Новости за 14.01.2020

NEW YORK — Stocks are off to a mostly lower start on Wall Street as losses for some banks and health care companies offset gains elsewhere in the market. Wells Fargo slumped in early trading Tuesday after reporting a sharp drop in profit in its latest quarter. Other banks including JPMorgan Chase rose. Delta Air

NEW YORK — A fire erupted in an apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side early Tuesday, injuring 22 people, two of them critically, according to the Fire Department of New York. The fire was reported around 2 a.m. on the 24th floor of a building on East 72nd Street. A newborn baby was among

LAS VEGAS — MGM Resorts International is selling the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay resorts and casinos on the Las Vegas Strip to a joint venture for about $2.5 billion. The joint venture includes private-equity and real estate company Blackstone Group and MGM Growth Properties LLC. The joint venture will be owned 50.1% by MGM

BANJUL, Gambia — Gambia’s longtime dictator Yahya Jammeh, who fled into exile three years ago after an election loss, has announced plans to return to the West African nation where human rights activists say he ordered the killings of political opponents during his rule. The deputy spokesman for Jammeh’s political party released several audio recordings

NEW YORK — The WNBA and its union announced a tentative eight-year labor deal Tuesday that will allow top players to earn more than $500,000 while the average annual compensation will surpass six figures for the first time. The contract, which begins this season and runs through 2027, will pay players an average of $130,000

The decision by European nations to trigger a dispute resolution mechanism in the Iran nuclear deal marks the latest step in the unraveling of the accord, which began when President Donald Trump walked away from the agreement and began restoring sanctions on Iran. The agreement, reached under President Barack Obama, imposed restrictions and stepped-up monitoring

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s government is extending its offer of citizenship to Tom Hanks to his wife and their two children, in recognition of the family’s help in assisting victims of a deadly wildfire near Athens in 2018. Last month, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos signed an honorary naturalization order allowing the 63-year-old actor, who has

Overspending can be a serious downer for your budget. Kind of like that person in the movie theater who kicks the back of your seat: It’s annoying, distracting and ruins your experience. But that doesn’t mean you should stop spending entirely, just like you don’t have to stop going to the movies altogether. You just

NEW YORK — BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, will make climate change central to its investment decisions. Founder and CEO Laurence Fink, who oversees the management of about $7 trillion in funds, said in his influential annual letter to CEOs Tuesday that he believes we are “on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is inviting world powers to a summit in Berlin on Sunday to discuss efforts to broker peace in Libya. Merkel’s office said in a statement Tuesday that the German leader had decided to host the meeting after consulting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Germany has invited Fayez al-Sarraj, who

LONDON — The 100-meter gold medalist from the Commonwealth Games in 2018 was banned for two years on Tuesday for failing to notify doping testers about her whereabouts. Michelle Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago missed three tests during a 12-month period across 2018 and ’19, and had been provisionally suspended since Aug. 30 last

NEW YORK — Banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. is reporting that its fourth-quarter profits jumped 21% from a year earlier, as the bank’s trading desks had a blowout quarter, which offset the impact of declining interest rates. The New York-based bank earned a profit of $8.52 billion, or $2.57 per share. That’s up from

Delta Air Lines boosted its fourth quarter profit to $1.1 billion by adding more flights over the holiday-packed period and packing them even more full of passengers. Lower fuel prices helped too, as Delta reported Tuesday that earnings rose 8% over a year earlier and beat analysts’ expectations. Shares jumped almost 5% before the opening

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa can now strip refugees of their asylum status if they engage in any political activity related to their home countries, according to a new law that critics call illegal and deeply ironic after the ruling party fought the former apartheid government for years as a liberation movement in exile. Representatives of

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that opponents of Huawei should suggest alternatives to the Chinese technology company as countries start start building out next-generation wireless networks. Johnson’s comments in an interview with the BBC come after American national security and telecom officials met their British counterparts in London, ahead of a

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday he believes the royal family can resolve a serious rift over the plans of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who want to break free of their royal roles and move to Canada. The plans of Harry and Meghan, also known as the Duke and Duchess

The air was considered hazardous for outdoor workers, and described as among the worst in the world. For professional tennis players, though, it was deemed to be OK for business. A thick haze enveloped Melbourne as smoke from devastating wildfires drifted over Australia’s southeast. Fine particles in the air early Tuesday hit the worst of

BERLIN — Germany’s highest court is considering imposing stricter limits on the activities of the country’s foreign intelligence agency. The Federal Constitutional Court was due Tuesday to hear a lawsuit brought by a group of journalists and a human rights lawyer against a new law regulating the powers of the BND spy agency. The plaintiffs,

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican cardinal who co-authored a bombshell book with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI reaffirming priestly celibacy is denying he manipulated the retired pope into publishing. Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, who heads the Vatican’s liturgy office, spoke out after news reports quoting “sources close to Benedict” claimed the retired pope never saw or

BEIRUT — Lebanese protesters blocked several roads around the capital of Beirut and in other areas of teh country on Tuesday in renewed rallies against the ruling elite they say has failed to address the economy’s downward spiral. Protesters burned tires and blocked three main highways leading to the capital from the south, east and

LYON, France — A French former priest accused of sexually abusing some 75 boys when he worked as their scout chaplain is on trial in Lyon, France’s worst clergy abuse drama to reach court so far. Church hierarchy is suspected of covering up Bernard Preynat’s actions for decades, and a French cardinal was convicted last

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s constitutional watchdog has barred thousands of people from running in next month’s parliamentary elections, including 90 current lawmakers, most of whom are accused of corruption. The Guardian Council, a body of senior clerics and legal experts, vets candidates for office as well as legislation, and rules out individuals if it believes

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The European Tour stepped up its attack on slow play by announcing that players will be given an immediate one-shot penalty if they exceed time limits for taking shots on two occasions in the same tournament. The initial plan was to apply the penalty for two so-called “bad times”

MADRID — Before a match against Barcelona at the Camp Nou more than a year ago, then-Real Betis coach Quique Setién asked Sergio Busquets for his game shirt. He said he wanted it with a written dedication, so he could frame it. The Barcelona midfielder complied, later sending Setíen an autographed jersey with the message:

NEW ORLEANS — The Superdome in New Orleans honored two sports journalists who recently died with a tribute Monday night in the press box during the College Football Playoff national championship game between Louisiana State and Clemson universities. Seats were reserved for Carley McCord and Edward Aschoff, the Lafayette Daily Advertiser reported. LSU won the