Новости за 16.07.2024

Thousands of Philadelphia city employees are back in their offices full time after a judge rejected a union’s request to block Mayor Cherelle Parker’s requirement that they return. District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees had sued the city. It says the mandate violates its contract and would harm city workers. But a two-day hearing held last week on the lawsuit concluded when the judge ruled Friday night that the city could impose the mandate. Workers had to return to the office Monday. Читать дальше...

Halfway through the year and a few music trends have become very apparent. Global music streams are up, Latin music has become the fastest growing streaming genre in the United States, and physical album variants are on the rise. Luminate’s 2024 Midyear Report finds that the global music industry surpassed 1 trillion streams at the fastest pace, ever, in a calendar year. Latin music streams in the U.S. are up 15.1% from this time last year. Physical variants of albums, which are multiple releases... Читать дальше...

Judges at a European Union-backed court have convicted a former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter with involvement in the murder of one person and the illegal detention and torture of nearly 20 more during his country’s war for independence from Serbia in 1999. Pjetër Shala, also known by the nickname “Wolf,” was found guilty Tuesday of three war crimes – murder, torture and arbitrary detention -- by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. He was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. The court is part of the Kosovo legal system but based in the Netherlands.

The Italian health ministry has placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning as a wave of hot air from Africa is baking southern Europe. Temperatures were already nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104F) and were expected to get even higher later in the week. Municipal authorities in several southern European and Balkan cities took measures to look after elderly people in particular as civil protection crews fielded calls for Canadairs and other aircraft to douse wildfires that raged in southern Italy and North Macedonia. Читать дальше...

Iranian Shiite Muslims are commemorating Ashoura, a remembrance of the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Hussein, that gave birth to their faith. Tehran and other cities across the country were adorned with symbols of Shiite piety and repentance. Red flags represented Hussein’s blood, black funeral tents and clothes indicated mourning, and processions of chest-beating and self-flagellating men expressed fervor. Some sprayed water over the mourners in the intense heat. Shiites... Читать дальше...

A Spanish court says a body found on the island of Tenerife was a British teen who went missing nearly a month ago. The Canary Islands High Court of Justice said Tuesday that Jay Slater likely died from a fall in rocky terrain. Slater, 19, was last seen June 17 as he set out to walk from a village in the northwest of the island to where he had been staying in in the south. The trip would have taken about 11 hours. He called a friend early in the journey to say he was lost, extremely thirsty and his cell phone was dying.

A court in Kenya has allowed police to detain for 30 days a man suspected of killing and dismembering women then dumping them in a flooded quarry, as investigations continue. Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33 on Tuesday appeared in court accompanied by his lawyer John Maina Ndegwa who protested an application by the police to detain Khalusha further. Police have since Friday been retrieving dismembered bodies of women from a quarry located near the suspects house where police recovered phones, identity cards and a machete among other items. Читать дальше...

The Republican National Convention resumes with a focus on immigration. The issue is central to former President Donald Trump’s political brand that helped endear him to the GOP base when he began his first campaign in 2015. Trump appeared triumphantly at the convention's opening night Monday with a bandage over his right ear, two days after surviving an attempted assassination. Republicans have nominated Trump to lead their presidential ticket and cheered enthusiastically after he unveiled Ohio Sen. Читать дальше...

Police in Kenya have hurled tear gas canisters to break up protests in Nairobi and several other towns and cities accusing the president of poor governance and demanding his resignation despite his dismissal of nearly the entire Cabinet last week. Businesses in Nairobi remained closed for fear of a repeat of the looting that occurred during demonstrations last week, when protesters stormed into parliament and several were killed by police. Demonstrators blocked major roads on Tuesday including the... Читать дальше...

NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Stanley (MS) on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $3.08 billion.

The Republican National Convention heads into its second day — now with Donald Trump officially as its presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate. Trump energized the crowd Monday night by entering the arena with a bandage on his right ear after being injured during an assassination attempt Saturday. Expect more speakers Tuesday to mention what they described as the former president’s strength and resilience after the shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania. The former... Читать дальше...

The leader of the Welsh government says he will resign amid a campaign donation scandal. First Minister Vaughan Gething said Tuesday that “I have this morning taken the difficult decision to begin the process of stepping down as leader of the Welsh Labour Party and, as a result, First Minister.” The announcement came after four members of Gething’s semiautonomous government quit, demanding he resign. Gething was chosen to lead the Welsh Labour Party in March but has faced criticism for accepting... Читать дальше...

AP gardening writer Jessica Damiano has been growing dwarf blueberries for three years and her plants outside New York City are covered in green fruits right now. Blueberries can be grown through most of North America, where they're a native. Besides being deliciously sweet, blueberries are rich in fiber, manganese, potassium, vitamins C and K, and antioxidants. Types of blueberries include lowbush, highbush, half-high, rabbiteyes and dwarf. See what works best for your growing conditions. New plants... Читать дальше...

Police in Oman say four people have been killed and others wounded in a shooting in a mosque. Pakistan’s embassy in Muscat confirmed that two of its nationals were among the dead. The Royal Oman Police said Tuesday the shooting happened in the Wadi Kabir neighborhood of Muscat, the Omani capital. Police gave no motive nor said who was suspected of carrying out the attack. Oman is on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula. Such violence is rare in the sultanate.

Emergency services in northeastern Spain say nine people have been injured, three of them critically, in a dramatic bus accident at the mouth of a highway tunnel. The bus was carrying 50-60 textile workers. The bus appears to have hit the sloped edge as it was entering the tunnel and it was vaulted upward until its front came to a rest at the top. That left it propped diagonally across the entrance to the tunnel. Emergency authorities for the Catalonia region said two people were flown by helicopters to hospitals. Читать дальше...

Suspense lingers over the California mountain town.

 Channel Islands National Park is still recovering from its long ranching history. 

The popular bakery supplies bread to Palm City Wines and Berkeley Bowl. 

Democrats are trying to offer political counterprograming to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, announcing $15 million to fund campaign operations in seven key swing states. The Democratic investment comes despite some in the party continuing to call on President Joe Biden to bow out of November’s election. The Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday it's transferring $15 million to state parties, meant to help them open more field offices and bolster staffing numbers. The funding... Читать дальше...

MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) — UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $4.22 billion.

North of Austin, TX, homebuyers have begun moving into the world's largest-scale development of 3D-printed homes.

Former NATO leader George Robertson will lead a review of Britain’s military strategy. He says it is needed to counter what he calls the “deadly quartet” of China, Iran, Russia and North Korea. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the strategic defense review on Tuesday as one of his first major acts after taking office on July 5. Starmer's Labour Party government has promised to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP from its current level of about 2.3%, but has not set a deadline. Robertson's... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is scheduled to appear in court in Russia on Thursday for the second hearing in his trial on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny, court records showed.

Taliban officials say heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan have killed at least 40 people and injured nearly 350 others. A spokesperson for Nangarhar province says the dead included five members of the same family who were killed when the roof of their house collapsed. Four other family members were injured. About 400 houses and 60 electricity poles were destroyed across the province and power was cut in many areas of the provincial capital. Separately, the official Taliban news agency reported that... Читать дальше...

1. Former President Donald Trump has selected Sen. J.D. Vance to be his running mate. Which state does Vance represent in the U.S. Senate?