Новости за 16.02.2016

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' government says it will push ahead with a third licensing round to search for potential natural gas deposits off the Mediterranean island nation's southern shores.

FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — A spokesman for a New Hampshire ski area says a mechanical malfunction caused two tram cars carrying nearly 50 people to become stuck in sub-zero temperatures over the weekend.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening broadly higher, building on the market's gains from late last week.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama fired his finance minister on Tuesday and nominated former Economy Minister Arben Ahmetaj to take the post, but gave no explanation for …

ALBANY, New York (AP) — The Latest on severe weather around the United States (all times local):

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest on the influx of migrants into Europe (all times local):

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli border police on Tuesday briefly detained a pair of Washington Post journalists, including the newspaper's bureau chief, as they were reporting on recent violence in e…

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Police say a man who was undergoing a mental evaluation at an Alabama hospital has died after officers used a stun gun on him.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Factory activity shrank in New York for the seventh straight month in February, though measures of new orders and shipments ticked up from very low levels.

Sue Bird is staying in Seattle.

BERLIN (AP) — A deadly train crash in southern Germany that killed 11 people was probably caused by human error on the part of the train dispatcher, prosecutors said Tuesday.

OXFORD, England (AP) — These are exciting times for Larry Sanders, a stalwart Green Party campaigner in Oxford, England. He's just been appointed to a new job as his party's national spokesman…

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Anyone who wants to watch Warren Buffett dispense advice at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting without making the pilgrimage to Omaha this spring can follow it online.

Recent reports of criminal activity from our local law enforcement agencies.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alibaba has bought nearly 33 million shares of online daily deal service Groupon.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's defense minister said Tuesday that military teams have set up most of the long-delayed migrant reception facilities the country has promised its European Union p…

PARIS (AP) — Tire maker Michelin says its profits rose last year as high demand from booming auto markets in western Europe and North America drove sales growth.

SOPRON, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian city of Sopron, population 50,000, boasts an abundance of beauty shops and 200 dentists — one for every 250 residents. Most businesses don't target the loc…

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Medical technology company Stryker is buying Physio-Control International Inc. for $1.28 billion, which will help expand its product offerings and broaden its global reach.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian transportation authorities blocked the movement of Ukraine-registered trucks on Monday and detained over 300 cargo vehicles in retaliation to Ukraine closing its borders …

MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian government says three of its servicemen have been killed and seven others wounded in the past 24 hours in clashes with Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

NEW YORK (AP) — Home security services company ADT has agreed to be purchased by affiliates of Apollo Global Management for about $6.94 billion.

JERUSALEM (AP) — A spokeswoman for Israel's prison service says a celebrity rabbi with a following in the United States has reported to prison to begin a one-year sentence for bribery.

HELSINKI (AP) — The Norwegian statistics bureau says the economy shrank 1.2 percent in the last quarter of 2015, dragged down by poor performance in oil-based industries, while full-year growt…