News Archive - 24 January 2017

(Picture: Still image from Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's video message on Twitter.)   “We are your friend, not your enemy,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a video message addressed to the people of Iran, posted on Saturday to his bureau’s Persian Twitter account. Distinguishing between the...

Monday, 4th of Bahman – January 23rd, 2017 HEADLINES OF IRAN’S MORNING PAPERS   KAYHAN   -Unprecedented chaos in 50 US states In continuation of widespread protests in 50 US states, there are reports that many European countries are faced with anti-Trump protests and the situation is not calm.

>Concluding the Syria talks in Astana, Tehran, Moscow and Ankara also said they supported the willingness of the armed opposition groups to participate in the next round of negotiations to be held in Geneva on Feb. 8 and the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 2254. It was not immediately...

>In his inauguration speech on Friday, Trump accused the Washington establishment of protecting itself but abandoning regular citizens who have suffered from poverty and crime. "This American carnage stops right here and stops right now," he said.In his tweet on Tuesday, Trump said: "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible...

>"If a trade war developed between the two countries, both China and the U.S. would be negatively impacted," the newspaper said in a commentary. "In the end neither side would win, it would bring harm to other countries and that harm would be brought to others without benefits to...

>SAN FRANCISCO Cisco Systems Inc said on Tuesday that it agreed to buy U.S. business software company AppDynamics Inc for about $3.7 billion, one of its largest deals in recent years as the company seeks growth in areas outside of its core networking business.Legacy technology players like...

>U.S. President Donald Trump, who was inaugurated on Friday, upset Beijing before taking office by casting doubt on the "one China" principle, under which Washington acknowledges Beijing's position of sovereignty over self-ruled Taiwan.China views Taiwan as a wayward province, to be brought under its control by force if...

>TOKYO Japan's exports rose for the first time in 15 months in December on strong sales of electronics and car parts, a positive sign for the export-reliant economy even as U.S. protectionism threatens to hurt trade across the region and dent external demand. Ministry of Finance data showed on...

>"Consumers should never have to worry that a battery-powered device might put them, their family or their property at risk,” Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye said in a statement.The agency reached agreement with Samsung to recall 2.5 million Note 7 phones in early September. While most...

>Its shares slumped 2.2 percent to 254 yen, even as the Nikkei stock index .N225 rose 1.7 percent.Toshiba's board will meet on Friday to approve plans to make its chip business a separate company and hopes to raise more than 200 billion yen ($1.76 billion) by...

>JERUSALEM Israel announced plans on Tuesday for 2,500 more settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the second such declaration since U.S. President Donald Trump took office signaling he could be more accommodating toward such projects than his predecessor.A statement from the Israeli Defence Ministry, which administers lands...

>CANNON BALL, N.D. Tribal leaders protesting the construction of a controversial North Dakota pipeline vowed on Tuesday to fight U.S. President Donald Trump's order to revive the $3.8 billion project, calling his decision a "bad move."Protesters have rallied for months against plans to route the Dakota...

>PARIS The frontrunner in France's presidential election race, conservative Francois Fillon, acknowledged on Tuesday that his wife had worked for him when he was a legislator, but denied a media report that she had been paid for fictitious employment.Fillon, 62, a former prime minister who is tipped to win...

>MEXICO CITY Under pressure from President Donald Trump, Mexico is preparing to discuss changes to trade rules about a product's country of origin to try to avoid a disruptive fight with the United States over commerce.As the two countries begin a difficult new relationship, Mexico sees possible common ground...

>The company's shares were up 4.5 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday. The stock had risen 42 percent since Donald Trump's victory in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election.The producer of aluminum, alumina and bauxite said it expects a 4 percent growth in global aluminum demand in...

>"Mr. President: if you really want to put America first, label China a currency manipulator," Schumer told reporters. Trump's Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin has told senators that he would work to combat currency manipulation but would not give a clear answer on whether he currently views China as manipulating...

>"The president does believe that," White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters. "He continues to maintain that belief based on studies and evidence that people have presented to him."Republican Trump won in the Electoral College that decides the presidency, which gives smaller states more clout in the outcome, but...

>MOSCOW/LONDON/MILAN More than a month after Russia announced one of its biggest privatizations since the 1990s, selling a 19.5 percent stake in its giant oil company Rosneft, it still isn't possible to determine from public records the full identities of those who bought it.The stake was sold for...

>RIO DE JANEIRO A small plane carrying a Brazilian Supreme Court justice overseeing a political bribery investigation did not suffer any obvious mechanical failure when it crashed into a bay amid heavy rain and killed all five on board, investigators said on Tuesday.That preliminary analysis came from what investigators...

>PARIS France's Safran has crafted a deal to persuade family investors in Zodiac Aerospace to give up control in a merger that would create the world's third largest aerospace supplier.But in a rare two-stage deal Safran must first convince ordinary investors, who hold 68 percent of the company, to...

>Speaking before the Senate Committee on Finance, one of two committees that oversee the health department, Representative Tom Price, a Georgia orthopedic surgeon said "nobody ought to be priced out of the market for having a bad diagnosis." "I commit that we will not abandon individuals with preexisting illness...

>The deal would "substantially lessen competition" in the sale of Medicare Advantage plans in 364 counties in 21 U.S. states and on the Obamacare exchange in three Florida counties, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Monday."We continue to believe a combined company...

>This is the second time that the two companies, which are in talks with the European Union antitrust regulators, have had to push back the expected completion.The EU regulators earlier this week gave the companies 10 more working days in connection with the ongoing review and set a March...

>Trump also planned to meet with Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Politico reported, citing an unidentified administration official. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said at a news conference on Monday that there would be an update in the next...

>Comey, a Republican, drew furious criticism from Democrats for announcing just 11 days before the Nov. 8 election that the FBI was looking at additional emails related to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private server.Four days after the election, Clinton privately blamed Comey for her election...

>WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive orders on Wednesday restricting immigration from Syria and six other Middle Eastern or African countries, according to several congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter.In addition to Syria, Trump's orders are expected to temporarily restrict...

>The USITC said in a statement it had not yet made any decision on the merits of the case by the Finland-based Nokia Corp unit, which is seeking a cease and desist order and a limited exclusion order in the case. (Reporting by David Alexander; Editing by Susan Heavey)...

>NEW YORK An equally divided federal appeals court refused to reconsider its landmark decision forbidding the U.S. government from forcing Microsoft Corp and other companies to turn over customer emails stored on servers outside the United States.Tuesday's 4-4 vote by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

>BAGHDAD The United Nations said on Tuesday it is "racing against the clock" to prepare emergency aid for hundreds of thousands of endangered civilians in Mosul with an Iraqi army offensive looming to oust Islamic State from the western half of the city.Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed on...

>WASHINGTON The U.S. budget deficit is expected to dip in fiscal year 2017 but expand later in the decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report on Tuesday that showed President Donald Trump inheriting a tricky long-term deficit picture.The CBO projected the deficit to fall slightly...

>WASHINGTON U.S. home resales fell more than expected in December as the supply of houses on the market dropped to levels last seen in 1999, which could have limited choice for buyers. The National Association of Realtors said on Tuesdayexisting home sales decreased 2.8 percent to a seasonally...

>Wall Street edged higher on Tuesday, led by technology and materials stocks, as the corporate earnings season kicked into high gear. Investors are also seeking more clarity on President Donald Trump's economic policies. "We are now in a phase where the policies need to come to fruition to justify the...

>WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump pushed the chief executives of General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV on Tuesday to increase production in the United States and boost American employment.Trump opened a meeting with GM CEO Mary Barra, Ford CEO Mark Fields and Fiat...

>LONDON Oil producer EnQuest (ENQ.L) has agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in BP's (BP.L) Magnus oil field and surrounding assets in the North Sea, financed through future returns, as it pursues its strategy of trying to breathe new life into old fields.As part of the...

>BRUSSELS U.S. online retailer Amazon (AMZN.O) has offered to alter its e-book contracts with publishers in a bid to end an EU antitrust probe and stave off a possible fine, the European Commission said on Tuesday.Amazon, the biggest e-book distributor in Europe, proposed to drop some clauses...

>SYDNEY/LONDON Rio Tinto Plc has agreed to sell its Australian unit Coal & Allied Industries Ltd to Chinese government-controlled Yancoal Australia Ltd for up to $2.45 billion in cash, it said on Tuesday.Analysts said the price was a good deal for selling off thermal coal assets, which Rio...

>NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday reinstated a global gag rule that bans U.S.-funded groups around the world from discussing abortion, a move that was widely expected but nonetheless dismayed women's rights advocates.The rule, which affects American non-governmental organizations working...

>China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments at a daily press briefing in Beijing after the new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea. (Reporting by...

>CALGARY, Alberta The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal cannot proceed without the United States, Canada said on Tuesday, even as Australia and New Zealand pledged to salvage it.U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the 12-nation TPP on Monday, following through on an election promise days after his inauguration.

>LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain's exit from the European Union, the UK Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, giving lawmakers who oppose her Brexit plans a shot at amending them.By a majority of eight to three, the UK's...

>SEOUL Nintendo Co's smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps.The popularity of augmented-reality Pokemon Go around the world has generated crowds of people in parks and...

>James Mattis, a retired Marine general, was sworn into the Pentagon's top job shortly after Trump's inauguration on Friday and a quick departure to Asia could be seen as a nod to the importance the new U.S. administration places on security ties.The trip would closely follow Trump's withdrawal...

>"The supply chain is the new frontier in environmental responsibility – an area rich with opportunity that remains mostly unexplored," non-profit group CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, wrote in its report published on Tuesday.Many companies set their own goals to limit climate change but omit greenhouse...