Новости за 19.02.2017

ABU DHABI–Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he didn’t have any problems with the press, even as his boss, President , has continued his attacks on the media. “I’ve had some rather contentious times with the press, but no, the press as far as I’m concerned is a constituency that we deal with and I don’t have […]

Some in Sweden spent the weekend poking fun at Donald Trump after the U.S. president suggested a major incident had just occurred in the Nordic country.

Hostility has soared after Islamabad responded to a series of attacks at home with military operations that officials in Kabul say included firing rockets into Afghanistan.

Bucharest rejects any suggestion that its recent efforts to reform the penal code were a breach of European values. However, few inside or outside Romania are buying that, writes Simon Nixon.

Space Exploration Technologies successfully launched a cargo capsule into orbit Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center pad from which Apollo 11 took off and which served as home base for the space shuttle.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s chief of staff extended the White House campaign against the American media Sunday, engaging in testy, sometimes hostile shouting matches with news talk-show hosts, and calling reporting on the administration “total garbage.” Reince Priebus’s remarks followed Mr. Trump’s Florida rally Saturday night, in which the president criticized “the dishonest media, which has […]

Republican hopes for an ambitious tax overhaul rest on the House and Senate wings of the party ultimately reaching consensus on what that looks like. So far at least, signs aren’t promising.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, carrying a load of supplies for the International Space Station. After liftoff, the booster rocket was brought back to Cape Canaveral where it successfully landed vertically. Photo: AP.

The shift on counting exports would make the U.S. trade gap appear larger than it had in past years, which could give the administration ammunition in arguing that trade deals need to be renegotiated.

From Amazon.com to Donald Trump to Warren Buffett, Wal-Mart Stores faces an uphill battle as it reports fourth-quarter earnings.

Trump’s deputies offer support while calling for more military spending.

British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to meet Peugeot Chief Executive Carlos Tavares this week to discuss the French car maker’s proposal to buy General Motors’ Vauxhall unit.

Malaysia police said that four North Korean suspects in the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s older half brother left the country on the day of the incident.

For Generation Z, ‘live chilling’ replaces hanging out in person. Teens are finding their friends via video chat, in apps such as Houseparty, Fam and Kik, writes Christopher Mims.

Iraqi security forces launched a ground offensive to retake the western side of Mosul from Islamic State, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, breaking a stall in the battle for the city.

Kraft Heinz’s $143 billion unsolicited bid for Anglo-Dutch rival Unilever took investors by surprise, but the identity of advisers working on the megadeal likely didn’t.

Copper bulls are looking smart. Some of the world’s biggest mining companies are now poised to reap the rewards, with Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Glencore set to report earnings this week.

Italy’s governing center-left Democratic Party was locked in a fierce battle over the best way to pull the country’s economy out of the doldrums as former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigned as the party’s leader.

India is offering the world’s largest biometric-identity database for use by Indian companies and novice app developers—an opportunity that excites fans of cyber transactions but worries privacy advocates.

A billionaire real-estate developer is breaking with Donald Trump over the president’s immigration policies and stance toward Mexico, the latest high-profile businessman to publicly criticize the administration.

Thousands rebuild after a slum blaze that illustrates the challenge Manila faces in helping millions of citizens living precarious lives.

The Microsoft founder, who leads a foundation focused on global health, wants the U.S. military to focus more training on preparing to fight a global pandemic or bioterror attack.

President Trump invited a supporter to join him on stage at a rally in Melbourne, Florida on Saturday. Photo: Getty.

President Trump delivered a speech to a crowd of supporters at Orlando Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, Florida on Saturday. In the speech he reiterated common themes from the campaign trail. Photo: AP

Omar Abdel-Rahman, architect behind the 1993 truck bombing of New York’s World Trade Center, died Saturday at a federal prison of natural causes. He was 78. Photo. Getty.