Новости за 06.06.2022

Sudan's civilian bloc on Monday rejected UN-facilitated talks with the army to resolve a crisis sparked by last year's military coup, saying the meetings did not tackle the problem.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday survived a vote of no confidence from his own Conservative MPs, after a string of scandals that have left the party’s standing in tatters.

The six-time major winner and 2021 PGA Championship winner has been confirmed in the field for the controversial new tour's inaugural event in London this week. "I am ready to come back to play the game I love but after 32 years this new path is a fresh start," Mickelson wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. Mickelson has not played since the publication of comments in February in which he criticized the PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf. In an interview with author Alan Shipnuck, the... Читать дальше...

The first article of a constitution adopted three years after the North African country's 2011 revolution says it is "a free, independent and sovereign state, Islam is its religion and Arabic is its language". But Sadeq Belaid, the legal expert appointed last month to head the committee drafting the new constitution, told AFP that "80 percent of Tunisians are against extremism and against the use of religion for political ends". "That's exactly what we want to do, simply by erasing Article 1 in its current form," he said in an interview. Читать дальше...

The group's mission? To promote their small countryside town, whose population is in decline, through dance routines to pop tunes that fans call "adorable". Since their first post in February, the videos, filmed in choice locations from playgrounds and shrines to municipal buildings, have been viewed more than 16 million times. The four call themselves "ojiqun" -- a slang word used by young people that mixes "ojisan", which means "old men" in Japanese, and "kyun", meaning "heart-throb". They wear suit trousers... Читать дальше...

Veteran foreign correspondent Dom Phillips went missing while researching a book in the Brazilian Amazon's Javari Valley with respected indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, said The Guardian, where Phillips has been a longtime freelance contributor. The pair had traveled by boat to Jaburu lake in the northern state of Amazonas, and were expected to return to the city of Atalaia do Norte by around 9:00 am Sunday, said two rights groups. The Union of Indigenous Organizations of the Javari Valley (UNIVAJA)... Читать дальше...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on June 6 described as "unprecedented" a move by three eastern European countries to block his plane from travelling to Serbia, adding that he had yet to receive an explanation for their decision.

Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced Monday he would skip the regional Summit of the Americas in the United States due to Washington’s failure to invite countries it views as undemocratic.

Boris Johnson faced the greatest threat to his premiership yet after the necessary 54 Tory MPs triggered the parliamentary party’s vote of no confidence on Monday, after the long-simmering Partygate scandal saw Platinum Jubilee crowds jeer him over the weekend. Analysts did expect him to win the necessary majority of Conservative MPs for now – 211 voted in Johnson’s favour on Monday evening, 148 against – but said the vote itself likely signalled a looming departure from Downing Street.

Elon Musk on Monday warned that he might walk away from his $44 billion offer to acquire Twitter Inc if the social media network failed to provide data on spam and fake accounts.

The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden would not be inviting Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to this week's summit in Los Angeles. "I'm not going to the summit because they are not inviting all the countries of America and I think it is necessary to change the policy that has been imposed on us for centuries: exclusion," said Lopez Obrador in his daily press conference. Lopez Obrador said Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard would be representing Mexico in his place. The leftist populist... Читать дальше...

Tunisian judges launched a week-long strike Monday in protest at President Kais Saied’s “interference” in the judiciary, days after he sacked 57 of their colleagues.

An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced a British retiree to 15 years’ prison for trying to smuggle antiquities out of the country, but acquitted his German co-accused.

The deadly collapse of a building under construction on May 23 in Abadan, a city in Iran's Khuzestan province, has sparked a wave of outrage in the country. At least 41 people died in the tragedy and dozens are still missing. Two weeks after the collapse, hundreds of protestors blaming the authorities for negligence and corruption are still in the streets.

President Emmanuel Macron's bloc has come out on top in most of the overseas constituencies of French voters who went to the polls ahead of the rest of France, but with a stronger challenge from the left compared to 2017.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote by lawmakers in the governing Conservative Party later on Monday, the chairman of the 1922 Committee Graham Brady has told lawmakers.

World War II veterans and other visitors gather Monday in Normandy for the 78th D-Day anniversary to pay tribute to the nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the US, Canada and elsewhere who landed there. Several thousand people are expected Monday at a ceremony at the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach in the French town of Colleville-sur-Mer.

The toll from the giant blast, which followed a fire at the B.M Container Depot in Sitakunda and sent fireballs into the sky, was expected to rise further. Some containers were still smouldering on Monday, more than 36 hours after the explosion, preventing rescuers from checking the area around them for victims. Around a dozen of the 300 injured were in critical condition. The nine dead firefighters are the worst toll ever for the fire department in the industrial-accident-prone country, where... Читать дальше...

Curry led the scoring for the Warriors with 29 points in a 107-88 blowout that tied the best-of-seven series at 1-1. The 34-year-old two-time NBA MVP was at his majestic best in a third quarter that effectively decided the game as the Warriors outscored Boston 35-14. Curry contributed 14 points to that third-quarter onslaught, and was also a key contributor to a steely Warriors defensive display that shut down Boston's scoring. "Steph was breathtaking in that quarter," Warriors coach Kerr said afterwards. Читать дальше...

The 26-year-old from Perth raced to a four-stroke win in North Carolina to capture her second major following her breakthrough at last year's Evian Championship in France. But it was the manner in which the world number four achieved the feat under huge pressure that won plaudits in her homeland, holding her nerve to finish with a 72-hole event record 13-under-par 271. "Minjee Lee's ruthless US Women's Open victory proves this 'kid from Perth' is on the path to golf greatness," public broadcaster ABC said. Читать дальше...

South Korea and the United States fired eight ballistic missiles on Monday in response to North Korean weapons tests the previous day, Seoul's military said.

Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said Sunday there was "no doubt" that Rwanda was backing a rebellion on their territory, but insisted he was still seeking peaceful relations with Kigali.

The violence at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town in Ondo State erupted during the morning service in a rare attack in the southwest of Nigeria, where jihadists and criminal gangs operate in other regions. Pope Francis said in a statement he had learned of the "death of dozens of faithful", many children, during the celebration of the Christian holiday of the Pentecost. "While the details of the incident are being clarified, Pope Francis prays for the victims and for the country," he said. Читать дальше...