Новости за 31.05.2017

LOS ANGELES — Despite wielding the golden lasso and deflecting bullets with her bracelets on the big screen for more than a year, “Wonder Woman ” star Gal Gadot still doesn’t see herself as a superhero. “I’m not there yet,” the 32-year-old actress said in a recent interview. “When I look on playback or I

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian police are urging people not to pay any ransom after a chain of plastic surgery clinics in Lithuania was hacked last year and more than 25,000 private photos and personal data — including nude pictures — were stolen. Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service (KRIPOS) says there is “no guarantee that those

“Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker” (Crown Archetype), by Stephen Galloway Never heard of Sherry Lansing? That’s OK — neither had actor and producer Michael Douglas or industrialist Marvin Davis when she knocked at their doors. Lansing was a young executive at Columbia Pictures when she was put in charge

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s semi-official ILNA news agency is reporting that the country’s space organization is cancelling a project to explore sending humans into space. Iran sent a monkey into space in January 2013 and it had announced a goal of sending a person by 2018. But Wednesday’s report quotes Mohammad Homayoun Sadr, deputy head

LONDON — British police have asked the public to stay out of area in southern Manchester while a property is searched for clues about the concert bombing that killed 22 people and wounded dozens of others. Police said Wednesday a cordon has been placed around a property south of central Manchester. There are 11 men

WASHINGTON — A Pennsylvania man who was behaving suspiciously and had made threatening remarks was arrested Wednesday at the Trump International Hotel in Washington after police found an assault-style rifle and handgun in his car, authorities said. Bryan Moles of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody at the downtown hotel, where he was staying as

GENEVA — FIFA signed another Chinese sponsor for the World Cup on Wednesday, agreeing to a deal with smartphone and software maker Vivo. The announcement further links FIFA with China, which is likely to mount a bid for the 2030 World Cup despite current rules effectively blocking another Asian bid before the 2034 edition. The

ROME — Daniele De Rossi has extended his contract with Roma for two more seasons in a move that should enable him to take over the captain’s armband from the recently retired Francesco Totti. De Rossi made the announcement on Roma’s TV channel Wednesday, exactly a month before his contract was to expire. He says

MOSCOW — It was “inappropriate” for people in blackface apparently representing Cameroon’s national soccer team to march in a parade in Sochi, FIFA said Wednesday. Two people in blackface wearing African clothing and carrying bananas marched in a government-backed parade on Saturday in the southern Russian city, where Cameroon will play Germany at next month

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to pull the United States from a landmark global climate agreement, a White House official said Wednesday, though there could be “caveats in the language” announcing a withdrawal, leaving open the possibility that his decision isn’t final. Exiting the deal would fulfill a central campaign pledge from the

Put off by what they see as exorbitant pay for Mylan executives, some big pension funds are attempting to block the re-election of a number of board members, including Chairman and former CEO Robert Coury, who received $100 million last year. They say huge paychecks were awarded to executives as backlash from consumers and the

NEW YORK — Dying is easy. Playing the owner of a circa-1970s L.A. comedy club — THAT’S hard. “But when I say that it was hard and that it was a reach for me, I mean: Those are the things that interested me as an actor,” says Melissa Leo, who stars as Goldie, the tough-love

PITTSBURGH — Two brothers who formerly owned a Pennsylvania defense contractor and their former chief financial officer have pleaded guilty in a $6 million scheme to overcharge the U.S. Defense Department for Humvee window kits. The Butler-based contractor, Ibis Tek LLC, removed the former co-owners, Thomas Buckner, 68, of Gibsonia, and John Buckner, 66, of

FRANKFURT, Germany — President Donald Trump keeps criticizing Germany’s trade surplus with the United States. Germans say their products are just better and people want to buy them. One thing isn’t in dispute: German companies sold 107 billion euros ($120 billion) worth of goods to U.S. customers last year. Going the other way, U.S. companies

WOLFSBURG, Germany — Wolfsburg signed United States defender John Anthony Brooks for a reported fee of 20 million euros ($22.4 million) from Bundesliga rival Hertha Berlin on Wednesday, a record transfer for an American player. The fee eclipses the reported $13 million paid by Premier League club Sunderland for striker Jozy Altidore in 2013 from

MOSCOW — A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled in favor of multi-billionaire Alisher Usmanov in his libel suit against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Usmanov, estimated to be worth $15 billion, has sued Navalny over his investigation into Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s alleged secret wealth. The judge at Moscow’s Lyublinsky district court on Wednesday ordered

LONDON — Arsene Wenger will stay on as Arsenal manager, earning a new two-year contract on Wednesday despite missing out on Champions League qualification. Arsenal said the 67-year-old Frenchman secured the extension after a full review of the club’s activities “to identify areas for improvement to build a sustained title challenge” was conducted with chief

PHILADELPHIA — Yo, tourists! The Rocky statue in Philadelphia is off-limits once again. The statue of the fictional boxer is located near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Sylvester Stallone runs up the steps while training for big fights in various “Rocky” movies. The statue was off-limits to tourists at the end of April while

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni security officials say that forces backed by the United Arab Emirates have taken over the airport in the southern city of Aden, further fueling tension between internationally recognized President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the UAE. The officials said that one soldier died in clashes over the airport Wednesday morning. The

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. mission in Saudi Arabia said Wednesday there was a shooting at a private school in the capital, Riyadh, but that no children were present at the time. The official Twitter account for American Citizen Services in Saudi Arabia advised U.S. citizens to avoid the area around the Kingdom

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say a dive boat captain known to hand-feed sharks was bitten by a “sea creature” off Florida’s Atlantic coast. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Teri Barbera tells the Palm Beach Post (http://pbpo.st/2rnyvWA ) the agency’s marine unit responded Sunday after receiving a distress call from an Emerald Charters dive

BERLIN — A Berlin court has denied a mother access to her deceased daughter’s Facebook data, ruling German privacy laws outweigh her parental rights. The mother sued for access to her daughter’s Facebook account after the 15-year-old died after being hit by a subway train in 2012 to try and determine if it was an

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A court in Bahrain on Wednesday ordered the country’s last main opposition group dissolved and its property confiscated. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy said the political society known as Waad plans to appeal Wednesday’s ruling. Waad confirmed the court order for its dissolution on its official Twitter account.

LANCASTER, Pa. — Authorities says a Pennsylvania woman has been scammed out of her $159,000 life savings by a man who told her she’d face Mafia retaliation if she didn’t give him money. Attorney General Josh Shapiro says that man, 45-year-old Yancey Taylor, gambled away the money at casinos. Taylor is from Donora, a Pittsburgh

LONDON — Britain’s main opposition leader challenged Prime Minister Theresa May to debate him on live television Wednesday, as narrowing opinion polls injected drama into the country’s election campaign. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would join a multiparty debate organized by the BBC in Cambridge on Wednesday. May has refused to do any