pulled away from the other contenders — and pulled even with Jack Nicklaus. Langer cruised to his second straight Regions Tradition victory, shooting an 8-under-64 on Sunday to match Nicklaus’ record of eight PGA Tour Champions major titles. “Yeah, that’s pretty neat,” Langer said. “Not many people can say they

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is holding talks with Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni in Paris ahead of next week’s G-7 meeting in Sicily. Macron hosted Gentiloni for a working dinner the Elysee Palace on Sunday, when the leaders will discuss the further integration of the European Union and the migrant crisis. In a

BALTIMORE — An error, a three-run homer and Marco Estrada provided the Toronto Blue Jays with a feel-good victory against the Baltimore Orioles. Estrada matched his career high with 12 strikeouts , Devon Travis took care of the offense and Toronto averted a three-game sweep with a 3-1 win on Sunday. Travis connected in the

IRVING, Texas — PGA Tour player John Senden attended the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson on Sunday with his 13-year-old son, who has a brain tumor. Senden has been on leave from the PGA Tour since withdrawing from the PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans three weeks ago after learning of Jacob Senden’s

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — As President Donald Trump opened his keynote address in Saudi Arabia, he lavished praise on the “magnificent” kingdom and “the grandeur of this remarkable place.” Then he made clear there would be no public lecture from America on Saudi Arabia’s abysmal human rights record. “We are not here to tell other

San Antonio’s sense of humor was still there Sunday. Gregg Popovich predicted that Golden State stayed out way late after winning Game 3 of the Western Conference finals, celebrating with burgers and sundaes before spending Sunday playing poker. Manu Ginobili, amid plenty of questions about whether his career is ending, said the Spurs planned to

VERDURA, Sicily — Alvaro Quiros of Spain beat Zander Lombard of South Africa on the second hole of a playoff to win the Rocco Forte Open on Sunday and claim his first title in more than six years. Quiros had a seven-stroke lead at one point but four bogeys and a double bogey let Lombard

CANNES, France — Jake Gyllenhaal says he was motivated by one goal above all others while shooting the fantasy “Okja”: making his Korean director giggle. “It’s legitimately fun to get him to laugh off-camera,” Gyllenhaal said in an interview alongside “Okja” director Bong Joon-ho who was, naturally, chuckling as Gyllenhaal spoke. “You know when you

MADRID — Real Madrid won the Spanish league for the first time in five years on Sunday, and kept rival Barcelona from its third straight championship. Zinedine Zidane’s team secured its 33rd league title with a 2-0 win at Malaga with goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. “To win the title in the last

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento-area man credited with helping prevent an armed attack on a French train is celebrating his college graduation — a year late, owing to all the attention that followed the 2015 train crisis. The Sacramento Bee reported family and friends were there to cheer 24-year-old Anthony Sadler at Saturday’s graduation at

Middle-distance runner Gabriele Grunewald reserved this month for racing. Next month, chemotherapy. Grunewald delayed her latest cancer treatments a few weeks — with her doctor’s consent — in a quest to qualify for the U.S. track and field championships at the end of June in Sacramento, California. Should she reach the time standard, she fully

SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Authorities are investigating after pulling a body from a car submerged at a North Carolina golf course. Southern Pines police tell local media outlets they received a call at around 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Longleaf Golf Course and Family Club. Officials say they pulled a body out of the water and

GENEVA — China’s health minister has all but slammed the door on any more participation for Taiwan at the World Health Organization’s annual assembly until the island’s government accepts the “One China” principle. Health Minister Li Bin blamed the party of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, saying its refusal to accept the idea of a single

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The Latest on the closing of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (all times local): 7: 30 p.m. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has begun its final show after 146 years of wowing audiences with the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Sunday night’s 7 p.m. performance was the

MILAN — Juventus keeps on breaking records. And it set another one on Sunday when it clinched an unprecedented sixth successive Serie A title, with one game to spare, following a 3-0 win over Crotone. It is the first time since Serie A was founded in 1929 that a club has won six straight titles.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Syndicated television’s Judge Judy has told graduating high school seniors in West Virginia to fill their lives and work with passion. Media outlets report Judy Sheindlin gave the keynote address Saturday at the commencement for South Charleston High School graduates at the Charleston Civic Center. The retired New York family court

CAMARILLO, Calif. — An analyst says the average price of regular-grade gasoline fell half a cent nationally over the past two weeks to $2.40 a gallon. However, industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that gas prices actually rose in several Western and Midwestern cities. A sharp decline in the rest of

LONDON — Arsene Wenger stood impassively on the touchline with his arms folded as his Arsenal players embarked on a lap of the pitch. Wenger’s worst-ever Premier League season was over and so were Arsenal’s hopes of making the Champions League. For the first time in the manager’s 21-year reign, Arsenal finished outside the top