Новости за 11.01.2017

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Lebanese President Michel Aoun said after a visit to Saudi Arabia that his country’s close ties to the kingdom’s archrival Iran should not impede relations with the wider Arab world. “We have normal relations with Iran,” which “shouldn’t be a barrier in the face of normal relations with the Arab world,”

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities in Florida say a mother and her 9-year-old daughter have been found dead after a murder-suicide in Fort Lauderdale. Local news outlets report that detectives say a family member found the bodies of 46-year-old Ericka Joseph and her daughter, Akili Joseph, inside their home on Tuesday morning. Investigators believe Ericka

PRAGUE — Czech lawmakers have overridden a veto by President Milos Zeman to approve legislation that limits the business activities of future government ministers. The law bans ministers from owning media organizations, and bars companies in which ministers have more than a 25-percent stake from receiving state subsidies and participating in public tenders. Finance Minister

FLINT, Mich. — A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says Flint’s water system is improving amid efforts to address the city’s lead-tainted water crisis. Robert Kaplan, the EPA’s acting regional administrator, told The Flint Journal after meeting Tuesday with environmental regulators, researchers and Flint officials in Chicago that the “consensus on the system was it

WARSAW, Poland — Polish lawmakers returned to parliament Wednesday after a holiday recess marked by an unprecedented political crisis — weeks of occupation of the main legislative hall by opposition lawmakers angry over moves by the conservative ruling party. Parliament was scheduled to open its session in the afternoon with no compromise yet reached between

NEW YORK — Madonna says President-elect Donald Trump winning the White House is “like being dumped by a lover and also being stuck in a nightmare.” The pop icon tells Harper’s Bazaar in an interview for the magazine’s February issue that election night “was just like watching a horror show.” She says the feeling of

BERLIN — Germany saw about 280,000 new asylum-seekers arrive last year, less than a third of the previous year’s huge influx of 890,000, the interior minister said Wednesday. While new arrivals declined, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said that the number of rejected asylum-seekers who left Germany was up — though still not to authorities’

BELGRADE, Serbia — Former Baylor standout Isaiah Austin has arrived in Serbia after being cleared to play basketball again, 2½ years after he was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome during a physical before the NBA draft. Austin, who played for the Bears from 2012-14, has signed with FMP Belgrade with a view to joining regional champions

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former NBA player has been arrested after being accused of breaking into two Florida homes and fondling a woman. News outlets report 34-year-old Orien Greene was taken into custody Monday on battery and burglary charges. Police say Greene entered the first Pembroke Pines home through an unlocked door and went

LONDON — Iceland has a new center-right government almost three months after an election that produced no outright winner. The Independence Party, which won the largest share of seats, has formed a coalition with the smaller Reform and Bright Future parties. Together the parties hold the slimmest of majorities — 32 of 63 seats in

JERUSALEM — Israeli Arab leaders have called for a general strike in all their towns and villages in response to the demolition of 11 homes without proper permits by Israeli authorities. Lawmaker Yousef Jabareen on Wednesday called the demolition in the central city of Kalansua “unprecedented” and vowed to fight further measures. He said the

ENSTONE, England — Frederic Vasseur has left his role as team principal of Renault after one season with the Formula One team. Renault made the announcement on Wednesday, saying the decision was by mutual consent. In a statement, the British-based team says “both parties remain committed to maintaining the good working relationship they have enjoyed

PODGORICA, Montenegro — Montenegro has urged Serbia to arrest and extradite two Serbs for their alleged involvement in a pro-Russian plot to overthrow the small Balkan country’s government. Montenegrin Justice Minister Zoran Pazin told the Dnevne Novine newspaper Wednesday that Serbia has an obligation to “arrest persons sought by Interpol without setting any conditions.” Montenegro

SKIEN, Norway — Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a 2011 bomb-and-shooting rampage, is in touch with fellow right-wing extremists from behind bars, a government attorney said Wednesday, arguing that he must be held in solitary confinement. Speaking as part of a government appeal against a court ruling last year

OSLO, Norway — Norway began shutting down analog radio technology Wednesday as the Scandinavian country becomes the first in the world to phase out the FM signal for national and some regional broadcasting. The FM signal was switched off in the Arctic Nordland district in favor of Digital Audio Broadcasting, or DAB. The switchover was

INDIANAPOLIS — The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis says it had more visitors during 2016 than in all but one year of its history. Museum officials say nearly 1.27 million people visited the 91-year-old museum during 2016. The only year with higher attendance was in 2009, when a special exhibit on Egypt’s King Tutankhamun helped draw

JOHANNESBURG — The lack of justice in Central African Republic is so acute that some victims are forced to live daily lives alongside their aggressors, Amnesty International said Wednesday, and it urged the international community to help counter “impunity on a staggering scale” for war and other crimes. The London-based group’s new report says years

BELGRADE, Serbia — Doubles specialist Nenad Zimonjic has been named Serbia’s Davis Cup captain. The 40-year-old Zimonjic replaces Bogdan Obradovic, who led Serbia to its only Davis Cup title in 2010. Zimonjic, who will for now remain captain-player, has won 53 titles in doubles on the ATP tour. He has a record 69 appearances for

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines won’t raise its recent arbitration victory against Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea during Asian summit talks that it will host this year, Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said Wednesday. Yasay said pressing last year’s ruling at the annual meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations “is

ISTANBUL — Kurdish militants have claimed responsibility for last week’s car bombing attack that killed a policeman and a courthouse employee in western Turkey. The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, or TAK, says that two members of its “revenge team” died in the Jan. 5 Izmir attack, according to a news agency close to Kurdish militants. Firat

JERUSALEM — Israeli media reports are claiming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an offer to the publisher of a critical newspaper, proposing to use his power to curb its main rival in return for favorable coverage. Wednesday’s reports add details to a spiraling scandal in which Netanyahu had already been questioned twice by police

MOSCOW — Russia’s deputy prime minister, responding to calls for the nation’s sports teams to be excluded from all international competitions because of doping, said Wednesday that the country is “among the cleanest in the world.” Following a summit this week, leaders from 19 national anti-doping organizations also called for Russia to be stripped of

GARY, Ind. — Drew Fox, head brewer and owner of 18th Street Brewery, explains the beer-making process to Indiana Secretary of Commerce Victor Smith, at the brewery in Gary’s Miller neighborhood last year. The brewery self distributes to Chicago establishments including Little Goat Diner, in the West Loop; Skylark, a bar in Pilsen; and the

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s government on Wednesday fired the chief of the agency assigned to rebuild the nearly 1 million homes and other structures damaged in a devastating 2015 earthquake, officials said. The government removed Sushil Gyewali from his post because of delays in the reconstruction work, said Information Minister Surendra Karki. He said Gyewali

ROME — Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni was reported to be in good condition Wednesday after undergoing angioplasty surgery upon his return from a bilateral meeting in Paris. Gentiloni’s office confirmed the 62-year-old leader was hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, but wouldn’t comment on the nature of the illness. The Italian news agency ANSA said Gentiloni