Новости за 11.10.2017

As President Donald Trump promotes a tax plan that critics say would raise the federal deficit by slashing corporate rates and eliminating some taxes paid by the rich, three-quarters of Americans think the wealthiest should pay more, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows. Trump was expected to travel Wednesday to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to explain to a group of workers, including many truckers, how he thinks they will benefit from his tax plan, which was released two weeks ago. The president was expected to describe how... Читать дальше...

Lebanon's Hezbollah group dismissed multi-million-dollar rewards offered by the United States for the arrest of two of its senior members, saying on Wednesday they would have no impact. Washington has offered up to $7 million for information leading to the detention of Talal Hamiyah, head of Hezbollah's foreign operations, and up to $5 million for Fu'ad Shukr, a top Hezbollah military operative. The move on Tuesday came as the Trump administration prepared to unveil a strategy to step up pressure on Hezbollah's main backer Iran. Читать дальше...

Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will face a second trial Friday for genocide, a lawyer for victims said, reviving a case against the strongman accused of ordering massacres of Maya Indians during a long civil war. Rios Montt, who ruled Guatemala in 1982 and 1983 after a military coup, was convicted of genocide four years ago along with another military officer, but the ruling was overturned. A Supreme Court tribunal will hear the case, Edgar Perez, a lawyer for the relatives of victims... Читать дальше...

Brazil's federal audit court on Wednesday ordered a freeze of former President Dilma Rousseff's assets as well as those of José Sérgio Gabrielli, ex-head of state-run oil company Petrobras, over a $580 million loss in the 2006 purchase of a Texas refinery. The order also covered former Finance Minister Antonio Palocci and three members of the board of directors of Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as the oil company is formally known, that approved the controversial purchase. The court, known as the TCU... Читать дальше...

A German journalist went on trial for terrorism charges in Turkey on Wednesday, saying she was innocent and demanding her immediate release, in a case that has damaged already sour relations with Berlin. Mesale Tolu was detained in April, accused of being a member of a terrorist organization and publishing terrorist propaganda. Her husband was also detained and their three-year-old son has been living with his mother in jail for the last five months. Tolu denies MLKP membership Tolu is one... Читать дальше...

A new poll shows most American voters are divided over U.S. President Donald Trump's handling of the economy, are generally pleased with their financial situations, but still disapprove of his job performance. A national poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University found that 56 percent of the respondents disapproved of Trump's job performance, compared to 38 percent who approved. Two weeks ago, the disapproval margin was 57 percent to 36 percent. The newest poll, conducted Oct. 5-10, showed... Читать дальше...

Pope Francis marked the 25th anniversary of a landmark compilation of Catholic teaching by saying Wednesday it should be changed to address an issue close to his heart: the death penalty. During an anniversary ceremony at the Vatican, Francis repeated his insistence that capital punishment is "inadmissible" under any circumstance. He said the death penalty violates the Gospel and amounts to the voluntary killing of a human life, which "is always sacred in the eyes of the creator." The Catechism of the Catholic Church... Читать дальше...

The leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation said Wednesday they intend to publicly release thousands of politically divisive Facebook ads purchased by Russia during last year's presidential election. Representatives Mike Conaway and Adam Schiff told reporters after meeting with Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg that they were working with the company to release the ads publicly. "We've asked for Facebook's help to scrub any personally identifiable information... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump's unique, Twitter-driven presidency has re-energized and personalized a national debate on the media as old as the First Amendment. Trump, backed by some pundits and commentators on the right, has described some leading news outlets as "the enemy of the people," intent on destroying his presidency. He asked Wednesday on Twitter when it is appropriate to challenge the broadcast licenses of some outlets he accuses of spreading "fake news." Defenders of journalism counter there's... Читать дальше...

California regulators took an important step Wednesday to clear the road for everyday people to get self-driving cars. The state's Department of Motor Vehicles published proposed rules that would govern the technology within California, where for several years manufacturers have been testing hundreds of prototypes on roads. That testing requires a trained safety driver behind the wheel, just in case the onboard computers and sensors fail. Though companies are not ready to unleash the technology for regular drivers ... Читать дальше...

Myanmar security forces have brutally driven out half a million Muslim Rohingya from northern Rakhine state, torching their homes, crops and villages to prevent them from returning, the U.N. human rights office said on Wednesday. Jyoti Sanghera, head of the Asia and Pacific region of the U.N. human rights office, called on Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to "stop the violence" and voiced fear that if the stateless Rohingya refugees return from Bangladesh they may be interned. "If villages have... Читать дальше...

The Pentagon says Islamic State fighters were responsible for attack in southwestern Niger that killed four American soldiers, as new details suggest local villagers may have played a role in the ambush. Pentagon spokeswoman Army Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza told VOA Wednesday that Islamic State fighters ambushed U.S. and Nigerian forces during the Oct. 4 fire fight, which also killed four of Niger's security forces. American special forces troops, known as Green Berets, had just completed a meeting... Читать дальше...

In his new autobiography, retired astronaut Scott Kelly gives an unflinchingly blunt take on his U.S. record-breaking year in space and the challenging life events that got him there. This isn't your usual astronaut's memoir. Kelly recounts dumpster diving on the International Space Station for discarded meals after a supply capsule was destroyed and ending up with "some dude's used underwear" in his hands. He writes about the congestion, headaches and burning eyes he endured from high carbon... Читать дальше...

The sexual harassment scandal surrounding one of Hollywood's most powerful movie producers deepened this week as a report published in The New Yorker magazine accused Harvey Weinstein of raping three women. VOA'S Jeff Custer reports from Washington

President Donald Trump suggested challenging licenses for NBC and other broadcast news networks on Wednesday, a salvo that followed reports his own secretary of state had called him a "moron" after a discussion of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. "With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!" Trump, a Republican, wrote in a post on Twitter. Trump and his supporters have repeatedly used the term "fake news"... Читать дальше...

Shaka Ssali discusses the Grace Hopper Conference on women in technology with Dilly Dicko VOA, French to Africa Reporter, Kimberly Moore, CEO of Go Together, Inc., and with Rebecca Enonchong, a Cameroonian Businesswoman and Founder and CEO of Apps Tech.

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Kenya’s election board said on Wednesday that all eight presidential candidates who competed in elections in August - later nullified by the Supreme Court - would be on the ballot when repeat elections were held on Oct. 26. The board also noted that opposition leader Raila Odinga, the main challenger to incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta, had not yet submitted the official form to withdraw from the elections. Odinga had only sent them a letter after he announced he was withdrawing on Tuesday amid concerns over fairness.

The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday that it would allow girls to join its clubs at various levels. “This decision is true to the BSA’s mission and core values outlined in the Scout Oath and Law. The values of Scouting – trustworthy, loyal, helpful, kind, brave and reverent, for example – are important for both young men and women,” said Michael Surbaugh, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Chief Scout Executive in a statement posted on the organizations website. Starting in 2018, girls... Читать дальше...

The once-powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was suspended from the British film academy Tuesday as allegations of his decades of sexual abuse continue to emerge. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts said in a statement Wednesday that Weinstein's membership had been "suspended, effective immediately." The organization, which had previously received money from Weinstein to fund its charitable work, called his alleged sexual transgressions "completely unacceptable and incompatible... Читать дальше...

North Korea's foreign minister says President Donald Trump "lit a fuse of war" on the Korean peninsula with his threat that the U.S. would "totally destroy" the Communist state if attacked. Trump made those remarks in address to the U.N. General Assembly last month. “We can say that Trump has lit a fuse of war against us by his militaristic and delusional statement at the U.N.,” North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong Ho told Russia's Tass news agency.   He said the U.S. "must act reasonably and stop provoking" North Korea. Читать дальше...

Over the past few years, Chinese companies have flooded the globe with investments, buying up everything from real estate to football clubs and entertainment companies. As a result, hundreds of billions of dollars in capital have flowed out of the country, draining China’s foreign exchange reserves. But that all has come to a halt this year with the Communist Party beginning to label such high-profile transactions a "national security" risk and bringing some of the country's biggest dealmakers under scrutiny. Читать дальше...

Turkey is calling for a normalization of relations with the United States following rising diplomatic tensions between the NATO allies. “Our wish is that relations between the two allies get back to normal soon. We, as Turkey, will not give up on common sense at a time when regional and global tensions have been rising,” said Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in a speech to provincial governors in Ankara. Relations are deeply strained following the arrest of local U.S. consulate employee Metin Topuz... Читать дальше...

An Iraqi court on Wednesday issued arrest warrants for several officials tied to the recent referendum for Kurdish independence. A spokesman for Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said the court issued arrest warrants for the referendum commission chairman and two of his aides for "violating a valid court ruling, which considered the independence vote invalid." The supreme court ruled Sept. 25 that the referendum vote would violate Iraqi law, but organizers carried out the election anyway. Iraqi... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell has decided to support his demand that all players stand during the national anthem, a comment that apparently prompted the NFL to describe it as "not accurate." "It is about time that Roger Goodell of the NFL is finally demanding that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY," Trump said on Twitter. But in apparent response to Trump's remark, the NFL issued a statement saying the comment was not correct. Читать дальше...