Новости за 20.07.2015

Le maire sortant communiste de Gardanne (Bouches-du-Rhône) a été largement réélu hier lors du 2e tour de l'élection municipale partielle, après l'annulation du scrutin de 2014 par le Conseil d'Etat.

Roger Meï, 80 ans, maire depuis 1977 de cette commune ouvrière de 20.000 habitants située entre Marseille et Aix-en-Provence, a obtenu 49,35% des voix, contre 42,05 % à son principal opposant Jean-Brice Garella (DVG-UDI). La liste FN conduite par Clément Poittevin a réuni 8,61% des voix, à l'issue de cette triangulaire. Читать дальше...

When a massive earthquake struck Nepal in April, Nepal's longest-serving "living goddess" was forced to do the unthinkable -- walk the streets for the first time in her life, she told AFP in a rare interview.

China's controversial Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang will probably compete in four events at the world championships starting in Russia this week, a report said Monday, a year after a secret three-month doping ban.

Le groupe japonais Mitsubishi Materials a présenté ses excuses dimanche aux ex-prisonniers de guerre américains forcés de travailler dans les mines du géant industriel pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un geste historique qui intervient 70 ans après le conflit.

Asian stocks were slightly higher Monday as concerns over Greece and China's recent market rout eased, while the dollar pushed higher on expectations for a US interest rate hike by the end of the year.

La Grèce entre dans une semaine à hauts risques, avec deux tests majeurs lundi pour l'économie et le Premier ministre Alexis Tsipras: la réouverture des banques et une hausse de TVA de 10 points sur une série de biens et services.

The UN Security Council is due to adopt a resolution on Monday morning that would clear a path for international sanctions crippling Iran’s economy to be lifted.

Some 8,000 people with HIV in war-torn eastern Ukraine face a critical shortage of medicine and their supply will run out in mid-August unless a blockade is lifted, a UN AIDS envoy has warned.

Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei said on Monday that revenue surged 30 percent year-on-year in the first half, helped by "solid" sales of smartphones and growth in other business areas.

Le maire sortant communiste de Gardanne (Bouches-du-Rhône) a été largement réélu dimanche lors du 2e tour de l'élection municipale partielle, après l'annulation du scrutin de 2014 par le Conseil d'Etat.

Andres Guardado converted a penalty kick awarded on a controversial call in extra time to give Mexico a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica and a Gold Cup semi-final berth.

Scott Piercy showed why he is the highest-ranked player in the field Sunday, firing a six-under 65 to capture the Barbasol Championship for his third career win on the USPGA Tour.

The logistics of Barcelona's North American tour are tough enough, with coach Luis Enrique making no apologies for letting stars including Lionel Messi skip the pre-season excursion.

The hospital at the epicentre of South Korea's deadly MERS outbreak started to resume normal operations Monday, as officials moved closer to declaring a formal end to a crisis that triggered widespread panic and choked the local economy.

The ride-booking app Uber is fighting New York's city hall, which wants to keep in check a fleet of vehicles that already far outnumbers the Big Apple's trademark yellow cabs.

Pace demon Mitchell Johnson reopened old mental scars as Australia morally seized the Ashes lead with their thumping series-levelling victory over England at Lord's, Australia's media said Monday as they revelled in the win.

Team warrior Lleyton Hewitt says it will be tough for Australia to win this year's Davis Cup after learning their semi-final opponents will be Andy Murray's Great Britain in September.

Le gouvernement portugais a adopté en fin de semaine un décret permettant de rétablir les visas «dorés», permis de séjour accordés à des investisseurs étrangers, dont l'attribution avait été gelée début juillet.

INFO LE FIGARO - Le site de vente de meubles en ligne lève 55 millions d'euros pour accélérer à l'international.

Claude Dion, directeur général d'Hay Group, analyse pourquoi les salariés français ont de plus en plus de mal à être motivés.

Fermées depuis 1961, les ambassades respectives de Washington et La Havane rouvrent leurs portes ce lundi, un pas décisif dans le rapprochement engagé par Barack Obama et Raul Castro.

Senegal prepared Monday to begin the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, 25 years after he fled there following an eight-year bloodsoaked reign of terror at home.

The UN Security Council is due to adopt a resolution Monday that would clear a path for international sanctions crippling Iran's economy to be lifted.

Is Apple Watch a dud?

Nearly three months after the launch of Apple's fashionably smart wrist wear, some analysts say it's not a mainstream mega-hit. But others see promise in its popularity with Internet-savvy young people.

Media outlets last week jumped on a study by research firm Slice Intelligence suggesting that, based on a large sampling of email receipts in the United States, orders for Apple Watch have plunged 90 percent since the week that the wearable computing gadget made its debut. Читать дальше...