Новости за 19.06.2015

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Europe’s Philae comet lander re-established radio contact with its orbiting mother ship on Friday, boosting scientists’ hopes of reviving a pioneering mission to study a relic of the solar system's formation, project managers said.

INDIANOLA, Iowa — Bernie Sanders likes to call it "practicing democracy." He doesn’t take the stage to a blaring soundtrack. He doesn’t have a teleprompter or a phalanx of Secret Service agents surrounding him. But when his Brooklyn accent booms out at a campaign stop in rural Iowa, heads nod along in approval.

Michelle Obama shared her dismay Friday over the killings of nine worshippers at a historic black church in the United States, telling American soldiers and their families based in Italy that she hopes such tragedies "will...

Sports fans may have to leave their Blackhawks, Indians or Redskins gear at home if they plan on entering a Madison public school next year.

WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform law would increase the U.S. budget deficit by $353 billion over 10 years, congressional forecasters said on Friday, more than triple the red ink compared to an estimate three years ago.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Chinese hacking group suspected of stealing sensitive information about millions of current and former U.S. government employees has a different mission and organizational structure than the military hackers who have been accused of other U.S. data breaches, according to people familiar with the matter.

June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. oil drillers this week added one rig each in the Permian and Bakken shale basins, data showed on Friday, another sign that higher crude prices are coaxing producers back to the well pad after a six-month slump in activity.

June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. oil drillers this week added one rig each in the Permian and Bakken shale basins, data showed on Friday, another sign that higher crude prices are coaxing producers back to the well pad after a six-month slump in activity.

LONDON (Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de France winner, will ride in the third Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic cycle race on Aug. 2.

NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) - The trustee seeking money for Bernard Madoff's victims on Friday said they will receive $140 million from a feeder fund that ignored "glaring" red flags that the swindler was running a Ponzi scheme.

Novak Djokovic and Petra Kvitova know a thing or two about winning Wimbledon, which is probably why neither defending champion has changed their preparations as they head into this year’s tournament, starting in nine days’ time.

When Sharonda Coleman-Singleton saw Stuart Lake recently, she had some advice for the Charleston Southern baseball coach.

Julian Assange marked three years inside Ecuador's London embassy Friday, still facing arrest should he ever step outside.

A man was in critical condition in a London hospital after he was found stowed away in the undercarriage of a plane that had just completed a 10-hour flight, and police are investigating whether a man found dead on a west...

General Motors is adding more than 243,000 compact hatchbacks in the U.S. and Canada to the growing recall for air bags that can explode with too much force.

ROME, June 19 (Reuters) - Franco Bassanini, president of Italy's state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), is ready to step down as the government seeks to boost the company's role in supporting growth, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Friday.

LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - When fears of a Greek default are mounting, stock markets are jittery at multi-year highs, and the world's biggest economy is preparing to hike interest rates, the idea of taking refuge in bank stocks might appear to be a hard sell.

SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) - Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was first and last in Austrian Grand Prix practise on a Friday that team principal Maurizio Arrivabene will not forget in a hurry after nearly being run over by Felipe Massa.

* Hamilton makes mistakes, McLaren struggle (Adds Vettel and Hamilton quotes)

The pop star was celebrated alongside Cyndi Lauper, Van Morrison and others. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The pop star was celebrated alongside Cyndi Lauper, Van Morrison and others. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

The pop star was celebrated alongside Cyndi Lauper, Van Morrison and others. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Aged just 17 when she broke the Siege of Orléans in 1429, it is little wonder that Joan of Arc has come to be known as the Norman Whiteside of The Hundred Years War.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Chinese hacking group suspected of stealing sensitive information about millions of current and former U.S. government employees has a different mission and organizational structure than the military hackers who have been accused of other U.S. data breaches, according to people familiar with the matter.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Terrorist attacks worldwide surged by more than a third and fatalities soared by 81 percent in 2014, a year that also saw Islamic State eclipse al Qaeda as the leading jihadist militant group, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.