Новости за 21.11.2016

ISTANBUL — NATO’s general secretary says he is “looking forward” to working with Donald Trump’s upcoming U.S. administration and reiterated the trans-Atlantic alliance’s dedication to increasing funds from non-U.S. members.

VIK, Iceland — An Icelandic volcano brought much of the world’s air travel to a halt. And then it brought the world to Iceland.

VIENNA — Iran has begun to export excess quantities of a material that could be used in the process to make atomic arms as it moves to end a small but significant violation of a landmark nuclear deal, two diplomats told The Associated Press on Monday.

STOCKHOLM — Swedish officials are considering tougher measures against hooligans after Helsingborg supporters stormed the field and attacked Henrik Larsson’s son after the team was relegated from the top division in Sweden.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve the “grave sin” of women who have abortions, extending special permission he had granted them in 2015 for the just-ended Holy Year of Mercy.

PARIS — French anti-terrorism police have arrested seven people in Strasbourg and Marseille and thwarted what the interior minister called a new potential attack.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man is set to argue before a state appellate court that Indiana’s religious freedom law protects him from paying taxes.

JUBA, South Sudan — Japanese peacekeepers, with a broader mandate to use force, landed in South Sudan Monday, the first overseas deployment of the country’s troops with those expanded powers in nearly 70 years.

MILAN — Silvio Berlusconi would stay on as honorary president at AC Milan after selling the club to Chinese investors if he can retain powers impacting the squad.

CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities on Monday defended their decision to douse protesters with water during a skirmish in subfreezing weather near the Dakota Access oil pipeline, and organizers said at least 17 protesters were taken to the hospital — including some who were treated for hypothermia.

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus are holding a second day of complex negotiations at a Swiss resort on how much territory Greek and Turkish Cypriots will run as part of an aimed-for federation.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber killed at least 28 people inside a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials and eyewitnesses said.

Coming on the heels of a divisive political election, the American Music Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles became a platform for strong, and sometimes foul, political language. Here’s a look at some of the top moments from the American Music Awards show:

TOKYO — Asian shares rose Tuesday, tracking the rally on Wall Street, as oil prices pushed higher amid hopes of an upcoming production-cut deal from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

HONG KONG — World stock markets were listless Monday as investors braced for a December Fed rate cut that appeared all but certain, with gains coming mostly in Japan and China as the dollar’s strength against local currencies lifted the export outlook.

CHESTERTON, Ind. — “10-4,” they say back and forth, acknowledging the instructions from Kenny Sheppard, a highway technician with the Indiana Department of Transportation. He’s driving a pickup truck south on Ind. 49 to their first stop of several in the Chesterton vicinity. Classic rock plays on the radio.

GOSHEN, Ind. — It’s a look of “Are you kidding?”

Kare Andersen has just explained how Olympia Candy Kitchen in Goshen will amp up its candy-making schedule the day before Thanksgiving to get a jump on the Christmas rush when the subject of “leftovers” comes up.

“What do you mean, leftovers?” he says.

In other words, when you’re in the business of selling chocolate nobody can resist, chances are there aren’t going to be leftovers, not even when inventory maxes out for the sweets-crazy holiday season. Читать дальше...

SEOUL, South Korea — If there’s one thing that South Korean presidents dread more than the looming threat of rival North Korea, it may be this: becoming an ex-president.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A defense witness in the trial of a former police officer charged in the death of a black motorist in South Carolina said Monday that melted fibers on the officer’s uniform could have resulted from a stun gun.

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he’ll help bring back Appalachian mining, as he promised time and again on the campaign trail. Nobody thinks he can revive it entirely — not economists, not ex-miners, not even those recently called back to work.

LIMA, Peru — On the surface, President Barack Obama was cool-headed, cerebral and confident, doling out parting reassurances to world leaders on his final global jaunt. Behind the scenes, his aides and Democrats back at home were a deflated and weary bunch, grimly ending Obama’s tenure in a way they never imagined.

MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi troops fighting Islamic State militants in the eastern outskirts of Mosul regrouped Monday in the city’s neighborhoods they recently retook from the extremist group, conducting house-to-house searches and looking for would-be suicide car bombs, a top Iraqi commander said.

SAN FRANCISCO — It sounds like a great idea: Forget passwords, and instead lock your phone or computer with your fingerprint. It’s a convenient form of security — though it’s also perhaps not as safe as you’d think.

Dak Prescott is looking more and more capable of becoming the first rookie starting quarterback to take his team to a Super Bowl.

SEOUL, South Korea — A scandal that has captivated a nation took a new twist this weekend when prosecutors directly linked South Korea’s president to alleged misdeeds by a shadowy confidante seen as pulling government strings.