Новости за 05.06.2023

Leggett, 36, retired as an Empire player only last Friday. He becomes Albany’s fourth head coach of the season — or fifth, if you count Foster.

Nations have resumed talks on tackling global warming with the aim of shaping a deal that might put the world on track to prevent a dangerous increase in temperatures. The U.N.‘s top climate official said Monday that the world needs deep cuts in fossil fuel use. Diplomats began their negotiations despite failing to agree on a formal agenda for the two-week talks in Germany because of differences on the topic of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The issue lies at the heart of the climate problem since burning oil... Читать дальше...

An aviation expert is citing a loss of oxygen as a possible theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew over the nation’s capital Sunday before crashing in rural Virginia. Investigators are just beginning to look for answers. The Cessna Citation took off from Elizabethton, Tennessee, headed for Long Island’s MacArthur Airport. Once over Long Island, it turned around and flew a straight path over Washington, D.C. before crashing in a mountainous part of Virginia. Federal investigators said Monday the pilot and three passengers were killed.

Prosecutors say a lawyer was linked to a series of sexual assaults in Boston about 15 years ago by DNA obtained from a drinking glass he used at a corporate event earlier this year. Matthew Nilo, of New Jersey, was ordered held on $500,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday to aggravated rape and other charges connected to four attacks in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood in 2007 and 2008. Police have said that Nilo lived in the Boston at the time. Investigators got his DNA from the glass earlier this year. Читать дальше...

Scientists say they've found evidence an ancient human cousin may have buried its dead and carved symbols into cave walls, surprising findings for a creature with a small brain. Fossil remains of the species were uncovered in underground caves in South Africa around a decade ago. Since then, researchers have kept squeezing into the caves to look for clues. Now, researchers say the burials and carvings show that the species called Homo naledi was capable of more complex behavior than expected, since... Читать дальше...

FLINT, Michigan (AP) — General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan manufacturing plants for the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks.

The head of the International Atomic Agency says that the U.N. nuclear watchdog will “never politicize” its work in Iran. He insisted on Monday after Israel’s prime minister accused it of capitulating to Iranian pressure that his agency has been “very fair but firm." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments came after a confidential report from the IAEA last week said that its investigators had closed off their investigation of traces of man-made uranium found at Marivan. Analysts had... Читать дальше...

County officials in Las Vegas will unveil five potential designs for a permanent memorial to honor the victims, survivors and first responders of the October 2017 mass shooting that occurred there. A model of each design will be on display at an exhibit in downtown Las Vegas starting Monday until September. The exhibit marks a major step in an arduous planning process that began more than three years ago and was stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of a committee tasked with planning the memorial... Читать дальше...

U.S. stocks are drifting to begin what could be a quiet stretch following several weeks of gains. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was basically flat, while the Nasdaq composite was up 0.3%. Some of the sharpest action was in the oil market, where crude rose after Saudi Arabia said it would cut back production in hopes of boosting its price. Devon Energy rose 2%. The S&P 500 is close to ending the day 20% above where it was in mid-October. If it does, that would mark the end of its bear market.

President Joe Biden’s small but notable past missteps when courting Hispanic voters have some activists worried that his reelection campaign won’t get crucial details right ahead of the 2024 election. Biden’s supporters counter that Democrats maintain an advantage on policies that matter to Hispanic voters. They also say they are doing more to energize the longtime core constituency than ever before. The president’s party has nonetheless seen a modest but notable erosion of support among Hispanic voters nationally in recent years. Читать дальше...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, as both countries grapple with China’s economic rise and increased belligerence. Austin on Monday met with India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, with both sides emphasizing technology partnerships including defense, clean energy and space. India is promoting its domestic defense industry by acquiring technology and reducing reliance on imports, particularly from Russia, its largest supplier of military hardware. Читать дальше...

The United Nations climate chief says phasing out all fossil fuels is central to curbing global warming. But in an interview with The Associated Press he also says the concept might not make it on agenda of “make-or-break” international climate negotiations this fall. United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell says he couldn’t quite promise that the idea of a fossil fuel phase out would get a spot on the agenda in climate talks because that's up to the conference president. Читать дальше...

Louisiana legislators who last year demanded answers from Gov. John Bel Edwards on whether he was complicit in a cover-up of state troopers’ deadly arrest of a Black motorist have quietly abandoned their work without hearing from the governor or issuing any findings. Lawmakers involved in the special committee probing the 2019 death of Ronald Greene offered an array of explanations, including election-year politics and concern that a probe of state police wasn’t playing well with Louisiana's mostly conservative voters. Читать дальше...

An award-winning Hong Kong journalist has won her appeal in a rare court ruling upholding media freedom in the territory. Bao Choy was found guilty in 2021 of deceiving the government by getting vehicle ownership records for journalistic purposes. She declared in her application that she would use the information for “other traffic and transport related issues.” Choy was trying to track down perpetrators of a mob attack during the massive anti-government protests in 2019. Judges of the city’s top... Читать дальше...

Louisiana legislators who last year demanded answers from Gov. John Bel Edwards on whether he was complicit in a cover-up of troopers’ deadly arrest of a Black motorist have quietly abandoned their work without hearing from the governor or issuing any findings. Lawmakers involved in the special committee probing the 2019 death of Ronald Greene offered an array of explanations, including election-year politics and concern that a probe of state police wasn’t playing well with Louisiana’s mostly conservative voters. Читать дальше...

Asian stocks have followed Wall Street higher after U.S. jobs data suggested a possible recession, so that more interest rate hikes might be further away. Tokyo’s benchmark gained almost 2%. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul also rose. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index leaped 1.5%, putting it on the verge of entering what traders call a “bull market” after rising nearly 20% in seven months. Government data showed U.S. employers hired more people than expected in May but wage gains are decelerating. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Navy says its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it. Three fast-attack Guard vessels with armed troops aboard approached the unidentified merchant ship at a close distance Sunday afternoon. That's according to a U.S. Navy statement. Black-and-white images the Navy said it took from overhead showed three small ships close to the commercial ship. The guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul... Читать дальше...

A wayward and unresponsive business plane that flew over the nation’s capital Sunday afternoon caused the military to scramble a fighter jet before the plane crashed in Virginia. The fighter jet caused a loud sonic boom that was heard across the capital region. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Cessna Citation took off from Elizabethtown, Tennessee, on Sunday and was headed for Long Island’s MacArthur Airport. Inexplicably, the plane turned around over New York’s Long Island and flew a... Читать дальше...

Maurkice Pouncey didn't elaborate when they would play or for how many games. Albany's next game is Friday at Orlando. The Empire's next home game is June 17 against the Jacksonville Sharks at MVP Arena.

Leggett, who said he has chatted with Foster on Facebook, will try to be part of the solution as the Empire (1-5) attempt to snap a five-game losing streak. Coming off a bye this weekend, Albany plays Friday at Orlando.