Новости за 04.11.2015

LONDON (Reuters) - Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, told a Parliamentary committee on Wednesday that it could still meet environmental standards if it expands.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government has fine-tuned arguments aimed at defending President Dilma Rousseff from a ruling that her administration manipulated federal accounts last year, and expects Congress to approve them, Chief of Staff Jaques Wagner said on Wednesday.

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's electoral commission on Wednesday certified the candidacy of the second of two major challengers to veteran leader Yoweri Museveni's bid to extend his three decades in office, and set the vote for Feb. 18 of next year.

LONDON (Reuters) - Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, told a Parliamentary committee on Wednesday that it could still meet environmental standards if it expands.

A US-based student has developed an algorithm that helps drones fly through trees at 30 miles per hour without crashing. Jim Drury reports.

A US-based student has developed an algorithm that helps drones fly through trees at 30 miles per hour without crashing. Jim Drury reports.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's antitrust chief said on Wednesday it was still undecided if an antitrust case against Internet search giant Google would end with a fine or a settlement, which would mean no fine.

(Reuters Health) - The annual arrival each summer of a fresh crop of surgical residents and interns is not necessarily linked to worse outcomes for patients, a U.S. study suggests.

LONDON (Reuters) - A British cancer drugs scheme, slammed as "stupid" by Roche's chief executive two months ago, has undergone another about-turn, with some medicines dropped from coverage now being reinstated.

FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - German officials stepped up the pressure on Volkswagen to clean up its act on Wednesday after it revealed it had understated the fuel consumption of some vehicles, opening a new front in the crisis at Europe's biggest carmaker.

Hollywood stars Danny DeVito, Renee Zellweger and Jeremy Irons walk the blue carpet at the London gala dinner for the SeriousFun Children's Network. Melanie Ralph reports.

LONDON (Reuters) - A British cancer drugs scheme, slammed as "stupid" by Roche's chief executive two months ago, has undergone another about-turn, with some medicines dropped from coverage now being reinstated.

PARIS (Reuters) - Andy Murray demolished Croatian teenager Borna Coric 6-1, 6-2 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday to set up a Davis Cup-flavoured clash with Belgium's David Goffin.

Ex Wal-Mart top executive and three others were hurt but survived after their small private plane equipped with a parachute landed on an Arkansas road. Gavino Garay reports.

Ex Wal-Mart top executive and three others were hurt but survived after their small private plane equipped with a parachute landed on an Arkansas road. Gavino Garay reports.

AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army regained control of a road southeast of Aleppo on Wednesday, taking back the government's only supply route into the city from Islamic State fighters who had seized it last month.

AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army regained control of a road southeast of Aleppo on Wednesday, taking back the government's only supply route into the city from Islamic State fighters who had seized it last month.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Liberal leader Justin Trudeau named a corporate executive and political newcomer as his finance minister on Wednesday as he was sworn into office as Canada's 23rd prime minister, promising a more optimistic government after a decade of Conservative rule.

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 18 people were killed and up to 150 trapped on Wednesday when a factory collapsed near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said, adding to a number of industrial disasters to hit the South Asian nation.

Euro zone business growth remained tepid last month. As Ciara Lee reports the ECB's massive stimulus programme seems to be having little impact on economic activity or price pressures.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta quit on Wednesday, in a surprise move that will probably produce a new cabinet led by a technocrat, after street protesters demanded resignations over a deadly fire in a Bucharest nightclub at the weekend.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta quit on Wednesday, in a surprise move that will probably produce a new cabinet led by a technocrat, after street protesters demanded resignations over a deadly fire in a Bucharest nightclub at the weekend.

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish director John Crowley feels all the right elements have combined in his film "Brooklyn", a tale of emigration based on a critically acclaimed Colm Toibin novel and starring the Irish-American actress Saoirse Ronan.

Revenue rose sharply at the handbag maker, Michael Kors, spurred by online sales and the addition of new stores. Fred Katayama reports.

MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's energy system operator National Grid moved to increase the country's electricity supply backup on Wednesday after unnamed power plants broke down.