Новости за 17.02.2017

NEW YORK — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stock indexes are posting moderate declines in midday trading, though they remain close to record highs. Energy stocks fell more than the rest of the market Friday as the price of crude oil moved lower. Bank stocks also fell as

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania environmental regulators say there’s a likely correlation between a natural gas company’s fracking operation and a series of minor earthquakes in western Pennsylvania last year. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection revealed its findings Friday. The quakes were recorded in April in Lawrence County, about 50 miles north of Pittsburgh and

PARIS — Groups defending the French language are lodging legal protests over the English-only slogan used for Paris’ 2024 Olympic bid. Lawyer Emmanuel Ludot said Friday that he has submitted a request with the government’s rights defense authority to suspend use of the slogan “Made for Sharing.” He also submitted a warning to the bid

ROME — Pope Francis, who was reunited Friday with one of the Syrian refugees he brought home with him from Lesbos, Greece, said migrants don’t pose a danger to Europe’s culture but rather a challenge for societies to grow. Francis made the comments during a visit to the Roma Tre university, one of the main

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The toxicology report on Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura won’t be released to the public following his death last month in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic. Tessie Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the Dominican attorney general’s office, said the toxicology report is not a public document, The Kansas City Star

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe should run “as a corpse” in next year’s election if he dies before the vote, his wife said Friday. Grace Mugabe accused some ruling ZANU-PF party officials of plotting to take over from her husband and said that even if he dies, supporters should put his name

DORTMUND, Germany — Borussia Dortmund has identified 61 fans suspected of being involved with offensive and defamatory banners displayed during the Bundesliga game against Leipzig. The suspects face sanctions that could include stadium bans, club expulsion, the cancellation of season tickets and possible civil charges, depending on the seriousness of the violations, Dortmund said Friday

BANGKOK — Thai police who unsuccessfully searched a vast Buddhist temple for a prominent monk accused of financial wrongdoing said Friday they will arrest him whenever and wherever they can. About 3,000 police who raided the Dhammakaya sect temple north of Bangkok spent a second day in vain seeking its chief, Phra Dhammajayo, who is

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia’s prosecution office says it has brought charges against a former head of the country’s tax authority over accepting close to 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in bribes to defraud the state of customs revenue. The prosecution office said in a statement Friday that it charged Kemal Causevic, who led the country’s

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dick Bruna, the Dutch “spiritual father” of Miffy, the white rabbit who enchanted millions of young children around the world for more than half a century, has died at age 89, his publisher announced Friday. Decades before Instagram made square images immensely popular, illustrator and artist Bruna understood their power. For

DALLAS, Ga. — Authorities in northwest Georgia say a collision involving a day care bus sent eight children and three adults to hospitals. Lt. Steve Mapes with Paulding County Fire and Rescue said in an email that the wreck between the day care bus and a pickup truck happened about 7:30 a.m. Friday in Dallas,

FRANKFURT, Germany — Employee representatives and union leaders at General Motor’s Opel subsidiary say they’re ready for “constructive talks” with France’s PSA Group about a possible takeover — but will push to keep current jobs and factories. Opel’s works council and the IG Metall union said they need to be included in talks “in a

BEIRUT — The Syrian government and an opposition monitoring group condemned Friday what they called Turkey’s “crimes” against the Syrian people in the northern town of al-Bab that is controlled by the Islamic State group. Meanwhile, a top Turkish military official said most of the town is under control of allied Syrian opposition fighters. Turkish

OCALA, Fla. — A Florida man is accused in a plot to blow up several Target stores along the East Coast in an attempt to acquire cheap stock if the company’s stock value plunged after the explosions. Mark Charles Barnett, 48, was charged in a criminal complaint filed Thursday with possession of a firearm affecting

BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country will stick to its long-term commitment to raise defense spending to levels agreed with NATO partners — but no hurry about it. Merkel said that “Germany is conscious of its responsibility” to spend more on arms but added other issues are also important for global security.

PHOENIX — Two planes clipped wings while taxiing at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, delaying passengers but causing no injuries. Airport officials say a departing Frontier Airlines flight and an arriving Southwest Airlines flight met in a minor collision Thursday night. The Frontier plane was headed to Denver, and the Southwest flight was arriving from

GARY, Ind. — A 15-year-old Indiana girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert has been charged in the stabbing death of her mother. Police say the Gary teenager went missing early Monday, shortly after she went to a neighbor’s home to report her mother was the victim of a crime. Police later issued

MUNICH — Senior U.S. military officials say the massive airstrikes that killed more than 80 Islamic State militants in southern Libya last month generated critical computer data, documents and information from prisoner interrogations that the U.S. can use to track and target more fighters. Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, the head of U.S. Africa Command, told

PODGORICA, Montenegro — Two prominent opposition leaders in Montenegro say they will be questioned next week over their involvement in an alleged pro-Russian coup plot to overthrow the pro-NATO government. Andrija Mandic and Milan Knezevic said Friday they have received a summons to appear before the special prosecutor on Monday, and will answer it. Montenegrin

HONG KONG — A former leader of Hong Kong was convicted Friday of corruption over a luxury apartment in mainland China intended for his retirement, local media reported. The nine-member jury deliberating two days before finding Donald Tsang guilty of one count of misconduct in office and not guilty on a second count, the South

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Some residents of the New Jersey shore town stung by MTV’s “Jersey Shore” are wary about plans by a bar featured in that series to hold a casting call for a new reality show. The Bamboo Bar in Seaside Heights is looking for “loud and fun” single people at a casting

JOHANNESBURG — An apparent gas leak at a naval base in the South African city of Durban killed six people Friday, including three members of the military, authorities said. The men were “overcome by gas” while working in a sewage pit, said Russel Meiring, a spokesman for paramedic company ER24. In a statement, ER24 described

BUDAPEST, Hungary — The mayor of Budapest said Friday he may propose withdrawing the city’s bid for the 2024 Olympics as soon as next week. Speaking to news site Index.hu, Istvan Tarlos said he could make his proposal to the Budapest Assembly as soon as Wednesday, once he has confirmed the position of the government

NEW YORK — Fannie Mae said Friday that it will pay the U.S. Treasury a $5.5 billion dividend next month after its profit doubled in its latest quarter. The government-controlled mortgage company has already paid the Treasury $154.4 billion in dividends since receiving $116.1 billion in government bailouts between 2008 and 2011. Fannie Mae’s sibling

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Nathan Chen took first place Friday in the men’s short program at the Four Continents, a test event for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The American opened with a quad lutz-triple toeloop combination at the Gangneung Ice Arena and added a quad flip and a triple axel for 103.12 points. Shoma Uno