Новости за 30.06.2016

LILLE, France — The last time the spotlight was on Wales in the way it is now at the European Championship, a 17-year-old Pele scored the only goal for Brazil in a World Cup quarterfinal. On Friday, Wales can go one stage further than it did in 1958 — the last time it made the

NEW YORK — Debi Mazar and her brood spend at least a month in Tuscany each year, but if the “Younger” actress had her way, the region would be a far more permanent fixture in her life. “If I didn’t have children in American schools, I would leave tomorrow,” the New Yorker says. While the

NEW YORK — New York City is taking a novel approach to addressing enduring pockets of the home foreclosure crisis by buying long-unpaid mortgages, with plans to help owners stay in their homes if possible or use the properties as affordable housing if not, officials say. It’s among the first cities to pursue buying such

MONTPELLIER, France — Italy full back Mattia De Sciglio believes that what the Azzurri lack in star quality, they more than make up for in their strength as a group. Italy arrived at the European Championship with an aging team that was much criticized by the media back home. But it advanced as the winner

DETROIT — The U.S. government is urging owners of 313,000 older Hondas and Acuras to stop driving them and get them repaired after new tests found that their Takata air bag inflators are extremely dangerous. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday that it has data showing that chances are as high as 50

MOSCOW — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree lifting restrictions on tourism to Turkey following its’ apology for downing a Russian warplane last year. Russia had banned the sales of package tours and halted charter flights to Turkey, dealing a heavy blow to the country’s vital tourism industry. Moscow also

ISTANBUL — A Turkish court on Thursday released a prominent press freedom advocate and leading human rights defender, two of three activists put under pre-trial arrest on June 20 for participating in a solidarity campaign with a pro-Kurdish daily newspaper. Sebnem Korur Fincanci, president of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, and Erol Onderoglu, Turkey’s

BETHEL, N.Y. — Robert De Niro is conjuring the legacy — and the stand-up jokes — of comedians like Rodney Dangerfield, Henny Youngman and Milton Berle while praising the natural beauty of New York’s Catskills region. Appearing with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday, the actor, who owns property in the area, rattled off

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Two suicide bombings carried out by Islamic extremists in northern Cameroon have killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens, authorities said Thursday. The attacks late Wednesday hit a video club and a mosque near Cameroon’s border with Nigeria, said Midjiyawa Bakary, governor of Cameroon’s Far North region. At least 50 people

LONDON — After a bad loss, Heather Watson sometimes punishes herself by reading hateful comments posted on Twitter. Watson, who lost in the first round at Wimbledon on Thursday, said she goes on social media to read some of the nasty things people write about her as a means of punishing herself. “There’s always going

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Almost a year after mangling his right hand in a fireworks accident, New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has made a public service announcement about keeping children away from fireworks, and warning everyone to handle the pyrotechnic devices with care. The announcement was unveiled Thursday at a fireworks safety event

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The future seemed grim five years ago for a Nashville soda shop that has been serving up ice cream since the Great Depression. Faced with a rent increase, the Elliston Place Soda Shop hung a sign on the door: It would be closing for good. In a city with a poor track

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google says it expects to have Google Calendar up and running normally following widespread reports of an outage. Google said Thursday that users had been seeing “server error” messages when opening the app. It later said that service had been restored for some users already and it expected a resolution for

NEW YORK — The New York Yankees will push CC Sabathia’s next start back a day so he won’t have to bat and run the bases in an interleague series at San Diego. The Yankees will call up Chad Green from Triple-A to pitch Sunday against the Padres. Sabathia will start Monday against the Chicago

CLEVELAND — A federal court judge has delayed the sentencing of a former NFL wide receiver who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $100,000 from his charities to finance his gambling debts and personal expenses. Cleveland.com reports (http://bit.ly/29cyAou ) that attorneys for 68-year-old Reggie Rucker argued that they needed more time to produce medical records

NEW YORK — A $7.25 billion settlement between merchants and Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. over credit card transaction fees was rejected Thursday by a federal appeals court, a ruling praised by a retail trade association as a victory for consumers. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the 12 million merchants

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah trucker accused of keeping women as sex slaves in his semi-trailer as he drove across the country struck a plea deal with federal prosecutors Thursday, days before his trial was set to begin. Timothy Jay Vafeades was charged with luring two women ages 18 and 19 to his truck,

MANILA, Philippines — Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in Thursday as president of the Philippines, with many hoping his maverick style will energize the country but others fearing he could undercut one of Asia’s liveliest democracies amid his threats to kill criminals en masse. The 71-year-old former prosecutor and longtime mayor of southern Davao city won

LONDON — Embattled Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been harshly criticized for comments made Thursday during the release of an independent inquiry into anti-Semitism in the party ranks. The U.K.’s main opposition party leader said Thursday that “Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the (Benjamin) Netanyahu government

JONESBORO, Ark. — A Jonesboro church has purchased the fairgrounds site just north of the city for $6.65 million, but the Northeast Arkansas District Fair will be held there as scheduled. The Nettleton Baptist Church’s purchase of the Northeast Arkansas Exposition and Conference Center was announced Wednesday, The Jonesboro Sun (http://bit.ly/29tcPNE ) reports. The Craighead

NEW YORK — As Hollywood girds for a low-key Fourth of July box office weekend and watches its summer season dip 15 percent below last year’s, an even more worrisome trend has taken shape: Moviegoers are growing pickier. Business has never been better for big, crowd-pleasing movies. Disney’s acclaimed sequel “Finding Dory” passed $300 million

NEW YORK — New York police have charged an 80-year-old man with animal cruelty after he gained fame riding horses around the country, saying he was a cowboy helping hungry children. Tod “Doc” Mishler was arrested Thursday, three days after riding over the Outerbridge Crossing linking New Jersey with the city’s Staten Island borough. Police

NEWNAN, Ga. — Executives at a Georgia aluminum plant said they planned to resume some operations Thursday, one day after an explosion injured five workers. The blast Wednesday morning at Bonnell Aluminum rocked buildings up to a mile away in Newnan, about 35 miles southwest of Atlanta. The company said in a statement that the

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has told the world his secret: He’s joining Manchester United. The enigmatic Swedish striker said Thursday on his official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts that his next club will be the English Premier League giant. Ibrahimovic would be joining as a free agent, with his contract at Paris Saint-Germain expiring in the offseason.

PITTSBURGH — A superintendent who faced questions about information on his resume and possible plagiarism can begin his new job this week after the Pittsburgh Public Schools board rejected one member’s request to rescind the hiring. The board voted 7-2 against board member Terry Kennedy’s motion to reverse the hiring of Anthony Hamlet. Hamlet begins