Новости за 03.04.2018

MIAMI — Disney Cruise Lines prevented a Missouri woman from boarding one of its ships because she is 25 weeks pregnant. Emily Jackson and her family arrived in Miami last week after her doctor had cleared her to vacation aboard Disney Magic. But the line does not allow women who are more than 24 weeks

LONDON — Britain says it will ban the sale of ivory, no matter how old, to help protect the world’s elephant population. The government said Tuesday that the ban is the toughest in Europe and will impose a maximum five-year prison sentence for offenders. Environment Secretary Michael Gove says “the abhorrent ivory trade should become

OSLO, Norway — Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, the most decorated male Winter Olympian in history with 13 medals, has retired from the sport. The 44-year-old Bjoerndalen competed at six Olympics. Of his 13 medals, eight were gold. He also won 45 world championship medals. Bjoerndalen failed to qualify for this year’s Pyeongchang Olympics. He

BEIJING — Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thanked Chinese President Xi Jinping for Beijing’s political support and pledged to strengthen ties with China on his first visit since his dramatic rise to power last year. Mnangagwa and Xi met Tuesday afternoon at the Great Hall of the People. Xi said Mnangagwa was “an old friend

LISBON, Portugal — Green energy activists in Portugal are hailing a milestone after favorable weather conditions helped production from renewable sources in March to exceed the country’s monthly electricity consumption for the first time. National energy infrastructure company REN says wet and windy weather meant energy from hydroelectric dams and wind turbines was exceptionally high.

MADRID — With doubts about Lionel Messi’s fitness, Barcelona will host Roma in the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Wednesday. Messi is expected to play in the first leg at Camp Nou, but he hasn’t started in three consecutive matches because of a leg muscle problem and it remains uncertain if he can play

SAN ANTONIO — Somewhere between all those heart-stoppers and tearjerkers, all the upset-riddled brackets and things we’d never seen before, the best team in college basketball was hiding in plain sight. How could anyone have missed Villanova? Sparked by a 31-point night off the bench from Donte DiVincenzo, the Wildcats defeated Michigan 79-62 on Monday

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Judges on a popular British cooking show are being ridiculed for ignorance of Asian food after insisting the chicken in a Malaysian contestant’s rendang curry should have been crispy. Foodies in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia have taken to social media to vent at the critique of the Malaysian-born cook’s traditional and standard

ANKARA, Turkey — The leaders of Russia and Turkey are scheduled to launch the start of the construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant as ties between the countries deepen. Russia’s Vladimir Putin, on his first foreign visit since re-election on March 18, arrives in Ankara on Tuesday for talks with Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

SAN ANTONIO — The somber mood in Michigan’s locker room after the NCAA Tournament championship game had no outward effect on John Beilein. When the smiling 65-year-old coach stepped into the Alamodome hallway, he looked nothing like a man who had just missed a golden opportunity to reach his only remaining professional goal. That’s because

PARIS — A major French railway strike brought the country’s famed high-speed trains to a halt Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded or scrambling for other options — and posing the biggest test so far for President Emmanuel Macron’s economic strategy. The SNCF national rail authority said only about 12 percent of trains are running Tuesday, in

LONDON — Sky News could be sold to Walt Disney or completely ring-fenced in concessions put forward Tuesday by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox as it seeks to bolster its chances of taking full control of the U.K. satellite broadcaster Sky. The proposals are aimed at easing some of the regulatory concerns over the extent

Among the many emails former Tennessee athletic director John Currie received when he began to search for a coach to replace Butch Jones was one from an Alabama athletic department staffer with the subject “Head Coaching Analysis.” It included six pages of charts, graphs, numbers and pictures that told the story of every head coach

AUGUSTA, Ga. — When Matt Parziale steps outside of this moment he’s living, a firefighter-turned-Masters golfer, he can understand why everyone finds it so compelling. This is the sort of over-the-top script they usually come up with in Hollywood. “It’s incredible,” Parziale said with a chuckle Monday, having just finished a practice round at Augusta

SAN FRANCISCO — Spotify is about to find out whether investors view its music streaming service as a budding superstar or a flash in the pan. The Swedish company will make its stock market debut Tuesday, casting a spotlight on its early lead in music streaming — a still-evolving field trying to hook people on

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s navy chief says authorities have detained a boat carrying 56 people believed to be Muslim Rohingya refugees who fled from Myanmar. Adm. Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin says the boat was intercepted after it entered Malaysian waters and is now at the northern resort island of Langkawi. He said Tuesday that

CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s victory in last week’s election was never in doubt, but the vote produced a surprise runner-up — an unusually large number of invalid ballots, suggesting a possible protest vote against el-Sissi or the election itself. Official figures released Monday by the election commission gave el-Sissi 97 percent of the

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Cleveland Indians loved the sight of 35-year-old Edwin Encarnacion chugging around the bases on his way to a standup inside-the-park home run. “I knew he had wheels, but …” starter Mike Clevinger said with a laugh. “You see something new every day.” Encarnacion hit his second career inside-the-park homer and Tyler

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics got more than they expected in Andrew Triggs’ first start since suffering a season-ending hip injury last June. The bullpen was pretty good, too. Triggs pitched five effective innings, Jed Lowrie hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the seventh, and the A’s beat Texas 3-1 on Monday night, spoiling

BANGKOK — Thai authorities say they have seized drugs worth about $29 million and arrested 11 people in recent days as narcotics case surge in the country. The drugs included amphetamine pills, marijuana, ketamine and ice seized in 11 unconnected cases since March 25. The haul displayed Tuesday at the Narcotics Suppression Division outside Bangkok

LOS ANGELES — Dustin Brown’s short-handed goal helped the Los Angeles Kings move back into third place in the Pacific Division with a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night. Torrey Mitchell and Kyle Clifford also scored for the Kings, who are one point ahead of Anaheim. Jonathan Quick made 27 saves and

CANBERRA, Australia — A British doctor who was once based in Nauru says the tiny Pacific nation had proved itself unfit to house refugees by depriving its residents of an appeals court. Nick Martin worked as a doctor at an Australia-run immigration camp on Nauru in 2016 and 2017 before becoming a vocal critic of

BEIJING — China says restricting the Vatican’s control over the appointment of bishops does not infringe upon Chinese believers’ religious freedom. The remark during a State Council briefing Tuesday comes as Beijing and the Holy See are negotiating an historic agreement over the selection of bishops in China. The deal has spurred accusations that the

BEIJING — Asian stocks fell for a second day Tuesday amid jitters about U.S.-Chinese trade tensions and mounting public scrutiny of technology companies. Markets in China, Japan and South Korea all declined. The dollar temporarily dipped against the Japanese yen rose as currency traders looked for a safe haven but rebounded later. The Shanghai Composite

COLUMBIA, Md. — Court documents show that a woman who police say squeezed into a McDonald’s drive-thru window in Maryland to steal food, a drink and money has pleaded guilty. The Baltimore Sun reported Monday that 27-year-old Jessica Marie Cross admitted to charges of burglary and theft and will spend three months in jail. Cross,