Новости за 28.07.2016

TOKYO — SoftBank Group Corp., the Japanese technology company that owns U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp., reported Thursday a fiscal first quarter profit of 254.2 billion yen ($2.4 billion), up 19 percent from the same period last year. Healthy telecommunications operations in Japan offset losses at Sprint, helping lift quarterly sales by 3 percent to

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — In little more than a week, the only living man to have shot an American president could pack his bags and leave a Washington psychiatric hospital for the last time. John Hinckley Jr. has already been living with his 90-year-old mother at her home overlooking a golf course in Williamsburg, Virginia, for

PARIS — Officials on Thursday identified the second man who attacked a Normandy church during a morning Mass this week, saying he is a 19-year-old from eastern France who was spotted last month in Turkey as he supposedly headed to Syria — but who returned to France instead. The prosecutor’s office identified him as Abdel-Malik

WARSAW, Poland — Two Holocaust survivors took to a stage at the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto this week to perform lively prewar tunes — the 91-year-old played drums and the 88-year-old was on accordion, keyboard and vocals. In the audience several elderly Christian Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust swayed and tapped

DES MOINES, Iowa — No one has matched the jackpot-winning numbers in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, and the prize has increased to an estimated $478 million. The next drawing will be Saturday. Nearly three months have passed without a winner of the big prize. The chance of winning the Powerball is incredibly small, at 292.2

HONG KONG — World stock benchmarks were uneven Thursday as investors digested an upbeat Fed assessment of the U.S. economy that raised the prospect of further rate hikes, while anticipating more stimulus from Japan. KEEPING SCORE: European shares were mostly higher in early trading. France’s CAC 40 added 0.4 percent to 2,165.10 and Germany’s DAX

SAN DIEGO — They’ve had their shots, have an all-star coaching staff and are probably as acclimated to Rio de Janeiro’s tricky conditions and foul water as sailors from any other country. They’ll be using Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain as reference points as they sail just off Rio’s famous party beaches, Copacabana

As Charlie Strong has learned in two years as Texas coach, the Big 12 is not a conference for a team trying to find an offensive identity. In a league filled with fast-paced spread attacks, it is difficult to hide deficiencies at quarterback. So before diving into identifying six pivotal players in the Big 12

BEIJING — U.S. diplomats have not been granted permission by China to meet with James Wang, a jailed magazine publisher and naturalized American citizen, since his 2014 arrest in southern China, the Obama administration said Wednesday. A court in Shenzhen this week sentenced Wang, also known as Wang Jianmin, to five years in prison on

JERUSALEM — For years, Dani Dayan was the West Bank settler movement’s face to the outside world. Next week, he’ll become the face of Israel to much of North America. Dayan takes office Aug. 1 as Israel’s new consul general in New York, overseeing his country’s biggest diplomatic mission and serving as its representative to

HARARE, Zimbabwe — The African with the most Olympic medals is one of the great distance runners from Kenya or Ethiopia, right? Nope. It’s a swimmer from Zimbabwe. Like Michael Phelps, Kirsty Coventry is going to the Olympics for the fifth and final time, and she’s swimming for one more little slice of history in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Coach Mike Mularkey warned the Tennessee Titans’ 10 draft picks. They better study hard because he planned to call on them during a team meeting the next day to test their knowledge of the playbook and didn’t want any rookie embarrassed. Sure enough, Mularkey brought the rookies in front of their teammates

MOSCOW — A depleted Russian team departed for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, missing dozens of athletes who were excluded amid the country’s doping scandal. Team members left on a charter flight from Moscow’s Sheremetevo airport to Brazil, a day after an emotional farewell ceremony with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Luke Aikins has made 18,000 parachute jumps, including several for the film “Ironman 3.” But the plunge this elite skydiver knows he’ll be remembered for is one he’s making Saturday without a parachute. Or a wingsuit. With nothing other than the clothes on his back, he’ll jump out of an airplane

KRAKOW, Poland — Pope Francis has held a private meeting with an order of nuns at a convent in Krakow ahead of a visit to Poland’s holiest shrine on the second day of visit to the country. Francis is making his first visit ever to Eastern Europe with a five-day trip to Poland for World

DHARMSALA, India — The niece of a prominent Tibetan religious leader has fled China and arrived in exile in northern India to reveal what her family says is the truth about the man’s death in a Chinese prison. Nyima Lhamo told The Associated Press late Wednesday that her family believes Tenzin Delek Rinpoche died as

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police are investigating after a shooting left one person dead and two critically injured. Police said in a statement that officers were dispatched around 10:30 Wednesday night to reports of a shooting and found three people inside a vehicle suffering apparent gunshot wounds. One male was pronounced dead at the scene. A

LOS ANGELES — A car has plowed into the front of a Los Angeles house where a group of 11 mostly elderly people were holding a bible study and prayer meeting, leaving one person dead and eight injured, authorities said. The red sedan left a gaping hole in the house in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Manager Mike Scioscia is not ready to acknowledge his Los Angeles Angels lost Wednesday night. Scioscia officially protested the Kansas City Royals’ 7-5 victory, claiming Raul Mondesi ran inside the line on a bunt single in the seventh inning, which led to a throwing error and two runners scoring. Scioscia said

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell understands errors happen. Baserunning blunders shouldn’t. Archie Bradley pitched seven solid innings, Yasmany Tomas hit two home runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Brewers 8-1 on Wednesday night. The Brewers looked like they had something going in the first. Jonathan Villar led off with a double over

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has launched a foundation planned to be funded by the Japanese government to provide support for South Korean women forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military in World War II. The opening of the foundation’s office in Seoul on Thursday was met by protests from activists and students who

CAMDEN, N.J. — Camden, one of the country’s most impoverished cities, will get some time in the Democratic convention spotlight Thursday with some help from Lady Gaga. But while thousands of delegates have been invited across the Delaware River for an afternoon concert with the pop star, press won’t be allowed to cover the event

MINNEAPOLIS — One night after a Minnesota starting pitcher went the distance, Twins right-hander Tyler Duffey barely lasted an inning. Duffey was chased by Atlanta after recording just four outs, giving up five runs and eight hits in a 9-7 loss Wednesday. The short outing for Duffey was his second straight — he went just

CILACAP, Indonesia — Indonesia quickly rebuffed appeals from the U.N. human rights chief and the European Union to abandon plans to execute 14 people for drug crimes as preparations intensified Thursday at the prison island where the death row inmates are held. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the U.N. Human

CHICAGO — Anthony Ranaudo homered for his first major league hit and took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, making his Chicago White Sox debut something he’ll never forget. Ranaudo hit an opposite-field homer in his ninth career plate appearance and didn’t allow a hit until Kris Bryant’s tying solo homer with one out in