Новости за 07.11.2016

NEW YORK — Italy has suffered through bouts of inflation and a revolving door of failed governments in the past 50 years, so you would think it would have to offer a super-high interest rate to entice people to lend to it for the next 50. But in a bond sale last month, it got away with just 2.85 percent, half the rate it paid for a three-month loan a few years ago.

NEW DELHI — In Nepal, health warnings cover 90 percent of cigarette packs, while Australia requires those packets be wrapped in drab, plain paper. Indonesia’s new ban on outdoor advertising brought down tobacco billboards depicting smiling, smoking youths. And India wants scary photos of rotting lungs and mouth tumors covering packets sold in the country.

AUBURN, Ind. — A 96-acre nature preserve that now protects woodlands along a northeastern Indiana stream has opened to the public.

INDIANAPOLIS — Eighteen Indiana state parks will temporarily close their gates to visitors this month for hunts targeting deer that threaten native plants.

JACKSON, Miss. — A Jackson, Mississippi, police officer has shot a man who authorities say was naked and trying to lure children.

SYDNEY — Australian police have made an unusual find while searching the bag of a woman who was being arrested: a baby koala.

LOURDES, France — French bishops are holding a day of prayers and fasting for victims of sex abuse within the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY — Pressing his campaign to remake the U.S. Catholic church, Pope Francis on Monday tapped one of his new cardinals, Joseph Tobin, to replace the Newark archbishop who has been criticized for allegedly mishandling sex-abuse cases and spending lavishly on his retirement home.

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s weeklong transit strike is over.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and the union representing about 4,700 transit workers announced a tentative agreement early Monday.

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Board Chairman Pasquale Deon said it is a fair deal that provides “wage increases, pension improvements, and maintains health care coverage levels while addressing rising costs.”

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BEIRUT — The Latest on developments in Syria, where U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters are pushing ahead in their offensive toward the Islamic State group’s stronghold of Raqqa (all times local):

PHILADELPHIA — The Latest on a tentative agreement to end the Philadelphia transit strike (all times local):

TOKYO — A Japanese freelance journalist detained by local authorities in Iraq was released Monday after being suspected of being a member of the Islamic State group.

BEIJING — China is attempting to crack down on box office fraud in the world’s second-biggest movie market by setting out punishments for companies that fabricate ticket sales and other data under the country’s first film law.

BEIRUT — Backed by U.S. airstrikes, Kurdish-led Syrian fighters clashed on Monday with Islamic State militants north of the city of Raqqa in Syria as they pushed ahead in their offensive aiming to liberate the city that has been the de facto capital of the extremist group since 2014.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A northeastern Indiana man has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a bicyclist.

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The United Nations chief on Monday urged the rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus to seize the opportunity for a reunification deal that he said is within their grasp.

HONG KONG — The Chinese legislature’s decision to intervene in the exclusion of two Hong Kong legislators has underscored Beijing’s determination to ensure its control over the semi-autonomous region’s political life. Here is a look at recent events and possible effects that could shape the territory’s relationship with the mainland and its standing as an international finance center long known for stability and calm.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Cambodian court on Monday sentenced an opposition senator to seven years in prison over comments he posted on Facebook criticizing a 36-year-old border agreement with neighboring Vietnam.

BAGHDAD — The Latest on the battle in Iraq, now entering its fourth week, to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local):

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jury selection is resuming in the federal case a white man on trial for fatally shooting nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston church last year.

MANILA, Philippines — The senator who initiated an investigation into Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly anti-drug campaign asked the Supreme Court on Monday to stop verbal attacks against her by Duterte, who has described her as a “dirty woman” for allegedly having an affair with her driver.

TOKYO — Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co. reported Monday that its profit fell 15 percent in the July-September quarter. Strong sales in North America and China failed to make up for sluggish demand in Japan and a stronger yen.

SEOUL, South Korea — Global stocks started the week on a strong note Monday after the director of the FBI said the bureau found no evidence warranting criminal charges against presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a trove of newly discovered emails.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Ang Lee believes the new technology that made for hyper-realistic action in “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” is worth trying again.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The international oil market has hit its bottom, though how long it will be there remains in question, leaders in the industry said at an Abu Dhabi conference on Monday.