Новости за 05.11.2017

“Thor: Ragnarok” thundered into theaters with a $121 million opening this weekend, breathing some life into a box-office market reeling from its worst October in a decade.

More Americans are celebrating Turkey Day earlier than the fourth week of November, citing cheaper travel and lower stress.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley is set to announce he will retire next year, around six months earlier than scheduled, and the announcement could come as soon as Monday.

The Inter-American Commission meeting was about revenge, not reconciliation.

In response to Brexit, Brussels looks to expand its reach.

At least when it comes to security policy, the president has his priorities straight.

A year ago he hired a Democratic operative, Joe Lockhart, as his top communication exec.

The investors’ biggest question about the future of Walt Disney Co. is whether the company will turn around its struggling television business.

Deep under the Australian Outback, mining companies are testing a drone that can fly by itself beyond where miners can reach, and use lasers to map pitch-black surroundings.Video/Photo: Mike Cherney/WSJ

Germany’s antiterror posture is facing a shake-up as parties locked in talks about forming the country’s next government wrangle over how to balance a strong state and individual liberties.

Typhoon Damrey has killed at least 27 people and left 22 others missing amid extensive damage along the country’s south-central coast.

British uber-luxury brand Aston Martin built a reputation on sleekly designed sports cars befitting James Bond. Now it’s setting out to make a sport-utility vehicle for people who think SUVs are ugly.

If United Continental Holdings places the orders, it would be a surprising revival of fortune for Boeing’s 35-year-old aircraft.

The deactivation of President Donald Trump’s Twitter account by a rogue employee was the most public sign yet that Twitter’s greatest star can also cause the company great headaches.

Militants detonated the bomb outside a security headquarters in the southern port city of Aden, leavinb at least five Yemeni soldiers dead.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile that reached the outskirts of Saudi Arabia’s capital, another close call for the city during a yearslong war against rebels across the southern border.

Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard benefited from a sharp rise from customers downloading full-games rather than buying them on disks during the September quarter.

Authorities carried out a new wave of arrests, targeting royals and cabinet ministers in a crackdown against alleged corruption that comes as the Saudi leadership is seeking to consolidate power.

A looming debt default for Venezuela, long seen as catastrophic for the country’s oil-dependent economy, may yet provide a vital political boost for embattled President Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump expects to cross paths with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the U.S. leader’s first official trip to Asia.

Ecuador’s forests—havens for hummingbirds—offer plenty of cushy perches, from lodges to hot springs, where birding buffs and other nature-lovers can happily hover.

During months of merger talks with T-Mobile US, Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son sought a way to merge the two wireless rivals without really having to hand over the keys; in the end, nothing worked.

Authorities carried out the new wave of arrests in a move that appears intended to further consolidate power in the hands of the Saudi leadership.