Новости за 01.07.2015

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BELL, James Thomas, 88, of Mount Pleasant, a commercial artist, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Palmetto Cremation Society of Charleston.

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 1 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA's long history of failed spending and output plans may be the biggest obstacle to its efforts to convince investors it will reduce its massive debt.

ABU DHABI/DUBAI, June 30 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi may merge its national energy company into another state-owned business to make the company's crippling debts more manageable and try to turn around its performance, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans have agreed on a five-year extension worth more than $140 million.

A Tunisian shopkeeper has become an unexpected hero after he sheltered tourists during the deadly June 26 attack at a beach resort in Sousse. Yiming Woo reports.

A Tunisian shopkeeper has become an unexpected hero after he sheltered tourists during the deadly June 26 attack at a beach resort in Sousse. Yiming Woo reports.

A Tunisian shopkeeper has become an unexpected hero after he sheltered tourists during the deadly June 26 attack at a beach resort in Sousse. Yiming Woo reports.

A Tunisian shopkeeper has become an unexpected hero after he sheltered tourists during the deadly June 26 attack at a beach resort in Sousse. Yiming Woo reports.

Emeritus trustee Joel Myers’ June 11 letter (“Yudichak seeks power at PSU”), meanwhile, asks why state Sen. John Yudichak has singled out Penn State for reorganization of its board of…

Making international trade easier for small businesses in Pennsylvania and around the country encourages economic growth and helps create jobs. In fact, every 22 packages a day that cross an…

Thank you for Cass Sunstein’s column (“Students can learn from use of insensitive words,” CDT, June 25), which does not go nearly far enough to condemn the practice of defining…

MEDAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia's president promised a review of the country's ageing air force fleet and a defence modernisation drive on Wednesday, as the death toll from the crash of a military transport plane in the north of the country climbed past 140.

The idea that workers should get time and a half pay for overtime — that is, a 50 percent boost in hourly pay for any hours they put in past…

“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”

The death toll from the crash of an air force transport plane in the Indonesian city of Medan jumped to more than 140 on Wednesday, indicating a growing list of victims from the neighborhood where the plane went down.

Seattle Mariners rookie Mike Montgomery has lost his no-hit bid when Yangervis Solarte doubled for the San Diego Padres with one out in the seventh inning.

China's manufacturing was weak in June and employers cut more jobs, two surveys showed Wednesday, in a new sign the world's second-largest economy is struggling to emerge from a slump.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing-based smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc said on Wednesday it has hired private equity investor Shou Zi Chew as chief financial officer, further bolstering its executive ranks in a period of rapid international expansion.

A black church burned Tuesday night, 20 years after it was torched by two former members of the KKK.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The crew of a TransAsia Airways ATR plane that crashed in Taipei in February, killing 43 people on board, had shut off the working engine after the other lost power, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

Pigs rummage through garbage searching for leftovers. The people live in shacks made of plywood and corrugated metal. Any semblance of stability in the sprawling slum of 15,000 families is upended when heavy rains burst...

CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) - Coach Gerardo Martino believes Argentina can improve on Tuesday's 6-1 Copa America semi-final demolition of Paraguay, adding that aspects of the goalless draw against Colombia in the previous round had pleased him more.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Charleston RiverDogs used a five-run eighth inning to put away the Asheville Tourists and took home the first game of the series, 10-4, Tuesday night at McCormick Field.

Brian Dozier of Fulton and Southern Miss ended last week as the American League leader among second basemen in just about every statistic that matters.