Section: KXAN (USA)
Adidas overcomes currency moves to post solid Q3 profit rise
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German shoe and sports gear company Adidas saw its third-quarter net profit rise 24 percent as double-digit sales increases across most markets overcame negative effects related to exchange-rate shifts. The company said Thursday that its net profit rose to 386 million euros ($428 million) from 311 million euros in the...
US, Europe at odds over Revolutionary Guard-backed airline
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Iranian airline, backed by the country’s notorious Revolutionary Guard and used to ferry weapons and fighters to support Syria’s government, has acquired rights to fly commercial routes in more than a dozen European and Asian countries in spite of U.S. terror-related sanctions. The Iranian nuclear agreement,...
Russia’s foreign minister says Syria process ‘sabotaged’
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister accused other countries involved in Syrian peace negotiations of having “sabotaged” the process with continued backing of militant groups intent on toppling President Bashar Assad. Sergey Lavrov made the remarks Wednesday on a visit to Greece, a NATO and European Union member that has...
Dutch government to keep seeking EU-Ukraine compromise
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch prime minister said Monday he still is searching for a legally binding compromise that would allow him to sign off on a free trade pact between the European Union and Ukraine by addressing concerns that led to voters in the Netherlands rejecting the deal in a referendum. The Netherlands is the only country...
Ukrainian officials disclose their wealth in e-declarations
MOSCOW (AP) — Tens of thousands of Ukrainian officials and lawmakers have disclosed their incomes and assets in a publicly available database for the first time. Late Sunday was the deadline by which all Ukrainian officials were due to declare assets held in their own and their families’ name in what is commonly known in Ukraine as an...
Georgia’s governing party seeks constitutional majority
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The governing party in the former Soviet republic of Georgia aimed to win a constitutional majority of parliament seats in the second round of national voting Sunday, which was marked by low turnout. Only 37.5 percent of eligible voters took part in the runoffs, which will choose a third of the country’s parliament...
Moldovans electing president for 1st time in 20 years
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans began voting Sunday for a president in an election that could move the former Soviet republic closer to Europe or push it back into Russia’s orbit. It is the first time in 20 years citizens have directly voted for their president in a country where many are angry about high-level corruption. Both the...
Ukrainian man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian man has officially changed his name to iPhone 7 after an electronics store offered the latest Apple product to the first five people who do that. The 20-year old iPhone Sim (Seven) got the coveted prize Friday. He said he might change it back to his original name, Olexander Turin, when he has children. The price...
Countries OK world’s largest marine reserve in Antarctica
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The countries that decide the fate of Antarctica reached an historic agreement on Friday to create the world’s largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. The agreement comes after years of diplomatic wrangling and high-level talks between the U.S. and Russia, which has rejected...
Hackers: emails show ties between Kremlin, Ukraine rebels
MOSCOW (AP) — A group of Ukrainian hackers has released thousands of emails from an account used by a senior Kremlin official that appear to show close financial and political ties between Moscow and separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine. The cache published by Ukrainian group CyberHunta reveals contacts between President Vladimir Putin’s...
