Новости за 15.09.2020

Germany said Tuesday it will take in more than 1,500 refugees from Greece on top of the 150 unaccompanied minors whose camp burned down on the island of Lesbos as Berlin tried to rally a fresh EU response to a years-long migrant crisis that flared anew.

Qatar's leading clubs stole the limelight from their UAE rivals on Tuesday on a dramatic day in the Asian Champions League. Recently-crowned Qatar Stars League champions Al Duhail edged past Sharjah 2-1 and league runners Al Sadd twice rallying from a goal down to hold Al Ain 3-3. While for Al Duhail it was their second victory in three matches, Al Sadd had to be satisfied with their second draw as an own goal by Boualem Khoukhi prevented them from gaining full points. Al Duhail were clearly the... Читать дальше...

Racial minorities accounted for 78 percent of Covid-19 deaths under the age of 21 in the United States between February and July, a government report said Tuesday. Out of 121 deaths among under-21s, 45 percent were among Hispanics, 29 percent among blacks and four percent among American Indians or Alaskan Natives, according to the study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Together, these groups represent 41 percent of the US population under 21. Overall, mortality among children and youths is far lower than adults... Читать дальше...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday he would highlight the plight of refugees from Nicolas Maduro's Venezuela on a regional trip that includes the country's border area with Brazil. Pompeo will head Friday to the Brazilian city of Boa Vista before going to Colombia, the State Department said. He also confirmed that he will on Thursday pay the first visit by a US secretary of state to Guyana and Suriname, which both have new leaders and enticing energy resources. Pompeo said in a tweet... Читать дальше...

At least two people were wounded in southern Israel by rocket fire from Hamas-controlled Gaza on Tuesday, emergency services said, in an attack that coincided with Israel's signing in Washington of normalisation deals with the UAE and Bahrain. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, meanwhile, warned that the deals would "not achieve peace in the region" until the US and Israel acknowledged his people's right to a state. "Peace, security and stability will not be achieved in the region until the Israeli occupation ends," he said. Читать дальше...

Relatives of Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed in a police shooting in her own home, announced Tuesday they have settled their wrongful death suit with the US city of Louisville for $12 million, as well as promises of local law enforcement reforms. The civil settlement was substantial and relatively quick, reflecting the public pressure and emotion surrounding the case of the 26-year-old, which became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement. After Taylor's death on March 13, another black citizen... Читать дальше...

The 2020 World Series will take place at a neutral venue for the first time in modern baseball history, it was revealed on Tuesday as Major League Baseball confirmed its postseason schedule. The league said in a statement teams would be based at neutral venues following the initial best-of-three wild card series rounds, which get under way once the abbreviated 60-game season concludes this month. The American and National League wild card rounds, which open on September 29 and 30, will take place... Читать дальше...

West African leaders met the head of Mali's military junta on Tuesday to press for the return to civilian rule nearly a month after rebel officers seized power in the fragile state.

US President Donald Trump has hinted a Covid-19 vaccine may be ready before the November election, but will it be safe and effective? Experts are worried the country's world-renowned health institutions responsible for overseeing the approval and distribution processes have become increasingly compromised by political pressure, which could end up costing lives. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are at the center of the storm. The two agencies... Читать дальше...

Lennard Kaemna claimed his first Tour de France victory when he outwitted Giro d’Italia champion Richard Carapaz to win the 16th stage, a 164-km ride from La Tour du Pin on Tuesday.

Former Ivorian rebel leader and ex-prime minister Guillaume Soro, who has been barred from contesting an upcoming presidential election, should be allowed to run, the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights said Tuesday.

Opposition figures reacted angrily on Tuesday after Ivory Coast's top court rejected 40 candidates for upcoming presidential elections, validating the contested bid of head of state Alassane Ouattara but sidelining his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo.

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements on Tuesday to normalize relations with Israel, becoming the latest Arab states to break a longstanding taboo in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran.

High-school students across France wore short shorts and crop tops to class on Monday in protest against schools’ “sexist” dress codes.

The UAE, Bahrain, and Israel will hold bilateral meetings with the United States ahead of a ceremony to sign ‘historic’ peace accords in Washington on Tuesday. FRANCE 24 correspondent Kethevane Gorjestani says the Trump administration is looking to secure foreign policy wins ahead of the November election, with the peace accords important to the pro-Israel right wing of the Republican Party, and the Evangelical voting bloc.

Police on the Greek island of Lesbos have arrested five migrants suspected of setting a fire that destroyed Europe's largest camp of Moria last week, the minister responsible for policing said Tuesday. "Five young foreign nationals have been arrested, and a sixth has been identified and is sought," Citizen's Protection Minister Michalis Chrysohoidis told state agency ANA. A local police source told AFP an operation to round up suspects had taken place on Monday on the roadside where thousands of... Читать дальше...

Far from bringing about a new era of social solidarity, often-changing and unclear guidance around the coronavirus may push people to act more selfishly, researchers said Tuesday. Danish and Swedish investigators found that unclear expectations will prompt most people to take the easiest option -- whether the choice before them is over rounding a tip at a restaurant up or down or respecting virus recommendations. "As uncertainty of expectations arises, we are more likely to keep as much as possible... Читать дальше...

Germany plans to offer refuge to 1,500 migrants currently taking shelter on Greek islands, government sources told AFP Tuesday, as the touchy issue of immigration shot up the EU's political agenda again after a huge fire destroyed the overcrowded Moria camp. Some 12,000 former occupants of the camp on Lesbos island have been sleeping rough in abandoned buildings, on roadsides and even rooftops, after their shelter was destroyed by the blaze on September 8. With pressure growing on the EU to do its part... Читать дальше...

Protesters greeted Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on a visit to Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday, as Mongolians gathered in the capital to speak out against Beijing's controversial language policy in its ethnic minority regions. The country of Mongolia neighbours China's province of Inner Mongolia, which has seen weeks of protests and education boycotts over a policy change requiring all core subjects at schools to be taught in Mandarin rather than the local language. China's move follows similar action... Читать дальше...

Three environmental groups including Greenpeace said Tuesday they have launched a lawsuit against the Spanish government, accusing it of taking insufficient action to tackle climate change. It comes after similar action was launched by green groups elsewhere in Europe including France, Germany and the Netherlands, where the Dutch government lost a landmark case on cutting greenhouse gas emissions in 2018. "There is only one path to avoid devastating climate change: reducing CO2 emissions drastically... Читать дальше...

There have been so many Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms this year that the world is running out of names for them, the United Nations said Tuesday. The storms are given first names in alphabetical order but this year they are set to run out. "The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is so active that it is expected to exhaust the regular list of storm names," Clare Nullis, spokeswoman for the UN's Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization (WMO), told a media briefing. "If this happens,... Читать дальше...

West African leaders met the head of Mali's military junta on Tuesday to press for the return to civilian rule nearly a month after rebel officers seized power in the fragile state. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) slapped sanctions on Mali after the putsch, including closing borders and a ban on trade and financial flows, and has called for elections within 12 months. The 15-nation bloc also gave the new military rulers until Tuesday to name a civilian president and prime minister to head a transition government. Читать дальше...

Far from the Tour de France, Chris Froome's struggles to return to full race fitness continued on the Italian roads of the Tirreno-Adriatico with the British rider just inside the top 100 in his final stage race before his bid for a third Vuelta a Espana title next month. The four-time Tour de France winner insisted he had "several years of cycling" ahead of him after his recovery from last year's career-threatening Criterium du Dauphine accident. But the 35-year-old slipped to 91st position in... Читать дальше...

Northern Turkey is well known for tea as well as hazelnuts, which account for 70 percent of the production of oilseed plants globally. During the harvest season, farmers bring in seasonal workers, most of whom are Kurdish or Syrian. Many of them work in difficult conditions, often without a contract, and are sometimes victims of racism. When a video showing a group of men beating Kurdish seasonal workers, among them a teenage girl, appeared online, it reignited a nationwide debate on racism.

The verdict in the appeal of jailed Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni against his three-year prison term was set to be delivered Tuesday. The journalist, incarcerated since 29 March, has become a symbol of the press freedom, in a case that has rocked the international community.