Новости за 10.08.2017

BEIRUT — Syrian government forces and their allies on Thursday captured a key area along the border with Jordan in their latest push against insurgents groups there. Syrian state media said the capture closes major smuggling points used by rebels to bring in weapons and fighters from Jordan into the war-torn country. Syrian state TV

Antonio Conte missed out on two of his top transfer targets, saw a key player sold against his wishes, and feels the current Chelsea squad is ill-equipped to handle the addition of the Champions League to its schedule. No wonder the Italian coach cuts a frustrated figure heading into the start of Chelsea’s Premier League

MAUMEE, Ohio — County health officials say more than 200 cases of norovirus have been linked to a doughnut shop in northwest Ohio. A spokesman for the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department says an outbreak that has sickened at least 214 people has been tied to Mama C’s Donuts in Maumee. The illnesses have been tracked

WASHINGTON — More Americans applied for jobless aid last week. Despite the small increase, the number of people seeking benefits remained close to historic lows. THE NUMBERS: Weekly unemployment applications rose by 3,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 244,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The less volatile four-week average declined 1,000 to 241,000. The number of people

WASHINGTON — Prices at the wholesale level slipped in July, the first decline in 11 months and further evidence that inflation remains a no-show in the economy. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, edged down 0.1 percent last month, reflecting a third

BARCELONA, Spain — Cristiano Ronaldo is rested and ready to take on Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. Ronaldo enjoyed a longer vacation than his Real Madrid teammates to fully recover from Portugal’s participation in the Confederations Cup in June. He missed his club’s preseason tour, including a friendly against Barcelona in Miami that the

TEHRAN, Iran — A semi-official Iranian news agency is reporting that a young Iranian man who was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death as a child, has been executed. Amnesty International called Thursday’s execution of Alireza Tajiki “shameful.” Tajiki was 15 years old when he was arrested six years ago for murder and sodomy. The

CINCINNATI — Department store chains saw key sales figures fall again in the latest quarter as customers increasingly move online, though at Macy’s the decrease wasn’t as bad as Wall Street expected and Kohl’s managed to keep the decline to just 0.4 percent. Shares in the stores fell, with Macy’s down 4 percent and Kohl

CAIRO — Egypt’s official statistics agency says the country’s inflation rate has jumped to 33 percent in July — up from 29.8 percent in June. The announcement comes as Egyptians struggle in the face of steep price hikes as part of the government’s economic reform plan. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics made

MINNETONKA, Minn. — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has found reasonable cause that agribusiness giant Cargill violated the civil rights of Somali-American Muslim employees by refusing to allow them to pray during their breaks at a meatpacking plant in Colorado. About 150 employees walked off the job at the Cargill’s Fort Morgan plant in

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Krispy Kreme is going dark ahead of the solar eclipse set to cast a shadow across part of the U.S. later this month. The doughnut chain is giving its signature glazed treats a chocolate sheen for the first time ever in honor of the Aug. 21 eclipse, where the moon will pass

BANGKOK — A 91-year old woman in Thailand has earned a college degree after spending more than 10 years studying for it and has received her diploma from the country’s king. Public television broadcaster Thai PBS says Kimlan Jinakul was granted the Bachelor of Arts degree in human and family development Wednesday at the government-run

KAMPALA, Uganda — A Rwandan refugee has been kidnapped by unknown people in Uganda, the victim’s wife and Ugandan officials said Thursday. Rene Rutagungira was known to refugee officials before the abduction in the capital, Kampala, said Apollo Kazungu, a government commissioner in charge of refugees. He had been out drinking with three Rwandan friends

MANILA, Philippines — A U.S. warship sailed close to a Chinese man-made island in the disputed South China Sea in an operation that challenged China’s vast territorial claims in busy international waters, a U.S. Navy official said Thursday. The official told The Associated Press that Chinese vessels were in the vicinity when the USS John

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government continued to crack down on opponents with an order to arrest a fifth opposition mayor who has been promoting protests against President Nicolas Maduro. A small group of youth, some of them masked, set up barricades of strewn metal objects in the eastern Caracas district of El Hatillo on Thursday

Consumer Reports is pulling its recommendation of four Microsoft laptops after one of its surveys found that users were complaining about problems with the devices. The consumer advocacy group said Thursday that it can no longer recommend Microsoft laptops or tablets because of poor reliability compared to other brands. Microsoft said the findings don’t accurately

ALICANTE, Spain — America’s Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist Peter Burling has joined Team Brunel for the Volvo Ocean Race. If Team Brunel wins the bluewater classic, Burling would become the first sailor to win the “Triple Crown” of an Olympic gold medal, the America’s Cup and the VOR. Burling helmed Emirates Team New

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida university has suspended a fraternity after a woman said she was raped during a party. Officials at the University of Central Florida sent letters to Alpha Tau Omega, accusing the fraternity of lying after the woman reported the rape to police last month. It’s unclear whether she’s a student. An

NEW YORK — Blue Apron posted strong revenue growth in its second quarter, but scaled down marketing efforts and a sequential decline in customers has investors jittery. Shares of the meal kit seller, which provided its first earnings report since becoming a public company, plunged more than 18 percent in early morning trading on Thursday.

LONDON — The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers will travel to London in January for a game at The O2 arena. The Sixers are the home team for the Jan. 11 game. Tickets for the NBA London Game 2018 game go on sale in October. The game will mark the NBA’s eighth regular-season game in

LONDON — Pope Francis has ordered a Belgian Catholic charity to stop offering euthanasia in its psychiatric hospitals. In May, the Brothers of Charity group announced it would allow doctors to perform euthanasia at its 15 psychiatric hospitals in Belgium, one of only two countries — along with the Netherlands — where doctors are legally

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas highway officials shut down westbound lanes of a cross-country interstate for four hours so crews could pick up pizza. An 18-wheeler containing DiGiorno and Tombstone frozen pizzas scraped a bridge support and sliced open its trailer Wednesday, spilling the pies across Interstate 30 in front of the Arkansas Department of

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jordan Spieth begins his pursuit of the final leg of the career Grand Slam under a surprisingly blue sky at the PGA Championship. Scattered storms are in the forecast all week at Quail Hollow Club, which is likely to make the 7,600-yard course feel even longer. Spieth, needing only the PGA Championship

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch investigators on Thursday detained two men suspected of being involved in the illegal use of pesticide at poultry farms that sparked a food safety scare in several European countries. The detentions and a series of coordinated raids in the Netherlands and Belgium marked another escalation in a widening scandal that

WARSAW, Poland — The leaders of Poland’s Jewish community have written to the country’s most powerful politician, urging him to denounce rising anti-Semitism which they say is leaving them on edge. Anna Chipczynska, the head of Warsaw’s Jewish community, told The Associated Press on Thursday the letter to Jaroslaw Kaczynski was sent last week. She