Новости за 13.07.2015

Oil prices fell in Asia Monday as Iran and major western powers said they were closer than ever to a landmark nuclear deal that would lift sanctions and see Tehran’s crude exports return to global markets. A forecast by the International Energy Agency (IEA) for slower world oil demand next year was also weighing on […]

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Tennis Australia has apologised for a 'clerical error' in a media release that said estranged local player Bernard Tomic was playing in a 'Hall of Shame' event against compatriot John-Patrick Smith.

Despite some shaky weather to kick off the weekend, the Centre Region’s arts festival season ended strong Sunday with a weekend of sunny skies and plenty of attendees.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd Chief Executive Satoru Iwata died after a long illness, the company said on Monday, months after he led the Japanese video-game maker's belated entry into mobile gaming following years of declining sales. He was 55.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Fighting in the stands forced the referee to halt a match at Brasilia's Mane Garrincha stadium on Sunday in what was the latest outbreak of violence inside one of the stadiums used for the 2014 World Cup, local news reports said.

The National Trust is drawing up plans to leave rooms in its historic properties unstaffed because modern retirees are too busy to volunteer as unpaid tour guides.

Brian Kochik crushed a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning and Clarence never looked back in a 10-3 win over Lemont on Sunday.

Josh Potter held Lemont to three hits while striking out nine in a 9-1 Philipsburg win Sunday at Spring Creek Park.

It was a tough way for Bellefonte’s American Legion baseball team to see its season end.

Brian Egan struck out 10, not giving up an earned run and allowing just four hits in Bald Eagle Area’s 8-2 win over Huntingdon in the opening game of the…

Garrett Kuhn delivered the win on the mound as Bellefonte edged Bald Eagle Area 5-4 Sunday on the final day of the first round of the Area 5 VFW Teener…

Women from across the country Sunday took the stage to vie for the title of Miss USA in a decades-old beauty pageant of dazzling dresses and sexy swimsuits that has been dogged this year by comments made by Donald Trump...

NEW YORK — Microsoft’s new Office apps do a good job of helping us navigate a world in which we frequently switch from one device to another — from a Mac to a Windows PC, with a smartphone or tablet along the way. The company released Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac on Thursday and new […]

A team dubbed as Special Inter-Agency Investigation Task Group (SIITG) was recently formed by the Police Regional Office in Davao Region (PNP PRO-11) with the aim of fast-tracking the on-going investigations on the source of the durian candies that poisoned more than a thousand students in Surigao del Sur last week. In an interview with […]

ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, broke out of a high-security prison on Saturday night for the second time, escaping in a tunnel built right under his cell, and heaping embarrassment on President Enrique Pena Nieto.

ALMOLOYA DE JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, broke out of a high-security prison on Saturday night for the second time, escaping in a tunnel built right under his cell, and heaping embarrassment on President Enrique Pena Nieto.

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HAVANA/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia pledged on Sunday to de-escalate military action against leftist guerrillas if the rebels uphold their unilateral ceasefire, providing a breakthrough in peace talks that had been threatened by an escalation of battlefield violence.

TAIPEI, July 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks rose on Monday in technical bounce and cautious optimism after a five-session losing streak.

TORONTO (Reuters) - When Courtney Donovan arrived for her Pan American Games roller

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Pope Francis left for Rome on Sunday at the end of a trip to South America during which he censured capitalism, championed the rights of the poor, warned of irreversible damage to the planet and urged youths to "make a mess".

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Pope Francis left for Rome on Sunday at the end of a trip to South America during which he censured capitalism, championed the rights of the poor, warned of irreversible damage to the planet and urged youths to "make a mess".

LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer spending recorded the biggest annual increase during the second quarter in five years, according to figures published on Monday based on credit and debit card transactions from Visa Europe.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government will ask the BBC's competitors to scrutinise the broadcaster's remit and scale, the government said on Sunday, after years of controversy over how it has been funded.