Новости за 06.12.2016

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Washington has pulled out of Wednesday’s scheduled talks in Geneva after offering an alternative truce proposal that would ‘bring everything back to square one.’

LONDON — A Chinese firm is buying the landmark British pub where former Prime Minister David Cameron shared a pint with China’s leader last year.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, seeking reconciliation among ethnic groups in fractious western Myanmar, has urged the army to respect civilians' rights as concerns rise about treatment of the Rohingya minority.

South Korea is accusing North Korea of hacking its military intranet and leaking confidential information. The accusation was made Tuesday in a news briefing by South Korea’s Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun. “We’ve identified that malicious codes had spread to some computers in the intranet system,” he said. “The Ministry of National Defense assembled a […]

As banks continue to be flushed with deposits thanks to demonetisation move of the Modi government, state-owned Bank of Baroda has cut benchmark lending rates by 0.2 percent.

Gov. Kate Brown released her proposed budget for 2017-19 last week. The budget, which is just the first word in a discussion that will last until the end of next year's legislative session, calls for a variety of program cuts…

Kudos to Vernon County Clerk Ron Hoff for his professional and nonpartisan handling of the Senate District 32 recount last week. As an observer for the Jennifer Shilling campaign, I was impressed with Hoff’s commitment to an open and transparent…

Oil industry urges Trump to approve Dakota Access pipeline; lawmakers ready stopgap spending bill; Carrier deal politically popular; and more.

MOSCOW (AP) — With an aircraft carrier deployed off Syria's shores and hundreds of new jets, missiles and tanks entering service each year, President Vladimir Putin can project Russian military power on a scale unseen since Soviet times. A massive reform effort launched in the wake of Russia's 2008 war with Georgia has transformed a crumbling, demoralized military into agile forces capable of swift action in Ukraine and Syria. During its five-day war with tiny Georgia, army units starved of new... Читать дальше...

Financial market analysts believe the economy went backwards immediately after the July election, ending 5 years of continuous growth and calling into question the government's repeated promise to "deliver jobs and growth".

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s opposition is skipping a meeting with the government and endangering ongoing talks aimed at diffusing the country’s political crisis.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Police have identified four people who will face charges in the investigation of property damage caused during celebrations after Penn State’s Big Ten Championship win.

Danish police stregthened security measures near police stations after a policeman was injured in the city of Albertslund, local media reported on Tuesday.

Interior Minister Angelino Alfano: "I forecast there will be the will to go to elections in February."

Australian high school students are up to two school years behind their peers in the world's best performing countries, a major global test of student achievement has revealed.

Notebook: Why stage a cyber break-in when you can convince users to open their doors?

Director Neil Morgan said the commercial real estate company was pleased to complete the sale of the pub, which is located near Chequers, the country home made available to British prime ministers.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition is skipping a meeting with the government and endangering ongoing talks aimed at diffusing the country's political crisis. The Vatican-mediated dialogue is aimed at steering the country away from violence as a majority of voters want President Nicolas Maduro out, and the government refuses to allow a recall referendum to proceed.

De Bredase rechtbank heeft vandaag het huwelijk van de 70-jarige Christina Soeters uit Roosendaal met de 59-jarige André S. met terugwerkende kracht nietig verklaard.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the announcement in Tokyo on Tuesday.

"If a terrorist is looking for a symbolic American target to hit that's relatively accessible, tall buildings with the new president's name emblazoned on them would be very attractive," said Matthew Bryza, a former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. "It would be very expensive to protect them as well. It's worrisome."

Nike apparel is discounted by 25 percent at Dick's Sporting Goods and Kohl's, according to the Cowen's checks.