Новости за 11.05.2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s intelligence chief says the work of U.S. and NATO forces to stabilize Afghanistan is at risk of being squandered. Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s director, is telling a Senate panel the U.S. must do “something very different” in Afghanistan or else the Taliban will make new advances […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. trade representative has easily cleared a hurdle in the Senate. The Senate has voted 81-15 to advance the nomination of Robert Lighthizer. A final confirmation vote could occur later Thursday. Lighthizer served in the Reagan administration and has worked on trade issues as a […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A gunman walked calmly into a San Bernardino elementary school and signed a log book in the school’s main office just minutes before he pulled out a gun and opened fire in his estranged wife’s classroom, killing her and an 8-year-old student, a video released Thursday showed. The 37-second video, which […]

In campus clashes from California to Vermont, many defenders of the First Amendment say they see signs that free speech, once a bedrock value in academia, is losing ground as a priority at U.S. colleges. As protests have derailed speeches by controversial figures, including an event with Ann Coulter last month at the University of […]

Nordstrom doesn’t report its fiscal first quarter earnings until after 1 p.m. Thursday but already its stock is being hammered by results from other merchants.

Attorneys for the mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy say he was bullied and knocked unconscious at school two days before he killed himself. The boy killed himself at his Cincinnati home Jan. 26. The attorneys say a school surveillance video shows the boy being thrown against a wall by another child in a bathroom […]

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The group trying to bring the 2024 Olympics to Los Angeles is drawing on Hollywood star power. LA2024 chairman Casey Wasserman hosted a 70-member IOC delegation for dinner at his home Wednesday night. Among the celebrity guests were retired NBA great Kobe Bryant, Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, actor Sylvester Stallone, symphony […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan is worried about lost jobs. And he says many people worldwide have lost faith in political and corporate leaders and fear being forgotten and left behind forever. Annan says it’s time for mainstream leaders to explain that innovation and artificial intelligence are taking away jobs — […]

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. (AP) — The patrons at the cafe next door want him out. A rival congressman has “adopted” his district. And more than a half dozen Democrats are preparing to run against him. On the job little more than four months, Republican Rep. John Faso is facing a political firestorm in his own upstate […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — As farmers fret over President Donald Trump’s criticism of international trade agreements, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is trying to reassure them by creating a top post to oversee trade and foreign agricultural affairs. The new undersecretary position is a sign of Perdue’s efforts to promote the U.S. agricultural industry as Trump has […]

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian minister says the government is negotiating “seriously” for the release of the more than 110 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls still held by Boko Haram extremists. Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development Aisha Alhassan told reporters on Thursday that “we will not relent until all are back.” She says Nigeria’s […]

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Six witnesses have testified that an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white Oklahoma police officer didn’t say or do anything indicating he posed a threat to officers at the scene. A police officer who was inside a police helicopter hovering overhead last September described 40-year-old Terence Crutcher […]

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is extending the warranty on thousands of older cars and SUVs after the government began investigating complaints that the headlights can suddenly go dark. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration started the probe last month after getting 128 complaints from owners about low-beam headlight failures. The investigation could lead to […]

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a partial settlement in a lawsuit over contaminated drinking water in north Alabama. The Decatur Daily (http://bit.ly/2q6ooEA ) reports that U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon has approved a $5 million payment by Daikin America to end its part of the case. Most of that payment will […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mikawaya has recalled a batch of its chocolate mochi ice cream sold at Trader Joe’s stores because the product contains peanuts, the ice cream maker said Thursday. Peanuts are not listed as an ingredient on the boxes of Japanese-style ice cream desert with a coating of pounded sticky rice. People who […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his White House may be “combative.” And he says it could be his fault. In a lengthy interview with Time magazine, published Thursday, the president reflected on the image of his administration since taking office in January. On whether his White House is too combative, Trump said, “I […]

BERLIN (AP) — German solar panel maker SolarWorld AG has filed for insolvency, citing the effect of falling prices in the industry. The company said late Wednesday its management had concluded that “due to the ongoing price erosion and the development of the business, the company no longer has a positive going concern prognosis.” It […]

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Microsoft Build 2017: The company didn’t offer much in the way of details on its “Fall Creators Update,” but charted an outline for its plans.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A French intellectual has been struck in the face with a pie in Serbia by leftist activists. Bernard-Henri Levy, known for his criticism of Serbian nationalist policies during the 1990s Balkan wars, is in Belgrade for the showing of his film about the Kurds’ battle against the Islamic State group. A […]

HONG KONG (AP) — An industry group says China’s auto sales shrank in April as demand slowed sharply in the world’s biggest car market. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Thursday that sales of passenger cars, including minivans and SUVs, fell 3.7 percent last month over the same period a year ago to 1.7 […]

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s largest bank by assets, UniCredit, says net profits more than doubled in the first quarter, with all divisions showing improvement under new management. The bank said Thursday that its net profit for the first three months of the year was 907 million euros ($986 million), up from 406 million euros a […]

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines says it has started transporting troops and supplies to a disputed island in the South China Sea in preparation for construction work that includes reinforcing and lengthening an airstrip and building a dock. China has protested the visit last month by the Philippine defense and military chiefs to Pag-asa […]

BERLIN (AP) — German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG says it’s cutting or outsourcing 2,700 jobs as part of efforts to modernize its IT operations and increase efficiency elsewhere. The Munich-based company said Thursday nearly 1,700 jobs will be cut in Germany over the next several years, and 1,000 more will be outsourced. Over the same […]