Новости за 20.01.2016

AMES, Iowa — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received the endorsement Tuesday of conservative firebrand Sarah Palin, giving the billionaire businessman a potential boost less than two weeks before Iowa's kick-off caucuses.

Weeks after the Miss Universe pageant, controversies continue to spill along with the non-stop interviews and media appearances of the pageant winners and candidates. A recent issue delved away from the usual Miss Philippines – Miss Colombia fiasco, with netizens abuzz about Miss Australia’s remarks about the Miss Universe top three as “not very nice” with the other girls.

(Reuters) - The Iraq Football Association (IFA) have pledged their support for Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein in next month's FIFA presidential election, the Jordanian royal said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) - The Iraq Football Association (IFA) have pledged their support for Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein in next month's FIFA presidential election, the Jordanian royal said on Wednesday.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova declared herself free from the worry of a forearm injury after charging into the Australian Open third round on Wednesday.

From an economic point of view, it all seemed to make sense.

US government scientists are widely expected to announce on January 20 that 2015 was the planet's hottest year in modern times, amid mounting concerns over the pace of climate change worldwide.

The North Cotabato provincial government has placed its entire area under a state of calamity as crop damage rose due to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon which was compounded by rat infestation in five of its towns.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior official of Taiwan’s independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party said on Tuesday it would propose legislation to have greater transparency in relations with mainland China, which he said will be a priority for the recently victorious party.

Asian markets resumed their downward spiral Wednesday with the previous day's China-fuelled rally effectively wiped out by ongoing worries about plunging oil prices and the state of the world economy.

It’s starting to become a habit that coach Stan Wilkins would rather not endure, but Wilkins’ James Island basketball team is putting the coach through some major heartburn on a nightly basis.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on January 20, 2016 announced the arrest of almost 250 persons for violating the firearms ban.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in Beijing on Wednesday sentenced a former Chinese Communist Party chief of Urumqi, the capital of the violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang, to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty of corruption.

Jan 20 (Infostrada Sports) - Line-ups for the fourth One Day International between Australia and India on Wednesday in Canberra, Australia Australia won toss and decided to bat Australia: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steven Smith (capt), George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, James Faulkner, John Hastings, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, R

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy will formally deploy its so-called "Great Green Fleet" on Wednesday, sending warships to sea on biofuels even though oil prices have dropped 70 percent since congressional Republicans first criticized the high cost of alternative fuels.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Malcolm Brogdon scored 20 points and Anthony Gill had two big baskets late as No. 13 Virginia squandered most of a 13-point lead and then held on to beat Clemson 69-62 on Tuesday night.

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government has accused a detained Swedish national of operating an unlicensed rights group in China, which "fabricated and distorted" information about the country and organised others to "interfere" in sensitive cases.

AMES, Iowa (Reuters) - Sarah Palin, the politician-turned-reality star offered a passionate endorsement on Tuesday to Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, the reality TV star-turned-politician, declaring that "the status quo has got to go."

Manny Pacquiao says he will be be both happy and sad to hang up his gloves following his third fight against American rival Tim Bradley.

COLUMBIA – Gov. Nikki Haley will call for more action to end the "domestic violence epidemic" plaguing South Carolina in her State of the State speech Wednesday night.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top seed Serena Williams made light work of unseeded Taiwanese Hsieh Su-wei to charge into the Australian Open third round with a 6-1 6-2 victory.

OXFORD, Miss. — Michael Carrera is one of South Carolina’s best players, adept at scoring from 3-point range or in the paint.

TAIPEI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks fell tracking declines in regional markets and ahead of key orders data due after the market closes on Wednesday.

SHANGHAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - China's biggest over-the-counter (OTC) equity exchange has suspended listings by certain kinds of financial firms, people told Reuters, highlighting concerns that rising trading volumes on the board could conceal risks to investors.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The balance of military power in the Asia-Pacific is shifting against the United States, as China and North Korea challenge the credibility of U.S. security commitments and the Pentagon faces spending limits, according to a study released on Tuesday.