Новости за 05.12.2017

BERLIN (Reuters) - Several people were injured in a train crash near the German city of Duesseldorf, fire department and police spokesmen said on Tuesday. German broadcaster ARD reported that about 50 people had been injured after a passenger train drove into a freight train in the town of Meerbusch.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday most of the people detained in a sweeping anti-corruption campaign launched last month have agreed to settlements to avoid prosecution while the rest could be held for months. In a statement, the public prosecutor said a total of 320 people had been subpoenaed to provide information about alleged graft while 159 remain in detention and “a number” of them have been referred for judicial action.

WASHINGTON/GAZA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told Arab leaders on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Theresa May must deliver her offer on a Brexit divorce package this week if she wants European Union leaders to grant Britain’s request for talks on future free trade when they meet next week, EU diplomats and officials said on Tuesday.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Russia has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after evidence emerged of an “unprecedented systematic manipulation” of the anti-doping system, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Tuesday. Samuel Schmid, Chair of the IOC Disciplinary Commission, and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, attend a news conference after an Executive Board meeting on sanctions for Russian athletes, in Lausanne, Switzerland, December 5, 2017. Читать дальше...

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron’s popularity rose above 50 percent for the first time since he was elected in May with people approving of the way he defends the country’s interests abroad, a poll showed on Tuesday.

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party may replace Prime Minister Beata Szydlo next week with her government’s finance chief, Mateusz Morawiecki, to prepare for a series of elections in coming years, political sources said. FILE PHOTO: Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo speaks during a joint news conference with Jaroslaw Kaczynski, leader of the ruling party Law and Justice, at the party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland November 14, 2017.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Canada’s trade minister extended his stay in Beijing on Tuesday in a bid to salvage early talks on a free trade agreement with China, but Canada faces tough choices after the United States threatened to pull out of NAFTA. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends an event at the Sina Weibo headquarters in Beijing, China December 4, 2017.

WASHINGTON/GAZA (Reuters) - President Donald Trump told Arab leaders on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a move that would break with decades of U.S. policy and risks fuelling further unrest in the Middle East.

FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal investigator probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Russia’s Olympic Committee (ROC) has been banned from the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics next year after the prolonged doping scandal but some athletes will be allowed to compete under the tag of “Olympic Athlete of Russia”, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday. Samuel Schmid, Chair of the IOC Disciplinary Commission, and Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, attend a news conference after an Executive Board meeting on sanctions for Russian athletes... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Six Russian long-range bombers struck Islamic State targets in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province, Russian news agencies quoted Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Tuesday. The TU-22M3 bombers took off from a base in Russia, flew to Syria and bombed IS targets as well as weapons and ammunitions depots, they said. It was unclear when the bombing run was carried out.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives were in discussions on Tuesday about how long to fund the federal government in a short-term spending measure expected to come to a vote as early as Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The U.S

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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google launched a stripped-down version of its Android software in India on Tuesday, as it attempts to woo millions of basic phone users in the fast-growing wireless services market. FILE PHOTO - A 3D printed Android mascot Bugdroid is seen in front of a Google logo in this illustration taken July 9, 2017.

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday condemned “the very likely commission of crimes against humanity” against Rohingya in Myanmar and called on the government to ensure justice for victims and access for U.N. investigators and aid workers.

LONDON (Reuters) - Rodents have joined mosquitoes in the cross-hairs of scientists working on a next-generation genetic technology known as “gene drive” to control pests. FILE PHOTO: A rat eats pieces of bread thrown by tourists near the Pont-Neuf bridge over the river Seine in Paris, France, August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File PhotoResearchers in Scotland said on Tuesday they had developed two different ways to disrupt female fertility in rats and mice, building on a similar approach... Читать дальше...

PARIS (Reuters) - A public body close to France’s health ministry last year advised against the use of a dengue vaccine in the country’s overseas territories that is currently at the centre of a health scare, regulatory documents show.

India's Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, SV Sunil and Lalit Upadhyay failed to live up to expectations and India has also been let down by their dragflickers.

(Reuters) - Wall Street rose and technology stocks recovered from a two-day selloff on Tuesday, with investors assessing a change to the Senate’s version of the tax overhaul bill that could affect the ability of companies to cut their tax bills.

Honor 7X aside, Huawei also announced a flagship smartphone called the Honor V10 or the Honor View 10 that packs in plenty of AI capabilities apart from its flagship hardware.

With the weather turning rough due to Cyclone Ockhi, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi had to postpone three out of his four public rallies scheduled for Tuesday

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain must present the European Union with a good offer this week on the terms of its divorce from the bloc, or it will be too late for the EU to prepare for mid-December the start of talks on a future trade deal, a senior EU diplomat said. “The ‘deadline of deadlines’ is this week,” the diplomat said when asked how much time the EU and Britain have for a deal to ensure the 27 remaining members of the bloc can prepare the opening of trade talks with London at a summit on Dec 14-15. Читать дальше...

Kudankulam, around 650 km from Chennai, has two 1,000 MW nuclear power plants, built with Russian equipment.