Новости за 14.11.2016

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A powerful earthquake that struck New Zealand reminded many of the quake that hit the nation in February 2011 and devastated Christchurch, the country’s second-biggest city, though Monday’s quake was not nearly as destructive.

The results are in - most people want a ban on shops opening on Boxing Day.

Police in Hyderabad booked two employees of a bank for exchanging demonetised notes worth Rs 6 lakh without identification proof.

PM Narendra Modi on Monday in a fiery speech in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district spoke on a number of issues including bad governance by Congress to black money to Pakistan. Here are his top quotes:-

The incident took place when 36-year-old Thangboi, who was on leave, returned to his home in the village. He is posted in Tripura, police said.

Scotland's Russell Knox finishes three shots off the lead to come third at the OHL Classic in Mexico on Sunday.

Gold miners suffered their worst day since May as the ASX rally took a breather.

UK PM is expected to say on Monday that her country is a global free trade champion.

Congress still has some unfinished business before closing shop for the year, even as the focus shifts to the agenda of President-elect Donald Trump and unified Republican control of Congress … Click to Continue »

LONDEN (ANP) - Het Britse vertrek uit de Europese Unie zet tienduizenden banen in de financiële sector van Londen op de tocht. Alleen al het verlies van de rol bij de afhandeling van effectentransacties in euro's ('clearing') kan zo'n 83.000 banen kosten in de City, meldde de Britse zakenkrant Financial Times maandag op basis van onderzoek van consultancybureau EY.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress still has some unfinished business before closing shop for the year, even as the focus shifts to the agenda of President-elect Donald Trump and unified Republican control of Congress and the White House in 2017. [...] other fights, such as a GOP revolt over a move by Obama to impose workplace protections for gay and transgender employers of defense contractors — which has stalled the annual Pentagon policy measure — may be defused until next year. [...] House conservatives and outside groups like Heritage Action... Читать дальше...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Monday that Islamic State militants driven out of Syria and Iraq could set up in his country, and if that happened he would forego human rights obligations to keep his people safe. Duterte said the southern Philippine province of Mindanao was already a hotbed of rebellion and banditry and he was worried about "looming terrorism" and an influx of extremists who could exploit the insecurity. "Remember, these guys, they do not have an iota of what is human rights, believe me. Читать дальше...

Russia sees the United States' government of national unity deal in Afghanistan as a failed and unconstitutional project, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s director of the Second Asian Department said.

Are the "shellshocked Americans" who are protesting against Trump's win ("Altered States",   November 11 p1) just bad losers or are they finally beginning to realise that their much-vaunted democracy is anything but democratic?

By Joo Kyung-don SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea face Uzbekistan this week in a crucial match on their road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. South Korea will be the host at Seoul World Cup Stadium at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The two countries w

Two of Australia's peak medical bodies both called for a sugar tax to tackle rising rates of obesity, in the same week that United States voters delivered another blow to the beverage industry.

HUGHSON, Calif. — A wanted man suspected of shooting a sheriff’s deputy in “an execution” in Central California was arrested hours later after an alleged crime spree across more than 100 miles, authorities said.

But the change is unlikely to spark a full cabinet reshuffle before Christmas.

Meet the new Congress — the first Latina senator, three House members moving across the Capitol to the Senate and a few former lawmakers who seized their old jobs back. … Click to Continue »

Sweden's aversion for Donald Trump had become manifest long before the US election results plunged Scandinavia into a shock. The level of hate Trump generates in Sweden's increasingly multicultural society, however, is truly remarkable. A Swedish celebrity chef was beaten to a pulp merely for bearing a resemblance to the US President-elect.

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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. bank Citi is preparing to move up to 900 jobs from London to Dublin as part of its contingency plans for Britain's exit from the European Union, the Sunday Times reported.

The newspaper said the bank held a board meeting in Dublin last month, and cited sources in the Irish capital as saying Citi was exploring options for office space there.

"They have been testing the Irish political and regulatory regime on a macro level," it quoted one source as saying. Читать дальше...

She fell 80ft from her apartment at 2am yesterday.

Teenage inmates will be locked up in adult prison after causing hundreds of thousands of dollars damage rioting in a youth detention centre.