Новости за 27.04.2017

U.S. stock indexes ticked higher on Thursday, part of a mixed day for markets around the world.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes fluttered up and down Thursday, then ended the day a hair above where they started. The slight gains were enough to nudge the Nasdaq composite to another record and the Standard & Poor's…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes fluttered up and down Thursday, then ended the day a hair above where they started. The slight gains were enough to nudge the Nasdaq composite to another record and the Standard & Poor's…

Gains by Under Armour, Comcast and other companies reporting stronger-than-expected profits on Thursday helped to offset a slump in energy stocks. Comcast's A shares rose 80 cents, or 2.1 percent, to $39.59 after stronger revenue at theme parks it acquired as part of its NBCUniversal purchase helped it to report stronger first-quarter results than analysts expected. Investors were paying more attention to its plans to raise pay for pilots and flight attendants, which would erode future profits, than its earnings from the latest quarter. Читать дальше...

Australia is considering taking part in one of the world's biggest 'cyber-war' exercises.

It appears Donald Trump won’t achieve his campaign promise of repealing and replacing Obamacare before his first 100 days in office, as members of Congress direct their attention to averting a government shutdown. The White House has been scrambling to pass a revised health care bill since their first effort crashed and burned. Mr Trump ordered the White House-backed Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) to be pulled from a House vote last month, after it became obvious there were not enough votes to pass it. Читать дальше...

Vauxhall showed a "reckless disregard for safety" by not stopping drivers using cars it knew were a fire risk, according to MPs.

It appears Donald Trump won’t achieve his campaign promise of repealing and replacing Obamacare before his first 100 days in office, as members of Congress direct their attention to averting a government shutdown. The White House has been scrambling to pass a revised health care bill since their first effort crashed and burned. Mr Trump ordered the White House-backed Affordable Health Care Act (AHCA) to be pulled from a House vote last month, after it became obvious there were not enough votes to pass it. Читать дальше...

US House of Representatives

Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman made an interesting suggestion about the nuclear threat from North Korea after attending a classified briefing at the White House on Thursday.

"No. Korea could smuggle nuke into U.S. rather than use ICBM. Could smuggle inside a bale of marijuana..." tweeted Sherman, adding in a subsequent tweet: "...and might sell nukes to Iran, which has billions of hard currency. Waiting for answers..."

While experts dispute... Читать дальше...

The widow of 33-year-old Joseph Thomas contends Uber is to blame.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota Republican Sen. John Hoeven says the White House is considering current U.S. Attorney Chris Myers and former U.S attorney and lieutenant governor Drew Wrigley for the state's top federal prosecutor job.

Unless the president intervenes, we’ll soon know more secrets about the Kennedy assassination.

The seven men arrested in connection with the gang rape of a 26-year-old housekeeping staff of a private company in Gurugram were produced in a city court on Thursday and sent to judicial custody. The accused confessed before the judge that they had planned the crime a day in advance.

An Israeli newspaper is claiming that US President Donald Trump will recognize the entire city of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state during his possible trip to Israel next month. Trump will reportedly also call for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

An Israeli newspaper is claiming that US President Donald Trump will recognize the entire city of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state during his possible trip to Israel next month. Trump will reportedly also call for the establishment of a Palestinian state.

WASHINGTON, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in eastern North Carolina say a man wanted in two bank robberies is now facing a second-degree murder charge after a truck he was driving to elude sheriff's deputies struck and killed an elderly motorist.

The MPAA had originally given '3 Generations' an R rating.

Kubrat Pulev (24-1, 13 KOs) and Kevin Johnson (30-7-1, 14 KOs) both weighed in today ahead of their WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship clash at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, as did all the undercard fighters for tomorrow’s event.

Kubrat Pulev (24-1, 13 KOs) and Kevin Johnson (30-7-1, 14 KOs) both weighed in today ahead of their WBA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship clash at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, as did all the undercard fighters for tomorrow’s event.

Starbucks says a key sales figure rose 3 percent in the U.S., but that the increase was the result of higher average spending and that customer transactions were down. The coffee chain attributed the decline to a change in its loyalty program that led to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan met briefly to discuss what has been a two-year budget stalemate.

(AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan met briefly to discuss what has been a two-year budget stalemate. Madigan noted after the meeting Thursday that there's a growing cry from school superintendents, human services providers and credit-rating houses to adopt a full year state budget.

Authorities keen to make French port city migrant-free after 'Jungle' closure are hostile to refugees, charity claims.