Новости за 08.10.2015

NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said El Nino conditions would continue through Northern Hemisphere 2015-16, gradually weakening through the spring.

LONDON (Reuters) - Profits at supermarket operator Asda, the British arm of Wal-Mart, surpassed 1 billion pounds for the first time last year, despite a decline in sales and slight loss of market share.

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - Country music artist Toby Keith does not just want his fans to listen to his music. He wants them to drive his truck, drink his mezcal liquor, eat his food and bet on his race horses.

CHICAGO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Seniors have received some unpleasant news in their mailboxes in recent weeks: premiums for many Medicare prescription drug insurance plans will rise at double-digit rates next year.

Volkswagen's Korea boss has apologised for the emissions scandal to a parliamentary committee in Seoul. But as Sonia Legg reports, it's the grilling in the U.S. about the biggest scandal in the German automaker's history which will is still the main focus.

Volkswagen's Korea boss has apologised for the emissions scandal to a parliamentary committee in Seoul. But as Sonia Legg reports, it's the grilling in the U.S. about the biggest scandal in the German automaker's history which will is still the main focus.

LONDON - Australia coach Michael Cheika has stuck with two openside specialists in his back row for their Rugby World Cup Pool A showdown with Wales, bringing in Sean McMahon for the banned Michael Hooper in one of three changes to his side.

LONDON, Oct 8 - Australia coach Michael Cheika has stuck with two openside specialists in his back row for their Rugby World Cup Pool A showdown with Wales, bringing in Sean McMahon for the banned Michael Hooper in one of three changes to his side.

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Life insurers selling higher-risk products like annuities are moving to reinsure or hedge this business outside Europe to soften the impact of new capital rules which could add hundreds of millions of pounds to their costs.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's main opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), which is tipped to win an Oct. 25 national election, named its candidate for defence minister on Thursday as Jaroslaw Gowin, a strong advocate of deploying NATO forces in central and eastern Europe.

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Energy and mining company Freeport-McMoRan Inc said the government of Indonesia has assured the company's local unit that it will approve the extension of operations beyond 2021.

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Le Mans winner and Force India Formula One driver Nico Hulkenberg has ruled out missing next year's European Grand Prix in Baku to defend his 24 Hours sportscar title.

* Minutes show euro zone policy setters worried about China (Adds detail, background)

SOCHI, Russia, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Le Mans winner and Force India Formula One driver Nico Hulkenberg has ruled out missing next year's European Grand Prix in Baku to defend his 24 Hours sportscar title.

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Oil, gas and mining accounted for nearly nine percent of all new greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) projects announced over the last decade.

The Swedish Academy has awarded Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize for Literature, calling her work, "a monument to suffering and courage." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

The Swedish Academy has awarded Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize for Literature, calling her work, "a monument to suffering and courage." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

The Swedish Academy has awarded Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize for Literature, calling her work, "a monument to suffering and courage." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

The Swedish Academy has awarded Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize for Literature, calling her work, "a monument to suffering and courage." Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

(Reuters) - Santi Cazorla's future at Arsenal lies in the centre of the pitch due to his vision and ability to use both feet, manager Arsene Wenger has said.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's inability to pay and even feed its soldiers threatens to undermine years of hard-won military gains against Islamist al Shabaab rebels, with corruption sapping morale and weakening the army in the war against the militants.

LONDON, Oct 8 - Australia coach Michael Cheika on Thursday named the following side for Saturday's Rugby World Cup Pool A match against Wales at Twickenham (1545 GMT):

Deutsche Bank will report a record pre-tax loss of 6 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in the third quarter. As David Pollard reports it will also cut or skip dividend payments for 2015.

Deutsche Bank will report a record pre-tax loss of 6 billion euros ($6.7 billion) in the third quarter. As David Pollard reports it will also cut or skip dividend payments for 2015.

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - The United States and its allies launched 18 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq on Wednesday and two air strikes targeting the militant group in Syria, the task force leading the operations said.