Новости за 24.11.2018

JOHANNESBURG — The United States embassy in Congo says it has received “credible and specific information of a possible terrorist threat against U.S. government facilities in Kinshasa.” A security alert to citizens gives no further details but says the embassy will be closed to the public on Monday. Congo, unlike several countries across Africa, is

DAMASCUS, Syria — The Latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 12:25 a.m. A Syrian official says that at least 50 civilians were being treated Saturday following a suspected poison gas attack by Syrian rebel groups on the government-held Aleppo city in the country’s north. Syrian state TV previously said that 21 people had

CARDIFF, Wales — Wales scored two early tries to beat South Africa 20-11 and secure its first clean sweep in a November rugby series on Saturday. Prop Tomas Francis and fullback Liam Williams went over for the Welsh tries inside the first 20 minutes in Cardiff, setting up a fourth straight win over the Springboks

NEW ORLEANS — Ezekiel Charles scored 20 points and Damion Rosser 18 as New Orleans used a huge second half to beat Governors State 97-53 on Saturday. Charles had six points and Scott Plaisance, Troy Green and Rosser five each in a 25-1 over a 5½-minute stretch to put New Orleans comfortably ahead 86-49. Charles

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Ahmed Hill scored eight of his 19 points during a 24-6 run spanning halftime, and No. 13 Virginia Tech beat St. Francis, Pennsylvania, 75-37 on Saturday. The Hokies (5-0) led 23-20 when a 3-pointer by Ty Outlaw sparked a 10-2 run to end the first half. Nickeil Alexander-Walker made another 3-pointer right

LONDON — Tottenham inflicted Chelsea’s first loss in the English Premier League with a rampant performance in a 3-1 win at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Dele Alli, Harry Kane, and Son Heung-min scored for Tottenham, which jumped above its London rival in the standings into third place. The sight of Chelsea holding midfielder Jorginho clutching

NICEVILLE, Fla. — Randy Miller scored 22 points, and three others added 15 each as North Carolina Central broke away early and defeated Southern 83-71 in the seventh-place game of the Emerald Coast Classic on Saturday. Miller scored 13 in the first half as NC Central used an 11-0 burst to scoot away from Southern

TRUJILLO ALTO, Puerto Rico — Stephanie Jones scored 21 points, and No. 7 Maryland held off Georgia for a 58-51 victory Saturday in the Puerto Rico Clasico tournament. The Terrapins (6-0) led 53-51 in the final minute before Brianna Fraser hit a jumper and Taylor Mikesell added a free throw with 20 seconds left to

WASHINGTON — James Akinjo made four straight free throws in the last 12 seconds to cool off a suddenly red-hot Campbell team and preserve Georgetown’s 93-85 win on Saturday. Georgetown (5-1) led all the way but saw a 22-point lead nearly evaporate in the final six minutes of the game. Campbell’s prolific Chris Clemons —

GREENWOOD, Ind. — A suburban Indianapolis man is accused of strangling his 70-year-old mother to death in her home. Forty-nine-year-old John Hatton Jr. of Greenwood is being held without bond on a murder charge in Carla Sue Hatton’s death. The Indianapolis Star reports officers were called to the woman’s home just south of Indianapolis on

NIAMEY, Niger — A regional deputy official in Niger says that 18 girls have been kidnapped from two different villages by suspected Boko Haram militants. Lamido Harouna Moumouni said 24 attackers abducted 15 girls in the village of Blaharde early Saturday and three other girls in the village of Bague. This is not far from

ROCHESTER, Mich. — Darius Banks scored 17 points, Stuckey Mosley added 17 with four 3-pointers and James Madison shot 12 of 26 from distance to beat Northern Illinois 78-74 on Saturday at the Oakland Hoops Challenge. Matt Lewis hit four 3s and scored 16 points with four assists and made a go-ahead jumper with 17

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Argentina ran into a dark blue wall while Scotland took its few chances to finish their rugby test on top 14-9 at Murrayfield on Saturday. Argentina had more ball and territory, conceded less penalties, won all of its set-pieces and stole some of Scotland’s, but couldn’t finish the last pass in a

NEW YORK — Placido Domingo’s eyes watered and his voice quavered. After portraying dozens of characters over a half-century on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, he got emotional being himself. “For us, the opera singers, it is just like Frank Sinatra said: New York, New York, if you made it, you made it

LISBON, Portugal — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the United States of pursuing a “hidden agenda” through its military involvement in Syria. Lavrov said Saturday that in contrast to American claims that it is intervening in Syria to help in the fight against the Islamic State group, the U.S.’s true goal is to

WATFORD, England — Roberto Firmino ended his English Premier League goal drought and Mohamed Salah also scored as 10-man Liverpool maintained their unbeaten start by winning at Watford 3-0 on Saturday. Firmino headed in a late third for Liverpool at Vicarage Road, for his first top-flight goal since Sept. 15. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s brilliant free kick

NEW YORK — Vancouver Canucks forward Antoine Roussel has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for biting San Jose Sharks defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic. The fine announced by the league Saturday is the maximum allowed under the labor agreement. The biting happened at 19:20 of the third period of San Jose’s 4-0 victory at home over

GASTONIA, N.C. — The owners of a North Carolina horse that was gunned down in her paddock are offering a reward to help find who did it. News outlets report that a 4-year-old quarter horse named “Moonpie” was shot multiple times in on a farm last weekend. Her owners have set up social media accounts

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso drove for fun together around the Abu Dhabi F1 track on a blazing hot Saturday afternoon. Alonso took the wheel of the McLaren 570S car, with Johnson for once in the passenger seat, as they completed a

A two-week break for international soccer failed to break the stride of Manchester City and Liverpool in the Premier League. City swept to a 4-0 victory at West Ham to stay two points in the lead, with wingers Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling between them involved in all the goals at the Olympic Stadium. Second-placed

ROME — Roma’s lack of consistency in Serie A was highlighted in a 1-0 loss at relegation-threatened Udinese on Saturday. It was the third time this season that Roma had been beaten by a team near the bottom of the standings, along with defeats against Bologna and Spal. It wasn’t the buildup that Roma wanted

KILLINGTON, Vt. — Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway is leading after the first run of a World Cup giant slalom, with Mikaela Shiffrin 0.67 seconds behind as the American competes before a home crowd. Racing seventh, Mowinckel gained speed in the middle of the course and finished in 53.71 seconds Saturday. She is 0.37 seconds ahead

VINCENNES, Ind. — A military museum in southwestern Indiana has started building 10 interactive war exhibits but still needs another funding boost. Indiana Military Museum chairman Jim Osborne says a $250,000 state grant and the same amount in fundraising allowed work to start at the former warehouse in Vincennes. Osborne tells the Vincennes Sun-Commercial the

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Some people issued parking tickets from Northern Michigan University can keep cash in their pocket if they donate items to the school’s food pantry. Donations of a variety of items can reduce or eliminate a fine of up to $25, although no ramen noodles, please. The value of items is determined at

GRENOBLE, France — World champion Nathan Chen won the last round of figure skating’s Grand Prix series and secured a spot in next month’s final with a pulsating free skate at the Internationaux de France on Saturday. Oozing confidence despite an untidy short program on Friday, the American skater outclassed the field in the free