Новости за 09.01.2020

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump to restructure the United States's top trade relationships have cost American companies $46 billion since February

President Trump has signaled the White House may try to restrict the testimony of former National Security Adviser John Bolton. On Thursday, the president said he would defer to the Senate if Bolton were to testify in the upcoming impeachment trial.

Iran’s Ayatollah regime is making new threats against U.S. military personnel in the Middle East. On Thursday, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard said the group has prepared hundreds of missiles to carry out new strikes on U.S. forces in Iraq and beyond.

President Trump is explaining why the assassination of Iranian’s top general was the right call. On Thursday, the president defended his reasoning for the recent American airstrike, which killed Qasem Soleimani.

A longtime columnist for The New York Times claimed he was the victim of a major cyber security breach. On Wednesday, Paul Krugman said on Twitter, “someone compromised my IP address and is using it to download child pornography.”

Gas-powered gardening tools may soon become a thing of the past. At least that's the goal for California state air regulators, who are considering a state-wide ban on the equipment.

LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers are expected later on Thursday to approve legislation which will allow the country to leave the European Union on Jan. 31 with an exit deal, ending more than three

By Laila Bassam and Nadine Awadalla BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese prosecutor imposed a travel ban on former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Thursday, judicial sources said, after he was questioned over an

By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's justice minister launched a rare and forceful public takedown of auto executive-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn after he blasted the country's legal system as

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Top seed Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki ensured the Auckland Classic retained their two main draw cards as they battled to second round victories on Thursday, although

By Olga Cotaga LONDON (Reuters) - Safe-haven currencies such as the Japanese yen retreated on Thursday as the United States and Iran backed away from further conflict, with markets resuming a more

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Willie Walsh, who created British Airways' parent firm IAG by dragging old-fashioned flag carriers into the modern-age of budget flying, is to retire and

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's parliament passed legislation on Thursday aimed at curbing gun ownership after a surge in regional ethnic violence blamed on a proliferation of small arms in private

(Reuters) - Britain's retailers reported mixed results for the critical Christmas period, with major supermarkets suffering their slowest festive season in years and retailers varied in their

By Sarah Young and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - A Christmas crunch inflicted further pain on more British retailers on Thursday, with John Lewis warning its staff they may not get a bonus for the

By Alexander Cornwell, Babak Dehghanpisheh and Natalia Zinets DUBAI/KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine outlined four potential scenarios on Thursday to explain the deadly crash of one of its airliners in Iran,

By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Thursday that the central bank could cut interest rates if it looks like weakness in the economy will

By Hadeel Al Sayegh and Davide Barbuscia DUBAI (Reuters) - First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has started an auction process for a Dubai hotel operated by Shangri-La and owned by indebted

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Sales of Apple Inc's iPhone in China in December jumped more than 18% year on year, government data showed on Thursday.

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein's New York trial on rape charges is expected to last up to two months, and the former film producer appears to be planning on spending some of that

By Gabriella Borter NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Donna Rotunno agreed to represent former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as lead defense attorney in his New York rape trial, she believed that her

By Jane Lanhee Lee and Stephen Nellis LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Technology companies transformed smartphones and televisions into continuous fountains of revenue.

By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Beijing should not see Taiwan's elections as representing a win or loss for China, Taiwan's foreign minister said on Thursday, days ahead of a vote

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler sold 2.34 million Mercedes-Benz passenger cars in 2019 for a ninth consecutive year of record sales, it said on Thursday, putting the German carmaker in pole