Новости за 19.08.2017

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — American Indian tribes nationwide will be observing the eclipse in similar and not-so-similar ways. Some will ignore Monday’s passing of the moon over the sun. Others might watch while praying for an anticipated renewal. Those in prime viewing spots are welcoming visitors with storytelling, food and celebration. Many tribes revere the sun

SWANSEA, Wales — Manchester United swept to its second straight 4-0 win to start the Premier League season by thrashing Swansea on Saturday, with Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial all scoring again for Jose Mourinho’s side. Center back Eric Bailly gave United the lead on the stroke of halftime with a close-range strike

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati State Technical and Community College say it’s suspending all sports except women’s and men’s soccer due to budget cuts. The soccer teams will play for the fall season, but the basketball, volleyball and golf teams will not. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports (http://cin.ci/2wNHr7F ) the college says the suspension of most sports is

FAIRCHANCE, Pa. — Authorities say two Pennsylvania state troopers have been shot and a suspect killed outside a small-town store, south of Pittsburgh. State police say the troopers, both taken to hospitals after the Friday night shooting in Fairchance, were in stable condition. A state police spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a call Saturday. Police told

LONDON — Budget carrier Jet2 says it has asked French aviation officials for clarification as to why a flight from Spain to Britain was apparently tracked by military aircraft. Passengers on flight LS1204 from Malaga to Birmingham say they saw the military plane shadowing the aircraft for about 15 minutes Friday. The airline says in

PARIS — An Italian father who saved his children’s lives but lost his own. An American celebrating his first wedding anniversary. A Portuguese woman celebrating her birthday with her granddaughter. These were but a few of the more than 100 people from around the world killed or injured in Barcelona’s attacks. They leave behind devastated

MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Harvey is moving through the Caribbean Sea on a projected course that would have it approaching Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula next week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Harvey is located about 280 miles (450 kilometers) south-southwest of St. Croix and is heading west at 21 mph (33

HELSINKI — The Latest on the deadly stabbing attack in the western Finnish city of Turku (all times local): 2:30 p.m. The Finnish Security Intelligence Service says the deadly stabbing attack in the western city of Turku was “a likely terror act.” Pekka Hiltunen of SUPO told reporters Saturday that the agency was investigating the

GOMA, Congo — Authorities in northeastern Congo say a landslide earlier this week in Ituri province likely has killed at least 200 people. Gov. Abdallah Pene Mbaka said Saturday the estimate is based on missing people and homes affected. He says 50 houses were destroyed and only 44 bodies have been found. Wednesday’s landslide in

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University removed a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee early Saturday, days after it was vandalized amid a national debate about monuments to the Confederacy. The university said it removed the carved limestone likeness early Saturday morning from Duke Chapel where it stood among 10 historical figures depicted in the entryway.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — In a break with tradition, President Donald Trump and the first lady have decided not to participate in events honoring recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honors arts awards to “allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction,” the White House announced Saturday. The Kennedy Center said it respected Trump’s decision

BEIRUT — Activists say a car bomb has killed two people in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar Assad’s government. The pro-government Latakia News Network Facebook page says the car bomb was detonated at a checkpoint Saturday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the attack. The government

JOHANNESBURG — The Latest on assault allegations against Zimbabwe’s first lady (all times local): 3:40 p.m. South African authorities say an Air Zimbabwe flight was not allowed to take off from Johannesburg because it was not in compliance with civil aviation rules. The South African Civil Aviation Authority says an inspection was conducted Friday evening

BEIJING — A video has surfaced online showing the wife of Liu Xiaobo for the first time since the funeral of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died in Chinese custody last month. The video shows Liu’s widow, Liu Xia, saying in a hoarse voice that she hopes her friends will give her space to

CLINTON, Md. — Police say an arrest has been made in the slayings of three girls under the age of 10 who were found in a home in Clinton, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Prince George’s County Police Department officials say in a release that 24-year-old Clinton resident Antonio Williams was arrested Friday night.

RENK, South Sudan — The United Nations says attacks against aid workers are increasing in South Sudan. A statement by the humanitarian coordinator there, Serge Tissot, says the attacks also put millions of South Sudanese in peril amid the country’s civil war. Millions face severe hunger. The world’s youngest nation has become one of the

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents attacked a police checkpoint in the southern Helmand province, killing five Afghan police, provincial police officials said Saturday. Gen. Abdul Ghafar Safi, the provincial police chief, says six other policemen were wounded in the attack late Friday in Nawa district, where clashes were still underway early Saturday. Taliban spokesman Qari

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Survivors picking through the debris of Sierra Leone’s deadly mudslides were facing the reality Saturday that most, if not all, of the hundreds of people missing are dead, as relief and aid efforts intensified. The death toll is already above 450 from the flooding and mudslides in the capital, Freetown, early

PARIS — A report that a cooperating witness emerged out of Ukraine to help the FBI’s inquiry into the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee is drawing confusion and denials in Ukraine. A front-page story published by The New York Times says a malware author linked to the hacking of the DNC’s servers had

JOHANNESBURG — In a tit-for-tat dispute, Zimbabwe blocked flights by South Africa’s government-owned airline on Saturday amid tensions over allegations that Zimbabwe’s first lady assaulted a young model at a luxury hotel in Johannesburg. Zimbabwe’s action followed the grounding Friday evening of an Air Zimbabwe flight at Johannesburg’s main international airport after South African authorities

BERLIN — Some 500 far-right extremists marched Saturday in Berlin in honor of the 30th anniversary of the death of top Nazi Rudolf Hess — and they were separated by hundreds of heavily armed police from an equal number of counter-demonstrators. Berlin police spokesman Carsten Mueller told The Associated Press that authorities have imposed a

MOSCOW — A knife-wielding man went on a stabbing rampage Saturday in a Siberian city, wounding seven people before police shot and killed him. The Islamic State’s Aamaq news agency hours later claimed the attacker was “an Islamic State soldier.” There was no immediate Russian comment and it was unclear if the IS claim was

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will return to the country Saturday after more than three months in London for medical treatment, his office announced, while giving no details on what exactly has been ailing him. Buhari will address the nation in a broadcast Monday morning, the statement from the office of the presidency

GUAHATI, India — Rising floodwaters have inundated large parts of a famous wildlife reserve park in northeastern India, killing more than 225 animals and forcing hundreds of other animals to flee, the park director said Saturday. Around 15 rhinos, 185 deer and at least one Royal Bengal tiger have died in the devastating floods that

HELSINKI — The knife attack in western Finland that left two people dead and seven others wounded is “a likely terror act,” Finland’s intelligence agency said Saturday, while police said Europol was investigating if it had any ties to deadly vehicle attacks in Spain. The suspect — an 18-year-old Moroccan asylum-seeker — was shot and