Новости за 24.02.2016

LONDON,(Reuters) - Evidence is building for the theory that Zika can cause newborn brain defects and the World Health Organization is promising more answers in weeks, but nailing a definitive link will be neither simple nor swift.

Feb 24 (Reuters) - U.S. refiner HollyFrontier Corp reported a smaller quarterly loss as costs fell due to a slump in crude prices.

With stock and property markets on shaky ground, investors in China and Hong Kong are pouring money into art. But as Farah Master reports, few if any of these pieces will end up hanging above the mantlepiece.

With stock and property markets on shaky ground, investors in China and Hong Kong are pouring money into art. But as Farah Master reports, few if any of these pieces will end up hanging above the mantlepiece.

With stock and property markets on shaky ground, investors in China and Hong Kong are pouring money into art. But as Farah Master reports, few if any of these pieces will end up hanging above the mantlepiece.

(Reuters) - Britain's Committee of Public Accounts said on Wednesday the amount Google agreed to pay in a tax settlement with the government was "disproportionately small" when compared with the size of the company's business in the country.

KABUL (Reuters) - A chartered airplane carrying 125 Afghan refugees back from Germany landed in Kabul on Wednesday, with officials on hand eager to assure the returnees that they have a future in Afghanistan.

BARCELONA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Formula One will have a new qualifying format this season as part of changes that will help make the sport more exciting, commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Wednesday.

ECCLESTONE TELLS REUTERS HE IS NOW MORE CONFIDENT FORMULA ONE IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Canada's Encana Corp reported a quarterly loss, compared with a year-earlier profit, and the company cut its 2016 capital spending target.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse's chief executive said equities trading would not be pulled out of Frankfurt in a merger with the London Stock Exchange , seeking to ease political concern over a German loss of jobs and power to London.

Liu Shiyi is in his first week as head of Chinese securities, an area he has no direct experience in. There's a weight of expectation on his shoulders as the country looks to Beijing after months of market turmoil. Graham Mackay reports.

Liu Shiyi is in his first week as head of Chinese securities, an area he has no direct experience in. There's a weight of expectation on his shoulders as the country looks to Beijing after months of market turmoil. Graham Mackay reports.

BERLIN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - German politicians signalled on Wednesday that they were open to a possible merger between Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange , saying such a deal had the potential to enhance Germany's role as a financial centre.

LONDON (Reuters) - If Arsenal are to have any chance of overturning a 2-0 deficit against Barcelona in the Champions League next month they must be sharper in front of goal, says manager Arsene Wenger.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deal with the European Union on new membership terms could be undone by the European Court of Justice despite support from all member states, Justice Secretary Michael Gove - a leading member of the "Leave" campaign - told the BBC.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deal with the European Union on new membership terms could be undone by the European Court of Justice despite support from all member states, Justice Secretary Michael Gove - a leading member of the "Leave" campaign - told the BBC.

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - With the threat of a UK exit from the European Union no longer just a distant prospect, already battered investors are shoring up defensive positions against a host of intensifying geopolitical risks, including a "Brexit".

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish military helicopters killed nine Kurdish militants in strikes near the southeastern border with Syria on Wednesday, security sources said, in a conflict becoming increasingly intertwined with developments in Turkey's war-torn neighbour.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Nearly half of Americans support Apple Inc's decision to oppose a federal court order demanding that it unlock a smartphone used by San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook, according to a national online Reuters/Ipsos poll.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayer Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt was banned for three Bundesliga matches on Wednesday and fined 20,000 euros for refusing to leave when he was sent off in the Bundesliga, forcing a match interruption, the German FA (DFB) said.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter has postponed publishing his book on 18 years at the top of scandal-plagued FIFA because he wants to squeeze in the final chapter on his ban from football, his publisher said on Thursday.

CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) - Lucky Iz had just turned 15 when he and his friend Godfrey set off to cross the Sahara on a hot August afternoon in 2012. Lucky has still not told Godfrey’s family what happened on the journey towards Europe. This is his account.

CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) - Lucky Iz had just turned 15 when he and his friend Godfrey set off to cross the Sahara on a hot August afternoon in 2012. Lucky has still not told Godfrey’s family what happened on the journey towards Europe. This is his account.

Amnesty releases its annual State of the World's Human Rights warning that global rights are in jeopardy with a variety of assaults on freedoms and the laws and systems that protect them.