Новости за 05.08.2016

Gunmen opened fire at a former Egyptian mufti, Ali Gomaa, in Cairo on Friday, missing the pro-government cleric but wounding his bodyguard, security officials said.

Guard Ronald Leary skipped voluntary work for the Cowboys this offseason because he wanted the team to trade him to a club that would use him in the starting lineup. Leary is at camp with the Cowboys now, but remains behind La’El Collins at guard and said on Thursday that the “feeling on my end…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a rare admission he was wrong — in claiming he saw a video of a U.S. cash payment going to Iran.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is making a rare admission he was wrong — in claiming he saw a video of a U.S. cash payment going to Iran. Republicans call it ransom; the Obama administration says it was money the U.S. legally owed Iran.

Cops are asking the public's help identifying a driver caught on video crashing into a man in a Bronx parking lot.

[...] that man, Andrew Scoles, says he wants two felony convictions expunged from his criminal record before he'll give investigators more information about his friend and former roommate, who he says has confessed to killing Brittany Zimmermann. The State Journal (http://bit.ly/2aFOIem ) reports the 38-year-old Scoles says he wants a 2010 marijuana possession conviction in Green County and a 2014 federal conviction for possession of firearms as a felon expunged so he can get his gun collection back.

LONDON (AP) — Abuse survivors and opposition politicians say the British government must make sure an inquiry into decades of child sexual abuse is not derailed by the sudden resignation of its chief. Labour lawmaker Tom Watson said Home Secretary Amber Rudd "needs to reassure people that she's still committed to this inquiry."

Commodity investments are off to the best start since the financial crisis, but Barclays expects the fever to cool later this year.

The U.S. generated 255,000 new jobs in July, furnishing fresh proof that companies are still hiring plenty of workers even though the economy is operating at a lower speed.

Pakistan's Asad Shafiq is bowled by England's Stuart Broad for an 18-ball duck on the third day of the third Test at Edgbaston.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit increased to the highest point in 10 months, driven up by a big rise in imports of oil and Chinese-made computers, cell phones and clothing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times local):

Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, is brushing off Republican concerns of turmoil in their campaign. In recent weeks, Trump has angered fellow Republicans by criticizing parents of a soldier killed in Iraq and refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and others for re-election. Pence told NBC's "Today Show" that he is seeing "tremendous enthusiasm" for the Republican ticket.

Domestic smartphone-maker Micromax on Friday launched Unite 4 Plus smartphone for Rs 7,999, thus extending its successful regional language-based Canvas Unite Series in the country.

The Australian's Bill Leak, who has drawn flak over a cartoon he drew that has been widely condemned as racist, has described his critics as "tantrum-throwers" who are "sanctimonious Tweety Birds".

Wage growth since the Great Recession has remained fairly low, hovering around just 2%. This is most likely not high enough to support the Fed's stated inflation target of 2% year-over-year.

Ugandan police broke up a gay pride event in Kampala and arrested about 20 people, a gay rights leader said.

BEIJING (AP) — A great flood at the dawn of Chinese civilization was said to have swept away settlements, the water rising so high that it overran hills, mountains and even heaven itself. It was the sage King Yu who tamed the waters by building ditches, the legend went, thus earning a mandate to rule and laying the foundation for China's first dynasty, the Xia.

BEIJING (AP) — A great flood at the dawn of Chinese civilization was said to have swept away settlements, the water rising so high that it overran hills, mountains and even heaven itself. It was the sage King Yu who…

There were so many questions about their cushy accommodations it seemed the Americans were on vacation.

Italy held a solidarity race to support Russian athletes, who were earlier excluded from the Olympic Games for reasons unrelated to doping accusations.

In the last 100 days before the election the fight for political prisoners continues and the Green Party looks forward to significant growth.