Новости за 21.12.2018

By Sam Edwards BARCELONA (Reuters) - Police dragged Catalan separatists off roads and arrested 13 during protests on Friday as the Spanish cabinet met in the regional capital of Barcelona in both a show of central power and an attempt at negotiation. Secession supporters used tyres and rubbish to barricade highways from before dawn, and thronged the streets of Barcelona in their thousands, many flying the striped Estelada, the Catalan independence flag that bears a lone star

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, England (Reuters) - London's Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday after a mystery saboteur wrought 36 hours of travel chaos for more than 100,000 Christmas travellers by using drones to play cat-and-mouse with police snipers and the army. After the biggest disruption at Gatwick, Britain's second busiest airport, since a volcanic ash cloud in 2010, Gatwick said around 700 planes were due to take off on Friday, although there would still be delays and cancellations. The... Читать дальше...

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinians, including a teenager, in the Gaza Strip during the latest of weekly protests along the border with Israel on Friday, Palestinian health officials said. About 8,000 Palestinians gathered near the border fence, the Israeli military said. Most kept their distance, while some burned tires and tried to throw an explosive device into Israel, though it did not land across the border, the military said.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian state prosecutors on Friday ordered the son of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to explain suspicious funds in the bank account of his former driver, widening their probe after the ex-staff member failed to show up to answer queries. Questions over the origin of the funds in the bank account of Fabricio Queiroz, who for years was on Senator-elect Flavio Bolsonaro's payroll, have threatened to tarnish the reputation of the Bolsonaro family, whose members surged... Читать дальше...

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands of Hungarians joined a march in Budapest on Friday led by spoof political party MKKP "to support government policies, Christmas and snowfall" - the latest in a string of demonstrations stoked by controversial reforms.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Friday called for immediate U.S. Senate hearings on President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw all American troops from Syria, which prompted the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters he wanted to hear directly from Mattis at any hearing.

By Sudarshan Varadhan MADURAI (Reuters) - An Indian court on Friday said Vedanta cannot reopen its copper smelter in Tamil Nadu until it hears an case challenging a verdict by the country's environment court in favour of the conglomerate. The smelter was ordered shut by Tamil Nadu over alleged pollution that led to violent protests in May, which culminated in police opening fire on demonstrators and killing 13.

By Toby Melville GATWICK, England (Reuters) - London's Gatwick Airport suspended flights on Friday just hours after reopening following a 36-hour closure which stranded more than 100,000 Christmas travellers when a mystery saboteur used drones to play cat-and-mouse with police snipers. Services had resumed at Britain's second busiest airport early on Friday after suffering its worst disruption since a volcanic ash cloud grounded flights across much of Europe in 2010. Then just 11 hours later... Читать дальше...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's government said on Friday it wanted more details from the United States on its plan to send migrants to Mexico while their asylum claims are processed, and vowed not to deport people seeking refuge. On Thursday, Mexico said it had agreed on humanitarian grounds to accept some non-Mexican migrants sent by the United States to wait in Mexico while their U.S. asylum requests were processed.

LONDON (Reuters) - Flights at Britain's second-biggest airport Gatwick have resumed after a brief suspension following unconfirmed reports of another drone sighting on Friday evening, an airport spokeswoman said.

By Sam Edwards BARCELONA (Reuters) - Police dragged Catalan separatists off roads and arrested 11 during protests on Friday as Spain's government brought a cabinet meeting to regional capital Barcelona in both a show of central power and attempt at negotiation. Secession supporters used tyres and rubbish to barricade highways from before dawn, and thronged the streets of Barcelona in their thousands waving red-and-yellow Catalan flags. Some set off flares and burned an image of Spain's King Felipe VI... Читать дальше...

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had two cancerous nodules removed from her left lung on Friday in a surgical procedure in New York, the latest health issue experienced by the 85-year-old liberal jurist, a court spokeswoman said.

By Gwladys Fouche and Ahmed Eljechtimi OSLO/RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan police have arrested nine more people in an investigation into the murder of two Scandinavian female tourists by suspected Islamic State militants, authorities said on Friday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said he hoped to finalise a new national unity government on Friday after more than seven months of political wrangling. By the early evening, there was still no sign of an announcement. Lebanese politicians have indicated a government deal is close but have yet to declare a final agreement.

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had two cancerous nodules removed from her left lung, the latest health issue experienced by the 85-year-old liberal jurist, a court spokeswoman said on Friday. There is no evidence of any further disease and Ginsburg, one of the court's nine justices, is "resting comfortably," spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said in a statement

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Friday that two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar on charges of breaking the country's Official Secrets Act were innocent and that Britain had serious concerns about due process in the case.

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - A mystery drone operator's success in shutting down Britain's second busiest airport for more than 36 hours has exposed the vulnerability of others across the world to saboteurs armed with such cheap and easily available devices. The incursion at London Gatwick, a brazen game of cat and mouse that those responsible played with Europe's top military power, underlined how many airports lack the means to catch drone pilots quickly, let alone destroy the unmanned... Читать дальше...

Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, tried using "delaying tactics" by appealing to the Delhi High Court to extend his surrender deadline, a riot victim said

A chronology of events in the National Herald eviction case in which the Delhi High Court Friday directed its publisher Associated Journals Limited (AJL) to vacate the premises in the national capital within two weeks

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum discussed why 2019 will be the right time to host Global Games in India, the possibility of the NBA India Games becoming a regular feature and whether India could see a regular season game soon.

Set to make 195 in approximately 50 overs, Pakistan cruised home in 40.2 overs to complete a satisfactory workout in their only warm-up match ahead of the first Test starting at Centurion on Wednesday.

With this, Jharkhand has joined several other states which have announced assistance to farmers in the recent past.

The Premier Badminton League (PBL), starting here on Saturday, is being held at the end of the year after a hectic season and at times it does affect the players' bodies, feels star Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal.

Manipur, the easternmost Indian border state, plagued by unemployment and armed conflict, is fondly referred to as a ‘paradise’ in journalistic circles.

Vivian Richards agreed to the euphoria that Virat Kohli's men have the best chance to beat Australia for the first time.