Новости за 10.08.2017

TOKYO — A suspected wartime bomb has been dug up at a construction site near the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant complex. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., says a worker spotted the suspected bomb early Thursday while digging the ground at a parking lot about 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) from the reactors destroyed in

SALT LAKE CITY — An emerging debate about whether elected officials violate people’s free speech rights by blocking them on social media is spreading across the U.S. as groups sue or warn politicians to stop the practice. The American Civil Liberties Union this week sued Maine Gov. Paul LePage and sent warning letters to Utah’s

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish toy company Lego has appointed Niels B. Christiansen, who headed thermostat-maker Danfoss for nine years, as its chief executive. Christiansen replaces Bali Padda, who took over as interim CEO in January. Padda will hold a “special advisory” role within the group. Chairman Joergen Vig Knudstorp said Thursday that said Christiansen, 51,

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish toy company Lego has appointed Niels B. Christiansen, who headed thermostat-maker Danfoss for nine years, as its chief executive. Christiansen replaces Bali Padda, who took over as interim CEO in January. Padda will hold a “special advisory” role within the group. Chairman Joergen Vig Knudstorp said Thursday that said Christiansen, 51,

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government has announced a mandatory official holiday due to a heat wave. Wednesday’s late night statement calling for a Thursday holiday came from the Iraqi Cabinet as temperatures hit 50 degrees Celsius (123 degrees Fahrenheit). It is the first heat advisory issued by the government this summer. The public holiday applies

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many consumers, a nonpartisan study has found. The analysis released Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that mixed signals from President Donald Trump have created uncertainty “far outside the norm,” leading insurers to seek higher

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials have delivered mixed messages of alarm and reassurance as tensions have escalated over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, leaving doubt about the direction of U.S. policy. A selection of recent comments, from the president on down, on North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong Un: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP “North Korea

DENVER — Taylor Swift’s mother said she didn’t call police to report allegations that a radio station DJ groped her daughter before a concert because she didn’t want the moment to define the pop star’s life. Likewise, a liaison for Taylor Swift who deals with radio stations across the country asked the DJ’s boss to

SEOUL, South Korea — Ride-hailing company Uber is expanding its food delivery service to South Korea. The San Francisco-based company’s Thursday launch of UberEats in Seoul comes as it continues its talks with local authorities to resume its flagship ride-hailing service. Before UberEats, Uber’s presence in South Korea was almost non-existence. It withdrew its flagship

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s parliament has passed a bill toward making women safer by strengthening laws against acid attacks along with the ancient Hindu customs of demanding dowry payments for marriage and exiling women who are menstruating. The new law goes into effect in August 2018, with violators who force women into exile facing punishments

TOKYO — Escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear ambitions rattled investors Thursday, helping to pull global share benchmarks lower. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX dropped 0.3 percent to 12,117.07 and the CAC 40 of France lost 0.3 percent to 5,132.22. Britain’s FTSE 100 sank 0.7 percent to 7,447.21. Futures pointed to further declines on Wall Street,

BOISE, Idaho — A group that represents farmers is calling the costs of saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest unsustainable and is turning to the Trump administration to sidestep endangered species laws. The Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association wants the government to convene a Cabinet-level committee with the power to

CANBERRA, Australia — Gay-rights advocates filed a court challenge Thursday to the government’s unusual plan to canvass Australians’ opinion on gay marriage next month, while a retired judge said he would boycott the survey as unacceptable. The mail ballot is not binding, but the conservative government won’t legislate the issue without it. If most Australians

TOKYO — Auditors signed off, belatedly, on Toshiba Corp.’s earnings Thursday, meaning the embattled Japanese electronics and nuclear company will likely avert delisting, for now. But the auditors, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Aarata, cautioned about remaining risks in a separate statement. The approval had not come on schedule because of concerns about Toshiba’s money-losing nuclear business in the

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Pakistan’s deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif is set to resume a much-publicized two-day rally following his removal last month from office by the Supreme Court for concealing assets. Sharif drew the support of tens of thousands of people Wednesday as his convoy left Islamabad for Lahore, which is his power base. Shahid

SEOUL, South Korea — With liberals back in charge in South Korea, Seoul is making peace offerings to its archrivals, but the North isn’t biting. South Korean President Moon Jae-in believes the best way to solve the North Korean nuclear crisis is engagement of the sort that two past liberal leaders used to win historic

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s state-run news agency says authorities have issued detention warrants for 35 journalists and media workers as part of the country’s ongoing crackdown on people suspected of ties to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. Anadolu Agency says police were on Thursday carrying out raids in Istanbul to detain the suspects who allegedly

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alex Beach played a practice round with Luke Donald, walked off the ninth green and signed autographs. The club pro from New Jersey is savoring every moment of his first PGA Championship. And deservedly so. About a year ago at this time, he was in a hospital. “It took a long time

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it has destroyed the West Bank homes of three Palestinians who attacked Israeli troops earlier this year, and closed up a fourth home. Palestinian officials say the military destroyed two homes in the village of Deir Abu Mashal on Thursday, where two Palestinians involved in a June attack lived.

COLLINGDALE, Pa. — Authorities say a man threw a Molotov cocktail at a sheriff’s deputy serving a warrant, causing second-degree burns. The Delaware County Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/2wKvm2l) the deputy’s partner and police officers rushed to extinguish the flames when the explosive set the deputy afire around 5 p.m. Wednesday. He’s being treated at a

SANAA, Yemen — Collapsing on sidewalks and constantly vomiting, some of the Yemeni villagers barely make it to the tiny health center where doctors spread carton sheets in the backyard and use trees to hang bags of IV fluids for patients. They are part of a stream of hundreds of suspected cholera victims that continues

MIAMI — Hurricane Franklin has made landfall on the coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center says the storm reached the coastline about 80 miles (128.74 kilometers) southeast of Tuxpan, Mexico, early Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (136.79 kph). Franklin strengthened into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Wednesday. Authorities

WASHINGTON — The Canadian government said Thursday that at least one Canadian diplomat in Cuba also has been treated for hearing loss following disclosures that a group of American diplomats in Havana suffered severe hearing loss that U.S. officials believe was caused by an advanced sonic device. Global Affairs Canada spokeswoman Brianne Maxwell said Canadian

LOS ANGELES — A roundup of news from the closing day of the Television Critics Association summer meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services presented details on upcoming programs. KILLING VERSACE Ricky Martin said he reassured Gianni Versace’s longtime partner Antonio D’Amico that the pair will be treated respectfully in a TV drama about

ROME, N.Y. — In his bed at a New York state group home for the severely disabled, Steven Wenger lay helpless against a silent invader. A slimy, wriggling clump was growing around the hole in his throat near his breathing tube. Nurses peered closer and made a discovery almost unheard of in modern American health