Новости за 13.06.2017

By Gabriela Baczynska | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS European Union leaders meeting next week will agree to boost cooperation in the areas of security and defence and express support for global trade and the Paris agreement on fighting climate change, according to a draft joint statement.The EU leaders will convene in Brussels on June 22-23, in the same week that long-awaited talks on Britain's exit from the bloc are due to begin in the biggest setback for European integration in six decades.Determined... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON A friend of former FBI Director James Comey said on Tuesday he is turning over any memos of Comey's conversations with President Donald Trump in his possession to the FBI, MSNBC reported. It said the friend, Columbia Law School professor Daniel Richman, confirmed to NBC News that "he's now turning over any Comey memos that he has in his possession to the FBI." Comey, who was fired by Trump last month, said in congressional testimony last week that he gave a memo describing his conversations... Читать дальше...

Loopholes are being plugged, it’s easier than ever to report fraud and abuse and in the nearly three decades since it came into force, the H1B visa has never been skewered as it is now. The assault is being carried out on three flanks - the Justice Department, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and Department of Homeland Security.

By Eric Walsh | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Otto Warmbier, a U.S. university student held captive in North Korea for 17 months, has been released, but a former U.S. official said on Tuesday he is in a coma and in urgent need of medical care.Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, was on his way back to the United States, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement.“Otto has been in a coma for over a year now and urgently needs proper medical care in the United States,” said Bill Richardson... Читать дальше...

MOSCOW Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Tuesday called anti-corruption protests that brought thousands of people onto the streets of the Russian capital "a dangerous provocation", Interfax news agency reported.Baton-wielding riot police broke up Monday's protests and detained hundreds of demonstrators in Moscow and other Russian cities. Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who called the protests, was arrested and swiftly sentenced to a prison term.

By John Irish | PARIS PARIS A group of Syrian doctors based in rebel-held provinces said on Tuesday that aid had dropped markedly over the last two months because donors were losing interest, a factor that will make it harder for them to handle government assaults.Tens of thousands of displaced Syrians have found refuge in the northern province of Idlib, which borders Turkey.

By Lindsay Dunsmuir | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate this week due to a tightening labor market and may also provide more detail on its plans to shrink the mammoth bond portfolio it amassed to nurse the economic recovery.The central bank is scheduled to release its decision at 2 p.m EDT (1800 GMT) on Wednesday at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting

MUMBAI The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Tuesday it has identified 12 of the largest loan defaulters and will order lenders to start bankruptcy proceedings against them to start unclogging the $150 billion in bad debt plaguing Asia's third-largest economy.The move comes about a month after the government gave the RBI greater power to deal with bad loans, including directing banks to initiate an insolvency resolution process in the case of a default under the bankruptcy code.The RBI said... Читать дальше...

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party's national president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday sought to put the BJP government in Gujarat on the dock asking how bags bearing his picture was distributed in that state. In a curious turn of events, some 12,000 school bags distributed in government-run primary schools in Gujarat's tribal-dominated Chhota Udepur district bear Akhilesh's […]

Kamlesh, the mother of arrested Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar, has replaced her son as the head of the Dalit outfit and announced a congregation of the community in the national capital on 18 June.

The home ministry is examining a mercy petition of realty baron Gopal Ansal, convicted in the Uphaar fire tragedy case, and has sought opinion of the ministries concerned before conveying its decision to the president.

Congress on Tuesday alleged that the farmers unrest in certain parts of the country was a result of demonetisation of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes.

Catch Live score and all updates from Group A encounter in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers match between India and Kyrgyz Republic

Distressed over loans, two farmers in Madhya Pradesh have committed suicide while one debt-ridden farmer died under mysterious circumstances.

Catch all the live scores and updates from the 2017 BCA Indonesia Superseries Premier as Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu begin their women's singles campaign against Thai shuttlers Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong respectively

Putting an end to speculation, former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday said that he is not in a race to become the country's next president.

Three documentary films that were due to screen at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival in Kerala, have been banned for what seems to be its controversial content. The filmmakers speak to Firstpost exclusively regarding the ban.

De Villiers takes over from Faf du Plessis, who has returned home, following South Africa's group-stage exit from the Champions Trophy, to attend the birth of his first child.

Civil society members, Opposition leaders dubbed the Mandsaur killing of five farmers as "murder by state machinery".

Lewis Hamilton was full of gratitude for the team effort and behaved, in Montreal, in a manner that endorsed the view that he has developed into a team-orientated driver.

Asha Bhosle will be immortalised at India's first Madame Tussauds wax museum after her illustrious career spanning over six decades.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is soon going to be featured on a show directed by Oscar winner Oliver Stone.

Catch all the live scores and updates from the 2017 BCA Indonesia Superseries Premier as Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu begin their women's singles campaign against Thai shuttlers Ratchanok Intanon and Pornpawee Chochuwong respectively

As the weekend came to a close, Raabta, which had a shaky start, recorded a collection of Rs 15.93 crore, as per trade analyst Taran Adarsh.

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has declared the results for Class X Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) board examination on Tuesday. Students can check the results on the official website, mahresult.nic.in.