Новости за 21.01.2016

Adele's blockbuster new album missed the deadline for this year's Grammys - but she will still be at the ceremony to sing.

NC public universities break record at nearly 225K students The 16-campus system's governing board is scheduled to hear Thursday that University of North Carolina schools broke an enrollment record this fall with nearly 225,000 students.

TOKYO - Japan's economy minister has been accused in a popular magazine of accepting bribes, but he has denied any wrongdoing and promised an investigation.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy minister has been accused in a popular magazine of accepting bribes, but he has denied any wrongdoing and promised an investigation. The magazine said the money was in exchange for the Amari office's help in settling a dispute between the company and a housing development organization.

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The country's top sports body said Thursday it will ask the government to naturalize two Canadian-born hockey players, with an eye on improving the national team for the next Winter Olympics. The Korean Olympic Committee

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Culture Minister Kim Jong-deok said Thursday that he expects South Korea to meet its target of attracting 8 million Chinese tourists this year, while strengthening regulations against low-cost tour packages.

(AP) — Prosecutors are urging Nevada's Supreme Court to reconsider its recent reversal of a murder and conspiracy conviction in a casino shootout between rival biker gangs that left one dead and three others wounded more than four years ago. Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks said the justices who ordered a new trial last month — based on faulty instructions to the jury — didn't place enough weight on casino surveillance video he said shows a conspiracy to assassinate a Hells Angels' leader. Читать дальше...

SHANGHAI — Consumer confidence in China fell to a record low this month, according to the latest edition of a regular survey. Analysts said it was a sign that China’s slowing economic growth — which fell to 6.9 percent, its lowest rate for more than two decades, last year — could eventually affect citizens' spending plans and consumption, which has been the main bright spot of China’s economy over the past two years. But some economists said there were also grounds for optimism.

Gujarat riots convict Suresh Chhara, who was out on parole, was arrested in Ahmedabad on Thursday for allegedly attacking journalist Revati Laul, who is writing a book on the convicts in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case.

THE State Government called for tougher in-play betting laws ahead of concerns being raised about a bookmaker ­offering the service sponsoring the Australian Open.

Legendary classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai dies at the age of 97 in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

DAVOS, Switzerland - The latest developments from the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where world leaders and top executives are gathered this week. All times local.

Britain's David Cameron, China's Vice President Li Yuanchao, and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu are taking the stage later Thursday at the World Economic Forum. [...] U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, fresh from talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is joining Davos with a full schedule.

(AP) — A serial killer convicted of killing three prominent Alexandria residents over the course of a decade as part of a general grudge against the city's elite will be formally sentenced to life in prison. Prosecutors said Severance, who has a history of mental illness, wanted revenge against what he considered the city's enforcement class after losing a child custody case in Alexandria.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has linked the timing of this year's federal election to market "volatility", declaring the Turnbull government would go full term as it puts forward its solutions for economic uncertainty.

More than three-fourths of American companies in China feel less welcome than in the past and 45% say revenue is dropping or flat, a survey released Wednesday by the American Chamber of Commerce in China indicates.

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- The country's top sports body said Thursday it will ask the government to naturalize two Canadian-born hockey players, with an eye on improving the national team for the next Winter Olympics. The Korean Olympic Committee

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Culture Minister Kim Jong-deok said Thursday that he expects South Korea to meet its target of attracting 8 million Chinese tourists this year, while strengthening regulations against low-cost tour packages.

In China, the world's top gold consumer, Shanghai Gold Exchange prices were at a premium of between $3.50 and $5 an ounce to spot prices from $2 to $3 last week, according to Reuters calculations.

The father of a suicidal schoolgirl who failed Grade 11, has appealed to the Durban High Court to have her promoted to matric.

Region’s market helped as US remains shut amid credit sell-off

According to the Kremlin spokesman, the Central Bank will not allow the ruble exchange rate to hit rock bottom.