Новости за 21.07.2019

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes killed at least 11 people in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, and the Syrian state news agency said the army had repelled an attack by militants in the area. In central Syria, state media also said that a train carrying phopshate was derailed by a bomb blast east of Palmyra, causing injuries among the crew.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recognized the "significant advances of Mexican operations" in reducing migrant flows to the United States, part of a June 7 agreement between the nations, Mexico's foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

VILA DE REI/MACAO, Portugal (Reuters) - As flames closed in on villages in central Portugal on Sunday afternoon, locals were forced to take matters into their own hands, protecting their homes from huge wildfires with buckets of water and hosepipes as strong winds fanned the blaze. Two of the three wildfires which broke out on Saturday in Castelo Branco, a district 225 kilometres (139 miles) northeast of Lisbon, are still burning. Having spread to the nearby Santarem district, they are now threatening... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House senior adviser Jared Kushner will lead a U.S. delegation on a tour of the Middle East to finalize details of his proposed $50 billion economic development plan for the Palestinians, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon, an administration official said on Sunday

KIEV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's party led Ukraine's snap parliamentary election on Sunday with 43.9% of votes, an exit poll showed. The Opposition Platform was in second place, former President Petro Poroshenko's party was in third place, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's party was in fourth place and rock star Sviatoslav Vakarchuk's party in fifth.

By Greg Torode, Clare Jim and Marius Zaharia HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in running clashes with protesters late on Sunday amid chaotic scenes as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by Beijing. Thousands of protesters descended on China's representative office in the city, in a direct challenge to authorities in Beijing, just hours after the latest demonstrations to rock the Asian financial central. Читать дальше...

By Maria Tsvetkova and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's party took a commanding lead in Sunday's snap parliamentary election, handing the novice politician a broader mandate for driving change and tackling corruption in the war-scarred nation. A comedian with no prior policymaking experience, Zelenskiy gained fame playing a schoolteacher who becomes president in a TV comedy. He won a landslide victory in a presidential vote in April, running as an outsider... Читать дальше...

A day earlier, lightning had claimed one life in Uttar Pradesh. Thirteen others were injured due to the same reason, an official statement added.

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik asked militants to stop killing innocent people, including security personnel, and rather target 'those who have looted the wealth of Kashmir for years', a statement which evoked severe criticism from mainstream politicians

Donald Trump attacked first-term democrats last week on Twitter, demanding they apologize 'for the horrible (hateful) things they have said.'

In desperately difficult conditions, Lowry's one-over par final round was still more than enough as he finished on 15-under for the tournament to claim the Claret Jug.

India U-19 side produced a disciplined bowling effort to dismiss the English side for 204 in 46.3 overs after their skipper George Balderson won the toss and elected to bat at the County Ground here.

Thomas struggled on the final climb into the clouds, but then closed the gap on the leader to 1min 35sec by dropping him with a late burst afer initially looking like he was going to lose precious time on the overall leader.

The fate of the fragile HD Kumaraswamy led Congress-JDS coalition government in Karnataka is likely to be decided on the Assembly floor on Monday.

Five more people died in Bihar flood, taking the death toll to 102 Sunday, as over 72 lakh people were affected in 12 districts.

Miyah poetry, written by Bengali Muslims who have settled in the riverine plains of the Brahmaputra in Assam, has been the subject of much media attention in recent times.

Rahul proved to be the nemesis for his old side as he showed immense strength to power through the Titans' defence throughout the match.

Insisting that that the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition in Karnataka will survive the ongoing political crisis in the state, Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar said HD Kumaraswamy will vacate the Chief Minister’s position to save the combine

For members of the Bulls squad, it is the Bengaluru leg this season that they will be looking forward to.

Pragya Singh Thakur while interacting with BJP workers on Sunday, said she has not been elected as Member of Parliament to clean toilets and drains.

A mature and highly cerebral Akane Yamaguchi played a brilliant tactical game on Sunday to finally halt the all-conquering march of India’s PV Sindhu, and dealt the Indian a humbling 21-15, 21-16 defeat in the women’s singles final of the Indonesia Open

England were adjudged the winners of the 2019 World Cup on the basis of their superior boundary count 22 fours and two sixes to New Zealand's 17 after the epic final

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to India on a day-long visit on September 9 to meet his counterpart, Narendra Modi.

A Sharath Kamal squandered three match points and then the quarterfinal match, shattering his men's singles medal hope in the 21st Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships on Sunday.

A 30-year-old tribal woman was killed after three men allegedly ran a tractor over her as a result of a land dispute in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.