Новости за 08.02.2022

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers negotiating a Russia sanctions bill were getting "closer and closer" to an agreement, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday.

Gerald Williams, an outfielder with the New York Yankees and five other teams, died Tuesday at age 55.

(Reuters) - A record 31.4 million Americans plan to bet a combined $7.6 billion on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the hometown Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals, the American Gaming

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia on Tuesday advised the owners of 484,000 U.S. vehicles to park outside and away from other vehicles because of fire

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson quietly shut down the only plant making usable batches of its COVID-19 vaccine late last year, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the decision.

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan gang leader Carlos Revette, known as El Koki and wanted by authorities for months, was killed in a police operation near Caracas, Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos said

By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With COVID-19 cases receding and spirits rising, Los Angeles is set to party hard ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl with its biggest slate of events since the

(Reuters) -Norway's Heidi Weng will not travel to Beijing to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 before the Games, the cross-country skier confirmed on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union said on Tuesday it was lifting its freeze on financial support to Burundi, noting a more open political climate and the return of refugees in the central

By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices near seven-year highs will likely weigh on the U.S. economy and push inflation pressures down over the next year, star stock picker Cathie Wood of ARK

(Reuters) -Activist investor Carl Icahn privately threatened a proxy fight for representation on the board of burger chain McDonald's Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people

By Paul Sandle and John McCrank LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - SoftBank's decision to list British chip designer Arm is good news for New York, bad news for London and the best option left for the

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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - ValueAct Capital is urging 7-Eleven's owner, Seven & i Holdings, to break up its businesses and focus on the convenience-store chain, steps which it says

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - "House of Gucci" star Lady Gaga and the latest Marvel box office hit, "Spider-Man: No Way Home," were missing from the list of this year's Academy Awards contenders,

BERLIN (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany, France and Poland will discuss ways to de-escalate tensions over the Russian military build-up on the border of Ukraine in their talks late on Tuesday,

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian parliament approved a law on Tuesday making protection of the environment part of the Constitution in a vote politicians and activists hailed as significant for the

LUHANSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - A group of Ukrainian soldiers patrols the frontline in eastern Ukraine when they suddenly hear the noise of grenades going off in the distance.

The Freedom Convoy of truckers shuts down one of North America's busiest international border crossings. Traffic headed into the U.S. on the ambassador bridge was reopened Tuesday while traffic into Canada remained halted.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Tuesday that Germany was very clear Russia would face harsh consequences if it invades Ukraine, but he would not say whether the newly

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By Supantha Mukherjee and Foo Yun Chee STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission's plan to make the continent more lucrative for investing in semiconductor factories will likely skew the

By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co plans to increase production of electric trucks and Cadillac sport utility vehicles this year by more than six times the previously planned output

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid an escalation

By Philip O'Connor ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - Newly-crowned Olympic champion Jonna Sundling had more than the usual questions to answer after her dominant cross-country sprint win on Tuesday as