Новости за 16.10.2024

© Provided by Xinhua An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 17, 2024 shows a view of free zone area of the Gwadar port in Gwadar, southwest Pakistan. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)

(Photo credit: Jeff Le-Imagn Images) Filip Gustavsson made 27 saves and scored an empty-net goal as the Minnesota Wild won 4-1 to spoil the St. Louis Blues' home opener on Tuesday. Gustavsson scored with 8.1 seconds left to ice the game, flipping the puck in the air and seeing it roll the last stretch across the ice into the net. It was the first goalie goal in franchise history. Ryan Hartman, Jakub Lauko and Marco Ross

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System:

BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 361 pips to 7.1191 against the U.S. dollar Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

HONG KONG, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 87.05 points or 0.41 percent to open at 21,164.93 points on Wednesday.

SYDNEY, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Environmental advocates said on Wednesday that they have lodged a formal complaint against Qantas, accusing the Australian airline of making misleading net zero and sustainability claims.

CANBERRA, Australia: A helicopter crash that claimed the life of a pilot on the roof of an Australian hotel in Cairns two months ago was caused by the pilot being under the influence of alcohol, as well as his lack of qualifications to fly at night, according to an official investigation.

LONDON, United Kingdom - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has reportedly been totally isolated, his contact with the outside world having been terminated.

© Provided by Xinhua Foreign guests visit a service center in Xiong'an New Area in north China's Hebei Province, Oct. 12, 2024. (Photo by Liu Zunshuan/Xinhua)

OTTAWA -- The Canadian government Tuesday announced that it has listed Samidoun, known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, as a terrorist entity.

(Photo credit: Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images) NEW YORK -- No team in Major League Baseball has climbed off the mat more than the New York Mets. Nothing came easy to the Los Angeles Dodgers during a 98-win regular season. Could the National League Championship Series be anything other than even through two games? The Mets and Dodgers willtussle for the series lead Wednesday night, when New York hosts Los Angeles in Game 3

(Photo credit: Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images) Neither Sean Payton's former team nor his current one is having the kind of success he generally is accustomed to. Payton and his Denver Broncos visit the New Orleans Saints, who Payton coached to nine playoff appearances and a Super Bowl title during his 15-season tenure, on Thursday night. Both teams are coming off losses. The Broncos (3-3) lost to the visiting Los Angeles C

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 16 (ANI): An IndiGo flight bound for Lucknow from Dammam in Saudi Arabia made an emergency landing at Jaipur airport after receiving a bomb threat. According to Jaipur police, a bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) and sniffer dogs checked the plane and no suspicious object was found. Station House officer (SHO) of Jaipur Airport Police Station, Sandeep Basera also confirmed that th

Qantas is being taken to Australia's consumer regulator over its claim it is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday, as traders sifted through the latest corporate earnings reports.

Israel has become the top target of Iranian cyberattacks since the start of the Gaza war last year, while Tehran had focused primarily on the United States before the conflict, Microsoft said Tuesday.

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The bloc's cyber watchdog did not observe any interference during the recent parliamentary vote

New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): German Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann switched to Electric Vehicle with sustainability in mind, and marked the occasion with Indian customs and rituals as he smashed a coconut and tied 'nimbu-mirchi' (lemon and chili) to his new car. The ritual is believed to ward off evil spirits. Ackermann said that as the pollution in Delhi increases during winters, he switched to EV to "con

(Photo credit: Tim Heitman-Imagn Images) NFL owners unanimously approved Tom Brady as a minority stakeholder in the Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday. Brady is cleared to purchase the 5 percent stake in the franchise he discussed with principal owner Mark Davis in 2023. Brady's bid was on the agenda at the NFL fall league meeting in Atlanta, where he needed only 24 of the league's 32 owners to vote to approve his acquisition

(241015) -- JENIN, Oct. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian man checks a damaged house after an Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, on Oct. 15, 2024. Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army during a military operation in the city of Jenin and its refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Monday, according to Pal

ADEN, Yemen, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak held an emergency meeting on Tuesday in the southern port city of Aden to stabilize the national currency after a sharp depreciation of the Yemeni riyal in government-controlled provinces.

ISTANBUL, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's exports totaled 22 billion U.S. dollars in September, registering a 1.8 percent decline year-on-year and a slight decrease from the previous month, the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) reported on Tuesday.

VALLETTA, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Despite significant progress in reducing the rate of early leavers from education and training (ELET) over the past six years, Malta still lags behind many European countries, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Tuesday.

Associate Professor Grigor Sariyski from the Institute for Economic Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) voiced doubts about the feasibility of the 3% deficit target outlined in Bulgaria's Budget 2025. In an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), he raised concerns regarding the country's fiscal health and its prospects for joining the Eurozone.