Новости за 28.01.2019

AL AIN, United Arab Emirates — Japan will play for a record fifth Asian Cup title after reaching the final by defeating Iran 3-0 on Monday. The host United Arab Emirates and Qatar meet in the other semifinal on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi for a berth in Friday’s final. Forward Yuya Osako did the damage

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The Vans Warped Tour will come to Atlantic City for two days in June. The music, sports and art festival will be held on the Atlantic City beach June 29th and 30th. The more than 50 artists who will perform will be announced on March 1, the same day tickets go

LOS ANGELES — Sarah Jessica Parker and Jeff Bridges are bringing a couple of famed characters back to life for a charity in a new Super Bowl commercial. Parker will reprise her “Sex and the City” Carrie Bradshaw role and Bridges will appear as “The Dude” in a Stella Artois commercial to raise money to

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that the Kansas City Royals and versatile second baseman Whit Merrifield have agreed to a $16.25 million, four-year contract. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the contract has not become official. Merrifield must still pass a physical, though

MADRID — Atletico Madrid has signed striker Alvaro Morata on an 18-month loan from Chelsea, ending his miserable stay in English soccer following a club-record move from Real Madrid for $75 million. Morata signed with Atletico on Monday, bringing him back to the club where he started playing as a child. The 26-year-old Spaniard passed his

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The manga movie “Alita: Battle Angel” has been 20 years in the making, and producer Jon Landau thinks it will finally represent the breakthrough success in Hollywood for a genre which has proved problematic. “I think this is definitely the breakthrough one because of the story that Kishiro wrote,” said Landau,

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Even the fabled “frozen tundra” of Lambeau Field wasn’t able to withstand the heavy snow and blustery winds that have closed hundreds of businesses, schools and government offices in Wisconsin. The Green Bay Packers say stadium tours, the Lambeau Field Atrium and all its businesses, including the Packers Hall of Fame

LISBON, Portugal — A Portuguese magistrate is deciding whether there is enough evidence to put a former prime minister and two dozen other once-powerful figures on trial for corruption, money laundering and other crimes. Magistrate Ivo Rosa on Monday began hearing legal arguments from the public prosecutor and defense attorneys in one of the biggest

NEW YORK — Small businesses sold at a record pace in 2018 and are expected to remain a hot commodity this year. BizBuySell.com, an online market for small businesses, counted 10,312 sales transaction reported by brokers in 2018, up 4 percent from 9,919 in 2017 and 31 percent over 7,842 in 2016. All three totals

ORLANDO, Fla. — A labor relations board has put the brakes on a decision allowing the Teamsters to represent scores of Lyft drivers who haul passengers around the Walt Disney World property in Florida. A National Labor Relations Board panel ruled against the Orlando-based Teamsters local last Friday. The panel says the Lyft drivers have

NEW YORK — You canceled cable long ago. Your TV antenna has trash reception for ABC. But you want to host an Oscars viewing party. What to do? A newish, under-the-radar option is Locast. It’s like an app version of a $50 antenna you can get from Best Buy, and it’s free and easy to

WARSAW, Poland — Polish prosecutors are investigating an anti-Semitic protest by dozens of far-right nationalists outside the gates of Auschwitz. The incident took place Sunday in Oswiecim, the southern Polish town where Nazi Germany operated Auschwitz during World War II. It happened as Holocaust survivors gathered nearby to commemorate the anniversary of the camp’s liberation,

WARSAW, Va. — Authorities say the man who is suspected of killing five people in Louisiana before fleeing to Virginia will have an extradition hearing on Friday. Richmond County Sheriff Stephan B. Smith said in an email that Dakota Theriot’s extradition hearing will be in the county’s General District Court. Smith said the 21-year-old had

A cookie in a skillet? We admit this Internet phenom made us skeptical_until we tried it. Unlike making a traditional batch of cookies, this treatment doesn’t require scooping, baking and cooling multiple sheets of treats; the whole thing bakes at once in a single skillet. Plus, the hot bottom and tall sides of a well-seasoned

Highlighting the fresh flavors of Provencal cuisine, soupe au pistou is a classic French soup composed of seasonal vegetables, creamy white beans and fragrant herbs. Celebrating colorful, early-summer produce, this soup needed to be chock-full of vegetables and simple to prepare. Leeks, green beans, and zucchini all made the cut; we liked their summery flavors

BRUSSELS — The European Union is on the verge of launching an alternative channel to send money to Iran that would sidestep U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic, Germany’s foreign minister said Monday. The “special purpose vehicle,” or SPV, is part of EU efforts to keep alive an international agreement aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear

Microwave popcorn is a great idea_in theory. But most packaged options have a long list of unnatural ingredients and don’t taste very good. This fun recipe turns a plain old brown paper bag_the kind you might use to hold your lunch_into a microwave-safe package for popping corn kernels. Make sure to use a plain bag

With its boozy, coffee-soaked ladyfingers and sweet, creamy filling, it’s no wonder tiramisu is Italian for “pick me up.” Instead of making a custard filling, we simply whipped egg yolks, sugar, salt, rum and mascarpone together and lightened it with whipped cream. We briefly moistened the ladyfingers in a mixture of coffee, espresso powder, and

INDIANAPOLIS — Heavy snow and high winds hit northern Indiana ahead of subzero temperatures forecast for later in the week. A winter storm moved across northern and central Indiana on Monday morning with the National Weather Service predicting up to 7 inches could accumulate in some areas. Wind gusts could reach 35 mph. The snow

Fallen chocolate cake, or molten chocolate cake, is an undercooked-in-the-center mound of intense, buttery chocolate cake. We wanted to turn this restaurant-menu standard into a practical recipe for home cooks. Beating the egg whites and yolks separately and then folding them together as some recipes instruct resulted in a cottony cake; we found that beating

FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank head Mario Draghi says that much of the drag on the eurozone economy would ease if “clarity and peace” were to break out in the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. Draghi says ECB officials think the key factor is how long the various causes for slower growth

WASHINGTON — A new government report says that the U.S. budget deficit is set to hit $897 billion this year and predicts that economic growth will slow as the effects of President Donald Trump’s tax cut on business investment begin to drop off. The Congressional Budget Office Report predicts a $118 billion increase over last

ZURICH — Soccer activists campaigning for the release of a Bahraini refugee player detained in Thailand say his plight has become an emergency. Former Australia captain Craig Foster says Bahrain has formally submitted an extradition request to Thailand for the return of Hakeem al-Araibi. After meeting FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura, Foster says “this matter

“The Rule of Law” (Atria), by John Lescroart Dismas Hardy and his colleagues are forced into a case with personal ramifications in John Lescroart’s latest novel, “The Rule of Law.” As time passes for the characters, they have to deal with both the joys and sorrows of growing older. Yet the past is always lingering

RENO, Nev. — Nevada prosecutors are set to announce their plans for the prosecution of a 19-year-old El Salvadoran immigrant identified as the prime suspect in four killings. Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman has been jailed since his arrest more than a week ago. He was charged Thursday with possessing weapons and selling jewelry belonging to several