Новости за 23.06.2016

INDIANAPOLIS — Severe storms that swept northern and central Indiana overnight, toppling trees with winds up to 100 mph, have left nearly 30,000 homes and businesses without power. Duke Energy reported about 14,500 customer outages Thursday morning, while Indianapolis Power & Light had another 12,300 outages. Northern Indiana Public Service Co. reported 3,000 outages. National

PARIS — The Latest on Europe’s response to the influx of migrants and asylum seekers (all times local): 6:55 p.m. The Italian navy says a new wave of migrant smugglers’ boats that set out from Libyan shores and needed rescuing includes 31 rubber dinghies. The rescue operations are part of efforts that on Thursday alone

PARIS — Led by prolific Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, Poland was the top scoring team in qualifying for the European Championship with a remarkable 33 goals in 10 games. At Euro 2016, that firepower has completely fizzled out. After scoring 13 goals in qualifying, Lewandowski has failed to find the net so far and

STOCKHOLM — Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is recalling children’s safety gates because the locking mechanism is unreliable and may result in injury to children. The company urges customers with any model of Patrull safety gate to immediately stop using them and return them to an Ikea store for a full refund without proof of purchase.

JOHANNESBURG — Weaknesses in South Africa’s police and intelligence agencies could make the country particularly vulnerable to an extremist attack, security experts warned. However, the analysts said they are not aware of an immediate threat. Concern about militant threats in South Africa increased this month when the U.S. Embassy warned of information indicating “terrorist groups”

HWASEONG, South Korea — Lee T.B. fled North Korea not because he suffered from dire poverty or persecution at home, as many other defectors have. He did it for mushrooms, and to fulfill his wife’s dying wish. He has studied the fungi for decades and has created products with them that he believes may fight

CHICAGO — The Latest on storms that moved across the Midwest causing multiple tornado touchdowns (all times local): 7:55 a.m. Severe storms swept northern and central Indiana overnight, toppling trees with winds up to 100 mph and leaving nearly 30,000 homes and businesses without power. National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Skowronek (Skuh-RON’-Ick) says 100 mph

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Hundreds of Eritrean refugees and dissidents in Ethiopia demonstrated Thursday against alleged human rights abuses committed by their government back home, expressing support for a new U.N. commission report that accuses the government of crimes against humanity, including enslavement, rape and torture, over the past 25 years. They protested outside the

WONSAN, North Korea — The bright red slogans hang from buses, government buildings and even some restaurants and gas stations, urging North Koreans to work harder to make the country’s 200-day “speed campaign” a success. “Have you carried out the plan for today?” one poster asks. It’s the second such drive this year, and while

LOS ANGELES — Ben Affleck gave former ESPN personality Bill Simmons’ new HBO talk show a lively start with a five-minute, expletive-filled rant on “Deflategate.” During an interview on the Wednesday debut episode of “Any Given Wednesday,” Affleck passionately criticized the NFL and its commissioner, Roger Goodell, for suspending New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady

MIAMI — The Latest on the search for a Florida family last seen on a sailboat in the Gulf of Mexico (all times local): 7:30 a.m. The U.S. Coast Guard plans an update on the search for a Florida man and his three teenage children who were last seen aboard a 29-foot sailboat in the

CHICAGO — At least four tornadoes touched down in northern Illinois overnight as powerful storms swept across the upper Midwest, damaging rural communities and forcing thousands of soccer fans to seek shelter during the Copa America semifinal in Chicago. The National Weather Service in Chicago said survey crews will investigate damage Thursday along three separate

LOS ANGELES — Kerry Washington, Lena Dunham, Emma Watson, Selena Gomez and Serena Williams say help from other women has been critical to their success. The stars appear in a video released Thursday by LeanIn.org to promote its new “Together Women Can ” campaign. Eva Longoria, newscaster Megyn Kelly and soccer star Abby Wambach also

BEIRUT — The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces pushed into the outskirts of the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria on Thursday and were advancing slowly to the center of town, an adviser to the predominantly Kurdish force and a monitoring group said. The town lies along the only IS supply line between

CULVER CITY, Calif. — Michael Strahan says he doesn’t miss doing “Live with Kelly and Michael.” In his first interview since his awkward exit from the show, Strahan told Chelsea Handler on Wednesday that he’s been enjoying the break from the talk show he hosted with Kelly Ripa. Strahan left the show in May after

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — With fitness worries over central defender Jerome Boateng, Germany coach Joachim Loew gave his players the day off Thursday. The World Cup champions need to get through four more matches to claim their fourth European Championship title — and first since 1996. It starts with the round of 16 game against Slovakia

TOKYO — There will be no Fourth of July fireworks for American troops in Japan this year due to restrictions imposed after a former U.S. Marine was accused of murdering and raping a woman on Okinawa. The U.S. Navy in Japan said Thursday that it had canceled planned annual Independence Day fireworks at its bases

LONDON — British are taking part in a referendum that will decide whether Britain remains part of the European Union or leaves the 28-nation bloc. Here is a timeline of the events that led up to the referendum: January 22, 2013 — Prime Minister David Cameron states that if his Conservative Party wins the next

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard plans to give an update Thursday morning on the search for a missing family last seen on a 29-foot sailboat off Florida’s southwest coast in the Gulf of Mexico. Search crews found one body on Wednesday afternoon near a debris field that Coast Guard officials said was from the

SAINT-MARTIN-DE-RE, France — Three matches into the European Championship and Spain again is talking about its goalkeepers. The doubts that surrounded the team before Euro 2016 apparently had been put to rest when coach Vicente Del Bosque named David De Gea as the starter in place of veteran Iker Casillas. But a shaky performance by

TOKYO — Japanese police are attempting to determine the identity and cause of death of a person after a body part was found floating in a pond Thursday in a quiet residential area of Tokyo. Tokyo metropolitan police said a passer-by reported finding the body part on the pond in the city’s Himonya park. Murders

TOKYO — Goro Hasegawa, the Japanese man credited with creating the Othello board game, has died. He was 83. Hasegawa died after a long illness Monday in his home in Kashiwa, a Tokyo suburb, Marie Kimura of the Japan Othello Association said Thursday. She declined to specify the illness. Hasegawa came up with the idea

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait said Thursday it will sue the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland for $1 billion, the latest twist in an ongoing struggle that’s blocked athletes from competing under the Kuwaiti flag at this year’s games in Rio de Janeiro. The comments by Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman al-Homoud Al

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo visited the Natuna islands Thursday in a move designed to send a message about the country’s commitment to protecting its sovereignty in the area at the edge of the South China Sea. Jokowi, accompanied by top security officials, toured the area on the same naval ship that

NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y. — Authorities say a bobcat has been shot and killed after it attacked a couple visiting a friend’s home outside Albany. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple says the attack occurred Wednesday afternoon at a home in the town of New Scotland, just west of Albany. Apple says the wife was in the