Новости за 16.09.2016

LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria soon will sell $1 billion in Eurobonds to finance a budget deficit as a recession grips the major African oil producer amid foreign currency shortages and double-digit inflation, officials said Friday. The sale is part of government plans to borrow $5 billion from abroad for capital infrastructure projects to boost Africa’s

NEW YORK — Energy companies are leading a broad decline on Wall Street on Friday as the price of crude oil turns lower. Banks also fell, led by a plunge in Deutsche Bank after the giant German bank said it wouldn’t settle with the Department of Justice over its handling of mortgage-backed securities in the

RIO DE JANEIRO — A well-known Brazilian actor has drowned in a river where he had shot scenes for a popular soap opera, authorities said Friday, his body recovered hours after a companion was unable to pull him from the currents. Domingos Montagner went for a swim Thursday afternoon in the Sao Francisco River in

NEW YORK — Some lucky bar goers in New York will see a familiar face serving drinks this weekend as Bill Murray is set to tend bar at his son’s Brooklyn restaurant. Time Out New York says Murray will step behind the bar at 21 Greenpoint beginning at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The restaurant

CAMDEN, S.C. — A South Carolina sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and charged with interfering with a traffic stop in a neighboring county. Multiple media outlets reported that Richland County Deputy Lisa Grazioli was charged with interfering with Kershaw County officers Sept. 6 when they stopped her 28-year-old son for a traffic violation. Her son,

TULSA, Okla. — Prosecutors could call more than 200 witnesses for the trial of a woman accused of killing four people and injuring dozens by plowing her car into a crowd at Oklahoma State University’s homecoming parade last fall. Victims, first responders, detectives and numerous spectators are on a list of 207 potential witness names

INDIANAPOLIS — USA Gymnastics didn’t look far for to find Martha Karolyi’s successor as the leader of its powerhouse women’s program. Valeri Liukin, a four-time Olympic medalist and father of 2008 Olympic champion Nastia Liukin, was chosen the successor to Karolyi on Friday. Karolyi retired last month after guiding Team USA to nine medals at

NYON, Switzerland — UEFA has charged Legia Warsaw over crowd violence and racist behavior at the club’s first Champions League game in 20 years. Fans clashed with stadium security staff, and anti-discrimination monitors reported anti-Semitic abuse during a 6-0 home loss against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. UEFA said Friday its disciplinary panel will judge the

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m. Banks and energy companies are leading a broad decline in midday trading on Wall Street. The U.S.-listed shares of Germany’s Deutsche Bank plunged 9 percent Friday after the Department of Justice said the bank should pay $14 billion to

WICHITA, Kan. — A judge has agreed to halt court proceedings against former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle until he receives another mental evaluation. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2cCcv2P ) reports that defense attorney Steven Mank sought the delay Thursday. The prosecution didn’t object. The 24-year-old Randle was deemed competent in June to stand trial

LONDON — A British man accused of hacking into U.S. military and government computer systems and stealing confidential information should be extradited to the United States to face trial, a judge ruled Friday. Judge Nina Tempia said Lauri Love faces “extremely serious charges,” and his extradition would not be disproportionate. At Westminster Magistrates’ Court, the

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire is celebrating all things Scottish at its annual three-day Highland Games and Festival in Lincoln, one of the largest events of its kind in the country. More than 60 clans are being represented and can trace their roots in a “clan village” set up at Loon Mountain. Executive Director Terri

PARIS — An apparent accidental gas explosion Friday tore through an apartment building near the train station in the eastern French city of Dijon Friday, injuring at least 14 people, authorities said. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement that rescuers pulled two seriously injured people from the collapsed building and 12 others sustained

ONSONG, North Korea — North Korean soldiers and relief teams rushed to clear roads and railway tracks, build shelters and provide food and sanitation Friday to tens of thousands of residents in a remote part of the country near the Chinese border that was devastated by heavy downpours and flash floods when a typhoon pounded

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police are “addressing” an unusual crime spree: Someone is stealing the ones and zeroes from addresses mounted on people’s homes. WTXF-TV (http://bit.ly/2cMDzy9 ) says it’s happening in the city’s East Kensington section. Meghan Haley says she noticed the zero missing from her home on Wednesday and saw a woman stealing it when

ZURICH — Doping investigator Richard McLaren’s final report on state-backed cheating in Russia is several months from completion, casting fresh doubt on the nation’s hosting of winter sports this season. “We are focusing on winter sports athletes first. We will get that information out as quickly as we can produce it,” McLaren told The Associated

BRUSSELS — Belgian prosecutors say three houses have been searched and two people arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into the activities of a suspected terrorist group. Ester Natus, a spokeswoman for the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, said Friday’s developments were not connected to the attacks claimed by the Islamic State group in Brussels and

LINCOLN, Neb. — A Lincoln high school player has joined San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in taking a knee during the national anthem, protesting racial oppression and inequality. Sterling Smith of Southeast High School says he did so before last week’s game and will do so again Friday against Omaha North and continue through

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The National Weather Service has posted small craft advisories along the Atlantic coast from near Charleston, South Carolina, to the Maryland-Delaware border as Tropical Storm Julia continues to spin offshore. Forecasters say the storm has maintained its strength but is expected to start weakening over the weekend and dissipate early next week.

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — The annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, required of able-bodied Muslims once in their life, brings the Islamic world together across its many languages, ethnicities and individual beliefs — something seen across the many faces of its female faithful. Arabs, Africans, Asians, Europeans and those from the Americas all followed what

MILAN — Italian prosecutors in Naples have opened a criminal investigation after the suicide of a 31-year-old woman who had fought unsuccessfully to have a video showing her having sex expunged from the internet. Chief prosecutor Francesco Greco said Friday that the investigation into possible charges of instigating suicide was being coordinated with another based

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices edged up 0.2 percent in August as a surge in medical care offset flat readings for food and energy. The result follows an unchanged figure in July. Core inflation, which excludes the volatile categories of food and energy, rose 0.3 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday. It was the biggest

KHAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 16 worshippers and wounding 25 others, officials said. The attacker shouted “God is Great” as he entered the mosque in the village of Ambar in Pakistan’s Mohmand tribal region, government administrator Naveed Akbar told The Associated Press. He

MOSCOW — Russia’s weekend parliament elections take place under new rules that in principle could bring genuine opposition into the national legislature. But the Kremlin-backed United Russia and the parties that almost always follow its lead are set remain the overwhelming presence in the State Duma. In an election mostly featuring old faces, the new

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The European Union is demanding that Iran share with the U.N. atomic agency full details of its manufacture of parts for machines that could be used to make the core of nuclear arms, in a statement reflecting its concern over the sensitive issue. The draft statement was seen by The Associated Press