Новости за 23.01.2016

DAVOS, Switzerland — Financial markets need more clarity on how Chinese authorities are managing their currency, particularly the relationship of the yuan to the US dollar, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Saturday.

AMMAN — Three Malaysian students enrolled at Karak’s Mutah University died in a road accident in Safawi, near the city of Mafraq in the capital’s north on Saturday morning, and two others were injured, Malaysia’s embassy said in a statement.

AMMAN – The Civil Defence Department (CDD) has formed mobile teams to reach people in need more quickly during the cold polar front, which is expected to bring heavy rain and snow this week, according to a CDD official.

DUBAI — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday called for closer economic and security ties with China, saying Iran had never trusted the West, as the two countries agreed to increase bilateral trade more than 10-fold to $600 billion in the next decade.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — A winter storm on Saturday whipped up record-setting tides higher than during Superstorm Sandy, causing major flooding in New Jersey and Delaware after dumping nearly 60cm of snow on the suburbs of Washington, DC.

It may take more than a tub of yogurt to reverse the effects that a high-fat, low-fibre diet have wrought in the bellies of men and women in the industrialised world, says new research.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — HRH Prince Ali is confident he can win the FIFA presidential election and turn around what he says is a critical situation facing football’s governing body.