Новости за 06.10.2018

The US Senate voted 50 to 48 to confirm embattled nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court in a final vote on Saturday that went ahead despite sexual misconduct allegations and questions over his character and temperament.

The US Senate voted 50 to 48 to confirm embattled nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court in a final vote on Saturday that went ahead despite sexual misconduct allegations and questions over his character and temperament.

Hundreds of people, many wearing orange to evoke life vests, demonstrated Saturday in Paris to back a private humanitarian ship that rescues migrants who are making the dangerous voyage to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea.

Brazilians are choosing their leaders Sunday in an election marked by intense anger at the ruling class following years of political and economic turmoil, including what may be the largest corruption scandal in Latin American history.

A work by street artist Banksy self-destructed in front of startled onlookers Friday. "Girl With Balloon" fetched a record price moments before a shredder apparently embedded in the frame was activated, leaving the painting in strips.

A white Chicago officer was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager that was captured on shocking dashcam video that showed him crumpling to the ground in a hail of 16 bullets as he walked away from police.

Brett Kavanaugh seems assured of surviving a Supreme Court nomination fight for the ages after two wavering senators said they'd back him despite weeks of shocking accusations, hardball politics and rowdy Capitol protests.

Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work in fighting rape in warfare, capping a year of global reckoning about sexual violence across the world.