Новости за 31.08.2017

BANGKOK — Armed with machetes and rifles, a ragtag band of insurgents comprised of members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority launched unprecedented attacks last week, triggering fighting with security forces that has left more than 100 people dead and forced at least 18,000 to flee into neighboring Bangladesh. Here’s a closer look at the Arakan

HOUSTON — The Latest on Tropical Depression Harvey (all times local): 6:20 a.m. A Houston mother is warning people in the area to stay out of Harvey’s floodwaters after her son was electrocuted while wading through the water to check on his sister’s home. Jodell Pasek says her 25-year-old son Andrew was unaware that a

TOKYO — The Latest on British Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to Japan (all times local): 7:30 p.m. The leaders of Britain and Japan have once again urged China to play a larger role in pressuring North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons development. British Prime Minister Theresa May said in Tokyo on Thursday that

SEOUL, South Korea — The Latest on the tensions on the Korean Peninsula (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that any new sanctions against North Korea would be “dangerous.” Lavrov and Tillerson spoke by phone late Wednesday, several hours after President Donald Trump

LONDON — Inflation across the 19-country eurozone struck a four-month high in August largely because of higher energy costs, official figures showed Thursday in a development that’s unlikely to alter expectations that the European Central Bank will play it safe at next week’s policy meeting. Eurostat reported that annual consumer price inflation picked up to

BERLIN — Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is vowing to go ahead with a plan to join the board of directors of Russian oil giant Rosneft, a move that has drawn criticism ahead of his country’s election. Schroeder was close to Russian President Vladimir Putin as chancellor and became involved with a Russian-German gas pipeline

LONDON — The latest on the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana (all times local): 9:30 a.m. Mourners have paid tribute to Princess Diana near the spot in Paris where a deadly car accident killed her 20 years ago, placing flowers, photos and written notes in memory of the beloved British royal. Paris

JERUSALEM — Jerusalem residents woke to discover a surprising spectacle outside the country’s Supreme Court — a golden statue of the court’s president put up in protest by members of a religious nationalist group. Police quickly removed the statue of Miram Naor, raised outside the court overnight, but after questioning some suspects, said no criminal

INDIANAPOLIS — The latest recruit to the Butler football team can do it all. Runs, throws, kicks. Granted, he does not know the rules of football. And he weighs 55 pounds. Robert Shaffer is 8. He has a rare disease. He has a rare spirit, too, and it is that spirit that is infusing the

HOUSTON — Harvey has weakened as it leaves Texas and its floodwaters are dropping in much of the Houston area, but the death toll from the storm continues to rise, a chemical plant is poised to explode and other states are expected to see rain and possibly flooding. Here are some things happening on the

BEIRUT — The media arm of Lebanon’s Hezbollah says the group has received the body of an Iranian Revolutionary Guard member recently captured and killed by the Islamic State group. The handover of Mohsen Haji’s body is part of a controversial deal brokered by Hezbollah to clear IS fighters from an area along the Lebanon-Syria

NEW YORK — Roads, refineries and other infrastructure have taken a beating in the Texas and Louisiana regions hit by Harvey — but cellphone networks so far remain largely functional. One reason: Big carriers brought in supplemental equipment and backup power and turned to drones to diagnose problems. Four Gulf Coast counties northeast of Corpus

BEIJING — A handful of Americans left Pyongyang on Thursday on a flight to Beijing, a day before the start of a U.S. ban on American citizens going to North Korea. Among those on the flight from the North Korean capital were aid workers who hoped to be allowed to return to continue humanitarian work.

Things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 1: GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 3 Florida State against No. 1 Alabama. The opening weekend in Atlanta offers probably the biggest regular-season matchup for the entire college football season. The Crimson Tide beat Clemson for the national title two years ago then lost to

Here are a few things to watch during the opening week of the Southeastern Conference football season: GAME OF THE WEEK: No. 17 Florida vs. No. 11 Michigan. A lot of eyes will be on the Alabama-Florida State game — and rightfully so — but a better barometer of the SEC’s overall strength this season

MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that potential new sanctions against North Korea would be “dangerous.” Lavrov and Tillerson spoke by phone late Wednesday, several hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter that “talking is not the answer” when it comes to dealing with

WARSAW, Poland — A spokesman for Poland’s national railways says 28 people were injured when a passenger train hit a cargo train Wednesday evening. There were no fatalities. Seven of the passenger train’s 11 carriages and the engine derailed in the collision, which occurred before 10 p.m. in the northern Polish town of Smetowo Graniczne.

CROSBY, Texas — A Houston-area chemical plant that lost power after Harvey engulfed the area in extensive floods was rocked by two explosions early Thursday, the plant’s operator said. Arkema Inc. said in a statement on its website that the Harris County Emergency Operations Center reported two explosions and black smoke coming from the plant

WASHINGTON — Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials have approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration said the approval on Wednesday was historic, the first gene therapy to hit the U.S.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have pledged to overhaul the nation’s complex tax code. To slash taxes, they say they’ll curb a web of expensive deductions and credits to allow more revenue to flow to the government. Problem is, they’re likely to run into a wall of resistance from people and groups

TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of Iranians attended the funeral Thursday of Ebrahim Yazdi, one of the country’s most influential dissident politicians and a former foreign minister. The ceremony took place in a mosque north of Tehran and was attended by many of Yazdi’s political allies as well as ordinary Iranian citizens. His coffin was draped

LOS ANGELES — Motel 6 has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Los Angeles that alleged one of the chain’s locations was a base for human traffickers, drug dealers and gang members, prosecutors said. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the money will be

LITHIA, Fla. — Some Florida residents woke up to an uninvited, scaly guest in their backyard swimming pool: a 7- to 8-foot-long (2-meter-long) alligator. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Hillsborough County deputies responded to the Lithia home Wednesday morning. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office posted a picture of the submerged alligator on Twitter, adding

SEOUL, South Korea — The United States flew some of its most advanced warplanes in bombing drills with ally South Korea on Thursday, a clear warning after North Korea launched a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear bombs over Japan earlier this week, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said. North Korea hates such

BEIJING — Escalating efforts to repatriate one of the ruling Communist Party’s most wanted exiles, Chinese police have opened an investigation on a new allegation, rape, against New York-based billionaire Guo Wengui, who has been releasing what he calls official secrets ahead of a pivotal party leadership conference. Two Chinese officials with direct knowledge of