Новости за 26.04.2018

Microsoft said Thursday profits rose sharply in the past quarter, lifted by gains in its core cloud computing operations for business.

Internet colossus Amazon on Thursday reported that its quarterly profit more than doubled on soaring revenue from online commerce and cloud services.

Peru's Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered that former president Ollanta Humala and his wife be released from preventative detention and allowed to remain free for his corruption trial, his lawyer said.

Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will skip a NATO summit in Brussels in order to continue continental trade negotiations with the US and Mexico in Washington, her office said Thursday.

Lewis Hamilton's respect for Sebastian Vettel has grown "a considerable amount" since they clashed in a 'road rage' incident at last year?s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, he said on Thursday.

US comedians Colin Jost and Michael Che, members of the cast of the long-running sketch show "Saturday Night Live," will host the Emmys -- the top awards in the world of American television -- in September, organizers announced Thursday.

Shares of US carriers tumbled Thursday after American Airlines warned of higher fuel costs and Southwest Airlines reported a drop in bookings following a tragic flight last week that ended with a fatality and emergency landing.

Canada on Thursday rolled out funding and stepped up efforts to prevent the transshipment of foreign steel and aluminum into the United States and dumping in this country.

US President Donald Trump will make a long-awaited visit to Britain on July 13, Downing Street announced Thursday, his first since taking power in January last year and likely to draw large protests.

Nicaragua was hanging on to the prospect of talks on Thursday to calm anti-government sentiment behind a week of protests in which at least 34 people died.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state on Thursday, and the former CIA director set off immediately on a trip to meet key allies in Europe and the Middle East.

The former global head of cash currency trading at the British banking giant HSBC was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for defrauding a client out of millions of dollars, the Justice Department said.

The chronic water shortage in Venezuela which has left millions struggling to cope sparked fresh headlines this week after a state governor expressed outrage that his swimming pool was empty.

Germany's former world number one Angelique Kerber had to quit with a right thigh injury on Thursday at the Stuttgart Grand Prix and was swiftly followed by second seeded Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza who called it quits with back pain.

Bill Cosby was convicted on Thursday of drugging and molesting a woman in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era, completing the spectacular downfall of an actor who broke racial barriers in Hollywood on his way to TV superstardom.

Max Verstappen has accepted his father?s criticism of his recent racing incidents and blamed himself for "wanting the victory too much".

Back-to-back retirements within an hour of each other on the showcase court left the Stuttgart Grand Prix struggling Thursday as Angelique Kerber and second seed Garbine Muguruza quit injured.

US scientists said Thursday they have made progress toward a kind of plastic that can be recycled "infinitely," and that it appears durable enough to compete with regular plastics.

Russia came under fire Thursday accused of organising an "obscene masquerade" by bringing a group of Syrians to the OPCW to back claims that there was no chemical attack on Douma.

Disgraced television icon Bill Cosby was convicted Thursday of sexual assault by a US jury -- losing a years-long legal battle that was made tougher at retrial as the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.

The head of Tesla's Autopilot project is leaving the carmarker, amid a US government probe into a fatal accident involving a vehicle using the semi-autonomous driving system.

The executive director of Greenpeace Argentina has been suspended after about 40 former employees signed a document accusing him of discrimination, threats and sexual harassment.

German favourite Angelique Kerber was forced to retire injured from her third-round match at the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Thursday, with Estonia's Anett Kontaveit earning a 6-0, 2-0 win.

The singer Janelle Monae has described herself as pansexual, sending searches for the term soaring on Thursday.

Nine youths died Thursday after having been swept away by flash floods in southern Israel during a hiking trip near the Dead Sea, the Magen David Adom rescue service said.