Новости за 13.08.2015

LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - British and Irish Lions trio Mike Phillips, James Hook and Richard Hibbard have been dropped from Wales' 38-man World Cup training squad, coach Warren Gatland said on Thursday.

Ahead of the world premiere of the new James Bond film 'Spectre', Sony offer a sneak peak into the character development of the two leading ladies played by Monica Belluci and Lea Seydoux. Rough cut (no reporter narration)

KOHLER, Wisconsin, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Clear skies and barely a breath of wind greeted the early starters at the PGA Championship on Thursday as golf fans prepared for the 'Rory and Jordan' show later in the day at Whistling Straits.

Professional skateboarder, Tony Hawk, and Grammy Award winning musician, Ben Harper, team up with professional skateboarders and musicians including U2, Jay Z and Elton John to raise funds for skateparks around the United States; professional skateboarders donated used skateboards to be signed with lyrics by their favorite musicians. Rough Cut - no reporter narration

KOHLER, Wisconsin, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Long-hitting American Gary Woodland withdrew from the PGA Championship before the start of the opening round on Thursday due to "neck issues", organisers said.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Centuries by opener Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Virat Kohli earned India a handy first innings lead before their spinners dismissed both the Sri Lankan openers to put the tourists on top of the first test at Galle on Thursday.

Aug 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Scoreboard at stumps on the second day in the first Test between Sri Lanka and India on Thursday in Galle, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1st innings 183 (A. Mathews 64, D. Chandimal 59; R. Ashwin 6-46) India 1st innings (Overnight: 128-2) L. Rahul lbw b Prasad 7 S. Dhawan b Pradeep 134 Ro. Sharma lbw b Mathews 9 V. Kohli lbw b Kaushal 103

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party faces "annihilation" if it makes left-wing lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn its next leader, former prime minister Tony Blair said on Thursday, warning party members they are "walking eyes shut, arms outstretched, over the cliff's edge."

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Thursday ruled in favor of Nestle in its battle to overturn a nationwide ban of its Maggi instant noodles, but demanded the popular snack be tested again for safety before it can go on sale again.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Thursday ruled in favor of Nestle in its battle to overturn a nationwide ban of its Maggi instant noodles, but demanded the popular snack be tested again for safety before it can go on sale again.

SEOUL (Reuters) - German carmaker Audi said it will develop batteries for electrically powered sport utility vehicles (SUVs) that can run more than 500 kilometers per charge, in partnerships with South Korea's LG Chem Ltd and Samsung SDI Co Ltd.

LONDON (Reuters) - Investors raised their bets on hedge funds at the fastest pace for 15 months in August, new data showed.

MELBOURNE, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Australia coach Michael Cheika has insisted there is method in the madness of selecting Quade Cooper as his starting flyhalf at the All Blacks' fortress where the playmaker's career was nearly derailed.

LONDON (Reuters) - Families of British soldiers killed following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 threatened on Thursday to take legal action unless a long-awaited report from a public inquiry into the war is published, the Daily Mail newspaper reported.

WELLINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - New Zealand will give Waisake Naholo every opportunity to make the World Cup squad after reports the winger, who broke his leg last month, has made swift progress in his recovery following alternative treatment in Fiji.

WELLINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Richie McCaw will become the most capped player in test rugby in the Bledisloe Cup decider against Australia on Saturday, notching up yet another record in a career that has made him arguably the greatest player to ever wear the All Blacks jersey.

WELLINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Factbox on this weekend's Bledisloe Cup test between New Zealand and Australia:

WELLINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Victor Vito and Quade Cooper are both playing for their World Cup places when the All Blacks and Wallabies clash in the defining Bledisloe Cup encounter at Eden Park on Saturday.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank said on Thursday that there was no basis for further depreciation in the yuan given strong economic fundamentals, in a bid to reassure jittery global markets after it devalued the currency earlier in the week.

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring as many as 400, official Chinese media reported.

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin late on Wednesday, killing 17 people and injuring as many as 400, official Chinese media reported.

BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) - China's central bank has stepped up intervention in yuan trading, ordering state banks to buy yuan at designated rates on behalf of the monetary authorities, among other emergency measures, banking sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

* SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won had been serving 4-yr jail term

MUMBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - India's gold demand in the second half of 2015 could rise by more than a quarter from a year before as lower prices encourage buying during the peak festival season towards the year-end, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Thursday.

(Reuters) - Chelsea Manning, a soldier imprisoned for leaking classified U.S. information to pro-transparency site WikiLeaks, could face solitary confinement on charges she violated prison rules by having prohibited reading material, her attorney said on Wednesday.