Новости за 30.09.2020

Hugo Gaston, a 20-year-old wildcard ranked 239th in the world, is the last French man standing at the French Open after Benoit Paire crashed out meekly and Pierre-Hugues Herbert missed an opportunity to beat sixth seed Alexander Zverev on Wednesday.

The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the disjointed first meeting between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.

While China’s oppressive measures against Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region has garnered international attention, Beijing has begun expanding its surveillance of another Muslim minority: the Utsuls of Hainan Island. But efforts to crack down on the peaceful religious minority could backfire and push it to radicalisation, experts warn.

French Open at a glance on Wednesday, the fourth day of the 2020 championship at Roland Garros: Headlines + Injured Serena withdraws + Nadal claims 95th win at tournament + Top seed Halep into last 32 Top results Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 Dominic Thiem (AUT x3) bt Jack Sock (USA) 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) Simona Halep (ROU x1) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) 6-3, 6-4 Sidelines Azarenka no mystic -- Victoria Azarenka said it was impossible to comment on whether... Читать дальше...

British health experts admitted Wednesday that the coronavirus was out of control as case numbers and hospital admissions rise despite a slew of new restrictions on social gatherings. "Things are definitely heading in the wrong direction," UK chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance told a government press conference, as a further 7,108 cases and 71 deaths were reported. As England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, warned that hospitalisations and admissions to intensive care were also rising... Читать дальше...

When Sebastian Korda reached the Roland Garros last 32 on Wednesday, the first calls of congratulation came from four people who all know about winning. On the line were father Petr, a former world number two who won the Australian Open in 1998 and was a runner-up in Paris six years earlier. His mother Regina Rajchrtova, a former top 30 WTA player, also took the phone from their home in Florida. Then there were his golf pro sisters Nelly and Jessica, respectively the world number two and 22 on the LPGA rankings. Читать дальше...

In front of a recruiting office in the Armenian capital, dozens of men -- some already in military fatigues, some chain-smoking -- are milling about, waiting to join a war raging in Nagorny Karabakh. There is a steady stream of potential new recruits heading to the Soviet-era building on Alabyan Street, in the northwest of the capital, with men arriving on foot and by car. Some of the would-be soldiers say they have been ordered to report, others are volunteers. Kamo, a 32-year-old factory worker... Читать дальше...

The organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics announced a swathe of cost-cutting measures on Wednesday which are set to slash 400 million euros ($469 million) from the Games' bill. The most high-profile of the changes, which still have to be ratified by the International Olympic Committee, sees the swimming events removed from the socially-deprived area of Saint-Denis just north of the city and relocated to the financial district of La Defense. Volleyball has also been moved from Saint-Denis which does... Читать дальше...

Ice loss from Greenland's massive ice sheet will cause sea levels to rise more during the 21st century than they have during any 100-year period in the last 12,000 years, even if global warming is held in check, scientists said Wednesday. The study -- based on ice core data and models and published in the journal Nature -- is the first to painstakingly reconstruct Greenland's ice loss record over the entire course of the Holocene, the geological epoch that has allowed civilisation to flourish. ... Читать дальше...

Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard said she was "so grateful to have a job" in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic which has plunged the global economy into a recession. The 26-year-old Canadian has endured years of disappointment after failing to rescale the heights that saw her finish runner-up to Petra Kvitova at Wimbledon in 2014, and needed a wild card just to take part at the French Open. Wednesday's 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 win over Daria Gavrilova sent Bouchard through to the third round... Читать дальше...

Cash-strapped Bundesliga strugglers Schalke 04 on Wednesday named Manuel Baum as head coach on a two-year contract with former club captain Naldo as his assistant. After David Wagner was sacked on Sunday, his successor Baum, 41, is tasked with ending Schalke's miserable 18-match winless streak in the Bundesliga dating back to January. His first game in charge will be at Champions League semi-finalists RB Leipzig on Saturday. "Our most urgent task is to quickly give the team a sense of achieving success again... Читать дальше...

Legendary New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist bade farewell to the franchise on Wednesday after having the final season of his seven-year contract bought out by the team. The Rangers confirmed in a statement the 38-year-old Swede, regarded as one of the greatest goalies in NHL history, had been paid the final year of his seven-year contract extension inked in 2013. The buyout means Lundqvist is free to sign with any team when the free agency period gets under way on October 9. "THANK... Читать дальше...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out Wednesday at US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden after he criticized the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in his first debate with Donald Trump. "As the head of state who has brought Brazil-US relations closer than ever before, after decades of governments that were unfriendly towards the US, it is really difficult to understand such a disastrous and unnecessary declaration," the far-right leader wrote on Twitter. "What a shame, Mr John Biden! Читать дальше...

Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar owes more unpaid tax than any other individual on a Spanish authorities' blacklist with debts of 34.6 million euros ($40.5 million), according to an official document published Wednesday. The Brazilian, who played for Barcelona from 2013 to 2017 before moving to the French club for 222 million euros in the most expensive transfer in history, tops the list of thousands of names published on the website of the Spanish tax office. The Spanish press reported last... Читать дальше...

Belarus's top woman basketball player Yelena Leuchanka was detained on Wednesday at an airport and jailed for 15 days over protests against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election, a rights group said. Leuchanka, a two-time Olympian, was detained at Minsk Airport as she planned to leave the country to receive treatment abroad, Viasna human rights group said. The 37-year-old is a centre of the Belarus women's national basketball team and former player at several WNBA clubs in the United States. Читать дальше...

Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele -- the two fastest marathon runners of all time -- said there were too many variables to predict a world record in Sunday's London Marathon. Event director Hugh Brasher believes that record-breaking performances are possible on the flat, fast course, despite potential rain and training interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Ethiopia's Bekele, a double 10,000m Olympic champion, was just two seconds outside Kipchoge's world record of 2hr 01min 39sec when he won last year's Berlin Marathon. Читать дальше...

Argentine cartoonist Joaquin Salvador Lavado, creator of the comic strip Mafalda, has died aged 88, his publisher Daniel Divinsky announced Wednesday. "Quino has died. All good people in the country and in the world will mourn him," Divinsky, head of Buenos Aires publisher Ediciones de la Flor, wrote on Twitter. Under the pen-name "Quino", the cartoonist created Mafalda in 1964, and the strip became popular in newspapers across Latin America, Europe and much of Asia before being turned into books. Читать дальше...

A thunderous noise that panicked residents of Paris on Wednesday was caused by the sonic boom of a fighter jet breaking the sound barrier, police in the French capital said.

To wear a mask or not to, that is the question that has been fiercely debated online since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the claims made by opponents of the protective face coverings is that masks can lead to suffocation from the carbon dioxide (CO2) we exhale. Proponents of this theory have posted videos online in which they use gas detectors to claim that the amount of CO2 we breathe when wearing a mask is extremely dangerous. However, there is no factual basis for that claim. We take a closer look.

France's top appeals court ruled Wednesday that alleged Rwandan genocide financier Félicien Kabuga should be transferred to a UN tribunal in Tanzania to stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.

French police are investigating the mysterious discovery of over half a million euros in cash found in a suitcase in a locked cellar beneath a Paris apartment.

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday condemned what he called Turkey's "reckless and dangerous" statements backing Azerbaijan in its bid to take back the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

An Indian court Wednesday acquitted top ruling party leaders of conspiracy related to the mob demolition of a flashpoint mosque decades ago that sparked communal riots which left more than 2,000 dead. Tens of thousands of supporters of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other Hindu groups, armed with pick-axes and spades, tore down the 16th century Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in 1992 to pave the way for a temple. Hindus say the small patch of land where it stood is the birthplace of their revered god Ram... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump and Joe Biden faced off in the first US presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday, an event that quickly degenerated into verbal mudslinging and bickering, which the moderator struggled to control. In addition to debating race relations , the candidates discussed climate change, Vladimir Putin, and the upcoming election.

Sri Lanka's cricket Premier League tournament has been put off a second time due to strict quarantine rules for foreign players, the game's national governing body said Wednesday. The 23-match Lanka Premier League (LPL), originally due to start in August, was rescheduled for November 14, but has now been delayed by one more week, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said. It said the shift was to "ensure that participating players have adequate time to meet quarantine requirements as per the government’s health regulations". Читать дальше...