Новости за 07.11.2015

Ford is offering U.S. factory workers $10,000 in bonuses if they back a labor pact reached on Friday with the United Auto Workers, an agreement far richer than deals cut at rivals.

More than a decade after their release, they all come back, a look at Alzheimer's Awareness month and why you shouldn't rake your leaves.

Residents of Barra Longa, Brazil worked to clean up on Saturday following an inundation of mud after a dam burst earlier in the week. Photo: AP

Carrying their possessions, scores of people fled Burundi’s capital on Saturday, before a looming security crackdown that many fear would be a wave of violence.

The leaders of China and Taiwan met for the first time in more than six decades, capping a robust but far from stable engagement between the historical antagonists.

The information that prompted some countries to impose travel restrictions after last week’s plane crash hasn’t been shared with Egyptian officials, a minister said.

China’s Xi Jinping and Taiwan’s Ma Ying-jeou met in Singapore Saturday, marking the first meeting for the leaders of the two sides since their governments split in 1949. Photo: AP

Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organization, a joyous milestone for a country that claimed nearly half of all cases in the epidemic globally.

Nearly a year into President Barack Obama’s thawing of relations with Cuba, the administration is urging American companies to move quickly into the island nation in the hope of making the shift irreversible.

The choice of Singapore as the venue for the historic meeting between the Chinese and Taiwanese presidents is a diplomatic coup for the famously neutral city-state.

Aaron David Miller: What Mr. Netanyahu cannot afford is strained relations with the U.S. without a robust security package. That means accommodation, not confrontation.

German airline blighted by cabin crew walkout affecting about 58,000 passengers.

Finland’s governing parties reached a deal over health-care reform, ending 24 hours of fractious talks that for a time looked likely to end with the coalition’s collapse and further strife for the recession-hit economy.

Book publishers are issuing some of their most anticipated titles on Tuesday as they jockey to cash in on the holiday season after weak sales in the first half of the year.

The pace of U.S. airstrikes targeting Islamic State in Syria and Iraq is set to increase after a “bit of a lull,” said a senior U.S. military official.

Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou's meeting was the first between leaders of China and Taiwan since the two sides split in 1949.

As China’s slowdown continues, Beijing is delaying key economic-liberalization policies in hopes of propping up growth.

China’s President Xi Jinping addressed the territorial disputes in the South China Sea during his visit to Singapore, his first since becoming leader in 2013.

The employment report strengthened the case for the Federal Reserve to raise rates in December. But higher bond yields and dollar strength will make it cautious before tightening a second time.

The Israeli military is bracing for the arrival of some 5,000 Jewish pilgrims to the West Bank city of Hebron, which is already a flashpoint for recent spate of attacks by Palestinians on Jews.

Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party will have to haggle with rival lawmakers over who the legislature will appoint as president.

Mikhail Lesin, former presidential media adviser and founder of Russia Today, reportedly died of a heart attack.

The Obama administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline Friday ends a seven-year saga with a declaration that the project is not in the national interest and would undermine U.S. global leadership in fighting climate change.

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are expected to discuss the possibility of additional U.S. military aid to Israel as part of a renegotiated security accord when they meet Monday.

Mobile payments startup Square is seeking a valuation of about $3.9 billion, according to a new securities filing, far less than the $6 billion price tag put on the firm a year ago and a sign that recent sky-high private valuations are facing increasing market skepticism.