Новости за 24.03.2024

Some 200 aproned competitors will take their places on the starting blocks Sunday for a tradition that goes back more than a hundred years: the Paris waiters' race.

Voters in Senegal go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in an unpredictable race. It follows three years of political crisis, including fierce protests over the outgoing president's attempt to push back the vote.

Russian envoy Anatoly Antonov said joint efforts in this field had been the most important of all in bilateral relations

DUBLIN, Ireland: Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu has taken the first steps to close its operations in Ireland.

DAKAR, Senegal - Polls opened in Senegal on Sunday morning in a tightly contested presidential race that followed months of uncertainty and unrest that has tested the West African nation's reputation as a stable democracy in a region that experienced a wave of coups in recent years.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The National Retail Federation, the largest retail trade group in the U.S., predicts retail sales to increase from 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent in 2024, slower than the 3.6 percent in 2023.

YEREVAN, Armenia: In a video published this week, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that if it does not compromise with Baku and return four Azerbaijani villages it has held since the early 1990s, Armenia could again face a war with Azerbaijan.

Kolkata, India - Rosy, who goes by her nickname, was 26 when she was married in Gudoo, a locality within one of the 50 hamlets or small villages bordering Dal Lake in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city.

Yangon, myanmar - Myanmar's drivers are shifting to electric vehicles, a move that underscores the military junta's growing ties with China, where most of the EVs and component parts are manufactured.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 24 (ANI): In a push-back against allegations of fiscal bias against Congress-ruled Karnataka and non-provision of funds, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday every penny due to the state is accounted for and was released on time. Speaking at an informal interaction organised by the Thinkers Forum here in the Karnataka capital, Sitharaman said, "The claim that Rs 5,4

Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 23 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Saturday said that in the coming days, a microscope will be needed to detect the presence of CPI(M) and Congress as they will gradually fade away. Saha said this on Saturday while addressing the Yuva Shankhanad rally organized by the BJP Yuva Morcha. "We have observed that the West Parliamentary seat candidate Ashish Kumar Saha is with CPI

Palm Sunday is a traditional day of protest for peace. During the 1980s, Palm Sundays in Australia were the occasion for enormous anti-nuclear rallies across the country, writes Dr Glenn Davies.

New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): As the nation mourned the dead and struggled to come to terms with the terror attack at Crocus City Hall near Moscow, the Russian embassy in India, on Sunday, opened an online book of condolence for people who wish to offer condolences to the families of the victims. The toll from the heinous attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue near Moscow, which the ISIS claimed credit for, stood

SAO PAULO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Five suspects died Saturday in a shootout with police as they attempted to assault a warehouse belonging to Federal Revenue Secretariat, Brazil's official tax-collecting agency, in the southern Brazilian city of Cascavel, local authorities announced.

(Photo credit: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports) PITTSBURGH -- Steven Ashworth scored 21 points and ignited the game-winning, 15-point run to propel No. 3 seed Creighton to an 86-73 win over No. 11 seed Oregon in double overtime in the second round of the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Region on Saturday night. Trey Alexander tallied 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists, while Ryan Kalkbrenner had 19 points, 14 boards an

(Photo credit: William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports) Marco Delgado scored a game-winning goal in the 80th minute as the L.A. Galaxy scored three straight goals in less than 10 minutes to rally for a 3-2 win over host Sporting Kansas City on Saturday night. The Galaxy (2-0-3, 9 points) appeared lifeless for much of the match before catching fire in the final 20 minutes. Sporting KC (1-1-3, 6 points) dominated all the stats e

SANTA CLARA, California: After securing US$19.5 billion in federal grants and loans provided by President Joe Biden's initiative for a broader U.S. chipmaking renaissance, Intel is planning a $100-billion spending spree across four states.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Following revelations that conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had not disclosed luxury trips paid for by a benefactor, U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges must now disclose the value of travel-related gifts they receive by classifying such free trips as "reimbursements" on their financial disclosure forms.

CHONGQING, March 24 (Xinhua) -- At a hydrogen refueling station on an expressway linking the city of Chengdu and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, Yang Wenbin is refueling his hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle. Within five minutes, the tank is filled with hydrogen fuel.

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 24 (ANI/TPS): Israeli security forces arrested Dr Rashid al-Zaro, a senior surgeon at the Hebron hospital on suspicion of inciting terrorism and calling for the destruction of Israel. He was arrested in an operation carried out by police special forces under the intelligence direction of the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Central Command in the city of Hebron. Al-Zaro works as a senior surgeon in the

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 24 (ANI): At least three children were killed and two more were injured after an unexploded bullet exploded in the Gereshk district in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported, citing officials. The office of the governor in Helmand Province stated that the incident occurred in the Laki area of Gereshk district on Saturday morning, when children were playing with the unexploded

Tel Aviv [Israel], March 24 (ANI): The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has launched air strikes in the Baalbek region in north-eastern Lebanon on the early hours of Sunday, the Times of Israel reported, citing local Lebanese media outlets. The strike comes following several Hezbollah missile, rocket, and drone attacks on northern Israel over the weekend. Baalbek, an area identified in the past as a Hezbollah stronghold, is ne

Shocked Russians brought flowers and teddy bears Saturday to the Crocus City concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow to pay respects to more than 100 people who died in a grisly attack claimed by the Islamic State group.

The United States is assigning responsibility for Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people on the Islamic State terror group's Afghan affiliate, known as Islamic State-Khorasan, or IS-Khorasan.

(Photo credit: Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal / USA TODAY NETWORK) MEMPHIS -- When Texas AM and Houston played Dec. 16 at the Houston Rockets' Toyota Center, the Aggies didn't have second-leading scorer Tyrece Radford and played emerging guard Manny Obaseki for only nine minutes in a 70-66 loss. And the Cougars got 21 key minutes out of forward Joseph Tugler, plus another six off the bench from Terrance Arceneaux. Both