Новости за 15.08.2022

Littlefeather, who is Apache and Yauqui, was heckled at the 1973 Academy Awards while explaining why an absent Brando could not accept his best actor Oscar for "The Godfather." Brando had asked Littlefeather to decline the award for him in an act of protest against the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry. She later said veteran Western star John Wayne had to be restrained from physically assaulting her by security guards, in an incident that has since drawn comparisons with Will... Читать дальше...

The 31-year-old Dutchman had previously said back in June that he would quit at the end of the 2022 season, after competing in the World Championships in Australia in September. "I decided to quit professional cycling with immediate effect," Dumoulin said in a statement on Twitter. Dumoulin said that his "wishlist" had involved ending his career "with a bang" at the World Championships. "But I notice I can't do it anymore. The tank is empty, the legs feel heavy and the training sessions are not working out as I hoped," he said. Читать дальше...

One year ago, on August 15, 2021, the Afghan capital of Kabul was surrounded and then captured by the Taliban. As the world watched the takeover unfold, numerous examples of misinformation began circulating online. The FRANCE 24 Observers followed the fake news trail: debunking posts that critiqued the American withdrawal, supported Afghanistan’s new leaders or denounced the violence that accompanied Taliban rule.

The world number 25 set up a second-round clash with eighth seed Garbine Muguruza, title-winner here in 2017. Rybakina's success rate since defeating Ons Jabeur in the All England Club final has been modest, with a first-round defeat at the Silicon Valley event and a 1-1 record last week in Toronto. The 23-year-old Kazakh lifted her game in the second set to end with five aces and 13 winners against Sharif. "I was slow at the beginning but I got my rhythm and served well," Rybakina said. "But... Читать дальше...

NASA is preparing to send astronauts back to the Moon as part of the Artemis program, with the goal of eventually sending humans to Mars in the long term. The first spaceflight in this endeavor, Artemis-1, is expected to lift off without a crew on August 29 to fly in orbit around the Moon and back to Earth. But astronauts are already training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston for subsequent lunar missions.

Popovici, who only turns 18 next month, cruised to victory in 1min 42.97sec with Switzerland's Antonio Djakovic in second place and Austria's Felix Auboeck third, both over two seconds behind. On Saturday, Popovici claimed the world record in the 100m freestyle after taking double gold at the World Championships in June. Earlier, Sweden's Louise Hansson won the women's 100m butterfly final in 56.66sec, beating France's Marie Wattel and Bosnia and Herzegovina's Lana Pudar. In the 200m women's breaststroke final... Читать дальше...

Jury selection began on Monday in the latest case, which is being tried in the 55-year-old's hometown of Chicago. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted in New York in September of recruiting teenagers and women for sex. The "I Believe I Can Fly" artist was found guilty of eight charges of sex trafficking and one count of racketeering. In the Chicago case, Kelly and two ex-associates are accused of rigging the singer's 2008 child pornography trial in which the jury delivered a verdict of not guilty. Читать дальше...

The top-ranked Pole heads the field this week at the ATP/WTA Cincinnati Masters where the 40-year-Wiliams will continue the countdown to the end of her career with an opener against US Open winner Emma Raducanu on Tuesday. Swiatek told reporters on Monday that she had never worked up the nerve to speak with Williams in depth. "It's hard for me to make eye contact with Serena, there are always so many people surrounding her," Swiatek said. "I'm quite shy so around her I'm like a kid in kindergarten."... Читать дальше...

Mendy, 28, is on trial at Chester Crown Court in northwest England, facing eight counts of rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of attempted rape, relating to seven young women. The Premier League star has pleaded not guilty to all the charges in a complex trial that is expected to last 15 weeks. The jury trial opened last week and the prosecution began their opening arguments on Monday. Prosecutor Timothy Cray told the court that Mendy and his co-defendant, Louis Saha Matturie, were "predators... Читать дальше...

The long-rumbling "Predatorgate" affair reignited at the end of July when Nikos Androulakis, leader of the opposition Socialists, told journalists about the attempted surveillance of his mobile phone via spyware Predator, having filed a legal complaint. The spyware can hack into a target's phone and access messages and conversations. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis acknowledged last week that the intelligence service's surveillance had been "politically unacceptable", claiming he had not been informed. Читать дальше...

Deputy President William Ruto has won Kenya's presidential vote, the election commission said on August 15, declaring him the new leader of the region's richest and most stable nation. FRANCE 24's Vivianne Wandera reports from Nairobi.

The Taliban on August 15 marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul, a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation's Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country.

The head of Kenya's election body on Monday declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the country's close-fought presidential election, despite several commissioners rejecting the results.

One year after the fall of Kabul, many of the opposition commanders famous for their stand in Panjshir Valley remain exiled in Tajikistan. Analysts paint a picture of a weak armed resistance against the Taliban and an Afghan population that increasingly abhors the Islamic fundamentalist group but is too exhausted to oppose it.

A Myanmar junta court jailed Aung San Suu Kyi for six years for corruption on Monday, a source close to the case said, taking the ousted leader's prison time to 17 years.

The last soldiers belonging to France's Barkhane operation in Mali have now left the African country, the French chiefs of staff said on Monday.

The 31-year-old Pole clocked 2hr 28min 36sec, Croatia's Matea Parlov Kostro taking silver, at 7sec, with Nienke Brinkman of the Netherlands claiming bronze, a further 10sec adrift. The men's marathon title went the way of host nation Germany as Richard Ringer produced an extraordinarily well-judged final burst past Ethiopian-born Israeli Maru Teferi for gold. Ringer dug deep in front of thousands of onlookers to time 2:10.21, with Teferi taking silver, 2sec behind, and another Ethiopian-born Israeli... Читать дальше...

US basketball star Brittney Griner, who was found guilty of drug possession and trafficking in Russia, has appealed her nine-year jail sentence, her lawyers said Monday.

"This is where he was sitting," Bessia said, referring to Tayseer al-Jabari, who was meeting several top militants on the sixth floor of the Palestine Tower building. The August 5 strikes were among the first of a three-day bombardment of the densely populated Palestinian enclave which, even the militants acknowledged, dealt a blow to their leadership. It also exposed the deadly failure of some of the group's rockets, and divisions between Islamic Jihad and another militant group, Gaza's rulers Hamas. Читать дальше...

Roglic started the Tour de France as a co-captain in July but was injured in a fall on the cobbled mining roads in northern France and eventually pulled out ahead of stage 15. Jumbo feared Roglic would also miss the Vuelta but on Monday sports director Merijn Zeeman named Roglic in their eight-man team. "We are delighted that Primoz can start in the Vuelta after his serious injury in the Tour de France," said Zeeman. Roglic won the Vuelta in 2019, 2020 and 2021, winning nine individual stages along the way. Читать дальше...

The 31-year-old Pole clocked 2hr 28min 36sec, Croatia's Matea Parlov Kostro taking silver, at 7sec, with Nienke Brinkman of the Netherlands claiming bronze, a further 10sec adrift. The opening day of the athletics championships had opened in dramatic style as world decathlon champion Kevin Mayer's bid for a first European title came to a shuddering halt as he pulled up in the opening 100m. World record holder Mayer, twice world champion and a two-time Olympic silver medallist, had warned that he... Читать дальше...

Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals staged a coup and toppled her government on February 1 last year, ending the Southeast Asian country's brief period of democracy. She has since been hit with a series of charges, including violating the official secrets act, corruption and electoral fraud, and she faces decades in jail if convicted on all counts. Suu Kyi was sentenced to "six years imprisonment under four anti-corruption charges", said the source, who requested anonymity because they are not authorised to speak to the media. Читать дальше...

Grief has spread over Sunday's fire among Copts, the Middle East's largest Christian community, which makes up at least 10 million of Muslim-majority Egypt's population of 103 million. But many other Egyptians have also voiced outrage over the disaster in the now scorched Abu Sifin church, located in the greater Cairo neighbourhood of Imbaba west of the Nile River. As debate flared on social media, one Twitter user charged that the reportedly slow response time "is not just negligence, it's complicity". Читать дальше...

If you've been brushing up on the FRANCE 24 Observers' verification guide, then you now have the know-how to verify images with a reverse image search or check for edits with some forensic tools. You should also have the basic instincts needed to be wary when scrolling through social media. This guide will show you some more advanced verification techniques that can help you dig a bit deeper into the origins of a post or a page.

An Iranian government official denied on August 15 that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, though he justified the stabbing in remarks that represented the Islamic Republic's first public comments on the attack.