Новости за 30.01.2018

Apple's move to slow down older iPhones as batteries weaken is under scrutiny by US prosecutors and stock market regulators, according to a report Tuesday by Bloomberg.

Marcel Hirscher was made to wait for the slalom World Cup crystal globe on Tuesday, as Switzerland's Ramon Zenhaeusern claimed a shock victory in the parallel slalom event at Stockholm.

Romania's top court ruled Tuesday that parts of controversial legal reforms pushed by the ruling left were unconstitutional and needed to be modified.

Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, already facing a lifetime in prison on sex abuse and child porn charges, will be back in court Wednesday for his final sentencing, with 57 victims set to testify.

Emblematic American motorcycle maker Harley Davidson saw its share price dive Tuesday after the manufacturer said it is likely to see a drop in shipments this year.

Opposition parties and figures in Egypt called Tuesday for a boycott of the March presidential election in which incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi looks set to romp to victory.

Blake Griffin bid farewell to the only NBA team he has ever known on Tuesday and readied himself to lead the sagging Detroit Pistons into the playoffs.

Peru's ancient Nazca lines were damaged when a driver accidentally plowed his cargo truck into the fragile archaeological site in the desert, officials said Tuesday.

US actor Mark Salling, known for his role in the hit musical TV series "Glee," died Tuesday, weeks before being sentenced for possession of child pornography, his lawyer said. He was 35.

Colombia's last rebel group, the ELN, on Tuesday called for a new ceasefire and the resumption of frozen peace talks with the government as the prospect of open conflict flared anew following a string of deadly attacks.

As a 45-year-old recently released convicted murderer, Kempis Songster is not the most obvious choice to be a guest at the Super Bowl, where A-list celebrities and VIPs rub shoulders with fans paying up to $3,000 a ticket.

Lawyers for Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva filed a motion Tuesday aimed at keeping him out of prison while he fights a corruption conviction that could scupper his comeback hopes.

The United States praised Qatar for its improved counterterrorism cooperation Tuesday and warned that its rift with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf neighbors has hurt the fight against extremism.

Amir Khan threw water over Phil Lo Greco after being taunted by the Canadian at a press conference to promote the British boxer's return to the ring after almost two years away.

Thousands of German metalworkers will down tools for a day from Tuesday evening, as their powerful union flexes its muscles in a battle with bosses for higher pay and more generous conditions.

France said Tuesday that it will start including the money spent on illicit drugs when calculating its gross domestic product, a statistical shot in the arm for the country's economy.

Grieving parents testified Tuesday at the first trial stemming from the 2015 Paris attacks, moving the two defendants to tears as they described losing their children to bombs and bullets.

Pope Francis will send the Vatican's top expert on sex abuse to Chile to hear from witnesses in the case of a Chilean bishop accused of covering for a paedophile priest, the Vatican announced Tuesday.

Dating sites would be well-advised to add "brain activity" as a compatability criterion, according to a study released Tuesday showing that close friends have eerily comparable neural responses to life experiences.

A French IT worker on Tuesday admitted to killing his wife in a chilling case that has gripped the country since her charred corpse was found in a wood in October.

The United States will impose new sanctions on Russia "in the near future," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday.

A warning officer who sent an alert that a ballistic missile was headed towards Hawaii believed the threat was real, according to a report on the January 13 incident which sparked widespread panic.

The United States now ranks as the world's second largest contributor to financial secrecy, enabling money laundering, corruption and tax evasion to an increasing degree, according an index published Tuesday.

Venezuela's government and opposition pushed on Tuesday with talks aimed at soothing their country's political crisis, but President Nicolas Maduro's bid for virtually unopposed re-election in early polls weighed heavily on the negotiations.

2018-01-30 18:11 Sochi conference: ''The clinch point is who''s here and who isn''t''