Новости за 21.09.2018

By Doina Chiacu and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday sought to cast doubt on the woman who has accused his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, saying if the attack was "as bad as she says" it would have been immediately reported to police

By Anna Mehler Paperny KINSTON, N.C. (Reuters) - Residents of Georgetown County, South Carolina, where five rivers flow into the ocean, were preparing on Friday for a deluge of water in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which has killed at least 40 people. The county of 60,000 people, on the Atlantic coast between Myrtle Beach and Charleston, is one of several areas in the Carolinas waiting anxiously for rivers to crest, a week after Florence dumped some three feet of rain on the region.

(Reuters) - Attorneys for Chile's most senior cleric said on Friday they will ask a judge to drop charges he covered up sexual abuse amid a scandal that has rocked the Chilean Roman Catholic Church and prompted a major civil investigation. The ongoing church sex abuse scandal in the Andean nation has prompted Pope Francis to open an investigation that has led to the resignations of several bishops and priests.

(Reuters) - A low pressure system about 600 miles (966 km) south-southeast of the Cape Verde islands has a 30 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday

By David Brunnstrom and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is working to set up a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but there is still work to do "to make sure conditions are right," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. “We’re working on it.

GAZA (Reuters) - One Palestinian was killed and dozens other wounded when Israeli forces opened fire during a weekly demonstration near the Israel-Gaza border on Friday, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The Israeli army said soldiers had come under attack by Palestinians who hurled grenades, explosive devices, burning tyres and rocks at them and the border fence.

SOFIA (Reuters) - An outbreak of a virulent bird flu virus has spread to a farm in southern Bulgaria, the Balkan country's food safety agency said on Friday. A three-kilometer protection zone was set around the farm in the village of Trilistnik, near Bulgaria's second-largest city of Plovdiv and the sale of eggs and the movement of domestic, wild and other birds was banned within it, the agency said in a statement. The agency said that all contaminated 43,000 hens at the farm would be culled... Читать дальше...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Rescuers in Tanzania have retrieved at least 136 bodies a day after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, the top police official said, but scores more are missing. The ferry MV Nyerere capsized just a few metres from the dock on Ukerewe, the lake's biggest island, which is part of Tanzania.

By Ben Martin LONDON (Reuters) - Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox face a quick-fire auction for British broadcaster Sky on Saturday after neither side backed down in a drawn-out $34 billion battle. A deadline for U.S.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha and poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Saturday and launch several projects in the two states.

Saudi Arabia is pursuing far-reaching social reforms that include a historic decision allowing women to drive, attend soccer games and take on jobs that once fell outside the narrow confines of traditional gender roles.

The congressional showdown taking shape between Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexual assault is a battle of optics as much as truth, and it comes at the height of campaign season.

The Congress is the single largest party in the 40-member Goa Assembly

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday asked whether the University Grants Commission would "dare" to celebrate 8 November, the day when demonetisation was announced in 2016, as 'surgical strike day'.

Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj continued to rule the roost as the two swimmers set national records on day three of the 72nd Glenmark Senior National Aquatic Championship

Nasheed, 51, was forced to quit his office in 2012 in what supporters regard as a coup, and was narrowly defeated by Yameen in a presidential poll the following year.

The Delhi Police said the girl, who is 11 years old, was admitted to the ESI Hospital in Rohini on 13 September.

A 24-year-old visually and speech-impaired inmate of a shelter home in Gwalior was allegedly raped by its watchman.

Rural regions of Uttar Pradesh are yet again struggling to prevent their patients from falling prey to seasonal diseases like malaria.

Recently crowned world champion Kento Momota of Japan was utterly ruthless while keeping Srikanth on court for two minutes under the half-hour mark, for a storming 21-9, 21-11 triumph

Uncapped Surrey batsman Rory Burns is set to replace Alastair Cook at the top of England's order after being named in a 16-man squad on Friday for the upcoming three-Test tour of Sri Lanka.

France will host Croatia in their Davis Cup final from 23-25 November in Lille's Stade Pierre-Mauroy, the home of French Ligue 1 club Lille and venue for last year's final.

It was a great day for spinners in the Vijay Hazare trophy as Amit Mishra took six wickets to help Haryana to a win over Assam, as CV Varun and Harmeet Singh bagged five wickets for Tamil Nadu and Tripura.

The militants abducted the policemen from their homes in Shopian early on Friday and promised to their families that they will be safely returned to them.

Around half an hour post-midnight on Thursday, hundreds of policemen barged into the Manipur University hostels.