Новости за 20.07.2015

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will prosecute a former senior aide to retired president Hu Jintao after an investigation found that he took bribes and engaged in other corrupt behaviour, the government said on Monday, the latest top official to fall in a graft crackdown.

* Numbers in parliament tight before new bailout vote Wednesday

July 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Latest leaderboard in the fourth round from the British Open at the par-72 course on Monday in St Andrews holes played rounds -16 Zach Johnson (U.S.) 12 66 71 70 -15 Adam Scott (Australia) 12 70 67 70 -14 Marc Leishman (Australia) 9 70 73 64 Jordan Spieth (U.S.) 7 67 72 66 Jason Day (Australia) 7

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is considering sanctions against several Libyans who failed to approve a U.N.-sponsored peace deal, EU foreign ministers said, after Russia and China held back an international proposal to blacklist those blocking an accord.

MANILA/LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - A lack of liquidity hastened gold's 4 percent slide in a matter of minutes on Monday after a record 3.3 million lots of the metal, or 33 tonnes, traded on a key Shanghai physical contract, as top consumer China appears to be shunning bullion.

The price of gold drops to its lowest level in more than five years on growing expectations that the U.S. will raise interest rates later this year. As Ciara Lee reports, the sell-off was led by top consumer China.

The price of gold drops to its lowest level in more than five years on growing expectations that the U.S. will raise interest rates later this year. As Ciara Lee reports, the sell-off was led by top consumer China.

The price of gold drops to its lowest level in more than five years on growing expectations that the U.S. will raise interest rates later this year. As Ciara Lee reports, the sell-off was led by top consumer China.

* Julius Baer slides after tax-dodging charge (Recasts, updates prices.)

MILAN, July 20 (Reuters) - Italian holding company Exor has again sweetened its offer for U.S.-listed reinsurer PartnerRe to include a special dividend of $3 per share for common shareholders if it is chosen over rival suitor Axis Capital Holdings.

NEW DELHI, July 20 (Reuters) - India's main opposition party will not support a landmark tax reform in a parliamentary session that begins on Tuesday unless Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses its concerns about the measure, a senior lawmaker of the party told Reuters.

(Reuters Health) - Coffee drinkers in a long-term study were about half as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as those who didn't drink coffee, and researchers think an inflammation-lowering effect of the beverage might be the key.

(Reuters Health) - Coffee drinkers in a long-term study were about half as likely to develop type 2 diabetes as those who didn't drink coffee, and researchers think an inflammation-lowering effect of the beverage might be the key.

* Scandal comes as Japan trying to improve corporate governance

WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp said Monday it would buy Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter unit of United Technologies Corp, for $9 billion, and would review the possible sale or spinoff of $6 billion in other information technology and services businesses.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told reporters in Tel Aviv that despite differences between the U.S. and Israel over the Iran nuclear deal, the U.S.-Israeli relationship remains as strong as ever. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told reporters in Tel Aviv that despite differences between the U.S. and Israel over the Iran nuclear deal, the U.S.-Israeli relationship remains as strong as ever. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of tractors blocked roads in northwestern France on Monday in a protest by livestock farmers against a squeeze in margins by retailers and food processors, prompting the farm minister to invite them to a meeting later this week.

SURUC, Turkey (Reuters) - A suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 28 people, mostly young students, in an attack on a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Monday.

(Reuters) - JD.com Inc, the no. 2 Chinese e-commerce company, said it would start selling U.S. products to customers in China through a new store on its website, as it looks to battle competition from bigger rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

LONDON (Reuters) - Jules Bianchi's racing number 17 has been retired from use in Formula One following the French driver's death last week, the sport's governing body announced on Monday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian Kurdish militia said on Monday it was in near full control of the northeastern city of Hasaka, expanding its sway at the expense of the Damascus government in the wake of an Islamic State attack in the area.

SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are about to embark on the biggest search yet for alien life, sweeping the skies for signals of civilizations beyond our solar system with $100 million from a Russian billionaire and the backing of physicist Stephen Hawking.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants raided Internet cafes in their Syrian stronghold city of Raqqa after ordering a ban on wireless networks that can be used by private homes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Monday.

The Cuban flag is raised at Havana's embassy in Washington, DC, for the first time in 54 years as the U.S. and Cuba ushered in a new era of post-Cold War relations. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).