Новости за 04.01.2019

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — George Welsh, who coached football at Virginia for 19 years and retired as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s career victories leader, has died. The school made the announcement in a release Thursday, saying Welsh’s family says he died peacefully in Charlottesville on Wednesday. He was 85. Welsh compiled a 134-86-3 record at Virginia

BERLIN — Bundesliga teams are leaving Germany for training camps in warmer climes during the winter break. Only four of the top division’s 18 teams are staying in Germany to start preparations for the league’s restart on Jan. 18. Leipzig, Hoffenheim, Hertha Berlin and Bayer Leverkusen will remain, though Hoffenheim has games in Spain and

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s new president says he is open to hosting a U.S. military base to counter Russian influence in the region. Far-right former Brazilian army captain Jair Bolsonaro made the suggestion in a TV interview Thursday night. Bolsonaro, who took office on Tuesday, is a fan of U.S. President Donald Trump. In the

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana officials have approved new rules to rein in a state agency that awarded grants intended for struggling veterans to its own employees. The rules impose income limits and other restrictions that likely would have prevented administrators at the Indiana Department of Veteran Affairs from awarding more than $40,000 to nearly a dozen

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian police say four skiers who went missing after an avalanche in northern Norway this week have most likely died. Police spokesman Morten Pettersen says “we no longer have any hopes of finding anyone alive.” He said a helicopter on Friday picked up two avalanche beacon signals from an area in Tamok

MOSCOW — Russian officials say the American former Marine who is being held in Moscow on spying charges also holds British citizenship, and London has requested consular access to him. Paul Whelan, the global security director for a U.S. company, was arrested a week ago in Moscow. At the time, he was identified only as

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Palestinian broadcasting corporation says masked gunmen have raided its studios in the Gaza Strip. Images circulating in the incident’s aftermath Friday showed the TV station’s Gaza headquarters strewn with shattered glass and destroyed equipment. The Interior Ministry, controlled by Gaza’s Hamas rulers, said it is investigating the raid on

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s border agency says the number of unauthorized border crossings into Europe has hit a five-year low, but that migrant entries into Spain via the Mediterranean continue to climb. Frontex said Friday that migrants tried to cross the EU’s external borders without authorization around 150,000 times last year, a 25-percent drop

BERLIN — Berlin’s unwanted Christmas trees have ended their days as a festive snack for zoo elephants and stocking fillers for some of their fellow residents. The once-a-year treats arrived Friday at the Tierpark, one of the German capital’s two zoos. The zoo takes only fresh, unsold trees from selected vendors. It doesn’t accept trees

BAGHDAD — Baghdad police say eight women have been killed in a fight and fire at a women’s jail in the north of the city. An officer at the Rusafa police division says the fire started in the jail’s kitchen after inmates got into a fight with one another, on Friday. The fire quickly spread

BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s president has refused a request from the justice minister to dismiss the county’s top prosecutor, who has clashed with the government over its commitment to fight corruption. President Klaus Iohannis on Friday said he wouldn’t fire Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar, a critic of a judicial overhaul that he and others say

BERLIN — A German cardinal is asserting that outrage about the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal is hypocritical, arguing that what happened reflected events in society as a whole. The church has been shaken over recent years by scandals in several countries, including Germany. A church-commissioned report concluded that at least 3,677 people were abused

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A sheriff’s deputy has been placed on restricted duty following the release of a statewide commission’s report on the handling of last year’s mass shooting at a Florida high school. News outlets report Broward Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Stambaugh was informed of the decision on Thursday. Commissioners said Stambaugh “did not move

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have held telephone consultations centering on Syria. In the Friday call, Putin and Netanyahu “focused on developments in Syria, including in light of the United States’ stated intention to withdraw its troops from that country. They pointed to the need for

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Officials say a Swedish hospital has reported a suspected case of the deadly Ebola virus, adding the patient has been isolated. Region Uppsala, which oversees several hospitals and medical clinics north of Stockholm, says a test had been carried out on the patient who was not identified, adding a result would be

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. — A man has been charged with murder and armed robbery in the October slaying of a businessman in southern Indiana. Thirty-five-year-old Antonio J. McRae was arrested last month in connection with 49-year-old Praful Patel’s fatal shooting. McRae was quiet on his way in and out of court Thursday. He told reporters Monday

BEIJING — China has rebutted a U.S. travel advisory that once again urges American nationals to “exercise increased caution” when travelling in the Communist Party-ruled country. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said Friday that more than 2.3 million Americans visited China in 2018. He also noted that some Chinese citizens have encountered difficulties entering the

WARSAW, Poland — A new member of Poland’s right-wing government has appealed on Facebook for public support amid a political storm over his previous far-right and anti-West statements. The controversial appointment of Adam Andruszkiewicz as deputy minister for digital affairs comes at the start of a year of elections that will be crucial for the

ALBION, Ind. — A northeastern Indiana county faces a wrongful death lawsuit alleging that a gay inmate killed himself in its jail after being denied mental health treatment and enduring harassment over his sexuality. Markus Middleton’s partner is suing Noble County’s sheriff, jail commander and jail staff. The Kendallville News-Sun reports the federal lawsuit alleges

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu knocked off another former No. 1 on Friday, beating seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams 6-7 (1) 6-1, 6-3 to reach the semifinals at the ASB Classic. The 18-year-old Andreescu, who is ranked 152nd in the world and had to go through qualifying to make the tournament,

WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware animal shelter has found an underfed dog abandoned outside its facility with a note that says its owner became homeless and could no longer care for it. The News Journal reports the female terrier mix named Sky was found Wednesday outside the Delaware Humane Association in Wilmington. The note says

BEIJING — China has come a long way since the founding of its space program in 1956. Shortly after the former Soviet Union launched Sputnik, Chairman Mao Zedong declared that China too should have an artificial satellite to keep up with the great powers. Now, being recognized as a galactic pioneer is once again part

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — A judge has delayed the trial of a white man charged with a hate crime in the fatal stabbing of a black student at the University of Maryland. The Capital reported Thursday that Sean Christopher Urbanski’s Jan. 22 trial has been rescheduled for July 22. Prosecutors requested the delay after the

BEIRUT — Parts of Lebanon’s public and private sectors have gone on strike called for by the country’s labor unions to protest worsening economic conditions and months of delay in the formation of a new government. Friday’s strike was called for this week by the General Confederation of Lebanese Workers, with the backing of the

BERLIN — A German broadcaster is reporting that data and documents belonging to hundreds of German politicians have been hacked and posted on Twitter. Public broadcaster RBB reported Friday that the leak, which saw the data posted in daily batches before Christmas on an account that has been active since mid-2017, affects all parties in