Новости за 17.03.2016

TOKYO — Japan posted its biggest trade surplus in over four years in February, thanks to a strengthening in the yen and weak oil prices, though both imports and exports fell, suggesting persisting slack demand both in Japan and overseas.

MOUNT PLEASANT — The College of Charleston baseball team took advantage of four Charleston Southern errors and used timely hitting to knock off the Buccaneers, 4-1, on Wednesday at Patriots Point.

(Reuters) - Frank Sinatra Jr., the son of famed singer and actor Frank Sinatra who carved out his own career as a singer and conductor, died on Wednesday at age 72, his sister said.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A senior Australian government minister on Thursday called Donald Trump's campaign for the U.S. presidency "terrifying" and warned it risked casting the Republican Party into the wilderness if he wins nomination.

(Reuters) - Third seed Stan Wawrinka was sent packing in the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open in California on Wednesday and was very nearly joined by Rafa Nadal, who pulled off a Houdini-like escape to reach the last eight.

LONDON (Reuters) - When Manchester's Premier League big guns were spending lavishly in the close season, neither City nor United can have imagined that the final derby of the campaign would be little more than a contest in the battle for a Champions League spot.

Protesters amass outside Brazil’s presidential palace after President Dilma Rousseff appointed ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Chief of Staff amid a corruption probe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Protesters amass outside Brazil’s presidential palace after President Dilma Rousseff appointed ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Chief of Staff amid a corruption probe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Protesters amass outside Brazil’s presidential palace after President Dilma Rousseff appointed ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Chief of Staff amid a corruption probe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Protesters amass outside Brazil’s presidential palace after President Dilma Rousseff appointed ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Chief of Staff amid a corruption probe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Protesters amass outside Brazil’s presidential palace after President Dilma Rousseff appointed ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as Chief of Staff amid a corruption probe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to a felony computer hacking charge after authorities said he illegally accessed private phone and email accounts of celebrities such as Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence to leak information including nude pictures.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to a felony computer hacking charge after authorities said he illegally accessed private phone and email accounts of celebrities such as Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence to leak information including nude pictures.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, thrusting a respected moderate jurist and former prosecutor into the center of an election-year clash over the future of the nation’s highest court.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Consumer electronics screen maker LG Display Co Ltd said on Thursday it will build a new production plant that will manufacture organic light-emitting diode panels for its lighting business in South Korea.

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Families mourn as the bodies of military personnel killed when an air force plane crashed into an Amazon mountainside, are returned to Quito. Gavino Garay reports.

Families mourn as the bodies of military personnel killed when an air force plane crashed into an Amazon mountainside, are returned to Quito. Gavino Garay reports.

Families mourn as the bodies of military personnel killed when an air force plane crashed into an Amazon mountainside, are returned to Quito. Gavino Garay reports.

HONG KONG, March 17 (Reuters) - Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning Co Ltd on Thursday said it returned to profit in 2015 after three consecutive years of losses, beating its own guidance of a break-even result on the back of a surge in online sales.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Leaders of the European Union meet in Brussels on Thursday to agree on a deal to offer Turkey the following day that would secure Ankara's commitment to a scheme intended to halt migrant flows to the Greek islands.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Leaders of the European Union meet in Brussels on Thursday to agree on a deal to offer Turkey the following day that would secure Ankara's commitment to a scheme intended to halt migrant flows to the Greek islands.

(Reuters) - Frank Sinatra Jr., the son of legendary actor and singer Frank Sinatra, has died, the Peabody Auditorium said on Wednesday.

SAVANNAH — Believe everything you hear about St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah and you might think hotel rooms are sold out as 1 million people cram Georgia’s oldest city to see the Savannah River dyed green.

Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to a felony computer hacking charge after authorities said he illegally accessed accounts of celebrities such as Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence. Rollo Ross reports.