Новости за 13.05.2017

At least four people died and at least five more were injured when a passenger train derailed in northern Greece on Saturday night, railway company TRAINOSE said. Photographs on Greek news websites showed carriages with smashed windows and others on their side near a residential area. The train was heading from Athens to the second biggest city Thessaloniki in northern Greece when it derailed near the town of Adendro, some 37 kilometers (23 miles) away. Its engine was propelled into a nearby... Читать дальше...

Thousands of displaced Pashtu tribesmen in northwestern Pakistan have asked the government to ensure their return to their homes before the Muslim holy period of Ramadan begins this month. About 2,400 tribal families from the Dande Darpakhel village in North Waziristan, which is part of a semiautonomous tribal region known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), are living in temporary shelters with inadequate facilities. More than 1 million people have been displaced by Pakistani... Читать дальше...

The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, is bracing to host the finale of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, the annual europop song fest that is expected to garner a television audience of some 200 million.

A Russian-owned group of companies will pay the U.S. government $6 million to settle a wide-reaching money-laundering case that had quietly rippled through U.S.-Russian relations for years. Federal prosecutors in New York announced the settlement with Russian businessman Denis Katsyv, the owner of Prevezon Holdings, on May 12, just three days before jury selection was set to begin in the case. Under the settlement, none of Prevezon Holdings' companies admitted wrongdoing. The settlement brings... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that a new FBI director could be named in the next week. "We can make a fast decision," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One before flying to Lynchburg, Virginia, to deliver a commencement address at Liberty University. The president's remarks came four days after his controversial firing of James Comey, a move that was still resonating in Washington. When asked whether he could announce a nominee by Friday, when he is scheduled to leave for the... Читать дальше...

The British government said on Saturday it does not yet know who was behind a massive global cyberattack that disrupted Britain's health care services and targeted vital computer systems in as many as 100 other countries. British Interior Minister Amber Rudd said Britain's National Cyber Security Center was working with the country's health service to ensure the attack that began Friday was contained and limited. She said Britain’s National Crime Agency was still working with her ministry to... Читать дальше...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday after meeting with officials from the world's other industrialized democracies that he thought they were more at ease with Donald Trump's economic policies. "People are more comfortable today, now that they've had the opportunity to spend time with me and listen to the president and hear our economic message," Mnuchin said after a two-day meeting in Bari, Italy, with members of the Group of Seven, industrialized nations commonly known as the G-7. Читать дальше...

At least six people were killed and nine others injured when rival clan militias clashed in central Somalia, residents and community elders said on Saturday. The militiamen belonging to the Air and Duduble sub-clans started fighting early Saturday morning in Labi-Aano village, 45 km east of Dhuusamareeb. The fight is over a dispute and clan vendetta. "So far we know that six people died in the hostilities between the clans and more than nine others were injured," Mohamed Ali Ilmi, the governor... Читать дальше...

Pro-business, pro-Europe and centrist – Emmanuel Macron was elected president on a promise to change French politics. But just days after his win, France's president-elect is struggling to find candidates for next month’s parliamentary poll. “I know the divisions within our nation,” he said in his victory speech, promising he would fight those divisions with all his strength. But without an established party behind him, the parliamentary elections present a special challenge. He set up a political movement called En Marche! Читать дальше...

Pope Francis has elevated into sainthood two Portuguese shepherd children who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in a Portuguese town that has since become one of the world's most significant Catholic pilgrimage sites. In the farm town of Fatima, an estimated half million people watched in front of the shrine's basilica, where the children are buried, as Frances proclaimed them saints at the start of a mass. "We declare the blissful Francisco and Jacinta Marto saints," the pontiff said. Читать дальше...

Authorities in Tanzania say they are cracking down on school bus safety following a recent deadly crash (May 6) that killed 35 people, nearly all of them schoolchildren. The tragedy has revived advocacy for stricter safety rules that will help prevent future accidents. The skeleton of the lime green minibus lies in the Arusha traffic police yard. Its front wheels are twisted upwards showing the force of the accident's impact. Inside, the orange benches are contorted and crushed together. The... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his first commencement address Saturday at Liberty University, the nation's largest Christian college whose leader was among Trump's earliest supporters. Trump's visit to the Lynchburg, Virginia, school marks his first extended public appearance since his Tuesday firing of FBI Director James Comey, who was investigating Russia's role in last year's U.S. presidential election and possible connections between Trump's campaign and the Russian government. Trump... Читать дальше...

Syria's army has taken control of an airbase in eastern Aleppo from Islamic State militants. The army had been battling the jihadists for several months, but finally succeeded Saturday in taking control of the Jarrah airbase. "The majority of the jihadists have withdrawn and regime forces are carrying out clearing operations in the airport and engaged in limited clashes with remaining IS elements," said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. A... Читать дальше...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is heading to China Sunday to join leaders of 27 other nations at the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) summit in Beijing. The massive China-led project aims to revive the ancient Silk Road and maritime trade routes by expanding investment in infrastructure linking Asia, Africa and Europe. While China plans to invest tens of billions of dollars in the ambitious vision, few details have been made clear on how the project will proceed. Russia wants investment A lack... Читать дальше...

The European Union's police agency, Europol, says it is working with countries hit by the global ransomware cyberattack to rein in the threat and help victims. In a statement Saturday, Europol's European Cybercrime Center, known as EC3, said the attack “is at an unprecedented level and will require a complex international investigation to identify the culprits.” EC3 says its Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce, made up of experts in high-tech crime, “is specially designed to assist in such investigations... Читать дальше...

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are holding municipal elections for representatives on dozens of councils.   Voting Saturday, however, is not taking place in the Gaza Strip. The elections are widely seen as a popularity test for President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party.   The Palestinian militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, remains deeply split from its more moderate political rival, Fatah, and its leader Abbas, who heads the Palestinian Authority. The rivals are blaming... Читать дальше...

Unknown gunmen shot dead at least 10 construction workers and wounded several others Saturday in southwestern Pakistan, police said. The victims were building a road in the port city of Gwadar when assailants on motorbikes fired at them and fled the scene. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the violence. Suicide bombing The attack happened a day after an Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 25 people and wounded 40 others in the province of Baluchistan where Gwadar is located. Читать дальше...

Disgruntled soldiers sealed off access to Ivory Coast’s second largest city, Bouake, Saturday, soldiers and residents said, as protests over a pay dispute stretched into a second day despite government warnings of harsh punishments. The revolt began in Bouake early Friday before spreading quickly, following a pattern similar to a mutiny in January by the same group that paralyzed parts of the West African state and marred its image as a post-war success story. Mutinying soldiers in Bouake went a step further Saturday... Читать дальше...

There is a “realistic possibility” Russia might try to interfere in Britain’s national election next month, Boris Johnson, Britain’s foreign secretary, said. In an interview with The Telegraph newspaper published Saturday, the Conservative politician also said Russian President Vladimir Putin would “rejoice” if Jeremy Corbyn’s Labor Party won the June 8 election. Referring to Putin, Johnson said: “Clearly we think that is what he did in America, it’s blatantly obvious that’s what he did in France... Читать дальше...

A father and daughter were killed in the Indian part of the disputed Kashmir region Saturday by Pakistani army fire across the de facto border, and three of their relatives were wounded, an Indian military spokesman said. It was the second major cease-fire violation in the area in days. A woman was killed and her husband wounded by Pakistani firing across the de facto border dividing Kashmir early Thursday. “Pakistani troops initiated indiscriminate firing,” said the Indian spokesman, Lieutenant-Colonel Manish Mehta... Читать дальше...

A Russian-owned group of companies has agreed to pay nearly $6 million to settle U.S. civil allegations that the firms laundered proceeds of a $230 million tax fraud, ending a politically charged case days before it was set to go to trial. Federal prosecutors in New York announced late Friday the surprise settlement between the U.S. government and Russian businessman Denis Katsyv, the owner of Prevezon Holdings, as both sides were preparing to bring the three-year case to trial next week. “We... Читать дальше...

A high school dropout turned seafood entrepreneur is leading Indonesia’s crackdown on illegal fishing, winning plaudits from conservationists and awards as far away as Washington despite her explosive methods.   A favorite tactic: seizing foreign fishing vessels and blowing them into smithereens to send a message to her country’s neighbors.   Susi Pudjiastuti, honored this week in Washington for her ecological work, has led the charge in destroying hundreds of fishing vessels in the past two... Читать дальше...

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. AP checked these out; here are the real facts:   NOT REAL: U.S. Department of State suspends New York Times license  THE FACTS: The account claiming the State Department suspended the newspaper’s operational permit after it criticized Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is “completely false,” Times spokeswoman Danielle Rhoades Ha says. Читать дальше...

The apparent execution of a wounded fuel theft suspect by a Mexican soldier caught on video has provided graphic evidence of a long-suspected practice and put the government in an awkward spot as it tries to pass a security law critics say could shield troops.  Outrage at the surveillance camera video posted by media this week was swift from human rights groups, which said it provided rare evidence of an extrajudicial execution by security forces.  President Enrique Pena Nieto has limited his... Читать дальше...

A senior North Korean diplomat who handles relations with the United States said Saturday that Pyongyang would have a dialogue with the U.S. administration if conditions were right, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s foreign ministry director general for U.S. affairs, made the comment to reporters in Beijing as she was traveling home from Norway, Yonhap said. “We’ll have dialogue if the conditions are there,” she told reporters when asked if the North was preparing... Читать дальше...