Новости за 28.10.2015

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Japan's Mizuho Bank, Italy's UniCredit and Stockholm-based Nordea have joined a global consortium of banks led by financial tech firm R3 that is working on a framework for using blockchain technology in markets, the firm said on Wednesday.

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The world's fastest-growing sport. That status is claimed by many, but rugby union has a genuine shot at the title on the back of a record-breaking Rugby World Cup.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany toughened its rhetoric on Wednesday in response to an accelerating influx of asylum seekers, pledging to step up deportations of migrants and accusing its neighbour Austria of trying to push refugees over their common border after dark.

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Dezzy against the Iceman. Dan Carter v Bernard Foley. Two playmaking number 10s at the opposite spectrum of their careers hoping to orchestrate a World Cup triumph for New Zealand and Australia at Twickenham on Saturday.

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - In most sports it is considered the sign of a good referee if he is not noticed but when charismatic Welshman Nigel Owens has the whistle on the rugby pitch, players and fans are usually more than happy to allow him his own cameo.

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc may be counting on Moments to drive growth, but the moment for celebrating a turnaround still looks far off.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria on Wednesday outlined plans to build barriers including a fence at a busy border crossing to slow an influx of migrants as Germany accused Austrian authorities of shuttling groups of refugees in its direction after dark.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Pascal Affi N'Guessan, who finished second in last weekend's Ivory Coast presidential election, on Wednesday accepted his defeat by incumbent President Alassane Ouattara, helping turn the page on a 2011 civil war and years of political turmoil.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - More than a dozen people were killed in clashes in Burundi on Monday and Tuesday, police said, in the latest violence linked to the disputed third term of President Pierre Nkurunziza.

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Will Genia may be the smallest player in the Australia rugby team but the scrumhalf remains one of the most important.

LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays will pay incoming chief executive James "Jes" Staley up to 8.24 million pounds a year after appointing the former JPMorgan investment bank boss to one of the most prominent posts in British business.

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Young Argentine forward Brian Fernandez has been banned for two years, the second year suspended, for doping at a Libertadores Cup match, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired stun grenades and arrested one student in clashes at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand on Wednesday, as country-wide protests for free tertiary education entered a third week.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador will name a new squad for their 2018 World Cup qualifier against Mexico next month after the selected players went on strike for better pay and working conditions, coach Ramon Maradiaga said.

LONDON (Reuters) - As someone who does "not like too much palaver in my life" it is hard to know just how much joie de vivre Steve Hansen will show if New Zealand retain the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's armed forces on Wednesday said it had rescued 338 people held captive by Boko Haram and raided a number of the Islamist militant group's camps on the edge of its stronghold in the northeast's Sambisa forest.

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would guide "very strongly against" Britain seeking to adopt a Norwegian-style relationship with the European Union if it votes to leave the bloc at a referendum due by the end of 2017.

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would guide "very strongly against" Britain seeking to adopt a Norwegian-style relationship with the European Union if it votes to leave the bloc at a referendum due by the end of 2017.

(Reuters) - Barcelona’s Javier Mascherano has received a two-match suspension following his red card in Sunday’s La Liga clash with Eibar for verbally abusing a linesman, the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said on Wednesday.

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - As someone who does "not like too much palaver in my life" it is hard to know just how much joie de vivre Steve Hansen will show if New Zealand retain the Rugby World Cup on Saturday.

LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - When the newly appointed Australia coach Michael Cheika was hatching his plans for the Rugby World Cup, he knew one of his most important appointments would be choosing the right captain.

Much of the funding for the new James Bond movie comes from product placement. As Joel Flynn reports at least 14 brands are directly associated with what is the longest and largest franchise in the world.

Much of the funding for the new James Bond movie comes from product placement. As Joel Flynn reports at least 14 brands are directly associated with what is the longest and largest franchise in the world.

Much of the funding for the new James Bond movie comes from product placement. As Joel Flynn reports at least 14 brands are directly associated with what is the longest and largest franchise in the world.

(Reuters) - Former world number one Rory McIlroy is confident that he has left his injury problems behind and is keen to close out the season in style by winning a third Race to Dubai title.