Новости за 28.02.2018

Tunisia's ministry of culture has banned the Oscar-nominated film "Call Me By Your Name", a love story between two men, one of its main distributors said on Wednesday.

Paris St Germain forward Neymar will be operated on in Brazil at the end of this week after he suffered a fractured metatarsal and a sprained ankle on Sunday, the club said on Wednesday.

A Pablo Picasso painting depicting his muse Marie-Therese Walter with future lover Dora Maar emerging from the shadows beat expectations to sell for an eye-watering £50 million (56 million euros, $69 million) at a London sale Wednesday.

About 40 trucks are loaded and ready to ferry relief supplies to Syria's bomb-and-siege shattered Eastern Ghouta, but there has been no let up in fighting despite a UN ceasefire resolution, a top UN official said Wednesday.

A French MP elected under President Emmanuel Macron's party revealed on Wednesday she had received a letter containing racist death threats.

The United States warned judicial and law enforcement officials from around the world of the dangers posed by an increasingly de-centralized Islamic State group spreading to new regions.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has warned that teams will face harsh punishment for deliberately losing amid a reported "tanking epidemic" in the league's lower echelons, it was reported Wednesday.

Facebook on Wednesday announced that its year-old job-hunting service is expanding to dozens more countries, aiming to connect members with local work.

Lucas Pouille won a re-run of the weekend Marseille final, beating Karen Khachanov 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday at the Dubai Championships.

Dutch home hope Kirsten Wild won the mass start 10km scratch world title, beating Belgium's Jolien D'Hoore and Denmark's Amalie Dideriksen at the world track cycling championships on Wednesday.

Norway handball star Nora Mork has agreed to return to the national team despite an embarrassing scandal when intimate photos of her were circulated by the men's squad.

Saudi Arabia is working to address deeper issues on the path to women's rights after allowing them to drive and attend soccer matches, one of the kingdom's top female officials said Wednesday.

Marjane Satrapi, the Franco-Iranian director best known for her Oscar-nominated animated film "Persepolis", has begun shooting a biopic of the scientist Marie Curie, her producers said Wednesday.

A top Vatican investigator, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, concluded a visit to Chile on Wednesday after meeting with sexual abuse victims in a case that created a major public controversy for Pope Francis.

Holders Juventus booked their ticket to the Italian Cup final for the fourth year in a row after a 1-0 win over Atalanta in a semi-final second leg tie played in the snow in Turin on Wednesday.

Even when the snow stopped in Barcelona, only five cars ventured out onto the damp and freezing circuit on Wednesday on the third day of Formula One testing.

The Asian Football Confederation head on Wednesday called for Iraq to be allowed to host competitive international matches, as FIFA gears up to decide on whether to lift a ban on the strife-torn nation.

Families of the survivors of the second-deadliest shooting at a U.S. public school gathered outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday to support the students returning to the place where 17 people were massacred two weeks ago.

Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier will play no part in the 2018 season as he works his way back from a spinal injury, the team's general manager said Wednesday.

A signal from the Universe's first stars, born a cosmic heartbeat after the Big Bang, has been detected for the first time, astronomers said Wednesday, setting the science world aflutter.

Carrefour said Wednesday it fell into a loss last year as competition among retailers in France intensified and which reinforced the need to push forward with an overhaul it announced last month.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday replaced migration minister Yannis Mouzalas, who oversaw Athens' response to the migrant crisis of 2015.

In the run-up to Italy’s March 4 general election, high-profile racist attacks have shaken the Marche region, in Italy’s moderate heartland. But while politicians hurl empty slogans at the migrant “crisis”, residents are doing something about it.

In Brazil, the land where football is king, Neymar's foot injury has unleashed sharp emotions and concern, rumors and speculation about the star player upon whom so many hopes rest for World Cup victory in Russia.

Dick's Sporting Goods became the latest big US company to shift course on guns Wednesday, announcing it would remove assault-style rifles from stores and end all gun sales to consumers under 21.