Новости за 09.04.2017

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan needs a win following the collapse of his health care bill. Achieving that won’t be easy for the 47-year-old leader, whose ascent as a Republican heavyweight has been marred by an embarrassing flop on the most momentous legislation he’s ever handled. Last month’s unraveling of the health care legislation,

NEW YORK — Last week’s train derailment in New York’s Penn Station, the second in less than two weeks, threw rail service into chaos for commuters in New Jersey and on Long Island and affected travelers throughout the northeastern U.S. It also highlighted the challenges facing Amtrak and the commuter railroads that use its tracks

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that a hard-line cleric and close ally of the country’s supreme leader has announced he will run in the May presidential election. The Sunday report said Ebrahim Raisi announced his readiness in a statement in which he said the country is suffering from “structural chronic

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s governor is finding out that, in politics, something as simple as a 25-cent cup of milk can turn sour fast. Just last summer, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was hailed as a hero for stepping in with a state subsidy to prevent a price hike to 50 cents for the popular

SHANGHAI — Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was down on power due to an engine problem during qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix and finished next to last — an uncharacteristically poor result for one of F1’s most promising young drivers. No matter. Verstappen made up most of the ground in the opening lap of Sunday’s

When a train jumped the tracks this past week at New York’s Penn Station, the seemingly minor accident led to a cascade of exasperating delays for hundreds of thousands of commuters. When a flood forced authorities to condemn a one-lane, century-old bridge in rural Ozark, Missouri, it was no less frustrating for the residents and

SRINAGAR, India — Security forces in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir opened fire Sunday on crowds of people who attacked polling stations where voting for a by-election was taking place, killing five and injuring at least a dozen, officials said. Protesters tried to snatch or damage electronic voting machines in at least a dozen places

BASTIA, Corsica — Belgian driver Thierry Neuville extended his overnight lead to comfortably win the Tour of Corsica rally on Sunday, with world champion Sebastien Ogier finishing nearly one minute behind in second place. Neuville became the fourth driver to win in as many races this season, suggesting an unpredictable campaign to come after years

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s prime minister has vowed to provide financial and other aid to the survivors of an apartment building collapse that left six people dead and four injured. Prime Minister Beata Szydlo came to the site of Saturday’s collapse in the southwestern town of Swiebodzice (Shvyeh-‘boh-tchi-tseh) and promised state aid to the survivors.

BARCELONA, Spain — Spanish police say 1,200 Portuguese students have caused tens of thousands of euros in damages during a stay at a hotel on the country’s southern coast. A local police officer in Torremolinos says officers had to intercede on several occasions over the past two days at the Hotel Pueblo Camino Real near

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s effort to close Central European University, founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros in 1991, is another step in Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s plan to transform his country into an “illiberal state,” a narrower view of democracy which contrasts with the “open society” ideals promoted globally by Soros. A law rushed through

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s new military chief survived a suicide car bomb attack on Sunday that killed 13 people, police say. Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Jimale had just been sworn into office and was traveling in a convoy with senior military officials when the bomb exploded near Somalia’s defense ministry compound in Mogadishu, police say. Five

JERUSALEM — Israeli media say police have questioned another billionaire as part of a corruption probe involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Channel 2 TV says police grilled British businessman Poju Zabludowicz on Saturday about alleged presents he provided Netanyahu and his wife, Sara. The investigation, dubbed “File 1000,” reportedly concerns claims that Netanyahu improperly accepted

MOSCOW — Russia’s emergency services ministry says 15 people have been hospitalized after a long-distance passenger train slammed into a commuter train in western Moscow. The accident Saturday night occurred when a commuter train, which was empty except for its crew, applied its emergency brakes and a passenger train heading for Brest hit it from

PARIS — France’s interior ministry said it has expelled a Swiss Islamic preacher with extremist views to his home country. The ministry said Hani Ramadan was arrested Saturday in Colmar, in eastern France, as he was taking part in a conference, and police escorted him to the Swiss border. It said Ramadan is “known in

BEIRUT — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani affirmed his support for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government on Sunday, following last week’s U.S. missile strike on a Syrian air base. In a phone call with Assad, Rouhani called the strike on Friday a “blatant violation” of Syrian sovereignty, Syrian state media reported. Assad accused the U.S. of

PARIS — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is among the dignitaries commemorating the centenary of the World War I battle of Vimy, in northern France. About 20,000 people, including many Canadians, are expected to attend the ceremony Sunday, including French President Francois Hollande and British royals Princes Charles, William and Harry. On April 9, 1917,

JERUSALEM — Christians in the Holy Land are celebrating Palm Sunday, the start of the Holy Week that leads up to Easter. Crowds of faithful gathered at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Many waved palm fronds to symbolize how worshippers greeted Jesus over 2,000 years ago

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before his planned visit to Cairo. The pontiff expressed his “deep condolences” to the Coptic patriarch, Tawadros II, calling him “my brother,” to the Coptic church and “all of the dear Egyptian

SIDON, Lebanon — Security forces have clashed with Islamic extremists for the third consecutive day in a Palestinian camp in Lebanon. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said Sunday that at least two people have been killed since the clashes began. Ambulances are rushing the wounded to hospitals near the Ein el-Hilweh camp as the sounds

LONDON — Producers of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” hope the play will work its magic on Sunday at British theater’s Olivier Awards , where it’s nominated in 11 categories including best new play. Jamie Parker, who plays a grown-up Harry in the stage sequel to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding saga, is nominated for best

BERLIN — Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal doesn’t get much sleep these days, but says it’s well worth it. The community rabbi and head of the Jewish outreach group Chabad in Berlin has been campaigning relentlessly to turn his dream of creating a Jewish campus in Germany into a reality. For years, he’s lobbied the German authorities,

CAIRO — The Latest on a church bombing north of the Egyptian capital (all times local): 1:15 p.m. French President Francois Hollande has expressed solidarity with Egypt following a deadly bombing at a church in the Nile Delta, north of Cairo. In a written statement after Sunday’s attack, Hollande says “one more time, Egypt is

MILAN — Italian engineering and construction firm Salini Impregilo is ready to make the most of the Trump administration’s planned $1 trillion spending bonanza on renewing the nation’s infrastructure. With its purchase last year of Lane Construction, based in Cheshire, Connecticut, the Italian firm gets a valid U.S. passport to bid on American projects. While

STOCKHOLM — The Latest on the attack on shoppers in Stockholm that left four people dead Friday and 15 wounded (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Police in Stockholm say the truck attack suspect from Uzbekistan was an asylum-seeker who had his application for a residence permit in Sweden rejected and was being sought by authorities