Новости за 27.04.2016

ATHENS, Greece - The head of the European Union is resisting Greece's demand for an emergency leaders' summit on the country's troubled bailout program, stressing that finance officials need to resume talks and agree within days on reforms needed.

ANNANDALE, Virginia - Authorities say the northern Virginia man accused of accidentally leaving a 2-year-old girl strapped in a car for hours, leading to her death last week, had no right to drive and drank a beer at his girlfriend's home as the child sweltered inside the vehicle.

ROME - Swimming world-record holder Federica Pellegrini was selected Wednesday as Italy's flag-bearer for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics - four years after she asked not to perform the same honor at the London Games.

NEW YORK - The Associated Press' earnings rose 30 percent last year on a large tax gain and cost cutting. Those helped offset a revenue decline stemming from the financial woes at newspapers and other media.

POMPANO BEACH, Florida - Authorities have identified the people injured when a small plane crashed as a South Florida flight instructor and his two international students.

HIDDEN HILLS, California - Melissa Etheridge and songwriter Priscilla Renea had never met before sitting down to discuss their craft, and within an hour, they were spontaneously harmonizing together.

PRAGUE - Second-seeded Lucie Safarova advanced to the quarterfinals of the Prague Open on Wednesday after Lucie Hradecka retired with an injury while trailing 6-4, 2-0.

ORLANDO, Florida - Orlando's police chief has issued a new directive to his officers - use "only the minimal amount of force necessary."

LONDON - Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline says higher sales of vaccines and consumer healthcare products pushed up its earnings from core business by 19 percent in the first quarter.

BERLIN - Germany's auto industry risks being overtaken by foreign competitors unless it receives greater domestic support, the country's economy minister said Wednesday, announcing a 1 billion euro ($1.13 billion) plan to subsidize electric cars that are seen as the technology of the future.

CLEVELAND - Authorities say Cleveland man armed with a pistol kidnapped his girlfriend and four children at home by screwing their front door shut and trapping them inside for four days.

NEW YORK - The latest sleuth for best-selling crime writer Linda Fairstein is relatively new to the mystery game.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai will supervise construction crews more strictly and monitor the material they use after a series of skyscraper fires, including a New Year's Eve blaze that made headlines around the world, a top civil defense official said Wednesday.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch marked their king's birthday Wednesday with an official celebration in the northeastern city of Zwolle and festivals and unofficial garage sales around the nation.

NEW YORK - Stock exchange operator Nasdaq said Wednesday that its first-quarter profit soared on lower restructuring charges.

ATLANTA - Southern's first-quarter adjusted profit beat analysts' expectations, helped partly by lower operating expenses.

NEW YORK - Barnes & Noble's founder and chairman Leonard Riggio will retire following the book seller's annual shareholders meeting, which is planned for September.

SADAT CITY, Egypt - The parents of conjoined twins in Egypt are calling for help to separate the girls, saying they have been unable to find treatment so far.

BUCHAREST, Romania - Prosecutors in Romania say they have questioned a media owner on suspicion of tax evasion worth 8 million ($9 million).

CAIRO - The U.N. envoy to Libya says attacks by the Islamic State group are a serious threat to Libya's oil installations.

CHICAGO - Aerospace giant Boeing Co. saw its quarterly earnings plunge 9 percent compared to last year, with the Chicago-based company posting $1.2 billion in profits.

NEW YORK - Sexualized violence, online harassment and gender-based discrimination all play a role in inhibiting press freedom according to a new book released by the Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police have identified the body of a woman found stabbed 150 times in 1969 near the site of the Manson family killings as a 19-year-old from Montreal, People magazine reported Wednesday.

NEW YORK - Hess Corp.'s first-quarter loss widened, as the oil and gas producer dealt with lower realized selling prices and a decline in production. Still, its performance beat analysts' estimates.

TOKYO - The Ski Association of Japan has indefinitely suspended two teenage snowboarders after they were found to have used marijuana on a tour to the United States in December.