Новости за 28.04.2017

NEW YORK Stocks edged lower on Wall Street on Friday after data showing the U.S.

By Girish Gupta | LOS TEQUES, Venezuela LOS TEQUES, Venezuela Hundreds of activists marched on Friday to the hilltop jail of Venezuela's best-known detained opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez in the latest of a month of protests against the socialist government.Security forces blocked access to the decrepit-looking penitentiary next to a slum in Los Teques, an hour's drive from the capital Caracas, as the demonstrators shouted "Leopoldo!" and held signs reading "No To Dictatorship!"This month's... Читать дальше...

By Maya Nikolaeva and John Irish | PARIS/CHATELLERAULT, France PARIS/CHATELLERAULT, France Marine Le Pen's bid to defy the odds and win the French presidency risked a setback on Friday when her designated stand-in as National Front party leader stood down to defend himself against charges he shares the views of Holocaust deniers.After an intense day of campaigning ahead of a May 7 run-off vote in which both the far-right's Le Pen and her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron were carried back to the events of World War Two... Читать дальше...

By Maya Nikolaeva and John Irish | PARIS/CHATELLERAULT, France PARIS/CHATELLERAULT, France Marine Le Pen's bid to defy the odds and win the French presidency risked a setback on Friday when her designated stand-in as National Front party leader stood down to defend himself against charges he shares the views of Holocaust deniers.After an intense day of campaigning ahead of a May 7 run-off vote in which both the far-right's Le Pen and her centrist opponent Emmanuel Macron were carried back to the events of World War Two... Читать дальше...

By Benet Koleka | TIRANA TIRANA Albania's Socialist party used its majority in parliament to force through the election of a new president of the Balkan country on Friday, leaving its politics polarised as the opposition maintains a two-month-old boycott.The new president, Ilir Meta, has twice served briefly as a Socialist prime minister before forming a breakaway party that for the past eight years has alternately played kingmaker to both main parties.The opposition Democratic Party and its... Читать дальше...

By Alastair Macdonald | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS European Union leaders at a Brexit summit on Saturday will give a formal undertaking to embrace the British province of Northern Ireland in the EU if a referendum unites the island, diplomats said on Friday.Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has asked fellow members of the bloc to acknowledge that Northern Ireland would, like East Germany in 1990, automatically enter the EU in the event of unification with existing member state, the Irish Republic.The 1998... Читать дальше...

The countdown for the final of the Fifa U-17 World Cup 2017 began on Friday with the City of Joy gearing up to stage the marque clash exactly six months from now.

TRIPOLI Libyan naval forces captured two vessels suspected of smuggling oil from the North African country after gun battles lasting several hours west of the capital Tripoli, a spokesman for the service said on Friday.Libyan forces frequently capture vessels smuggling oil and arms off the coast and the North African state has become a haven for migrant smugglers who take advantage of the country's turmoil to ship people across to Europe. Ayoub Qassem, a spokesman for the Libyan naval forces... Читать дальше...

ANKARA Austria should turn back from its "wrong policy" regarding Turkey's talks of joining the European Union, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of a European foreign ministers' summit in Malta, Cavusoglu said he sensed a "positive atmosphere" from leading European lawmakers regarding Turkey's talks to join the bloc

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, unlike any other chief minister in recent memory, is facing a revolt on the streets by students

The tour, which features Hrithik Roshan, Madhuri Dixit and Sonakshi Sinha, was supposed to be held at the end of April.

On this week's episode of the F1 Podcast, Mithila Mehta and Kunal Shah discuss Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 preparations and the upcoming Russian Grand Prix.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Delhi Daredevils (DD) face off in Match 32 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday.

Colombo: The father of the murdered Maldivian blogger Yameen Rasheed pleaded for an international investigation Friday, saying he had no confidence in the government to deliver justice.

In her book titled 'The Queen', Anita Sivakumaran tells the story of Kalai Arasi — a brilliant student from an impoverished family, who is forced to take up acting in films and has a phenomenal journey to become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. And as the book's cover says, it is inspired by a true story.

Saif Ali Khan shattered his reel metrosexual image with his gritty portrayal of Langda Tyagi in Vishal Bhardwaj's Omkara.

Authorities on Friday imposed restrictions on assembly of people in parts of north Kashmir's Kupwara district.

Beijing: China sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to a three-year suspended sentence following a secret trial, raising concerns the country is moving to further reduce transparency in high-profile, politically sensitive cases.

Baahubali 2 has got this summer's best release date – 28 April. It is a four day weekend with Monday, 1 May being a national holiday.

By Stephen J. Adler, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S

By Henning Gloystein | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Oil prices stabilised on Friday but were on track for a second straight weekly loss on concerns that an OPEC-led production cut has failed to significantly tighten an oversupplied market.U.S.

British police said officers shot a woman and arrested four other people in London and nearby Kent during a counter-terrorism investigation on Thursday.

By Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Kumar Singh | GHAZIABAD, India GHAZIABAD, India India's mammoth state railways, much of them stuck in colonial times, have missed earnings targets for the third straight year and debts have shot up, documents seen by Reuters show, raising doubts about an ambitious modernisation drive.The previously unreported figures will make uncomfortable reading for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the son of a train station tea seller who set out plans to overhaul the world's fourth... Читать дальше...

BEIJING China's navy has again sailed through the Miyako Strait that lies between two Japanese islands and carried out drills in the Western Pacific, state news agency Xinhua said.The Chinese navy and air force have in recent months carried out a series of exercises in the Pacific, as they hone their ability to operate far from their home shores.Xinhua, in a report late on Thursday, said the drills involved "exercises in communication, fleet formation changes, joint search-and-rescue operation and joint anti-piracy operation". Читать дальше...

By Idrees Ali | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump's administration drafts an Afghanistan policy, U.S. officials are seeking a way to reverse gains by militant groups without wading deeper into a 15-year-long war that has no end in sight.In the past month, three U.S