Новости за 16.05.2016

Annie Martin
NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- Barbra Streisand will release the duets album "Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway" after kicking off a 10-date tour in August.

Oil and gas producer’s stock was down nearly 25% in Toronto; company says it has hired financial advisers to help negotiate with lenders

Russia and Vietnam intend to expand the use of national currencies in mutual trade and develop cooperation in the banking sector, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Monday.

MANUS Island asylum seekers are trading taxpayer-funded cigarettes on the black market to pay for ­alcohol, electronics and ­marijuana.

It's not hidden from anyone that the Indian banking sector is in a great mess. The earnings numbers from the 25 banks for FY16 have clearly shown that the scenario is not very encouraging.

After a weekend of negative press, what could be hurt Trump most? It's the tax returns, says Ben White.

Turkey's intelligence agencies have warned about the possibility of terror attacks being carried out by militants from the Daesh jihadist group or the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in country's largest cities, including in the capital of Ankara, on May 19, local media reported Monday.

(AP) — Mikaylah Clair-Pittman, 20, pulled a wheel of brie cheese from a refrigerator in a small room tucked into a back wing at Norwalk Community College. Colleges and universities from Purdue to South Florida to Penn State now offer pantries where students who might otherwise go hungry can stock up on healthy food. Open five days a week, the NCC pantry is being discovered by a growing number of students who can visit twice a month to stock up on groceries and daily for a grab-and-go snack of fruit or a granola bar. Читать дальше...

Elizabeth Shim
SEOUL, May 16 (UPI) -- The United States, South Korea and Japan are to begin a joint drill in June to prepare for potential missile threats from North Korea.

Actor Wendell Pierce was free on $1,000 bond Sunday after he was arrested on a simple battery charge in Atlanta.

Brexit tactics of shock and awe are destroying British politics. We have five more weeks of the debate and politicians are already talking about Hitler

NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today owner Gannett has boosted its takeover bid for Tribune Publishing Co. by about 22 percent one week after the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers adopted a "poison pill"…

NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today owner Gannett has boosted its takeover bid for Tribune Publishing Co. by about 22 percent one week after the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers adopted a "poison pill"…

NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today owner Gannett has boosted its takeover bid for Tribune Publishing Co. by about 22 percent one week after the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers adopted a "poison pill" plan to thwart the unsolicited offer. Gannett said that the total value of the revised offer is approximately $864 million, which includes the assumption of certain Tribune liabilities, such as about $385 million in outstanding debt.

The following is the first summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Monday. ---------------- (Yonhap Interview) Jeju global campus official eyes profit turnaround in 2018 JEJU ISLAND -- International schools in Jeju Isl

As top diplomats begin meeting on bringing peace to Libya, Germany's foreign minister says it is too early to say whether talks will succeed in moving toward that goal.

Federica Mogherini confirmed on Monday that the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet later in the day for reconciliation talks in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

With Nigeria’s oil production reportedly hitting a more than 20-year low, one analyst explains why the country’s oil dilemma should be a top priority.

Daniel J. Graeber
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta, May 16 (UPI) -- Employees are on the ground in and around the Fort McMurray area of Alberta to start bringing oil sands operations online, companies said Monday.

Andrew V. Pestano
WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, is determined to find out if U.S. authorities questioned a daughter of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Natalie Romeo will continue her basketball career at Washington, according to the Twitter account for Cal Stars, Romeo's former club basketball team.

Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinians have welcomed France's plan to host a Mideast peace conference in the coming weeks.