Новости за 11.03.2016

Russia will deliver the first S-300 air defense systems to Iran in September or August.

Hibernian and Ross County may differ in size and history but they share the same Hampden ambitions, writes Richard Wilson.

The Syrian army and allied popular units have restored full security to the remaining section of the strategic Khanasser-Aleppo-Ithriya road in the country’s northern Aleppo province, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.

 – The MD of the Lekki Gardens building complex has been arrested by police in Lagos  – The collapse of the Lekki Gardens building caused at least 34 deaths and dozens of injuries  – According to a government investigation, inspectors had previously sealed off the building as it was unsafe The Lagos state police command […]

The mountain lion is suspected of climbing over a 9-foot fence to enter the zoo’s enclosure and kill the koala, officials say.

Barack Obama has criticised David Cameron for the UK's role in allowing Libya to become a “sh*t show” after the fall of Colonel Gaddafi.

Financial services firm Old Mutual plans to break up its emerging markets, wealth, banking and asset management units.

If the Blitzbokke are to emerge victorious in the Vancouver leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series this weekend then they will need to urgently address their lack of discipline.

Bidvest Wits’ 1-0 Absa Premiership victory at Polokwane City was something of a fairytale ending to a horror story.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière confirmed that German police were acting on “the assumption that the documents are authentic”.

The wedding of Shiv Pal Yadav's son Aditya in Saifai was as big as one would expect it to be.

Scientists in Japan have discovered a strain of bacteria that can eat plastic, a finding that might help solve the world’s fast-growing plastic pollution problem. The species fully breaks down one of the most common kinds of plastic called Polyethylene terephthalate (PET). It’s the type often used to package bottled drinks, cosmetics and household cleaners. The findings, published in the academic journal ‘Science’ on Friday, say that “Ideonella sakaiensis breaks ...

SYDNEY - An Australian court has sentenced a Chinese former executive to more than eight years in prison for insider trading in 2011 when his privately-owned energy conglomerate Sichuan Hanlong Group subsidiary was preparing takeover bids for two Australian mining companies.

SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian court has sentenced a Chinese former executive to more than eight years in prison for insider trading in 2011 when his privately-owned energy conglomerate Sichuan H…

SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian court has sentenced a Chinese former executive to more than eight years in prison for insider trading in 2011 when his privately-owned energy conglomerate Sichuan Hanlong Group subsidiary was preparing takeover bids for two Australian…

SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian court has sentenced a Chinese former executive to more than eight years in prison for insider trading in 2011 when his privately-owned energy conglomerate Sichuan Hanlong Group subsidiary was preparing takeover bids for two Australian mining companies. Xiao made a windfall profit of about $1.5 million when shares in both takeover targets soared in value after Hanlong Mining's bids were made public.

VIDEO: Trump to @DylanByers on @MichelleFields incident. "I think she made it up." pic.twitter.com/VUB5LnbrTM

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday accused Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields of having "made up" her account of being shoved and bruised by someone who was identified by a witness as Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. 

“I didn't see anything ... But the Secret Service said nothing happened. Читать дальше...

Iranian women deputies are suing a conservative male colleague after he declared that parliament was no place for “donkeys and women”.

Mohit Sharma also got married to his Kolkata-based girlfriend Shweta in Delhi on Tuesday.

Myanmar's lower house of parliament confirmed a close friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as its presidential candidate.

TOKIO (AFN) - De Japanse Nikkei-index is vrijdag met winst de handel uitgegaan, al zag het daar eerder op de dag niet naar uit. Beleggers in Azië wisten echter tijdig de nieuwe stimuleringsmaatregelen van de Europese Centrale Bank (ECB) te herijken. Bankaandelen bleken populair. De zwakkere yen was daarnaast goed nieuws voor exporteurs.

Two prisoners — including one convicted of first-degree murder — were on the loose Thursday after escaping from a prisoner transport van the previous night in southeastern New Mexico, authorities said.Joseph Cruz, 32, and Lionel Clah, 29, — both considered to be violent — escaped from the van near the city of Artesia on Wednesday night at about 8:30 p.m. while the state corrections department was attempting to transport them, ...

Swashbuckling Kiwi batsman Corey Anderson says New Zealand have a fair idea of how to beat Sri Lanka if they face them in the semifinals of the World Twenty20.

When the Formula One season begins next week, spare a thought for the staff in the marketing department.

When the Formula One season begins next week, spare a thought for the staff in the marketing department.