Новости за 24.03.2016

WASHINGTON — Seven Iranian hackers broke into computers of dozens of US banks, causing millions of dollars in lost business, and tried to shut down a New York dam, the US government said on Thursday in an indictment that for the first time accused individuals tied to another country of trying to disrupt critical infrastructure.

BUENOS AIRES — President Barack Obama said the United States was too slow to condemn human rights atrocities during Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship as he honoured victims of the "Dirty War" on Thursday, but he stopped short of apologising for Washington's early support for the military junta.

PARIS — Investment in renewable energy hit a record $286 billion (256 billion euros) in 2015, more than half of which came from developing countries for the first time, according to a UN report released on Thursday.

AMMAN — The government on Wednesday criticised as inaccurate and nonobjective a report by Amnesty International, in which the watchdog claimed that Syrian refugees in Jordan are denied access to critical health services.

AMMAN — Jordan is still negotiating with the World Bank to obtain hundreds of millions in loans for the upcoming 12 to 18 months, Imad Fakhoury, minister of Planning and International Cooperation, said.

AMMAN — The Cabinet on Wednesday granted gas exploration rights in Risheh field and eastern Safawi in the northeastern desert to APG International through a joint-production agreement between the company and the state-owned National Petroleum Company (NPC) and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

BEIRUT — Syrian soldiers and their allies advanced to within 1km of Palmyra on Thursday and soldiers speaking from the outskirts of the historic city said they hoped to recapture it from Daesh militants within hours.

TRIPOLI — The UN envoy to Libya said on Wednesday he had been forced to cancel a flight to Tripoli because he had not been granted landing rights by the self-declared government there.

CAIRO — President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi named 10 new ministers, including the finance and investment portfolios, in a Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday meant to help revive an economy laid low by years of political turmoil and militant violence.

NEW YORK — When Toyota aired a Super Bowl television ad featuring a surprisingly quick Prius gas-electric hybrid eluding police, it marked a turning point for the auto industry.

I have often been told that at certain moments, while a million thoughts are buzzing in an average woman’s mind, an ordinary man can be thinking of “nothing”. Nothing? That’s right. Absolutely nothing, like: zilch, nil, zero, naught. 

PARIS — Belgium's approach to immigration and security has again come under fire after the Brussels bombings, but some say the country is being unfairly singled out and the timing of the criticism is crass.