Новости за 15.09.2018

Vietnam is doing everything it can to emerge from the U.S.-China trade war unscathed – and potentially even better off than before.

After more than two decades of improving mine safety since the end of apartheid, South Africa's progress has stalled with an increase in gold-mining deaths. More than 50 people have died in the country's mines in 2018.

Filipinos queuing for hours to buy cheap rice from the government. Families eating fewer meals a day to save money. Locals venting their anger against President Rodrigo Duterte on social media.

Tsuyoshi Matsushita didn't know Cristiano Ronaldo or Madonna at all, but he somehow got in touch with them and persuaded them to be the faces of his products. By doing so, the Japanese entrepreneur built his company into a $2.3 billion firm.

While President Paul Biya appears to be a shoo-in to extend his 36-year rule in elections next month, he's had no success in stifling a rebellion in Anglophone regions that's threatening to split the mainly French-speaking central African nation.

Instead of having 1,300 or so congregants pack into their usual space in northern Beijing, the members of the church will walk the streets in small groups, listening to a downloaded sermon on their cellphones. Pastor Jin Mingri was forced to disseminate his sermon this way after the Chinese authorities shut down his church earlier this week, declaring it illegal.

When it comes to fighting the Trump administration's immigration policies, California has two "resistances." There's the official one, conducted by politicians, that includes the state's landmark "sanctuary" law. Then there's the unofficial resistance, which includes people like Ann and Kent Moriarty.

Bobby Guillory and his then-teenage nephew were hired to kill a couple by a purveyor of witchcraft, Dephne Wright, 46, of Houston, evidence showed. Wright was approached by a relative of the victims to remove a curse from the family business, and from there she launched a plan.

Matthew Owen produced one of the most impressive quarterback performances of the season for SHAPE, completing 19 passes on 31 attempts for 202 yards and two touchdowns.

The clerical sexual abuse scandal rocking the Roman Catholic Church hit home Thursday, as the Diocese of San Diego added eight priests to the list of those believed to have molested children.

The mother of Botham Jean demanded Friday that Officer Amber Guyger, whom she called "the devil," be fired from the Dallas Police Department for fatally shooting her son in his apartment.

History curriculum in Texas remembers the Alamo, but could soon forget Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller.

A robust anti-corruption agency was created 12 years ago in Guatemala with strong U.S. support. The Commission Against Impunity has prosecuted and jailed a former president, vice president, and hundreds of corrupt police officials, politicians and businessmen. But Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales announced on Aug. 31 that he was shutting the acclaimed commission.

Opening yet another legal battle over the Affordable Care Act, a coalition of patient advocates and other health care groups is going to court to try to block the Trump administration from expanding the availability of short-term health plans that don't offer a full set of benefits.

Stormy Daniels is free to talk, so President Donald Trump should be free to walk, his lawyer said in a court filing Friday, claiming that Daniels was wrong to argue earlier this week she still deserves her day in court against both the president and his former fixer Michael Cohen even though they agreed to drop a multimillion-dollar arbitration action against her.

President Donald Trump has not completely ruled out the possibility of pardoning his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort – even though he is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Friday.

With questions still swirling about its response last year to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, the Trump administration doesn't appear to have taken any chances in its preparations for Hurricane Florence, which made landfall early Friday morning on Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina.

Tom Bever knew he'd never be able to use all of his hotel reward points. He travels 200 to 300 days a year for his marketing job to festivals, expos and trade shows and had racked up more than 1.5 million Hilton Honors points.

The visiting Saints scored 14 points in each of the first and fourth quarters to bookend their comprehensive win.

Mark Peltier carried nine times for 89 yards and three touchdowns for the Warriors, while Josh Blake collected 112 yards and a touchdown on 12 rushes.

When Defense Secretary James N. Mattis declared last month that he had “no plans” to cancel future joint military exercises with South Korean forces, it brought him a very public rebuke from President Donald Trump.

The rematch of last year’s Division I championship game turned into a romp for the host Ramstein Royals, who routed the Panthers 41-19 to earn a measure of revenge for Stuttgart’s 2017 title win.

All warning signals for Hong Kong canceled at 7:10 p.m. Monday

Mangkhut remains a massive storm, Gale Signal 8 remains raised for Hong Kong, but storm is over land now and will weaken.

Typhoon Mangkhut continues moving away from Hong Kong; warning downgraded to Southeast Signal 8.