After sanctions, more power to Iran's elite guard
Iran's Revolutionary Guards did well under international sanctions, and the elite military force is destined to become still richer now they've been lifted.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards did well under international sanctions, and the elite military force is destined to become still richer now they've been lifted.
Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a move likely to exacerbate tensions with Western allies and already drawing international condemnation.
Reuters Breakingviews' editor, John Foley, reports from Davos, where the globe's business and political elite have gathered for the World Economic Forum.
Volkswagen has been working on a compact sedan based on its popular model, the Vento for some time now. The company recently christened the compact sedan the ‘Ameo’ and revealed the tail light as well. The Ameo would make its debut at the upcoming Auto Expo 2016 that will be held in Greater Noida from […]
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BEAUFORT, S.C. — Leaders in Beaufort are working to save the building that housed the city’s last downtown corner grocery store.
Black Rhino birth caught on CCTV. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
Black Rhino birth caught on CCTV. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
Black Rhino birth caught on CCTV. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
Black Rhino birth caught on CCTV. Rough Cut (No reporter narration).
ABU DHABI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - American amateur Bryson DeChambeau stole the limelight from golf's big guns Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy on his European Tour debut, seizing a first-round lead at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on Thursday.
Район пенсия фонды идарәсе Рәсәй законнарындагы үзгәрешләр нигезендә, бу елдан эшләүче пенсионерларның пенсияләренә индексация ясалмавын хәбәр итә.
Читать дальше...LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Accountants who audit Britain's banks must from Novemebr file annual statements to regulators to flag up any problems, the Bank of England said on Thursday.
CAIRO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Air strikes by Saudi-led forces hit oil facilities in Yemen on Thursday, killing at least nine people, workers and medics said, and four Yemeni government soldiers died in a suspected militant attack.
BRUSSELS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Euro zone banks are required to pay their annual contributions to a rescue fund by the end of June so that it can reach a 10 billion euros target in 2016, a member of the fund's board said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The chief financial officer of Russia's top bank Sberbank told a conference call on Thursday he saw no reason to go back on earlier comments saying the bank would pay dividends of 20 percent of net profit on its 2015 results. (Reporting by Alexander Winning and Oksana Kobzeva, editing by Jason Bush)
* State oil company sees "environmental catastrophe" (Adds comments from NOC chairman, spokesman)
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The four former members of Swedish band ABBA, whose catchy tunes still have fans dancing around the world decades after their release, reunited - albeit very briefly - for the opening of a new restaurant-entertainment venture in Stockholm.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell under the Australian Open floodlights on Thursday as David Ferrer snuffed out any chance of fairytale final flourish from the local hero.
SAO PAULO, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Brazil's real currency slipped to near its weakest ever against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after the central bank surprised markets by holding interest rates steady, even as inflation is running at more than 10 percent a year.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Eight sea turtles stunned by cold weather along the North Carolina coast are being treated in Myrtle Beach.
* Xi eyes increased economic, political clout in Mideast (Adds $15 billion investment plans, writes through)
MOSCOW, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Russia's economy would contract by 2.2 percent in 2016 were the oil price to average $35 per barrel, Sberbank, the country's largest bank, said in presentation to investors on Thursday.
* Cameron hopes for deal in February, says not there yet (Adds likely Morgan Stanley donation, Cameron remarks)
* Saudi GDP per capita and oil prices: http://tmsnrt.rs/1nA8Apa
LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - British insurer Aviva said on Thursday it was buying Canadian bank RBC's general insurance arm for C$582 million ($403 million) and had agreed a distribution deal, to diversify its business in Canada.