Новости за 21.04.2016

WASHINGTON Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Thursday the agency paid more to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters than he will make in the remaining seven years and four months he has in his job.

Wall Street retreated on Thursday, heading for its first loss in four sessions after a mixed bag of quarterly reports and a warning by Verizon Communications that a strike by workers would likely impact its bottom line. The benchmark S&P 500 index in recent days has rallied to within 1 percent of its May record high, buoyed by a softer dollar and recovering crude prices.

KUWAIT Talks aimed at ending Yemen's civil war opened in Kuwait on Thursday, with Kuwait's foreign minister appealing to both sides to "turn war into peace" after more than a year of conflict which has killed 6,200 people and caused a humanitarian crisis. The talks, bringing together the Houthi group and its General People's Congress party allies with the Saudi-backed government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, were originally scheduled to start on Monday. They were delayed over alleged truce... Читать дальше...

TOKYO Japanese officials raided a facility belonging to Mitsubishi Motors Corp ( 7211.T ) on Thursday after the carmaker admitted to overstating the fuel efficiency of 625,000 cars, a revelation that has sent its shares into a tailspin. A spokeswoman for the company said the raid by members of Japan's Transport Ministry at a plant in the central Japanese city of Okazaki would continue on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, Mitsubishi shares slid for a second straight day, hitting a record low amid concerns... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday called for an impartial and comprehensive investigation into the death of an Italian student in Egypt and said it had pressed the point in private talks with Egyptian authorities. "We have reiterated that the details that have come to light since his death have raised questions about the circumstances of his death that we believe can only be answered through an impartial and comprehensive inquiry," State Department spokesman John Kirby told a briefing. Читать дальше...

OSLO Edward Snowden will take the Norwegian state to court in a bid to secure free passage there, a Norwegian law firm representing the former U.S. spy contractor said on Thursday. Snowden has been invited to Norway to receive a freedom of speech award from the local branch of writers' group PEN International, but is worried that he would be handed over to the United States, his lawyers say.

A slew of mixed earnings reports by bellwethers and a drop in oil prices piled pressure on stocks with the three major indexes trading slightly lower on Thursday.

RIYADH President Barack Obama pledged to "deter aggression" against Gulf Arab allies increasingly concerned about Iran's influence in the region but did not shy away from raising sensitive issues in talks aimed at addressing recent strains in U.S.-Gulf ties.

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Former West Indies fast bowler Tino Best has revealed that he has slept with between 500 to 650 women from all across the world in his upcoming autobiography 'Mind The Windows: My Story'. Best, who has taken close to 100 international wickets for the West Indies, has spared no details about his and his teammates' […]

Quite a few young mother do not follow these believing that their instincts are more accurate when it comes to crib death, researchers report.

Incidents of violence were reported in Murshidabad, Nadia and Burdwan districts, leaving one dead and several others injured during West Bengal polls.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said quashing President's rule in the state is a "huge embarrassment" to the Narendra Modi Government.

Babul Supriyo was allegedly heckled by Trinamool Congress activists on Thursday when he along with his parents went to cast vote at a polling station in Kolkata.

Panaji: A group of young Congress leaders on Thursday wrote to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) seeking the disbanding of two panels, set up ahead of 2017 Assembly elections, which they said have "resurrected" those leaders who were rejected by people in the 2012 polls. In a letter faxed to AICC, the leaders have […]

Exposure to chemicals found in everyday products like plastics, soap or nail polish may affect the amount of fat stored in the body, a study has claimed.

Women who consume foods rich in fructose or fruit sugar levels can put their babies at risk of developing heart disease as adults, finds a new study.

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, tennis star Sania Mirza, actress Priyanka Chopra, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and founders of Flipkart Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal have been named by Time magazine in its list of the '100 Most Influential People in the World'.

The EC had announced by-poll to this seat along with eight other assembly seats on 16 May.

IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab has picked Dharamsala as its second home venue to host three matches next month after the games were moved out of Nagpur following a Bombay High Court order.

But the real blow on Wednesday night was the RCB batsmen's inability to make much headway on a relatively sluggish pitch

A fresh report on the Panama Papers alleged Amitabh Bachchan "participated" in board meetings of two off-shore companies "by telephone conference"

Following their six-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore off-spinner Iqbal Abdulla said the dismissal of the team's both in-form batsmen Virat Kohli and A.B. de Villiers in the 11th over was the turning point in the game.

LONDON Britain's Queen Elizabeth turns 90 on Thursday with beacons and gun salutes heralding the birthday of the world's oldest monarch, who still performs hundreds of engagements a year and shows no signs of losing her appetite for the job. Usually her birthday passes with little ceremony but to mark Thursday's landmark Elizabeth will greet well-wishers near her Windsor Castle home, west of London, and later light a beacon, the first of 1,000 to be lit across the country and worldwide to mark... Читать дальше...

At the centre of the protests in Handwara sparked by the molestation of a young school girl, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed the police superintendent to allow the minor to meet her mother and lawyers.