Новости за 16.08.2017

President Donald Trump is saying "we'll see what happens" with top strategist Steve Bannon.   The president refused to express confidence in Bannon during an impromptu news conference Tuesday.   "He's a good person. He actually gets very unfair press in that regard," Trump said. "But we'll see what happens with Mr. Bannon."   Bannon was a key general election campaign adviser and has been a forceful but contentious presence in a divided White House. The former leader of conservative Breitbart... Читать дальше...

Confederate monuments have been removed overnight in Baltimore. Local news outlets report that workers hauled the monuments away early Wednesday, days after a white nationalist rally in Virginia turned deadly.   WBAL-TV reports that a crane removed a monument to Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall'' Jackson'' from its pedestal around 3 a.m. and placed it on a flatbed truck 45 minutes later.   Photos taken by The Baltimore Sun shows workers taking away a monument dedicated to the Confederate Women of Maryland. Читать дальше...

Egypt's antiquities ministry says that archaeologists have discovered three tombs dating back more than 2,000 years, from the Ptolemaic Period. The discovery was made in the Nile Valley province of Minya south of Cairo, in an area known as al-Kamin al-Sahrawi. Tuesday's statement by the ministry says the unearthed sarcophagi and clay fragments suggest that the area was a large necropolis from sometime between the 27th Dynasty and the Greco-Roman period. One of the tombs has a burial shaft carved... Читать дальше...

Daniel Craig will return for a fifth go-around as James Bond.   The actor confirmed reports he would reprise his role as the suave British spy for "Bond 25" during an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday night.   The announcement is a reversal for Craig, who told Time Out London in 2015 he'd rather slash his wrists than do another Bond film.   Craig chalks up that comment as "a stupid answer" and tells Colbert he "couldn't be happier" to return to the role.   Craig... Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump is renewing his attacks on e-commerce giant Amazon, and he says the company is "doing great damage to tax paying retailers."   Trump tweets that "towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt — many jobs being lost!'' The president has often criticized the company and CEO Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post.   Many traditional retailers are closing stores and blaming Amazon for a shift to buying goods online. But the company has been hiring... Читать дальше...

The impact of the latest round of U.N. sanctions leveled against North Korea could be greater than the projected $1 billion cut in its export revenue if fully implemented, a high-profile North Korean defector told VOA’s Korean Service, and this would deal a significant financial blow to a regime intent on advancing its nuclear and missile programs. “The new U.N. restrictions are perhaps the strongest sanctions ever imposed on Pyongyang because they demand a complete shutoff of markets for its most lucrative exports,” said Ri Jong Ho... Читать дальше...

Mourners will gather in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday to honor the woman who was killed when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally that descended into violence last weekend. A memorial service for Heather Heyer is scheduled Wednesday morning at a downtown Charlottesville theater. Attendees were asked to wear purple, Heyer's favorite color, in her memory. The 32-year-old was a Charlottesville resident and legal assistant whose mother described her daughter as a courageous... Читать дальше...

The United States, Mexico and Canada are opening negotiations Wednesday to reform the North American Free Trade Agreement, a 1994 trade deal that was a major target in U.S. President Donald Trump’s run for office. Trump has called NAFTA “the worst trade deal in history,” and one that has unfairly swollen the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico while allowing manufacturing jobs to migrate there. Addressing the imbalance is a key U.S. goal in the talks, along with seeking to do away with a dispute... Читать дальше...

Ukrainian officials quickly issued strong denials of an allegation that a Ukrainian arms factory may have supplied engine technology used in North Korean missiles. VOA's Ukrainian Service interviewed the analyst who made the allegation, Michael Elleman, who qualified his remarks first published in a New York Times article to emphasize that Russia, too, could have been the source. VOA's Daniel Schearf reports from Washington.

Australian scientists say they have new evidence that confirms their consensus about the likely crash site of a Malaysian jetliner that vanished without a trace three years ago. A report issued Wednesday by the government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization says it has concluded that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 crashed within a 25,000-square-kilometer area in the Indian Ocean off the coast of western Australia, northeast of a 120,000-square-kilometer area that was... Читать дальше...

Negotiators from Canada, Mexico and the United States will kick off an ambitious first round of trade talks Wednesday as the countries try to fast-track a deal to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement by early next year. The key issues facing negotiators include: RULES OF ORIGIN: NAFTA says that in order for a good to be traded duty-free within the three countries, it must contain a certain percentage of North American content, which differs for various products. The rule of origin... Читать дальше...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that Washington remains ready for talks with North Korea, as Kim Jong Un postponed a threat to fire missiles towards the US Pacific territory of Guam. State Department Correspondent Nike Ching has more.

Indian security officials say their troops engaged in a stone-throwing clash with Chinese forces in a disputed area of the Himalayas Tuesday. The incident occurred after Indian soldiers prevented their Chinese counterparts from entering the mountainous region of Ladakh in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The confrontation ended after both sides retreated to their respective positions. China did not immediately comment on the incident. Indian and Chinese forces are locked in a 2-month-old standoff in a disputed area between India’s close ally... Читать дальше...

Indonesia’s president Wednesday vowed a fairer distribution of the nation’s wealth and a renewed commitment to protecting diversity after volatile months in which the country’s reputation for tolerance was undermined by religious tensions and attacks on minorities.    Joko “Jokowi” Widodo repeated familiar themes in his annual address to parliament that comes a day before celebrations of the 72nd anniversary of Indonesia’s independence from Dutch colonial rule.    Widodo, the first Indonesian... Читать дальше...

A Utah mayor overcame nearly $1 million in attacks from out-of-state groups to win a three-way Republican primary in a race to fill a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated by Jason Chaffetz.    Tuesday’s win puts Provo Mayor John Curtis on an easy path toward victory in the November special election. Republicans outnumber Democrats 5-to-1 in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District. Chaffetz represented the district until he abruptly resigned in June, citing a desire to spend more time with family. Читать дальше...

Kenyan officials say a top electoral official, among those who oversaw Kenya’s disputed presidential election, has been stopped from traveling to the U.S.   The officials who insisted on anonymity for fear of reprisals said Wednesday that commissioner Roselyn Akombe was stopped by security agents from boarding a flight to New York late Tuesday. Officials say her luggage was offloaded and she was told to seek clearance to travel from the director of immigration.   Opposition leader Raila Odinga... Читать дальше...

British actor Daniel Craig has confirmed he will reprise the role of James Bond one last time, ending months of speculation. Craig made the revelation during an appearance on the U.S. TV program The Late Show Tuesday. Asked by host Stephen Colbert whether he would return as James Bond, Craig responded: “Yes,” to cheers from the audience. Craig has appeared four times as the spy with a taste for martinis: in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre. Eon Productions, the company that runs the movie franchise... Читать дальше...

The Philippines will deploy hundreds of troops to hasten the culling of about 600,000 fowl, the farm minister said Wednesday, as part of efforts to rein in the Southeast Asian nation’s first outbreak of bird flu. There has been no case of human transmission after the flu was detected on a farm in the province of Pampanga, about 75 km (47 miles) north of the capital Manila, but it has spread to about 36 other farms and nearly 40,000 birds have died. Troops to be sent “I have asked the Philippine... Читать дальше...

Taiwan suffered a massive power blackout Tuesday evening that hit businesses and residential homes, affecting nearly 7 million households on the heavily industrialized island in a sweltering heat. The outage left millions of homes without power and hit offices and factories on the island of nearly 24 million people, but appeared to have a limited impact on businesses, including some of the world’s leading technology manufacturers. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest... Читать дальше...

It all started with the death of a goat. When Bangladeshi journalist Abdul Latif Morol was arrested two weeks ago, his case made headlines because of the absurdity of the circumstances. A senior official had donated livestock to residents in a rural part of Khulna, southwest of the capital, Dhaka. But one of the goats died. Morol, a correspondent for the Daily Probaho, took to Facebook to pithily report the given by state minister in the morning dies in the evening.” He was accused by a pro-government... Читать дальше...

The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. Across the tundra, the rapid changes are affecting creatures large and small. That includes the ferocious Arctic mosquito and the caribou it torments. It's a snapshot of how climate change is rippling through entire ecosystems around the world. VOA's Steve Baragona reports.

For many in the southern U.S. city of Charlottesville, Virginia, Tuesday was a day of somber reflection and grief. In the wake of violence that left three dead, many are contemplating the nature of public discourse about America's present, and perhaps more importantly, its past. VOA's Robert Raffaele has more.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson singled out seven countries for an array of religious freedom abuses, but leveled his harshest criticism at Islamic State militants for carrying out a reign of violence against religious and ethnic minorities. Tillerson's remarks came Tuesday upon the release of the State Department's annual religious freedom report. VOA Correspondent Mariama Diallo reports.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama tweeted a photo Saturday after deadly violence broke out in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. It is now the most liked tweet ever on the social media platform. The photo shows Obama with his hand on a windowsill and his suit jacket slung over one shoulder, looking up at a group of babies of different races looking out at him from an open window. “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion...” Obama wrote along with the picture... Читать дальше...

After years of decline, teen deaths from drug overdoses have inched up, a new U.S. government report shows. The drop in teen deaths had been a rare bright spot in the opioid epidemic that has seen adult overdose deaths surge year after year, fueled by abuse of prescription painkillers, heroin and newer drugs like fentanyl. “This is a warning sign that we need to keep paying attention to what’s happening with young people,” said Katherine Keyes, a Columbia University expert on drug abuse issues who wasn’t part of the study. Читать дальше...