Новости за 30.05.2018

PARIS — The Latest from the French Open (all times local): 12 p.m. Top-seeded Simona Halep is in trouble in her weather-delayed first-round match at the French Open, losing the first set 6-2 to 83rd-ranked Alison Riske of the United States. Riske raced to a 5-0 lead and then broke Halep again in the eighth

TOKYO — When President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore next month, assuming they can stay on track long enough to make it happen, they will have two very different agendas. Washington has set the bar for the summit extremely high — complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization. Pyongyang, meanwhile, has

BEIJING — The Latest on China-US trade tensions (all times local): 6:00 p.m. China’s government has accused the Trump administration of hurting its credibility by acting erratically on trade and vowed to fight back if Washington goes ahead with a threatened tariff hike. A foreign ministry spokeswoman complained Wednesday that the U.S. decision to renew

PARIS — Top-ranked Simona Halep overcame some opening-match nerves to advance to the second round of the French Open on Wednesday, beating 83rd-ranked Alison Riske of the United States 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. Halep took a bathroom break after Riske jumped out to a 5-0 lead and won the opening set, and looked like a new

MADRID — The Latest on Britain-based financier William Browder (all times local): 12:00 p.m. Prominent Kremlin critic William Browder accused Russia of taking advantage of the Interpol red notice system to provoke his brief detention on Wednesday by Spanish authorities. Browder, a U.S-born Britain-based financier, said he was in the Spanish capital to share evidence

MADRID — The Latest on Britain-based financier William Browder (all times local): 11:10 a.m. Police in Spain say that a Britain-based financier and Russian government critic has not been arrested as a Russian arrest warrant has expired. A National Police spokeswoman said that William Browder had been detained on Wednesday morning in Madrid and taken

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe will hold elections on July 30, according to a government notice issued Wednesday by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa will seek to consolidate his hold on power and that of the ruling ZANU-PF party. Mnangagwa became president in November after an intervention by the Zimbabwe National Army ousted longtime leader Robert Mugabe.

After finally breaking through with its first major title at the European Championship two years ago, Portugal will use the same formula at the World Cup. The European champions will travel to Russia with many of the players from the squad that won Euro 2016, including Cristiano Ronaldo, and it will also carry the same

MUNICH — Robert Lewandowski wants to leave Bayern Munich, according to agent Pini Zahavi. Zahavi told Sport Bild magazine that the Bundesliga’s top scorer “feels that he needs a change and a new challenge in his career.” Zahavi, the Israeli agent who helped facilitate Neymar’s transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain last year, said Lewandowski’s

BRUSSELS — The Latest on Belgium shooting (all times local): 10 a.m. Belgium’s interior minister says the woman taken hostage inside a school in Tuesday’s shooting in Liege may have talked the gunman down and helped to avoid more deaths. Jan Jambon, Prime Minister Charles Michel and King Philippe visited the woman in hospital, where

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Latest on the war in Afghanistan (all times local): 12:30 p.m. An Afghan official says loud explosions have rocked the area around the Interior Ministry and that militants are exchanging fire with security forces. Nasrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the ministry, did not immediately have further details about Wednesday’s attack. The

PARIS — Top European officials are holding last-ditch talks with the U.S. commerce and trade chiefs just two days before the Trump administration decides whether to hit Europe with new tariffs. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are attending meetings Wednesday and Thursday at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

ORLANDO, Fla. — A corrections officer has been accused of raping an inmate at a juvenile detention center in Florida. News outlets cite an Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrest report as saying 26-year-old Marcus Leon James forced himself on the 17-year-old girl Sunday night inside an office at the facility in Orlando. The state Department

BRUSSELS — Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon says that a man who shot dead two police officers and a bystander in Liege on Tuesday had already killed another person the day before the attack. Jambon told broadcaster RTL Wednesday that the shooter, identified as Benjamin Herman, “also committed a murder the night before.” Jambon confirmed

ALAMEDA, Calif. — Doug Martin was in need of a new start after two straight subpar seasons led to his offseason release by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Getting the chance to do it near his boyhood home in Northern California, with an Oakland team featuring a strong offensive line and a coach in Jon Gruden

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday that Malaysia regretted having to end the search for Flight 370 and will consider resuming the hunt if any new information emerges. The final search effort focused on the seabed in the distant Indian Ocean ended Tuesday after more than three months. Malaysia had signed

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says Malaysia regrets having to end the search for Flight 370 and will consider resuming the hunt if any new information emerges. The final search effort focused on the seabed in the distant Indian Ocean ended Tuesday after more than three months. Malaysia had signed a “no

SEATTLE — Rougned Odor broke a ninth-inning tie with a three-run double and the Texas Rangers beat Seattle 9-5 on Tuesday night, ending the Mariners’ four-game winning streak. Ronald Guzman went 4 for 4 with three RBIs and Shin-Soo Choo homered for the Rangers, who tagged American League saves lead Edwin Diaz (0-2) in the

LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California has received hundreds of complaints about a former school gynecologist suspected of conducting inappropriate exams for decades, prompting the resignation of the school president and a police investigation. More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed and police are talking to more than 50 women who complained,

CLEVELAND — Kevin Love’s arms are lined with finger-nail scratches, discolored bruises and abrasions, hard-earned mementos from months battling under the basket against other NBA big men. Some of the surface wounds are healing, some are fresh. Other marks are hidden. On the eve of his fourth straight NBA Finals with Cleveland, and while recovering

NEW YORK — Roseanne Barr is partly blaming Ambien for the tweet that led to her show’s cancellation, but the maker of the insomnia drug quickly retorted that “racism is not a known side effect.” Hours after ABC axed her show for her offensive tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett — and quickly breaking

LOS ANGELES — Jake Arrieta delivered his third scoreless outing this month and Nick Williams hit a home run as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Tuesday night. Arrieta (5-2) gave up six hits over seven innings, while striking out five, as he won for the second time in his career

SAN DIEGO — Padres rookie Franmil Reyes is settling in, which could make opposing pitchers uneasy. Reyes hit a two-run homer that put San Diego ahead and the Padres got a fine effort from their bullpen Tuesday night in a 9-5 victory over the Miami Marlins. “I think that every player when you get called

SAN DIEGO — Franmil Reyes hit a two-run homer that put San Diego ahead and the Padres got a fine effort from their bullpen Tuesday night in a 9-5 victory over the Miami Marlins. Eric Hosmer had three hits and the Padres won a matchup of last-place teams, handing Miami its first loss this season

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alcides Escobar homered with two outs in the 14th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night. Escobar hit a 3-1 pitch from Taylor Rogers (1-2) to left field, ending a game that took 4 hours, 12 minutes. Rain also delayed the