Новости за 19.02.2016

The Telangana government has reiterated its request to the Centre for enhancement of number of legislative assembly seats in the state from 119 to 153. The expansion of the assemblies of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh were part of the terms of bifurcation of the old state of Andhra Pradesh.

Sumner Redstone was under "undue influence" from people around him, his ex-girlfriend argued in a court filing on Thursday.

The Blades attacking midfielder has been suspended for the second time by the Yorkshire club, nine months after failing an out-of-competition drugs test

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on talks on a deal for Britain at the European Union summit (all times local):

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on talks on a deal for Britain at the European Union summit (all times local):

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Super Rugby will embark in 2016 on a daring push into new territories which organizers say will excite fans and "reinvigorate" the competition but which opponents say is unfair, rushed and ill-conceived.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Super Rugby will embark in 2016 on a daring push into new territories which organizers say will excite fans and "reinvigorate" the competition but which opponent…

American intelligence is trying to determine if airstrikes killed Noureddine Chouchane, one of the organisers of last year's massacre of British tourists

American intelligence is trying to determine if airstrikes killed Noureddine Chouchane, one of the organisers of last year's massacre of British tourists

BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday accused the U.S. of militarizing the South China Sea, just days after it was revealed Beijing had deployed surface-to-air missiles on an island in the hotly disp…

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes struck an Islamic State camp in Libya early...

In the end it was all quiet on the northern front - or at least terrace - at AAMI Park. And for that, soccer fans, police and A-League and club officials breathed a sigh of relief.

Asia’s economic slowdown and volatile markets are threatening to derail Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill Winters’s strategy to shed businesses and cut costs.

Law enforcement, Apple users and security experts react to the legal standoff between Apple and the U.S. government over its iPhone encryption technology. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Adelaide United continued their extraordinary run of form with a last-minute smash and grab on Melbourne Victory.

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a Long Island man is dead after he was hit by a forklift. Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/1KYXQey ) that police say Hector Duarte-Roque was hit Thursday morning in the Suffolk County town of East Hampton. The 44-year-old Southampton man, who was a forklift operator, had been guiding another operator hauling dock construction material. Police say Duarte-Roque was airlifted to Southampton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The forklift has been impounded for a safety check. Читать дальше...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the civil war in Syria (all times local):

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on the civil war in Syria (all times local):

President Yoweri Museveni is leading in presidential elections, with ballots from 36.5% of polling stations counted, an official said.

Queen B’s been busy abroad and in SA: gracing Forbes Africa’s cover, starring in an Essence segment, visiting E! and more

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Good morning. Here's everything you need to know in the world of advertising today.

1. The first mobile carrier in Europe is about to switch on ad blocking. Three Mobile will offer an ad blocking option to its customers in the UK and Italy.

2. Facebook will soon roll out its plan to make money from Messenger. Ads are coming.

3. A day after a "blood bath" of layoffs, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has turned the company's focus to mobile growth. During... Читать дальше...

Kenyan game wardens fanned out across a residential district to track down six lions that strayed out of Nairobi National Park.

Entering his sixth-grade year at Challand Middle School, his orchestra teacher, Barb Lauff, persuaded him to run the Music in Motion 5K, at which he was slated to play violin. The Sterling High School senior and Illinois State Scholar recently emerged victorious from the 20016 Clinton Symphony Orchestra's Young Artist auditions, held for students in Whiteside and Carroll counties in Illinois and Clinton and Jackson counties in Iowa. Lund edged out another Sterling student, freshman cellist Liam Estes. Читать дальше...

Police are hunting for a man who abducted and raped two eight-year-old girls, who had to walk home from school.

CAIRO - Disgruntled Egyptians beat up a policeman, blocked roads, and surrounded the local security headquarters late Thursday night after the officer killed a driver in a dispute.