Новости за 16.01.2018

MITROVICA, Kosovo — The Latest on the shooting of a Serb politician in Kosovo (all times local): 11:25 a.m. The talks between Serbia and Kosovo at the European Union have been suspended after the killing of Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic. The 28-nation EU said it “strongly condemns the murder” and it expects authorities “to spare

MITROVICA, Kosovo — The Latest on the shooting of a Serb politician in Kosovo (all times local): 10:55 a.m. The Kosovo government has strongly denounced the slaying of a leading Serb politician in northern Mitrovica and says it consicers it to be a challenge to “the rule of law and efforts to establish the rule

BERLIN — The number of asylum-seekers arriving in Germany dropped significantly to some 186,000 last year, but the country’s interior minister said Tuesday he still considers that figure “much too high.” Last year’s total of 186,644 new asylum-seekers registered in Germany compared with some 280,000 in 2016, the year when the Balkan refugee route used

BERLIN — The German government says the number of new asylum-seekers registered in the country dropped significantly last year to some 186,000. The figure of 186,644 given by the Interior Ministry on Tuesday compared with some 280,000 in 2016 and a peak of 890,000 the previous year, when the influx of migrants from the Middle

MITROVICA, Kosovo — A leading Serb politician was shot to death Tuesday near his political party’s offices in northern Kosovo, an attack that raised ethnic tensions in the Balkans and prompted the suspension of EU-mediated talks between Kosovo and Serbia. Unknown assailants opened fire on Oliver Ivanovic, 64, in the Serb-controlled northern city of Mitrovica.

MITROVICA, Kosovo — A leading Serb politician in northern Kosovo was shot and killed Tuesday morning, raising ethnic tensions in the region and halting EU-mediated talks between Kosovo and Serbia on the day they were due to resume. Assailants opened fire on Oliver Ivanovic close to the offices of his political party in the Serb-controlled

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — With the opening Monday of three academic halls attached to Notre Dame Stadium, the university’s massive $400 million Campus Crossroads project is complete, integrating the iconic football venue with everyday student life. While portions of Duncan, O’Neill and Corbett Hall opened last fall to accommodate stadium improvements, the academic portions were

BRUSSELS — Rescue services have recovered the bodies of two victims from the rubble of three adjacent houses in Belgium’s northern port town of Antwerp after an explosion ripped through them. Fourteen people were hospitalized after they were injured in the blast late Monday, including seven rescued from under the rubble. The two bodies were

BERLIN — Police in southern Germany say a school bus has rammed into a house without braking, injuring 21 children. Mannheim police spokesman Christoph Kunkel said Tuesday three helicopters helped bring the children, including six with serious injuries, to the hospital for treatment. He said the bus crashed into the side of a house in

SEOUL, South Korea — Prices of bitcoin and other digital currencies have skidded after South Korea’s top financial policymaker said a crackdown on trading of crypto currencies was still possible. Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon said Tuesday in an interview with local radio station TBS that banning trading in digital currencies was “a live option.” He

PERRIS, Calif. — From the outside, the brown-and-beige four-bedroom home looked fairly orderly. The couple who owned it had purchased the house new in 2014 and soon arrived in this Los Angeles suburb with their 12 children. They lived there quietly for at least three years and had another baby. Then on Sunday, one of

PERRIS, Calif. — The mother of 13 malnourished children and young adults who were held in filthy conditions, some chained to furniture, was “perplexed” when deputies arrived at the family’s Southern California home, a sheriff’s official said Tuesday. The deputies had been summoned by a 17-year-old daughter who jumped out a window and called 911.

PERRIS, Calif. — A 17-year-old girl called police after escaping from her family’s home where she and her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, some so malnourished officers at first believed all were children even though seven are adults. Police went to the family home in Perris, about 70 miles southeast

UNION GAP, Wash. — A slow-moving landslide in a fertile farming region in Washington state has forced evacuations as officials prepare for what they say is inevitable — the collapse of a ridge that sits above a few dozen homes and a key highway. People in Washington are especially wary of landslides following one in

READING, Pa. — A Pennsylvania-based frozen sliced cheesesteak meat brand has achieved success in its months-long campaign to become verified on Twitter . Steak-umm, owned by Reading’s Quaker Maid Meats, launched a campaign nearly four months ago to become verified on the social media platform, employing bizarre absurdist jokes alongside doctored images and videos. Twitter

LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul came back to Staples Center to play against his old team and things got heated. The final minutes of the game were filled with technical fouls, ejections, swearing, bumping — and that was just the beginning. Lou Williams scored 31 points, Blake Griffin added 29 before his ejection, and the

LOS ANGELES — Lou Williams scored 31 points, Blake Griffin added 29 before his ejection, and the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Houston Rockets 113-102 on Monday night in Chris Paul’s heated return to Staples Center against his old team. Buoyed by Williams’ 13th straight game of 20 or more points, the Clippers won their

NEW DELHI — Moshe Holtzberg, a boy whose parents were killed at a Jewish center in Mumbai during a 2008 terror attack, returned to India for the first time Tuesday to visit the site of the attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in New Delhi for a six-day visit Sunday and will travel to

NEW DELHI — Moshe Holtzberg, a young boy whose parents were killed at a Jewish center in Mumbai during the 2008 terror attack, has returned to that city for the first time to visit the site of the attack with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu arrived in New Delhi for a six-day visit Sunday

LANSING, Mich. — One after one, gymnasts and other victims of a disgraced former sports doctor stepped forward in a Michigan courtroom Tuesday to recount the sexual abuse and emotional trauma Larry Nassar inflicted on them as children — one with the warning that “little girls don’t stay little forever.” Nearly 100 women and girls

LANSING, Mich. — One of the dozens of victims expected to testify at the sentencing hearing of a disgraced former Michigan sports doctor on Tuesday described the sexual abuse Larry Nassar inflicted on her as a child and warned him that “little girls don’t stay little forever.” Kyle Stephens was the first of nearly 100

LANSING, Mich. — Many of the young elite gymnasts who were sexually assaulted by disgraced former Michigan sports doctor Larry Nassar plan to testify about how that abuse shook their lives, during his sentencing hearing that started Tuesday. A family friend was the first victim on the stand. She is among nearly 90 women and

ADELAIDE, Australia — Germany’s Andre Greipel claimed his 17th stage victory in the Tour Down Under cycle race when he won the 145-kilometer (90-mile) stage of the 2018 World Tour opener to take an early lead on general classification. The 35-year-old Greipel, who won the Australian tour in 2008 and 2010, beat Australian sprint star

WASHINGTON — An attempt to oust President Donald Trump’s hotel business from managing a luxury hotel in Panama has turned bitter, with accusations of financial misconduct. Trump Hotels is contesting its firing, and its staff ran off a team of Marriott executives invited last month to visit the property during a search for a new

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Tuesday that if North Korea does not choose to negotiate on giving up its nuclear weapons that pose a growing threat to the United States it could trigger a military response. After a meeting of U.S. allies on how to beef up the sanctions pressure,