Новости за 16.08.2015

Cubans hope the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Havana will pave the way to human rights reforms and a stronger economy. Deborah Gembara reports.

Cubans hope the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Havana will pave the way to human rights reforms and a stronger economy. Deborah Gembara reports.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered across Brazil on Sunday to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, whom they blame for a vast corruption scandal and the economy's worst slump in a quarter century.

BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Iraqi parliamentary panel called on Sunday for former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and dozens of other top officials to stand trial over the fall of the northern city of Mosul to Islamic State last year.

BAGHDAD/BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Iraqi parliamentary panel called on Sunday for former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and dozens of other top officials to stand trial over the fall of the northern city of Mosul to Islamic State last year.

A woman was airlifted after a single vehicle accident in which she was ejected from her car Sunday afternoon.

Deadly standoffs and shootouts with police dominate the U.S. crime headlines in this week's crime wrap. Display (no reporter narration).

Deadly standoffs and shootouts with police dominate the U.S. crime headlines in this week's crime wrap. Display (no reporter narration).

Deadly standoffs and shootouts with police dominate the U.S. crime headlines in this week's crime wrap. Display (no reporter narration).

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's socialist PASOK party joined the main opposition on Sunday in saying it would not back Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he calls a confidence vote following a rebellion in the governing party over a new bailout deal.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's socialist PASOK party joined the main opposition on Sunday in saying it would not back Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras if he calls a confidence vote following a rebellion in the governing party over a new bailout deal.

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday ordered his Cabinet reduced from 33 members to just 22, consolidating the body as part of a major reform push in response to mass protests against corruption and poor...

LONDON (Reuters) - Australia's troubled Ashes tour of England continued when they drew with county side Northamptonshire on Sunday.

Longtime Long Beach Mayor Glenn W. Mitchell, who became Mississippi's youngest mayor at age 24 in 1980, died Sunday.

Biloxi National Cemetery held a wreath-laying ceremony Sunday to honor members of America's "greatest generation," including thousands of World War II veterans buried at the national shrine off Veterans Avenue.

LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Australia's troubled Ashes tour of England continued when they drew with county side Northamptonshire on Sunday.

Winds in the West are helping stoke wildfires sweeping across the Northern Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and elsewhere, posing problems for firefighters trying to contain the flames fed by drought.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies have conducted 22 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the past 24 hours, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

Dozens of Labour staff members and Shadow Cabinet aides could be dismissed within hours of Jeremy Corbyn winning the party’s leadership, it has emerged.

A diver has died and another is being treated in hospital after a suspected diving accident.

A woman has died and another person is being treated hospital after a suspected diving accident off the Yorkshire coast.

It is easy to be cynical about politicians – to think that they are in it for themselves, that they will say anything to get into power, and don’t know anything about the “real” world.

LONDON (Reuters) - Manuel Pellegrini said his Manchester City players were "hungry and angry" after being eclipsed last season by Chelsea and the evidence was everywhere on Sunday as they crushed the Premier League champions 3-0 at a rocking Etihad Stadium.

Tens of thousands demonstrate across Brazil, calling for impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for corruption as economy continues to slump. Sean Carberry reports.

Tens of thousands demonstrate across Brazil, calling for impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for corruption as economy continues to slump. Sean Carberry reports.