Новости за 29.06.2017

PARIS A man was arrested after trying to drive a car into a crowd in front of a mosque in the Paris suburb of Creteil on Thursday, police said, adding that no one was injured.The man's motives were unclear, and he had not succeeded in reaching the crowd because of barriers in front of the mosque, police said in a statement. An investigation, to be carried out by a regular police department rather than an anti-terrorism unit, would determine if the man could be held accountable for his actions. Читать дальше...

CALI, Colombia The Pacific Alliance trade group will explore whether to create a single passport for its four member nations in a bid to encourage tourism and trade across the world, Colombia's migration director said on Thursday.The alliance, which comprises Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru and was formed in April 2011, has already abolished transit visas for their more than 230 million joint inhabitants.Alliance members are among the keenest proponents of free trade in the Americas and have... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin received former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Kremlin on Thursday, the Kremlin said in a statement.It did not elaborate on what the two men discussed, saying only that Kissinger was in Russia for the Primakov Readings, an annual forum of experts, diplomats and politicians.Kissinger met U.S.

ANKARA Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is definitely dead, Iran's state news agency quoted a representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying on Thursday. "Terrorist Baghdadi is definitely dead," cleric Ali Shirazi, who is representative to the Quds force, told IRNA without elaborating. The secretive Islamic State leader has frequently been reported killed or wounded since he declared a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from a mosque in Mosul in 2014, after... Читать дальше...

By Leigh Thomas | PARIS PARIS France will take urgent steps to rein in a spiraling deficit, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Thursday, warning voters they would have to tighten their belts in support of the next generation and the country's standing in Europe.Heeding a call from the public audit office for action, Philippe said his government would come up with savings rather than tax hikes to plug the more than 8 billion euro shortfall."As I speak, our debt rises every second. We can't do that to our children. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON The United States will discuss efforts to choke off funding for North Korea's nuclear and missile programs with China and other countries at next week's Group of 20 summit in Germany, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday. "We will be meeting with China and other countries at the G20 next week to further our efforts to cut off North Korea's illicit activities," Mnuchin told reporters at the White House.

By Christian Shepherd | BEIJING BEIJING Chinese authorities on Thursday told U.S., German and European Union diplomats that Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo cannot be moved to get medical treatment elsewhere due to his illness, a source briefed on the meeting told Reuters.Liu, 61, was jailed for 11 years in 2009 for "inciting subversion of state power" after he helped write a petition known as "Charter 08" calling for sweeping political reforms.He was being treated in a hospital... Читать дальше...

By Jonathan Saul | LONDON LONDON Global shipping is still feeling the effects of a cyber attack that hit A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) two days ago, showing the scale of the damage a computer virus can unleash on the technology dependent and inter-connected industry.About 90 percent of world trade is transported by sea, with ships and ports acting as the arteries of the global economy

WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany next week, a senior White House official said on Thursday.

By Tom Miles | GENEVA GENEVA Qatar is considering launching a complaint at the World Trade Organization against a "blockade" by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, its representative at the global trade body said on Thursday."We are exploring all possible legal avenues, including, but not limited to, the (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body," Ali Alwaleed al-Thani, director of Qatar's WTO office, told Reuters.The feud erupted this month when the four countries severed diplomatic and travel links... Читать дальше...

The sobering fact about India-US armament deal is that the threat of conflict that lurks around India's borders whether it's from Pakistan or China, could be far closer than the prospect of those armaments becoming operational

Donald Trump launched a brutal personal attack on MSNBC journalist Mika Brzezinski, after she sharply criticised his administration's dysfunction in a segment on her show

Gurinder Chadha, the director of Partition: 1947, said "We were always taught that Partition was because of infighting. But my research shows that it was a calculated political move."

In January 2015, Islamic State jihadists controlled about 90,800 square kilometres, but by June 2017, that number dropped to 36,200, said IHS Markit.

Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu Thursday advised political parties not to politicise GST, saying the country was bound to benefit hugely from the tax initiative in the long run.

The Delhi Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution seeking 85 percent reservation in admission for city students in 28 Delhi University colleges that are funded by the AAP government as all MLAs pledged to raise the issue with the Centre, LG and university administration.

Murray's fitness has become a major issue ahead of the start of Wimbledon on Monday after the Scot was forced to pull out of two grass-court exhibition matches at the Hurlingham Club this week.

Nirmala Sitharaman said one should not be "selective" while condemning violence and asked 'Not In My Name' protesters to hold demonstrations against killings in Kerala and West Bengal also

All the three tiger reserves of Rajasthan — Ranthambhore, Sariska and Mukandara — will be closed this year during monsoon, unlike the last few years, officials said on Thursday.

Venugopal, 86, is likely to represent the government as a law officer for the second time as he was one of the Additional Solicitors General during the Morarji Desai government.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on Thursday interrogated Tripura social welfare minister Bijita Nath in connection with a case of the Rose Valley chit fund scam.

Days after China refused entry to Indian pilgrims, officials said that the Mansarovar pilgrimage is proceeding smoothly through the other route in Uttarakhand

Arjun Kapoor and Ileana D'cruz pack a good punch of dance mixed with drama in their 'Hawa Hawa' song in Mubarakan. The film releases on 28 July.

Anup, who is also the national team captain, said he prefers to remain calm on the mat and instead asks his teammates to change their strategy if some things do not work in their favour.

The cast of Gold has been receiving strenuous training from former captain of the Indian hockey team, Sandeep Singh, among other coaches.