Новости за 25.12.2019

President Trump wishes all a Merry Christmas, as he celebrates the holiday with his family in West Palm Beach, Florida. The President and first lady were at the Southern Baptist Convention Church on Christmas Eve, where they attended a service led by pastor Jimmy Scroggins. The first family used to celebrate Christmas at the Episcopal church Bethesda-By-The-Sea, where they got married back in 2005.

Analysts and ex-white house officials are urging the Trump Administration to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea, following the country's "Christmas gift" threat. In an interview released today Wednesday, author Gordon Chang said the U.S. needs to aggressively enforce sanctions and cut off resources to North Korea.

A Republican Senator seen as a crucial vote in the impeachment trial, says she was 'disturbed' by Mitch Mcconnell's pledge to work in 'total coordination' with the White House during the proceeding. In an interview Tuesday, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkkowski criticized House speaker Nancy Pelosi for rushing the inquiry, and said if the White House was stonewalling the probe, then she should have allowed the courts to decide its cooperation.

With new power coming from an executive order signed by President Trump, several state governors are expressing their stance on accepting refugees. Officials from Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee recently sent letters to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, affirming they plan to keep letting refugees into their states. The executive order gives governors the power to refuse resettlement of refugees in their state, but many are choosing not to use it.

Syrian troops press forward with a new military assault on one of the country's last rebel strongholds. The Syrian army released video Wednesday, showing tanks firing and a heavy Army presence in the suburbs of the Idlib province. Syrian forces are targeting a rebel-held town, which sits on a key highway that links Damascus and Syria's largest city of Aleppo.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's energy minister said on Wednesday the Khafji oil field which is jointly operated with Kuwait would produce 320,000 oil barrels per day (bpd) at the end of 2020,

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the "darkness in human hearts" that leads to religious persecution, social injustice,

By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) - Thousands of Algerians gathered on Wednesday for the funeral procession of the country's powerful army chief, who fought for independence from France as a young

By Donny Kwok and Lucy Nicholson HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched through Christmas-decorated shopping malls chanting pro-democracy slogans on Wednesday as police

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Tunisia on Wednesday in a surprise visit for talks with his Tunisian counterpart, his office said, in the first visit by a head of state

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis and two other religious leaders sent out an extraordinary Christmas appeal on Wednesday to the leaders of South Sudan to keep their promise to

After a tryout with the Seattle Seahawks that didn't result in him landing a contract, free agent running back C.J. Anderson tweeted that he is "done with ball."

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen urged parliament on Wednesday to have more discussion on a proposed anti-infiltration bill which the government says is needed to combat

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's exports of rare earth magnets to the United States fell 21.2% month-on-month, customs data showed on Wednesday, as improving trade relations between the two

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's November soybean purchases from the United States surged from a year earlier, data showed on Wednesday, as cargoes booked by importers with tariff-free quotas cleared

(Reuters) - Deputy Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is being tipped by senior members of Britain's Conservative Party to run a new 'economic super-ministry' following a cabinet reshuffle in February, the

By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's finance minister has sought to downplay a row between the government and the construction and engineering arm of South Korean giant Hyundai

TOKYO (Reuters) - The heads of Japan Post Holdings Co and affiliates Japan Post Insurance Co and Japan Post will resign this week over the improper sales of insurance policies,

American troops in eastern Syria may be far from home, but they are still getting to enjoy the spirit of Christmas thanks to U.S. led coalition forces in Iraq. Soldiers received various gifts via helicopter this week as part of a project dubbed ‘Operation Holiday Express.’