Новости за 21.11.2019

By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley incubator of start-ups, said on Thursday it would close YC China, a Chinese version of its U.S. programme. The move comes as tensions rise between the United States and China over trade and intellectual property in the technology sector

By Jeffrey Heller and Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was charged with bribery, breach of trust and fraud on Thursday, a criminal indictment that plunged Israel deeper into political disarray.

By Jonathan Allen and Maria Caspani (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has halted the scheduled executions of four inmates on federal death row, temporarily stalling an effort by President Donald Trump's administration to resume federal executions next month after a 16-year hiatus

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, presenting one of the gravest challenges yet to Israel's longest-serving leader. Netanyahu, 70, denies all wrongdoing but now finds himself stuck in political and legal limbo.

By Ulf Laessing ATBARA, Sudan (Reuters) - Standing on the platform where he and other protesters packed a train to Khartoum in April to pressure Sudan's military to share power with civilians, Abdelaziz Abdallah made clear the revolution driven by their city has much further to go. A veteran railway worker-turned union leader, Abdallah was among the first to take to the streets in this labour stronghold in December, sparking a national uprising that toppled long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir almost four months later. Читать дальше...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - As he cradles his young puppy in his arms, Laurent Simons looks much like any other 9-year-old boy. Then he starts describing his work at a university in the Netherlands, developing a computer circuit that will replicate a part of the brain. "What we are doing is placing neurons and making connections to see what the reaction is to medication in a part of the brain," he says of the brain-on-chip project, which combines the biomedical and electrical engineering fields. Читать дальше...

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rebounded and global equity markets pared losses on Thursday as efforts by China to smooth the path forward in U.S.-Sino trade talks helped sooth investor sentiment, though fears remained that a phase one deal might not occur until next year. Oil prices rose to a two-month high after Reuters reported the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies are likely to extend existing output cuts until mid-2020

By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Intel Corp on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fortress Investment Group, alleging the SoftBank Group Corp unit stockpiled patents to hold up tech firms with lawsuits demanding as much as $5.1 billion. The lawsuit follows an earlier case that Intel filed against Fortress in October.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 15 U.S. senators urged the Commerce Department to suspend issuing licenses to U.S

ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Private equity group Warburg Pincus is working with Goldman Sachs and Barclays on the planned 2020 sale or initial public offering of Swiss banking software company Avaloq, people close to the matter said. The buyout group, which owns 45% of Avaloq, is expected to launch an auction in the first quarter of 2020.

By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former Twitter Inc employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia may be freed pending trial, a U.S. District Court judge ruled on Thursday. Ahmad Abouammo and two other men were indicted earlier this month on spying charges in a case that puts Silicon Valley in the spotlight over protection of personal data, including from tech company employees who have no reason to access the information.

By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Thursday following a Reuters report that OPEC and its allies are likely to extend output cuts until mid-2020, while fresh signs emerged that China had invited U.S.

GENEVA (Reuters) - G20 economies slapped on 28 new barriers between mid-May and mid-October covering trade worth an estimated $460.4 billion, mainly via tariff increases and import bans, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday. The restrictions by the world's 20 leading economies were 37 pct above those in the period of Oct 2018-May 2019, "as the share of global trade covered by such measures has soared", the WTO said in a report on the G20. The group includes the United States, China,... Читать дальше...

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar and global equity markets edged lower on Thursday as efforts by China to smooth the path forward in U.S.-Sino trade talks was offset by concerns tensions between the world's two largest economies were too large to quickly overcome. Oil prices rose after Reuters reported the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies are likely to extend existing output cuts until mid-2020.

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar and global equity markets edged lower on Thursday as efforts by China to smooth the path forward in U.S.-Sino trade talks was offset by concerns tensions between the world's two largest economies were too large to quickly overcome. Oil prices rose after Reuters reported the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies are likely to extend existing output cuts until mid-2020.

CAIRO (Reuters) - The institutional tranche of Saudi Aramco's initial public offering (IPO) has received approximately 73 billion riyals (£15.08 billion) in orders, Saudi Arabia's Samba Financial Group said on Thursday. Some 1.8 million retail subscribers have injected more than 14 billion riyals into the IPO so far, Samba, one of the banks managing the deal, added in a statement sent to Reuters. (Reporting by Alaa Swilam in Cairo; Writing by Tuqa Khalid/Mark Heinrich)

By Cecile Mantovani LYON, France (Reuters) - Beaujolais Nouveau wine lovers made merry as this year's first bottles were uncorked, but producers faced the sobering truth of a dip in margins due to new tariffs imposed by the United States, their second biggest export market. Barrels of this season's vintage, a red made from Gamay grapes in the Beaujolais region, were rolled through the streets of Lyon in a traditional torchlit procession

BJP leader Piyush Goyal added that the Congress when in power used to go after those who donated money to the BJP through cheques.

After almost a month of impasse in Maharashtra, the unlikely combo of Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress is inching closer to stitching together a deal for government formation in Maharashtra. After a crucial meeting between the Congress and the NCP, Congress leader and former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the meeting with the NCP reached 'complete unanimity' and talks with Sena will finalise the 'architecture' of the tie-up on Friday.

Describing Jose Mourinho as a top manager, former Manchester City defender Micah Richards on Thursday said that it would be difficult for him initially and it is good to have him back in the Premier League.

A RSS leader, on the other hand, backed the appointment of Khan. Dev Pujari, the RSS national organisation secretary, urged the BHU students to withdraw their protests, remarking that anybody can learn, speak and teach Sanskrit. Unfazed, the protesting students said that the statement of RSS has no bearing on them.

India's Saurav Ghosal moved into the quarter-finals of the Channel VAS Championship, a PSA World Tour gold event, after beating Tom Richards of England

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting issued a warning to Pakistan team saying that 'you've got nowhere to relax against this team'.

Attorney General K K Venugopal told the top court that instead of questions, the government should be "congratulated" for effectively handling of the situation in the erstwhile state after the "historic" and "unparalleled" decision of 5 August.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday dubbed the removal of SPG cover from the Gandhi family part of politics which keeps happening.