Новости за 20.01.2016

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.7 percent on Wednesday led by a tumble in mining stocks as weak commodity markets eroded nearly all the gains from the previous session.

At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured after a bus, carrying about 50 passengers, tumbled from a bridge in the central Peruvian province of Chanchamayo. Gavino Garay reports.

At least 17 people were killed and dozens injured after a bus, carrying about 50 passengers, tumbled from a bridge in the central Peruvian province of Chanchamayo. Gavino Garay reports.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia played to the conditions on Wednesday by selecting the novice swing bowling duo of Chadd Sayers and Jackson Bird in their squad for the two-match test series in New Zealand.

(Reuters) - Antivirus software maker Symantec Corp said on Tuesday it will receive $1 billion less in cash for its data storage unit Veritas from Carlyle Group LP , cutting the price of the biggest leveraged buyout of 2015 after debt backing the deal failed to sell.

SYDNEY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Australia played to the conditions on Wednesday by selecting the novice swing bowling duo of Chadd Sayers and Jackson Bird in their squad for the two-match test series in New Zealand.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - After pumping billions of dollars into Indian Internet start-ups in the last 24 months, global investors are cutting that flood back to a trickle as dreams of huge online sales are clouded by soaring valuations and still-distant profits.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court stepped into a boiling political dispute over immigration Tuesday, setting up a likely decision in the middle of a presidential campaign marked by harsh rhetoric about immigrants.

SHANGHAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - China's volatile stock markets were flat early on Wednesday, as mounting chatter about imminent policy stimulus provided support against the backdrop of a fresh slide in oil prices that hit stock markets across the globe.

MUMBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - After pumping billions of dollars into Indian Internet start-ups in the last 24 months, global investors are cutting that flood back to a trickle as dreams of huge online sales are clouded by soaring valuations and still-distant profits.

One person is dead following a house fire in Colleton County, according to officials.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State on Tuesday released 270 of an estimated 400 civilians, most of them women and children, kidnapped at the weekend when its fighters attacked Syrian government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said.

SHANGHAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - China's main stock indexes opened lower on Wednesday after the country's securities regulator announced a new batch of initial public offerings, despite the central bank's pledge to ease short-term liquidity.

SINGAPORE, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Crude futures slumped again in early Asian trade on Wednesday, with U.S. oil falling to its lowest since September 2003 below $28 a barrel on worries over a global supply glut.

DUBAI - A media outlet associated with Islamic State on Tuesday released a eulogy for "Jihadi John", a member of the militant group who gained notoriety for his filmed execution of hostages, the monitoring organisation SITE reported.

DUBAI - A media outlet associated with Islamic State on Tuesday released a eulogy for "Jihadi John", a member of the militant group who gained notoriety for his filmed execution of hostages, the monitoring organisation SITE reported.

DUBAI - A media outlet associated with Islamic State on Tuesday released a eulogy for "Jihadi John", a member of the militant group who gained notoriety for his filmed execution of hostages, the monitoring organisation SITE reported.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's Jan. 6 nuclear test did not expand its technical capability, but the U.S. government is keeping a close eye on Pyongyang's efforts to develop a thermonuclear warhead capable of reaching the United States, the head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Tuesday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A genetically modified mosquito has helped reduce the proliferation of mosquitoes spreading Zika and other dangerous viruses in Brazil, its developers said on Tuesday.

(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp forecast weak earnings for this year after reporting an 8.5 percent fall in fourth-quarter revenue as a strong dollar and tepid IT spending weigh on Big Blue's results.

BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) - China's economic slowdown is hitting profits at more foreign companies, a survey by an American business lobby showed, while the vast majority of respondents believed China's growth in 2016 would fall short of the central bank's forecast.

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Let's face it, lead is not exactly the sexiest of metals. It's never caught the collective investment imagination in the way that copper has over the years.

PARIS (Reuters) - Defense chiefs from the United States, France, Britain and four other nations meet in Paris on Wednesday to examine ways to accelerate gains against Islamic State, including by potentially ramping up the number of police and army trainers.

PARIS (Reuters) - Defense chiefs from the United States, France, Britain and four other nations meet in Paris on Wednesday to examine ways to accelerate gains against Islamic State, including by potentially ramping up the number of police and army trainers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Users of Facebook Inc's Android app can now privately browse the world's largest social network through the anonymity service Tor, the company said on Tuesday.