Новости за 19.02.2020

By Ahmed Aboulenein (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi said on Wednesday he has put together a cabinet of political independents and called on parliament to hold an

By Khalil Ashawi AZAZ, Syria (Reuters) - Abu Abdallah has been on the road for days.

A Democrat presidential candidate will be stepping into the debate ring for the first time in more than a decade. On Tuesday, Mike Bloomberg qualified for Wednesday's Democrat debate in Las Vegas. However, the former New York City mayor is expected to face serious heat from his fellow candidates.

By Alan Baldwin BARCELONA (Reuters) - Renault's Esteban Ocon expects lap records to be smashed in Formula One this season after impressive times on the first day of testing in Spain on Wednesday.

By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester City could play in next season's Champions League despite a two-year UEFA ban from European competition if they ask for the suspension to be

By Steve Keating (Reuters) - With a back story ripped from a Hollywood script, crossover charisma and surfing skill that would impress Duke Kahanamoku, Kanoa Igarashi is riding a wave of opportunity

By Alan Baldwin BARCELONA (Reuters) - McLaren have closed their paddock hospitality at Formula One testing in Barcelona to anyone who has visited China in the past two weeks as part of measures to

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren will get help in the final days before Nevada's caucuses from a super PAC, despite her outspoken opposition to such

By Tanishaa Nadkar (Reuters) - Clothing and furnishing retailer Laura Ashley calmed concerns over its working capital, saying it has access to sufficient funds to meet immediate funding needs,

LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will carry out their final public engagements as senior working members of Britain's royal family in late February and March before their status

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a British court by videolink from prison on Wednesday where lawyers discussed the timetable of his hearing next week to decide whether

By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Normally serene Thailand has been on edge since a rogue soldier went on the rampage in a northeastern city this month, killing 29

By Nandita Bose and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.

By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - An exploration of what freedom means in a dictatorship by a jailed Iranian director and the story of three people trying to wrest back control of their lives from

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday said the most pressing uncertainty facing the global economy is the coronavirus outbreak in China but urged G20 finance

By Tom Arnold and Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) - Holders of Lebanon's international debt risk losing as much as 80% of their investment as a debt restructuring looms that could be more painful

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said President Trump has his "everlasting gratitude," following the president's decision to commute his sentence.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it's imposing sanctions on a subsidiary of the Russian oil conglomerate Rosneft. The sanctions will freeze all assets held in the U.S. by Rosneft Trading SA, the Swiss-incorporated broker for the Russian oil company, and also target firm President Didier Casimiro. Private holders of interests in the firm will be given 90 days to divest from the company or risk having their assets frozen.

(Reuters) - Nasdaq hit an all-time high at the open on Wednesday on signs of slowing coronavirus infections and expectations that China would take more measures to bolster its virus-hit economy.

A North Carolina appeals court has blocked a voter ID law, which was scheduled to take effect during this years general elections. A three judge panel unanimously made the decision Tuesday after claiming the law was enacted with discriminatory intent.

YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sacked two high-ranking military officers at the defense ministry following criticism over the high number of deaths in the armed forces.

PARIS (Reuters) - France would not sign a bad post-Brexit deal with the United Kingdom on Dec. 31 just for the sake of agreeing one to meet a deadline, said French European Affairs Minister Amelie de

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Global financial regulators risk falling behind on rapid innovation in the digital payments industry and need to work more quickly to devise rules for crypto-currencies

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilding fell less than expected in January while permits surged to a near 13-year high, pointing to sustained housing market strength that could help

President Trump warned if California can't clean up its streets, the federal government will. He made those remarks during a briefing on preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Tuesday.