Новости за 06.12.2016

Just weeks after taking home the first Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, Helen Marten won the 2016 Turner Prize, cementing her place as a rising star in the British art world.

Germany’s top court ruled the government must compensate utilities companies for its nuclear phase-out law, opening the door for damage claims worth billions of euros.

GoDaddy announced its largest-ever acquisition, a deal to buy Host Europe Group and combine the two companies’ internet-services businesses to help accelerate GoDaddy’s international expansion.

Followers of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa flocked to Chennai to pay their respects to the politician a day after she died. Photo: Getty Images

Quality and provenance are the mantra of serious jewelry collectors, and the early 20th century had them in abundance.

Faltering economy and claims of voter intimidation threaten President John Mahama’s re-election bid in a nation long considered a model for democracy in Africa.

Poland’s Supreme Court ruled that Roman Polanski can’t be handed over to the U.S., ending the Polish conservative government’s bid to extradite the filmmaker.

Tinder is working with Gimlet Media to launch a new dating podcast called “DTR.” More brands are getting into creating sponsored shows as the podcasting space continues to grow.

After taking a phone call from the president of Taiwan, Donald Trump tweeted a series of statements criticizing the Chinese government over the weekend. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains how the new approach to the two governments could impact the president-elect's foreign policy. Photo: AP

Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature anticorruption campaign has been badly tarnished by what a new report describes as a process in which party members are "repeatedly interrogated and often tortured."

High-school students in many parts of east Asia have a better command of science and other subjects than counterparts in the rest of the world, according to PISA rankings, but there is little sign that increased spending on education is producing better results.

After pulling a pint for Chinese President Xi Jinping last year, an iconic English pub has now pulled in Chinese investors.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday in Japan that he and U.S. President Barack Obama were pleased that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had decided to visit Pearl Harbor later this month.Photo: EPA

Indian politicians, celebrities and the public turned out to say goodbye to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa Tuesday.

India's southern state of Tamil Nadu is mourning the death of one of its charismatic leader Jayaram Jayalalithaa, after she failed to recover from a cardiac arrest late Monday night.

The U.S. government has written to a senior aide of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, calling on Tokyo to reconsider a plan to make drug price cuts more frequently.

The charismatic chief of Tamil Nadu state left no clear successor, heralding a period of uncertainty for foreign investors and a potential political opening for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Corporate-bond defaults in China, all the rage earlier this year, have all but disappeared—but the change may be mere optics.

Euroskeptic parties vary in their prescriptions but are putting pressure on mainstream politicians to address perceived flaws in the EU and common currency. Elections next year in several European nations will go far to determine the fate of continental integration.

Speaking at Georgetown University Monday, Vice President Joe Biden defended the Obama administration's financial regulatory policies.

China’s economy grew at a stable pace in November, according to 14 economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, but a new surge of capital outflows was a dark spot on the horizon.

A complaint expected to be filed Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission alleges that two talking dolls—My Friend Cayla and I-Que Intelligent Robot, both made by Genesis Toys Inc.—collect and use personal information from children in violation of rules prohibiting unfair and deceptive practices.

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the Senate’s president to relinquish his powerful post while he faces embezzlement charges, leaving it to a political rival who opposes fiscal reforms now making their way through Congress.

Hubba Inc., whose software allows retailers to access marketing and product information, has raised an undisclosed amount in a new round of new venture-capital financing led by a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. fund.