Новости за 21.08.2019

By Euan Rocha HYDERABAD (Reuters) - India needs to encourage ecommerce and reduce red tape to help small businesses sell online and export goods to help revive sagging domestic economic growth, a senior Amazon.com executive said on Wednesday.

By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was sworn in on Wednesday as leader of a transitional government, and vowed to make achieving peace and solving the country's economic crisis a priority. The appointment of the renowned economist came as General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the outgoing head of the military council, was sworn in as leader of the new Sovereign Council that will run the country for three years until an election after decades of autocratic rule. Читать дальше...

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Survivors of the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre on Wednesday released a sweeping gun-control plan that would ban assault-style rifles and take other steps in hopes of halving U.S. firearms deaths and injuries within a decade

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday over "statements by U.S. officials on their plans to develop and deploy medium-range missiles," according to the request seen by Reuters

By Anthony Boadle and Eduardo Simões BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organizations of setting wildfires in the Amazon rainforest to damage his government's image after he cut their funding. Environment and climate experts disputed his unfounded claim as a "smoke screen" to hide the dismantling of protections for the world's largest tropical rainforest and said farmers clearing land were the cause of a surge in forest... Читать дальше...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Abdalla Hamdok, an economist who has served in international institutions, was sworn in as Sudan's prime minister in the country's transitional government on Wednesday. Ten members of Sudan's new sovereign council, the country's ruling body per a three-year transition agreement, were sworn in earlier on Wednesday.

By Rollo Ross RACHEL, Nevada (Reuters) - Connie West, co-owner of an alien-themed motel in the tiny U.S. desert outpost of Rachel, Nevada, believes they are coming no matter what. Not aliens, but alien hunters.

By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - Environmental and animal rights groups on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its proposal to revise the U.S. Endangered Species Act, seeking to block changes that they say will roll back protections of animals at risk of extinction. The 1970s-era ESA is credited with bringing back from the brink of extinction species such as bald eagles, gray whales and grizzly bears, but the law has long been a source of frustration for drillers, miners and other industries... Читать дальше...

By Eduardo Simões and Anthony Boadle SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organizations of setting wildfires in the Amazon rainforest to damage his government's image after he cut their funding. Bolsonaro, who has shocked environmentalists with plans to open the Amazon to business interests, said NGOs could be behind the record number of wildfires this year, although he presented no evidence to backup his claim

CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday it would impose a 100% "selective" tax on electronic smoking products and a 50% tax on sweetened drinks starting from January 1, 2020, state news agency WAM reported. The decision is in line with the UAE's commitment to implement the unified tax agreement of the Gulf Cooperation Council, WAM said

By William James and Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday gave Britain 30 days to come up with alternatives to the Irish border backstop to ensure a Brexit deal, but French President Emmanuel Macron cautioned there could be no new renegotiation. More than three years after the United Kingdom voted to quit the European Union, it is still unclear on what terms - or indeed whether - the bloc's second largest economy will leave the club it joined in 1973. Читать дальше...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he would not escalate a deepening trade and diplomatic dispute with China but added his government had no intention of backing down as it defended its interests. Trudeau, speaking to an audience in Montreal just days after Beijing warned Ottawa not to meddle in Hong Kong's affairs, also repeated his call for restraint and respect for human rights as protests sweep the former British colony

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed offense over the Danish prime minister's statement that selling Greenland was "absurd," adding that a U.S. purchase of the autonomous Danish territory was just an idea. "I thought the prime minister's statement was ..

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said he would not escalate a deepening trade and diplomatic dispute with China but added that his government had no intention of backing down as it defended its interests.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two American service members were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the NATO press office said without elaborating. The names of the U.S. service members killed in action were being withheld until after their relatives were notified, in accordance with Pentagon policy, it said.

The optics of Chidambaram running away and hiding from the law are worse than Chidambaram facing and cooperating with agencies.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa are set to travel to Paris next month to receive the first of 36 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian Air Force, government sources said

Mohun Bagan got their first real opportunity in the 14th minute with Joseba Beitia in the attack but the Spaniard's shot from an acute angle was saved by a flying Real Kashmir goalkeeper Phurba Lanchepa.

Gokulnath Shetty, in his plea, said the CBI's allegations about pecuniary gains from the PNB scam were just 'assumptions' and further investigation on this aspect was not required

The holding company of Tottenham Hotspur originally took out a 400 million pound five-year loan from BAML, Goldman Sachs and HSBC in 2017 to finance the construction of its new 62,062-seat stadium.

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba will take charge as Cabinet Secretary for a tenure of two years from 30 August

A team of CBI officials took former finance minister P Chidambaram into custody for questioning on Wednesday night amid a high drama that saw officials of the investigative agency scaling the boundary wall of his Delhi residence to enter the premises

The fan vote results will be announced in late September. The overall results and the complete Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2020 will be announced in January. The 2020 Induction Ceremony will be hosted on 18 July, 2020 in Newport, Richmond.

England will look to the advantage of Steve Smith's absence but will have to sort out their own batting order woes as Jason Roy and Joe Root haven't fired as yet