Новости за 18.02.2016

KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan military is expected to field its first specialised surveillance drones as soon as March, a U.S. commander in Kabul said on Thursday, as the Asian nation slowly expands its own air force.

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp reported a five-fold rise in quarterly profit, helped by higher income from its regulated utilities and a return to profit in its international business.

(Reuters) - Satellite TV company Dish Network Corp swung to a quarterly loss as it surrendered wireless spectrum licenses that were held ineligible for small-business discounts.

* Authorities favour stable and gradual depreciation - policymaker

BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Several big international funds, including the U.N. Green Climate Fund, are trying to dole out billions of dollars to countries and communities to help them tackle climate change by adapting to extreme weather and adopting renewable energy.

* AccorHotels gains after beating forecast (Recasts to show shares advanced, tech stocks gained.)

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Oli begins a state visit to giant neighbour India on Friday, looking to repair ties damaged by a row over the Himalayan republic's first democratic constitution.

Jeep, a subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) recently marked its entry to India with their debut at the 2016 Auto Expo. The company arrived in India with a lineup of three SUVs, the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, Grand Cherokee and the high-performance Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT. While the company will start the sales of its products in […]

BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier wounded in an explosion will be the first person in the United States to receive a penis transplant, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital said, which could open the way for about 60 other servicemen with genital injuries to have this surgery.

(Reuters) - Everton defender John Stones has benefited from taking a break from football following the hamstring injury he picked up in January, manager Roberto Martinez said.

ANKARA/LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Iran believes a global agreement to freeze oil output will not be enough to help prop up prices as the world is producing too much crude, Iranian oil sources told Reuters.

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Live and don't learn. That should be the motto of commodity producers who attempt to push prices higher by trying a variety of methods to restrict supply.

What: The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs presents "Flowers for Tony," featuring the work of the late Tony Csavas, a painter and professor at the College of Charleston who died in 2014.

* Cunliffe sees strong UK labour market (Adds reaction, detail)

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Fighting between youths sheltering in a U.N. compound in South Sudan's Malakal killed five people and wounded 30 after violence erupted between two ethnic groups, the U.N. peacekeeping mission said on Thursday.

Feb 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the European Tour Maybank Championship at the par-71 course on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur -7 Nathan Holman (Australia) 64 -6 Angelo Que (Philippines) 65 Danny Willett (Britain) 65 Tommy Fleetwood (Britain) 65 Peter Uihlein (U.S.) 65 Jorge Campillo (Spain) 65 Alexander Levy (France) 65 -5 Masahiro Kawamura (Japan) 66 Miguel Tabuena (Philippines)

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a key part of the law often called "joint enterprise", which allows people to be convicted of murder even if they did not strike the fatal blow, had been misinterpreted for three decades.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a key part of the law often called "joint enterprise", which allows people to be convicted of murder even if they did not strike the fatal blow, had been misinterpreted for three decades.

Terra Motors, a manufacturer of electric two and three wheelers in Japan announced the launch of its Y4Alfa e-rickshaw. Y4Alfa has been priced close to Rs. 1.3 lakh and is powered by Terra battery unit which gives a range of 100 km on full charge. The average weight of the e-rickshaw is 380 kg and […]

LONDON (Reuters) - Rio Haryanto will become Indonesia's first Formula One driver after signing a deal with Manor Racing, the back-of-the-grid team announced on Thursday.

NAIROBI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Fighting between youths sheltering in a U.N. compound in South Sudan's Malakal killed five people and wounded 30 after violence erupted between two ethnic groups, the U.N. peacekeeping mission said on Thursday.

AMMAN (Reuters) - At least two thousand Syrian rebel fighters have re-entered the country from Turkey over the last week to reinforce insurgents fending off an assault by Syrian Kurdish-led militias, rebel sources said on Thursday.

AMMAN (Reuters) - At least two thousand Syrian rebel fighters have re-entered the country from Turkey over the last week to reinforce insurgents fending off an assault by Syrian Kurdish-led militias, rebel sources said on Thursday.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The market for spy planes and surveillance platforms is buoyant in Southeast Asia, where countries are facing off against China – and each other - in the resource-rich South China Sea, industry insiders at the Singapore Airshow said.

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine is ready to defend itself against a lawsuit brought by Russia in relation to a $3 billion (2.08 billion pound) Eurobond that Moscow insists Kiev must repay, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.