Новости за 21.05.2017

ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan — America’s ambassador to the United Nations is getting a firsthand look at the refugee crisis spilling over from Syria’s civil war.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Thousands of protesters marched today in downtown Budapest, calling on Hungary’s government to repeal legal amendments which could force a university founded by an American philanthropist to leave the country.

MILFORD, Mich. — Authorities say one person was killed and two people were seriously injured in a crash during a Detroit-area police chase.

CAMARILLO, Calif. — An analyst says the average price of regular-grade gasoline fell half a cent nationally over the past two weeks to $2.40 a gallon.

LONDON — The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel — far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who says he’s been appointed an assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, has denied he plagiarized content in his master’s thesis on homeland security, while the Naval Postgraduate School confirmed today that it’s reviewing the allegations.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl while posing as an Uber driver has been indicted on multiple charges.

CLEVELAND — Snubbed in the MVP voting, LeBron James received an award maybe more significant.

WASHINGTON — Members of key congressional committees pledged today to proceed with aggressive investigations into Russia’s meddling into the U.S. election and any ties with the Trump campaign, saying the American people need a full airing as to why former FBI director James Comey was ousted.

CANNES, France — Clint Eastwood regaled the Cannes Film Festival today with stories from his long career and left open a possible return to acting.

ISTANBUL  — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned as leader of Turkey’s ruling party today, pushing back criticism that his tenure has curtailed freedoms and polarized the country as he vowed to serve the nation and combat terror.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that has wowed crowds for 146 years with its “Greatest Show on Earth” is taking its final bow today.

LOS ANGELES  — “Alien: Covenant” edged out “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2” in the weekend box-office space battle.

AVONDALE, Ohio  — An expanded Gorilla World exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo is scheduled to open in early June shortly after the one year anniversary of the shooting death of an endangered gorilla named Harambe.

BEIRUT  — A twin explosion, believed to be caused by a suicide attack, in Syria’s rebel-controlled Idlib province today killed at least 14 members of a powerful ultraconservative insurgent group, Syria opposition activists said.

CLEVELAND — An Ohio-based craft beer brewery was one of several establishments included in a lawsuit for music license fee violations.

PHILADELPHIA — Authorities say gunfire that broke out on a north Philadelphia block where people were listening to music sent nine people to the hospital, two in critical condition.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An American climber has died near the summit of Mount Everest and an Indian climber is missing after heading down from the mountain following a successful ascent, expedition organizers said today.

LONDON — Privacy-hungry Prince Harry was nearly able to bring his American girlfriend to Pippa Middleton’s private wedding reception without being photographed. Nearly.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump will use the nation that is home to Islam’s holiest site as a backdrop to call for Muslim unity in the fight against terrorism today, as he works to build relationships with Arab leaders.

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s official news agency says the FBI has detained a Turkish man who attempted to sit in first class on a Los Angeles-Honolulu flight.

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea today fired a medium-range missile, U.S. and South Korean officials said, in the latest ballistics test for a country speeding up its development of nuclear weapons and missiles.

LOVELAND, Colo. — The ECHL regular-season champion Toledo Walleye were eliminated from the Kelly Cup playoffs with a 6-3 loss to Colorado in Game 5 of the Western Conference final on Saturday night.

Most team victories at the district meet tend to be close, the difference between first and second often decided by a few events.

BALTIMORE — The wise guys said the Preakness was a two-horse race — and that’s precisely the way it unfolded for three-quarters of a mile Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.