Новости за 23.02.2022

Kristine Berzina, Senior Fellow and Head of the Geopolitics Team at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, talks about Germany's decision to halt Nord Stream 2.

Ahead of the new 2022 season, Hamilton said some stewards are too close to certain drivers. He also said there should be more female officials on the circuit. The seven-time world champion was dramatically pipped to the title by Max Verstappen in December, when Hamilton and Mercedes claimed Red Bull had influenced the decisions in a hugely controversial final race in Abu Dhabi. Race director Michael Masi has since been removed, with the role now split into two. Asked if the change would result in better decision-making... Читать дальше...

Fendi, Diesel, Alberta Ferretti and Roberto Cavalli featured on the first day of runway shows at Milan Fashion Week, which reunited the requisite leggy models, international jet-set and paparazzi in Milan to recapture the headiness of pre-Covid fashion. This season, for the first time since Covid-19 erupted in Italy in February 2020, in-person shows with audiences -- a major advertising weapon for luxury brands -- will outnumber pre-taped shows and films streamed for homebound fashionistas. Now... Читать дальше...

"Thank you, we'll come back," said one of them as he got up after finishing his cheburek -- a type of fried turnover filled with meat and onion. Another soldier knocked at the door of a small room where an AFP team sat working -- the only civilian customers seen on Wednesday at the cafe. "Do you want to buy some dry rations?" he asked. On a screen above showing music videos, some soldiers could be seen running in a muddy field. But it was just a video of the 1980s British rock classic "In the Army Now" by Status Quo. Читать дальше...

Both Anderson and Stuart Broad, England's two all-time leading Test wicket-takers, have been left out of next month's three-match series in the Caribbean as part of a major shake-up following a humiliating 4-0 loss in Australia. The controversial call was made by a selection panel headed by interim director of cricket Andrew Strauss -- his predecessor Ashley Giles and England coach Chris Silverwood were both sacked after the Ashes debacle. But even though he will turn 40 in July, Anderson -- whose... Читать дальше...

Former French Open champion Ostapenko, who won the title in Dubai last week, cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 victory to set up a last-eight tie with either Garbine Muguruza or Madison Brengle. Ostapenko, who dropped out of the world's top 50 last year, has won eight straight matches, including five against Grand Slam winners. The 24-year-old is closing in on a return to the top 10, having climbed to 13th in the rankings ahead of this week. She was far too strong for world number three and reigning Roland Garros champion Krejcikova... Читать дальше...

The Serbian top seed, who has not lost before the last-eight stage at any tournament since Monte Carlo 10 months ago, must at least reach the semi-finals in the Emirates to stand a chance of stopping Daniil Medvedev from replacing him at the summit of the rankings. Medvedev is competing in Acapulco this week and is guaranteed to end Djokovic's world number one reign if he clinches the title. There are other scenarios however that could allow Djokovic to extend his 361-week at at the top, should Medvedev falter in Mexico... Читать дальше...

They were recently crowned champions of Africa after winning this year’s African Cup of Nations. And now, Senegal’s national football team finally has a world-class stadium to play in. On Tuesday, February 22, the country inaugurated a new 50,000-seater stadium, the only one in the country certified to host international football matches.

Napoli are level at 1-1 with Barca ahead of Thursday's play-off second leg at the Naples stadium named after their deceased hero, who led them to their only two Serie A titles and the 1989 UEFA Cup. "I've read a lot of thing about Maradona... when it came time to decide Maradona never had kept a foot on different sides, he always took a position," Spalletti told reporters. "I'm sure that tomorrow, given the quality that the Catalan team has, he'd be on our side. "We don't have a player of his... Читать дальше...

French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi said Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine, developed with Britain's GSK, had delivered positive results after nearly a year of delays left it lagging far behind its rivals.

While Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions of Ukraine as independent this week, pro-Russia online disinformation campaigners unleashed numerous images and videos depicting Ukraine as the aggressor. Their often crude efforts were promptly dismantled by experts and fact-checkers. But for Moscow, quantity overrides quality concerns.

Ben Wallace made the candid comments suggesting Putin had lost his mind while also comparing the Russian leader to Tsar Nicholas I, who struggled for allies during the Crimean War in the mid-19th century. "We've got a busy adversary now in Putin, who has gone full tonto," Wallace -- a former army officer -- told serving personnel in a government building in Westminster, Britain's Press Association news agency reported. "Tsar Nicholas I made the same mistake Putin did... he had no friends, no alliances. Читать дальше...

Back then, it was a rousing call to join the masses braving the bitter cold on the square during Kyiv's historic -- and ultimately bloody -- pro-EU revolution. Today it is playing again as the former Soviet republic girds for all-out war. Russia has amassed more than 150,000 Russian soldiers on Ukraine's borders, according to US estimates. Russia's parliament has approved sending its "peacekeepers" into parts of Ukraine's east that Moscow has recognised as independent statelets and President Vladimir Putin's rhetoric is sounding militant. Читать дальше...

A powerful bunch was still together as the 181-kilometre fourth stage slogged up Jebel Jais, the highest point in the Emirates. Even though the gradient steepened to 7 per cent in the last 200 metres, the Slovenian, led out by two of his UAE team-mates, charged away. Briton Adam Yates of Ineos and Russian Aleksandr Vlasov of Bora gave chase in a frantic uphill sprint, but could not close the gap. The trio finished three seconds ahead of the next group of the shattered bunch. Pogacar, the defending UAE champion... Читать дальше...

The two drugmakers said they will "seek regulatory authorisation" for their vaccine in the United States and the European Union following phase 3 trials involving thousands of people. The trials indicated that the vaccine was 100 percent effective against severe Covid disease and hospitalisation, Sanofi said in a statement. It was also more than 50 percent effective against all symptomatic Covid, the statement added. Sanofi's vice-president for vaccines Thomas Triomphe said the data was "similar... Читать дальше...

That is why Florence's Opera del Duomo museum in Italy is putting on display together for the first time all three versions of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of her son Jesus Christ. The Tuscan museum's original "Bandini" goes on show Thursday alongside casts of the "Pieta" and "Rondanini", which are on loan from the Vatican Museums. Positioned to face each other in an intimate setting, there are striking contrasts between these variations, which mark different phases in the life of the artist, who died aged 88 in 1564. Читать дальше...

Mexico forward Jimenez suffered the serious injury in an aerial challenge with former Arsenal defender David Luiz during Wolves' 2-1 win at the Emirates Stadium in November 2020. But following eight months out on the sidelines, and having been warned by doctors it would be "a miracle" if he played again, Jimenez is set to lead the line for Wolves, just two points behind sixth-placed Arsenal, in Thursday's Premier League match at the Emirates. This week's match will be played in front of a crowd... Читать дальше...

Raducanu had won the first set 7-5 and served for the match at 5-3 but the 610th ranked Saville broke her and went on to level the match in a tie-break 7-6 (7/4). Raducanu called it a day when a break down at 3-4 in the deciding set after 3 hours and 36 minutes -- the longest match so far on the WTA Tour this year. Their tussle edged the 3 hours and 9 minutes which Montenegro's Danka Kovinic took to beat Jang Su-Jeong 6-3 2-6 6-4 in the first round of the Australian Open. Raducanu's latest setback... Читать дальше...

The 2015 accord had offered Iran sanctions relief in return for curbs on its nuclear programme, but the US unilaterally withdrew in 2018 under then-president Donald Trump. Western powers that have been locked in nuclear talks with Iran have said in the past week that a deal was within reach while stressing the ball was in the Islamic republic's court. Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday that the negotiations had "reached a critical and important stage". "We hope... Читать дальше...

The 19-year-old US Open champion said Amrit Magar, 35, had made her feel her "freedom has been taken away" and that she was "constantly looking over her shoulder", Bromley Magistrates' Court in south London heard. The former delivery driver from northeast London made three visits to Raducanu's house in southeast London, and on one occasion decorated a tree in the front garden with Christmas lights. He also left flowers with a note saying "nothing to say but you deserve love". The message included... Читать дальше...

"A terrorist group had recruited young Palestinian men in Lebanon to carry out major bombing attacks using explosive belts" and other munitions, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi told a press conference. "Three separate targets were to be hit at the same time," the ministry said, in an operation Mawlawi said would have caused significant loss of life. Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) said the instructions for the bomb plot came from an IS operative based in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh... Читать дальше...

Horrox will take up her new post in May, just months away from the Women's World Cup in New Zealand, after leaving the international sports and brand consultancy which she co-founded in 2015. The 12th and final qualifier for a World Cup that was held over for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic -- it gets underway on October 8 and runs till November 12 -- will be resolved on Friday when Colombia play Scotland in Dubai. Horrox is a former advisor to Europe's UEFA and England's Football Association, among other sporting bodies. Читать дальше...

Ukraine on Wednesday began calling up reservists into the armed forces and urged its citizens to leave Russia immediately as the pro-Western country braced for a possible invasion. The call-up came as Ukraine's parliament voted to approve a draft law which gives permission to Ukrainians to carry firearms and act in self-defence. Follow FRANCE 24’s live blog for all the latest developments.

The Stone Age shrine site, excavated last year, was used by gazelle hunters and features carved stone figures, an altar and a miniature model of a large-scale hunting trap. The giant game traps the model represents -- so-called "desert kites" -- were made of long walls that converge to corral running gazelles into enclosures or holes for slaughter. Similar structures of two or more stone walls, some several kilometres (miles) long, have been found in deserts across Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey and Kazakhstan. Читать дальше...

French President Emmanuel Macron will launch his re-election bid on March 5 with an inaugural campaign rally in Marseille, sources in his centrist Republic on the Move (LREM) party told AFP on Wednesday.