Новости за 06.10.2020

Rocker Eddie Van Halen, guitarist and founding member of the hugely successful American rock band named after him and his drummer brother, has died of cancer, his son said on Twitter on Tuesday. He was 65.

President Donald Trump, said to be making progress in his recovery from Covid-19, tweeted his eagerness to return to the campaign trail Tuesday even as the outbreak that has killed more than 210,000 Americans reached ever more widely into the upper echelons of the US government.

A tragic love story that Simone de Beauvoir thought "too intimate" to publish during her lifetime will finally see the light of day Wednesday, 34 years after her death. The great feminist writer recounts her teenage crush for another girl in "Les Inseparables", the story of a "passionate and tragic friendship between two rebellious young girls." But de Beauvoir put the deeply autobiographical novel into a bottom drawer after her partner Jean-Paul Sartre "held his nose" when he read it. The author... Читать дальше...

Turner prize-winner Damien Hirst looks back on his time as one of the most notorious "Young British Artists" in a new solo retrospective show opening in London on Wednesday. "End of a Century" includes more than 50 installations, paintings and sculptures from his time as a student in the 1980s through to the 1990s, when he and others such as Tracey Emin dominated the UK art scene. There are some well-known works, including from the iconic series Natural History -- animals preserved in formaldehyde... Читать дальше...

A man who took a sledgehammer several years ago to deface US President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame has allegedly struck again. James Otis was arrested on Monday for felony vandalism, accused of using a pick axe last week while dressed as the Incredible Hulk to destroy the star for a second time. The 56-year-old activist, who had expressed his intention to damage the star on social media, turned himself in and was released Monday evening after posting bail, police said. He... Читать дальше...

The US recovery from the pandemic downturn would be "stronger and faster" with more government aid to protect against the possibility of accelerating job losses, Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell said Tuesday. The central bank chief's comments come amid an ongoing impasse between Democrats and Republicans in Washington over how much more to spend to bolster the economy after crucial provisions of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act expired. "Too little support would lead to a weak recovery, creating... Читать дальше...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on the Taliban to "have courage and declare a national ceasefire" on Tuesday as he visited Doha where peace talks between government and Taliban negotiators have stalled. At the end of a two-day trip, his first to Doha since the talks began, Ghani gave a lecture where he said Afghanistan's long conflict had to be resolved through negotiation, "not under the barrel of the gun". "Nobody is going to wipe you out," he said in front of a socially distanced crowd of diplomats and academics... Читать дальше...

Mexico on Tuesday mobilized thousands of soldiers and began evacuating tourists in some of its top holiday resorts as an "extremely dangerous" hurricane barreled towards the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified in the Caribbean to reach Category 4 status, the second-highest, and was on course to hit southeastern Mexico early on Wednesday, US forecasters said. The region is home to a string of beachside resorts including Cancun, although the number of visitors has plummeted because of the coronavirus pandemic... Читать дальше...

French prosecutors said on Tuesday they had begun an investigation into suspected match-fixing at the French Open, reportedly involving a women's doubles match. "It's a first-round match featuring players that are not well-known," a source within France's National Gaming Authority (ANJ) told AFP on condition of anonymity, without specifying which match was targeted. French sports daily L'Equipe and German newspaper Die Welt reported that the match in question was the first-round encounter on September... Читать дальше...

Pollution off the Pacific shoreline of the remote Kamchatka peninsula has caused the mass death of marine creatures, Russian scientists said Tuesday. Locals sounded the alarm in late September as surfers experienced stinging eyes from the water and sea creatures including seals, octopuses and sea urchins washed up dead on the shore. Coming on the heels of a massive oil leak in Siberia, the latest incident has sparked a large-scale investigation with fears that poisonous substances in underground... Читать дальше...

Kyrgyzstan's parliament elected opposition politician Sadyr Zhaparov as prime minister on Tuesday, Russia’s RIA news agency reported, after the previous cabinet chief resigned amid post-election protests.

For US astronomer Andrea Ghez, who won this year's Nobel Physics Prize, what makes black holes so fascinating is how tricky they are to conceptualize. If she's asked to explain them to an average person, her standard answer is: "A black hole is an object whose pull of gravity is so intense that nothing can escape it -- not even light." That doesn't always satisfy people's curiosity. "Very few people understand what a black hole is -- but I think so many people are fascinated by them," the professor at the University of California... Читать дальше...

Danielle Collins basked in the achievement of reaching the Roland Garros quarter-finals on Tuesday and insisted the harsh lessons of life on the road travelling to the less glamorous outposts of tennis have kept her grounded. Collins, 26, is through to the last eight at a major for the second time and will play fellow American Sofia Kenin for a place in the semi-finals. The world number 57 is one of five unseeded players in the quarter-finals in Paris, the most since Grand Slam tournaments were expanded to 32 seeds in 2001. Читать дальше...

A remarkable Paris Fashion Week wraps up Tuesday to conclude a nine-day calendar of Spring/Summer 2021 shows both physical and digital amid the coronavirus pandemic. The public health emergency was both an imposition and a inspiration during the event, held as Paris happened to tip into maximum alert while Covid-19 cases climb in France. With the fashion world gathered in the French capital, the virus also claimed one of its own icons, Kenzo Takada.

Islamic extremists have freed prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cisse after holding him hostage for more than six months along with a French aid worker who was kidnapped back in 2016, an official said Tuesday. Journalist Mohamed Salaha tells us more.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday criticised his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron's proposal to defend his country's secular values against radical Islam as an "open provocation."

West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS lifted sanctions against Mali on Tuesday after the prime minister announced the rest of the transitional government positions nearly two months after a military coup.

Women are on the frontlines of the protest movement contesting the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus. They’ve been there since the very beginning, taking to the streets the day after Lukashenko’s election on August 9 to protest police violence. The security forces were at first taken aback by these peaceful, women-led marches and were hesitant to crack down on female protesters. But of late they seem to have changed strategies and have been carrying out increasing numbers of mass arrests of women. Читать дальше...

Residents in the Azerbaijani town of Tartar have been forced to flee their homes as fighting in the neighbouring region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian separatist enclave, has escalated in recent weeks. FRANCE 24 reports.

Battles raged between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the disputed Nagorno-#Karabakh region on Tuesday, with both sides vowing to pursue the conflict despite increasing international pressure for a #ceasefire. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg tells us more.

A second batch of jihadists has been freed in Mali, sources said Tuesday, boosting speculation that a French charity worker and Malian politician held by the insurgents may be freed in a swap. About 30 "jihadist prisoners were released" late Monday and early Tuesday "and were flown north," a Mali security source said. "It's to do with the release of the hostage Soumaila Cisse and the Frenchwoman, Sophie Petronin," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. More than 100 suspected or convicted rebels were released at the weekend... Читать дальше...

#Armenia accused #Azerbaijan of firing missiles into the capital of the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday, while Azerbaijan said several of its towns and its second-largest city were attacked. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry accused Armenian forces of shelling the towns of Tartar, Barda and Beylagan. Ganja, the country's second-largest city far outside the conflict zone, also was “under fire,” officials said.

Seven black Canadian wolves were missing Tuesday after floods destroyed their enclosure in a southern French wildlife park, the French office for biodiversity (OFB) said, warning they may starve to death if not found soon. The Alpha wildlife park, in the Mercantour national reserve north of the Riviera city of Nice, was left in rubble after floods hammered southeast France, killing at at least four people. Two OFB agents and a veterinary surgeon were searching the area by helicopter after sightings... Читать дальше...

Bristol fly-half Callum Sheedy was one of seven uncapped players named on Tuesday in a 38-man Wales squad for their six-Test autumn schedule. Cardiff-born Sheedy, 24, also qualifies for Ireland through his parents and England on residency, and he represented England in a non-cap game against the Barbarians last year. He has been a pivotal figure in Bristol's qualification for the Premiership play-offs and their run to the European Challenge Cup final this season, starring alongside high-profile imports Semi Radradra and Charles Piutau. Читать дальше...

Switzerland forward Xherdan Shaqiri has joined Liverpool team-mates Thiago Alcantara and Sadio Mane in contracting coronavirus, the Swiss football federation announced on Tuesday. Shaqiri had joined up with the national set-up at the start of the week hoping to make his first appearance for his country since June 2019, but will now be quarantined. He will miss Wednesday's friendly with Croatia as well as the Nations League fixtures in Spain on Saturday and in Germany on October 13. On Friday,... Читать дальше...