Новости за 31.12.2015

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twin suicide bombings hit two restaurants in a Kurdish-controlled city in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, killing or wounding dozens of people, a Kurdish official and a group monitoring the war said.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German society and the economy stand to benefit from the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, repeating her optimistic mantra "we can do this".

BERLIN (Reuters) - German society and the economy stand to benefit from the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, repeating her optimistic mantra "we can do this".

Typically, I don’t buy in to New Year’s traditions. I’ve made a few resolutions that, like everyone else, I abandon within the first month or so. (Change is hard, right?)

(Reuters Health) - Whether surgical trainees should be able to work long shifts is a matter of fierce debate, and the methods of a controversial study aimed at answering that question were outlined Wednesday in a top surgical journal.

(Reuters Health) - Whether surgical trainees should be able to work long shifts is a matter of fierce debate, and the methods of a controversial study aimed at answering that question were outlined Wednesday in a top surgical journal.

NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday rejected hedge fund manager Doug Whitman's request to end his two-year sentence for insider trading early while he pursues his latest appeal of his 2012 conviction.

PARIS (Reuters) - Authorities in Paris, with an eye to security following the November attacks by armed militants, are shortening a New Year video light show at the Arc de Triomphe at midnight on Thursday and cancelling a firework display to keep down crowds.

PARIS (Reuters) - Authorities in Paris, with an eye to security following the November attacks by armed militants, are shortening a New Year video light show at the Arc de Triomphe at midnight on Thursday and cancelling a firework display to keep down crowds.

LONDON (Reuters) - Christian Benteke condemned struggling Sunderland to a 1-0 defeat and sent Liverpool level on points with sixth-placed Manchester United in the last Premier League game of the year on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration is preparing new sanctions on international companies and individuals over Iran's ballistic missile programme, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

The iconic Times Square crystal ball is tested one day before New Year's Eve. Angela Moore reports.

The iconic Times Square crystal ball is tested one day before New Year's Eve. Angela Moore reports.

NEW YORK — The latest downturn in crude oil prices put investors in a selling mood Wednesday, pulling U.S. stocks lower for the second time this week.

(Reuters Health) - Teen smokers might crave nicotine in part because their brains respond differently than adults to seeing people light up, a small study suggests.

(Reuters Health) - Teen smokers might crave nicotine in part because their brains respond differently than adults to seeing people light up, a small study suggests.

(Reuters Health) - A study comparing the risks of in-hospital and out-of-hospital births in Oregon finds the odds of infant death are more than two times higher for planned out-of-hospital births.

(Reuters Health) - A study comparing the risks of in-hospital and out-of-hospital births in Oregon finds the odds of infant death are more than two times higher for planned out-of-hospital births.

WELLINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) - World Cup-winning captain Richie McCaw has been given his country's highest honour, being appointed to the Order of New Zealand (ONZ).

Dec 30 (Infostrada Sports) - Line-ups for the third One Day International between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Thursday in Nelson, New Zealand New Zealand won toss and decided to bat New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Luke Ronchi, Doug Bracewell, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Danushka Gunathilaka, Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh C

WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is preparing new sanctions on international companies and individuals over Iran's ballistic missile program, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

Stocks lost ground on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 barely still in positive territory for 2015. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Stocks lost ground on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 barely still in positive territory for 2015. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Stocks lost ground on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 barely still in positive territory for 2015. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Stocks lost ground on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 barely still in positive territory for 2015. Bobbi Rebell reports.