Новости за 20.01.2016

The alpine skiing test event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics will go ahead as planned next month after workers toiled through the holidays on overnight shifts to complete construction on a key gondola.

BEIJING - Global stocks sagged Wednesday after the IMF's lower growth forecast added to anxiety over a weaker Chinese economy.

PANAJI, India - Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in the tropical Indian state of Goa, where authorities have reclassified them as palms to allow farmers to cut them down more easily.

ANAHEIM, California - Bruce Boudreau never thought his Anaheim Ducks would struggle so profoundly in the first half of the season.

INDIANAPOLIS - In just a few days, a bird flu virus has led to the deaths of more than 400,000 turkeys and chickens on 10 farms in a southwest Indiana county that's the state's largest turkey producer. Here are some questions and answers about the bird flu virus outbreak in Dubois County, about 70 miles west of Louisville, Kentucky:

MELBOURNE, Australia - Around the world, players, commentators and fans echoed the call of Roger Federer, who wants to know names of those suspected of match-fixing in a growing scandal that one ex-pro described as a "major wake-up call for the world of tennis."

VIENNA - The latest news on the influx of asylum-seekers and other migrants in Europe. All times local:

JERUSALEM - The Israeli police say they have arrested a Jewish youth suspected of scrawling anti-Christian graffiti this week at a famous Jerusalem church.

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said he had failed Flint residents but pledged to take new steps to fix the city's drinking water crisis, starting with committing millions in state funding and deploying more National Guard members.

DEFOREST, Wisconsin - Adults caught up in the coloring book craze now have new and more social ways to participate: through libraries and meetup groups.

FRANKFURT, Germany - With many barriers to dealing with Iran suddenly lifted as part of a deal to curb its nuclear activities, some European companies are ready to seize business opportunities in a tempting market of 78.5 million people.

IRBIL, Iraq - The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State's relentless destruction of ancient cultural sites.

PLAINFIELD, Indiana - Plainfield police say an armed man has been arrested after he told the crowd at a community forum designed to address online threats that he had a gun in his pocket.

For the better part of two decades, Stanford dominated women's basketball in the Pac-12. Now, teams like Arizona State and Oregon State are catching up and building their own legacies.

SAN DIEGO - With the shot clock winding down midway through overtime and a defender hanging on him, San Diego State's Trey Kell took a pass from Dakarai Allen and put up a long 3-pointer.

ZURICH - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Switzerland for talks with Russia's foreign minister on Syria and Ukraine.

DETROIT - At least five schools in Detroit will be closed Wednesday due to a high volume of teacher absences.

LOS ANGELES - For a guy who plans to retire this summer, Vincent Lecavalier looks far from finished with hockey.

SAN FRANCISCO - One of two women killed when a Greyhound bus overturned on a San Jose highway had recently moved to the United States from the Philippines to be close to her three sons, a family member said.

DENVER - Snowpack in the mountains that feeds the Colorado River is slightly above the long-term average this winter - welcome news in the drought-stricken Southwest.

NEWARK, New Jersey - A Washington state man accused of terrorism for allegedly killing a New Jersey college student last year over the United States' policy in the Middle East is set to make a court appearance.

NOFEI PRAT, West Bank - Like many vacation rental operators around the world, Moshe Gordon has listed his property on Airbnb, luring visitors with a stunning vista of desert landscape and boasting of proximity to both Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. What it doesn't mention is that the "cozy fully furnished" apartment, with its cable TV, Internet and hiking trails, is in a West Bank settlement.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - The U.S. Supreme Court is considering multiple appeals from lawyers trying to keep a Texas inmate from execution Wednesday evening for a slaying 15 years ago that the man claims was accidental.

PHOENIX - The Indiana Pacers almost blew a 20-point second-half lead Tuesday night. In the end, the deficit was too large for struggling and short-handed Phoenix to close.

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Villages near the epicenter of a massive earthquake last year in Nepal have been blanketed with snow, making life miserable for people still living in temporary shelters and huts, officials said Wednesday.