Новости за 27.02.2016

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew calls on G20 members to redouble efforts to boost demand instead of relying on the American consumer to drive growth. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State in Iraq with 14 strikes on Friday and also hit the militant group with eight strikes in Syria on the same day, the U.S. military said on Saturday.

DUBAI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Initial Iranian election results show reformists leading the race for membership of the influential Assembly of Experts, the country's ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.

No it isn’t – it’s a speculative render by Italian publication Omni Auto, about how the new Ford Ka for Europe could look like. Incidentally, the city car going to be based on the same Figo we already drive (or the new Ka that South Americans already drive), so the render isn’t far off. The rendering […]

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp's list of liabilities that prompted Taiwan's Foxconn to suspend signing a takeover deal was an unverified study of worst-case scenario risks, rather than liabilities requiring disclosure, a source briefed on the matter said.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Union will send 100 human rights monitors and 100 military monitors to Burundi, South Africa's president said on Saturday after a trip to the tiny nation that is facing its worst crisis since a civil war ended a decade ago.

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland said on Saturday it had agreed on a "road map" for building business, financial and other links with Iran after Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann met his counterpart Hassan Rouhani in Tehran.

TEHRAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Saturday urged all factions to work together after initial election results showed the veteran powerbroker leading polls to become one of Tehran's delegates to the influential Assembly of Experts.

IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) - Wheelchair-bound Zhino Hasan, 17, sat silently and alone for most of Friday in front of a closed border gate, hoping that Macedonia would relent and allow her and her family to resume their northward trek through the Balkans to Germany.

The return of the Southern Kings to Super Rugby ended in disappointment following a comprehensive 43-8 loss to South African rivals the Sharks on Saturday.

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli has threatened to sack cabinet ministers who do not declare their assets or fail to sign an integrity pledge on Saturday, part of his anti-corruption drive.

PORT ELIZABETH, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The return of the Southern Kings to Super Rugby ended in disappointment with a comprehensive 43-8 loss to South African rivals the Sharks at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.

Islamic State launched an assault on Kurdish-controlled town on Syria's border with Turkey, prompting air strikes by U.S.-led coalition. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

Islamic State launched an assault on Kurdish-controlled town on Syria's border with Turkey, prompting air strikes by U.S.-led coalition. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

Islamic State launched an assault on Kurdish-controlled town on Syria's border with Turkey, prompting air strikes by U.S.-led coalition. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

Islamic State launched an assault on Kurdish-controlled town on Syria's border with Turkey, prompting air strikes by U.S.-led coalition. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

Islamic State launched an assault on Kurdish-controlled town on Syria's border with Turkey, prompting air strikes by U.S.-led coalition. Rough Cut - Subtitled (no reporter narration).

MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russia's biggest natural gas producer Gazprom said on Saturday it would hold its second gas export auction in mid-March, offering more than 560 million cubic metres of the fuel to Lithuania and Latvia.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians marched through Moscow to honour slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov on Saturday, the first anniversary of his death, and to press their demand that the authorities find and punish the person who ordered his killing.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Ethiopian-born 1,500 metres runner Abeba Aregawi can run for Sweden at the upcoming World Indoor Championships in Portland despite a storm over her Swedish citizenship and tax affairs, officials said on Saturday.

* Militants targeted by military drones, snipers (Adds Kurdish PM comments)

The Tata Zica, now christened as the Tiago, has reportedly reached the production line at the company’s Sanand factory in Gujrat. The Tiago will be the second small car to be manufactured at the facility which was initially a manufacturing unit specifically built for the Nano. The name change happened months after the unveiling of the […]

The all new Honda Civic hatchback concept has been completely revealed through a set of leaked images. The images seem to have drifted out of official sources and are out just ahead of the Civic’s debut at the Geneva Motor Show. Its production version is scheduled to be launched in early 2017, and production is slated […]

Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Line-ups for the Six Nations Championship match between Italy and Scotland on Saturday at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy Italy : 1-Andrea Lovotti, 2-Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3-Lorenzo Cittadini, 4-Marco Fuser, 5-Joshua Furno, 6-Francesco Minto;7-Alessandro Zanni, 8-Sergio Parisse (capt);9-Edoardo Gori, 10-Kelly Haimona, 11-Mattia Bellini, 12-Gonzalo Garcia, 13-Michele Campagnaro;14-Leonardo Sarto 15-David Odiete Replacements: 16-Davide Giazzon, 17-Matteo Zanusso, 18-Mar