Новости за 29.01.2016

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian troops killed four Islamist gunmen west of the capital on Friday, the defence ministry said, adding they were part of a group who left nine soldiers dead in an ambush last year.

(Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday assured teams travelling to August's Rio Olympics the Games would be safe from the Zika virus, but urged visitors to carefully protect themselves while in the region.

(Reuters Health) - Medicaid, the U.S. health program for the poor, pays far less for common surgical procedures in many states than does Medicare, the federal insurance plan for the elderly, according to a new study.

(Reuters Health) - Medicaid, the U.S. health program for the poor, pays far less for common surgical procedures in many states than does Medicare, the federal insurance plan for the elderly, according to a new study.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Burundi was re-elected to the African Union's peace and security council, diplomats said, a move that could complicate plans to send peacekeepers to the troubled country against its will.

Duggar Baucom’s first year as VMI’s basketball coach could hardly have gone any worse.

ERBIL, Iraq, Jan 29 (Reuters) - A pipeline for gas used to generate around half the electricity in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region was blown up on Friday, knocking out power, a police chief and electricity official told Reuters.

Chinese scientists develop a polymer with built-in shape memory that can morph into different configurations when heated. Sharon Reich reports.

To prepare to play Robert Kardashian in The People v. O.J. Simpson, the actor enjoyed a tête-à-tête with Kris herself.

(Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered the release of a report detailing how well HSBC Holdings Plc has complied with anti-money laundering requirements imposed by U.S. regulators when the British bank was fined $1.92 billion three years ago.

(Adds basin details) Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms cut oil rigs for the sixth straight week, data showed on Friday, and were expected to shed more with major U.S. shale oil companies slashing spending plans after crude prices hit 12-year lows. Drillers removed 12 oil rigs in the week ended Jan. 29, bringing the rig count down to 498, the least since March 2010, oil services company Baker Hughes Inc said. That compares with 1,223 rigs in same week a year ago. In 2015, drille

Robert Kaplan, Dallas Federal Reserve President says the Fed needs more time to assess the impact of economic weakness and financial market turmoil on the U.S. economy.

Robert Kaplan, Dallas Federal Reserve President says the Fed needs more time to assess the impact of economic weakness and financial market turmoil on the U.S. economy.

Robert Kaplan, Dallas Federal Reserve President says the Fed needs more time to assess the impact of economic weakness and financial market turmoil on the U.S. economy.

(Reuters) - Apple Inc has assembled a large team of experts in virtual and augmented reality and built prototypes of headsets that could one day rival Facebook's Oculus Rift or Microsoft's Hololens, the Financial Times reported.

A doctor whose nine dogs died in his car as he tended to patients in Mount Pleasant will avoid felony charges and jail time by paying a $500 fine — a decision that prompted outcry from animal advocates.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda's Syrian wing tried unsuccessfully at a recent meeting to convince rival Islamist factions to merge into one unit, several insurgency sources have told Reuters.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it was opposed to placing a United Nations arms embargo on South Sudan or blacklisting President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar as such moves were not helpful to the implementation of a peace deal agreed by the pair in August.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arizona man who co-created software distributed by an organization called Blackshades that was used to hack into a million computers worldwide was sentenced on Friday to five years of probation.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Police say they have disproved claims by a girl of Russian descent from a poor Berlin suburb that she was kidnapped and raped by migrants, German prosecutors said on Friday.

Jan 29 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms cut oil rigs for the sixth straight week, data showed on Friday, and were expected to shed more in coming weeks with three major U.S. shale oil companies slashing their spending plans after crude prices hit 12-year lows. Drillers removed 12 oil rigs in the week ended Jan. 29, bringing the rig count down to 498, the least since March 2010, oil services company Baker Hughes Inc said in its closely followed report. That compares with 1,223 oil rigs in sa

A Western diplomat calls Syria peace talks a "complete failure" before they started Friday, after UN said it would press ahead despite opposition boycott. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

A Western diplomat calls Syria peace talks a "complete failure" before they started Friday, after UN said it would press ahead despite opposition boycott. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

A Western diplomat calls Syria peace talks a "complete failure" before they started Friday, after UN said it would press ahead despite opposition boycott. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.