Новости за 01.12.2015

(Reuters Health) - Parents caring for children discharged from the hospital face many stressors and can feel they are “in a fog” that may make it harder for them to process important information, according to a new study.

LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The judge who sentenced Tom Hayes to 14 years in jail for conspiracy to rig Libor interest rates blocked the defence from presenting key evidence about a banking industry that routinely flouted rules, his lawyer told an appeals court on Tuesday.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday downgraded Thailand's safety ratings after its civil aviation body failed to tackle flaws in its commercial aviation standards.

BOSTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments recently boosted the estimated value of video streaming device maker Roku Inc and storage startup Nutanix Inc by more than 20 percent, underscoring how some pre-IPO companies continue to shine in a sector that has hit a rough patch.

The French military releases video showing Mirage fighters taking off from Jordan for strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The French military releases video showing Mirage fighters taking off from Jordan for strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The French military releases video showing Mirage fighters taking off from Jordan for strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The French military releases video showing Mirage fighters taking off from Jordan for strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The French military releases video showing Mirage fighters taking off from Jordan for strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was deploying an elite new force of special operations troops to Iraq to conduct raids, free hostages, capture Islamic State leaders and carry out "unilateral operations" in neighbouring Syria.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was deploying an elite new force of special operations troops to Iraq to conduct raids, free hostages, capture Islamic State leaders and carry out "unilateral operations" in neighbouring Syria.

NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has imposed a $50,000 daily fine against Bank of China Ltd after holding it in contempt for refusing to turn over account information of Chinese customers accused of selling counterfeit luxury goods.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union executive is drafting a plan to fly limited numbers of refugees from Turkey direct to Europe, EU officials said on Tuesday, following a weekend deal under which Ankara promised to help cut chaotic mass inflows.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union executive is drafting a plan to fly limited numbers of refugees from Turkey direct to Europe, EU officials said on Tuesday, following a weekend deal under which Ankara promised to help cut chaotic mass inflows.

* Obama predicts successor will keep acting on climate (Adds comments from Obama, details)

A museum uses teddy bears to depict life - past and present - in La Paz. Angela Moore reports.

A museum uses teddy bears to depict life - past and present - in La Paz. Angela Moore reports.

A museum uses teddy bears to depict life - past and present - in La Paz. Angela Moore reports.

NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc's chief executive officer on Tuesday defended the company's possible withdrawal from the Obamacare health insurance exchanges, calling the 2015 expansion into two dozen states a "bad decision."

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said sales of its electronic gadgets more than tripled over the Thanksgiving weekend from last year, with the Fire tablet the top-selling product.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, who was not involved in making the long-awaited new film, "The Force Awakens," said he is as ambivalent about seeing the movie as a divorced father would be about attending his child's wedding.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped a Tunisian woman working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen as she was leaving home for work in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, local officials said.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund policymakers stressed the need for further economic reforms in China and saw some operational challenges in adding China's yuan currency to the fund's benchmark currency basket, the IMF said on Tuesday.

* Business value of forests estimated at $150 billion annually

(Reuters) - U.S. state Medicaid programs spent $1.3 billion before rebates in 2014 on Gilead Sciences' new hepatitis C drugs to treat fewer than 2.4 percent of enrollees with the liver disease, according to a U.S. Senate investigation into pricing of the blockbuster medicines.