Новости за 22.08.2017

WASHINGTON — Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, blasted as “adorably out of touch” a person who criticized her Instagram post in which Linton depicted her designer-label outfit. Linton posted the picture of herself Monday getting off a government plane in Kentucky with Mnuchin. In her post, she mentioned several designer labels

NEW YORK — Netflix wants subscribers to know it’s looking out for them. For instance, the average Netflix subscriber might never guess that its dark superhero drama “Jessica Jones” might strike similar chords as the zany hijinks of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Netflix is happy to help you make the connection. Much of the attention showered

SINGAPORE — The shipping lanes around Singapore, among the world’s busiest, carry a host of challenges to safe navigation, including a narrow strait, frequently limited visibility and thousands of vessels sailing through daily. Countless ships have made the voyage in and out of Singapore without incident, but Monday’s pre-dawn collision between a U.S. Navy destroyer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities have rescued more than a dozen stranded drivers after heavy rains soaked parts of Kansas City, Missouri, and its suburbs. Flash flood warnings have been issued across the area. Local television station KCTV reports that police and fire crews plan Monday to go door-to-door in one area of southern Kansas

ZADAR, Croatia — Several wildfires are raging on the Croatian Adriatic coast, reaching some homes and prompting evacuations of dozens of villagers. Officials said Tuesday that strong winds are spreading the blazes, making it difficult for firefighters to operate. Firefighting planes have been called to fight the pine forest fire near the resorts of Sibenik

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York authorities say a 9-year-old boy fatally shot inside his family’s Syracuse home was hit by a bullet fired by his older brother from a gun illegally owned by the boys’ father. The Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office says Shaleek Carrears died early Monday morning after being shot by his 10-year-old

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Another state audit of Terre Haute’s finances has raised doubts about the southern Indiana city’s ability to continue to operate as a municipality. The Tribune-Star reports State Examiner Paul Joyce on Monday expressed “substantial doubt” about the city’s “ability to continue as a going concern” following the audit, which was for

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani health official says an outbreak of dengue fever in the country’s northwest has killed five people in the past 10 days. Provincial Health Minister Shahram Khan Tarakai says more than 1,000 dengue cases have been recorded at hospitals in that period of time. Tarakai said Tuesday that patients with high

VATICAN CITY — Bishops in Ireland have created detailed guidelines to address an issue the Roman Catholic Church has tried to keep under wraps for centuries: the plight of children born to Catholic priests and the women who bear them. The policy, approved in May and made public recently, states that the wellbeing of the

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — The state-owned utility Santee Cooper in South Carolina says it’s heard from two companies interested in its share of a now-abandoned nuclear project, but neither company has made a firm offer. Santee Cooper CEO Lonnie Carter told The Post and Courier of Charleston he doesn’t think either company will join the

FREDERICKTOWN, Ohio — Authorities say an Amish woman was critically injured and three other people were hurt when a car struck a horse-drawn buggy in rural Ohio. The four injured also included a baby. State Highway Patrol says the crash occurred Monday night in the village of Fredericktown, about 45 miles northeast of Columbus. WCMH-TV

MARANELLO, Italy — Kimi Raikkonen signed a one-year extension to his contract at Ferrari on Tuesday and will race for the Italian Formula One team next year. Raikkonen joined from McLaren in 2007, winning the drivers’ title in his first year with Ferrari. The Finnish driver left F1 at the end of 2009 but returned

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Qatar’s Foreign Ministry is criticizing as “illogical” Saudi Arabia’s decision to only fly Qatari pilgrims to the kingdom on Saudi aircraft, and cautioned against exploiting the hajj “as a tool for political manipulation.” The annual hajj pilgrimage is performed at Islam’s holiest site in Mecca. The ministry’s statement, released Tuesday

BETHEL, Ohio — Fire officials say two adults died in an early morning blaze at a southern Ohio home. The fire broke out before 3 a.m. Tuesday at a house in the village of Bethel, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Cincinnati. Bethel-Tate Fire Chief Rick Stowell tells WCPO-TV that a woman in her

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Additional safety measures are being implemented at Saratoga Race Course after the deaths of 17 horses on the grounds so far this year. The New York state Gaming Commission announced Monday the enhanced measures include more veterinarians at the track during training hours. The agency says the steps are being taken

HARRISBURG, Pa. — State officials are warning people not to eat fish caught in a stretch of a western Pennsylvania river after tests found extremely high levels of a potentially dangerous chemical. Environmental protection officials issued the blanket warning Monday for all fish caught in the Shenango River in Mercer and Lawrence counties after previously

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s new telecommunications minister says Twitter is ready to talk about unblocking access to the microblogging site. The state-owned IRAN newspaper quoted Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi on Tuesday as saying Twitter has “officially announced readiness to talk with Iran for resolving the problems.” San Francisco-based Twitter declined to comment. Iran blocked the

MANCHESTER, England — He scored another landmark goal, he raged at the referee, he tackled back, and covered every blade of grass for his team’s cause. Welcome back, Wayne Rooney. A summer return to boyhood club Everton has lit a fire in English soccer’s most talked-about player, whose career was in rapid decline as he

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Tuesday described President Donald Trump as a leader who frequently tweets “weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts” and “spouts rubbish” to give his assistants a hard time. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency made the comments in response to tough talk in Washington and Seoul over threats

NEW YORK — Police in New York City have opened an investigation after human remains were unearthed at a construction site near a psychiatric hospital. Police say workers were doing sewer repair work at the Brooklyn construction site when they found remains 13 feet (4 meters) below the surface Monday afternoon. Investigators say workers found

LISBON, Portugal — A trade union representing inspectors at Portugal’s immigration service says a strike planned for Thursday and Friday is going ahead after the government gave no response to its demands for more staff and resources. The 48-hour walkout is expected to cause lengthy waiting lines at airport passport controls, though the inspectors are

MANILA, Philippines — China recently deployed navy and coast guard ships in a cluster of uninhabited sandbars in the disputed South China Sea amid concerns that the Philippines may build structures on them, two Filipino security officials said Tuesday. The government, however, said the issue was quickly resolved amid the Asian neighbors’ friendlier ties. Two

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s top trade negotiator said Tuesday that Seoul will not discuss renegotiation of the free trade agreement with the U.S. without first looking into what is really causing the U.S. trade imbalance. Trade Minister Kim Hyung-chong said Seoul proposed a joint study with Washington to evaluate the impact of the

LONDON — Brian Aldiss, one of the most prolific and influential science fiction writers of the 20th century, has died aged 92. Literary agency Curtis Brown said Aldiss died early Saturday at his home in Oxford, England. Born in 1925, Aldiss served in India and Burma with the British Army during World War II and

GENEVA — UNICEF is reporting a four-fold increase in use of children as “human bombs” by the radical Boko Haram group in northeastern Nigeria already this year compared to all of 2016. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado says she has no explanation for the increase to 83 such “human bomb” children, two-thirds of them girls, compared