Новости за 29.07.2015

By Keiji Hirano, TOKYO - A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization has launched a digital archive of public documents on the 2011 ...

A weaker yuan may make economic sense, but Beijing can hardly afford a bout of currency weakness on top of everything else.

Miguel Herrera loses his job less than two days after winning Gold Cup for alleged incident with journalist

Amnesty International report suggests strong evidence Israeli forces were aiming to kill kidnapped soldier during massive bombardment of Rafah during last summer's Gaza war

Train 12555 Gorakhdham superfast express gets an 'exclusive' coach for women. The train that runs between Gorakhpur and Hissar has got a general class coach next to the guard van reserved exclusively for women from Wednesday onwards.

The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Wednesday. ------------------ (LEAD) Seoul shares edge down amid uncertainty over U.S. Fed decision SEOUL -- South Korean stocks closed a tad lower Wednesda

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world's No. 2 shipyard, said Wednesday that it suffered a record loss in the second quarter of the year, largely due to increased costs stemming from a delay in the constructi

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- Police said Wednesday that they have arrested a hacker for allegedly orchestrating a cyberattack on a major South Korean securities firm. The 38-year-old man, identified only by his surname Noh, is suspected to have launc

SEOUL, July 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's major shipbuilders, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., logged worse-than-expected losses in the second quarter, largely due to the delivery of low-priced ships and a delay in the construction of loss-making of

Gurban Gurbanov says a change in playing style makes Celtic favourites for the first leg of their Champions League qualifier.

Gloucester pair Tom Savage and Charlie Sharples agree new long-term contracts at Kingsholm.

The reasons behind the bus shutdown aren't clear, but the results have been tragic: nine drivers assassinated and a city in turmoil.

President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser recently floated a plan to empty Guantanamo's detention camps and relocate "enemy combatants." The president promised in 2009 to shut down the facility.

The social network Twitter is popular with users, but that's not enough. It also needs to be profitable, and by its 140-character nature that's a challenge.

The killing of the beloved lion, hunted for sport, has been condemned by wildlife conservations. Authorities say Cecil was lured away from a protected park, wounded with a crossbow and later shot.

Israelis support the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard from a U.S. jail. He was arrested in 1985 and charged with passing secrets to Israel. Renee Montagne talks to reporter Daniel Estrin.

In the neighborhood considered the soul of French gastronomy, residents are fighting to keep the fast-food giant out. (This piece originally aired on July 18, 2015 on Weekend Edition Saturday.)

A video involving Planned Parenthood features a woman who says she worked for a company that harvested organs from aborted fetuses. Planned Parenthood says the videos are heavily edited.

A small number of family-run conglomerates dominate South Korea's economy. The biggest started as a village store in 1938. It's controlled by the same family, and is now a household name: Samsung.

The National Transportation Safety Board determined the cause of an accident involving a commercial spaceship last year. The board says safety problems ran deep at the company which built the rocket.

Mary Kay beauty consultants have been gathering in Dallas. Seminar enrollment is too huge for a single event, so five waves of sales reps — 27,000 in all — are sweeping through the convention center.

They're finalizing plans for a so-called Islamic-State-free zone inside Syria along the Turkish border. Steve Inskeep talks about the plan with Robert Ford, a former U.S. ambassador to Syria.

A very large cat has been roaming the streets of Milwaukee's central city and it has residents on edge. A number of witnesses claim it is a mountain lion. No one has reported their "pet" missing.

Boot Hill in Tombstone, Ariz., is the name given to an early frontier cemetery because many of the residents "died with their boots on." (This piece first aired on August 14, 2012 on Morning Edition.)