Новости за 02.11.2022

The two largest US pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle on Wednesday to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids, and a lawyer said Walmart, a third pharmacy behemoth, is in discussions for a deal.

A Paris court Wednesday sentenced a former Liberian rebel commander to life in jail over violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity after France's first trial linked to Liberia's civil wars.

US intelligence officials on Monday delivered an updated report on UFO sightings to Congress, parts of which are expected to be declassified and made available online later this week. It is the latest in a series of investigations from respected American institutions bringing UFOs into the mainstream.

On November 2, 1992, the French Parliament unanimously approved legislation criminalising sexual harassment for the first time. This law – which applies to the workplace, public spaces and even online – is constantly evolving to better identify situations and protect victims.

The 25-year-old central defender picked up the injury playing in Germany on Saturday for his second division club, Jahn Regensburg. Herdman told reporters on a conference call on Wednesday that he had spoken to the Calgary-born player and that there was no way he could be fit in time for this month's tournament in Qatar. "We looked at every angle of trying to bring him into this World Cup squad and getting him back. But with that type of injury there is just no way back for Scott unfortunately. Читать дальше...

Small-boat crossings of the Channel from mainland Europe have become a political headache for UK ministers, who vowed that Brexit would lead to tighter immigration controls. Official statistics in the UK have stated that Albanians are now the largest single group making small-boat crossings of the Channel. In a series of messages posted on his personal Twitter account Rama said UK officials have been actively "discriminating" against Albanians. "Targeting Albanians (as some shamefully did when... Читать дальше...

Warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray have agreed to a truce, the African Union's mediator said Wednesday following marathon talks in South Africa.

Arab leaders convened on Wednesday in Algeria for the second day of the 31st summit of the largest annual Arab conference, seeking common ground on several divisive issues in the region. The meeting comes against the backdrop of rising inflation, food and energy shortages, drought and soaring cost of living across the Middle East and Africa.

Twitter users have been circulating a video that appears to show Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, firing an employee in the middle of an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. Certain corners of Twitter, frustrated by limits on what they could tweet, have been celebrating Musk’s takeover, saying that he will “return freedom of expression” to the platform. They saw this public firing as the first step, claiming that Vijaya Gedde, the employee in the video, had been “responsible for censorship”. But Musk didn’t fire Gedde publicly... Читать дальше...

A special tribute to the late French Painter Pierre Soulages: He died last week at the age of 102. President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to Soulages at the Louvre museum. Watch our replay.

The interior ministry said officers launched an operation "acting on a piece of information about a website that promotes the sale of cups that mimic the true shape of the World Cup." It released a photo showing the 144 life-sized trophies laid out across a floor and stated that "further legal procedures will be followed". The ministry did not say where the trophies were found, nor whether suspects had been detained. Football's governing body FIFA and Qatari authorities have stepped up warnings... Читать дальше...

Ahead of the November 8 midterms, FRANCE 24 takes you on a tour down the Mississippi River with a series of reports by Fanny Allard. The third of five episodes brings us to Missouri, which has some of the weakest gun laws and one of the highest gun violence rates in the US.

The best-selling author has lived and worked in France for over two decades, and no longer claims to represent the country's youths who are defying a vicious crackdown by security forces. "How am I going to speak for them?" Satrapi told AFP in rare public comments since the start of the uprising. "But there is nothing worse than doing nothing," she said, denouncing "all this criticism of the actresses who were cutting their hair" in solidarity with the demonstrators. Her response was to gather... Читать дальше...

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared headed toward victory in national elections on Wednesday, with more than two-thirds of ballots showing that voters gave him and his far-right allies what looks like a stable majority in the country’s parliament. Dahlia SCHEINDLIN is a political analyst and pollster. From Tel Aviv, she describes the leaning to the right and far right in Israel and explains what we can read into the results we have so far.

Ian Foster's All Blacks have lost four of their 10 Tests in 2022 and have slipped to fourth in the world rankings, although they still won the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship in September. The tourists are targeting a 33rd successive win against Wales, having not lost to them since 1953, and Humphreys believes they should not be under-estimated. "However many people write them off, they still come through and are still a massive threat," said the Wales forwards specialist. "They can hurt you in two phases... Читать дальше...

Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi were detained in the initial phase of protests that erupted after Amini died following her arrest by Iran's morality police. The movement now poses the biggest challenge to the authorities since the 1979 revolution. Hamedi reported for Iran's Shargh newspaper from the hospital where the young woman languished in a coma for three days before she died. The journalist was arrested on September 20, her family has said. Mohammadi, a reporter for the Ham Mihan newspaper... Читать дальше...

The mineral-rich DRC is struggling to contain dozens of armed groups whose recent advances in the country's east have revived old animosities and led to a surge in tensions with neighbouring Rwanda. Leaders of the seven-nation East African Community (EAC) bloc, in which Kenya is the regional heavyweight, agreed in April to establish a joint force to help restore security in the DRC. Speaking at a ceremony in Nairobi to flag off the deployment, Ruto said the troops were "on a mission to protect humanity". Читать дальше...

New Twitter head Elon Musk says the site will charge $8 per month to verify users' accounts with the famous blue tick. He says the plan would solve the platform's issues with bots and trolls while also creating more revenue. The announcement comes just days after the world's wealthiest man took sole control of the social media giant in a contentious $44 billion deal. FRANCE 24's Leo Mcguinn explains.

Israeli ambassador Ron Prosor presented granddaughters of the rescuers with Righteous Among the Nations medals from Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial at the Berlin City Hall in the first such ceremony there in seven years. Prosor, whose own family fled the Nazis for Israel in the 1930s, called the couples -- Bruno and Anna Schwartze and Friedrich and Helene Huebner -- "heroes in the fight for freedom". "Even in Berlin, where my father was born, there were people who fought for good and didn't forget humanity and compassion," he said.

Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said Wednesday.

One week after his death aged 102, a national tribute was in honour of French painter Pierre Soulages in the Louvre on Wednesday, presided over by President Emmanuel Macron.

The 33-foot (10-metre) tall caricature will be set ablaze on Saturday in the town of Edenbridge, Kent, southeast England, with more than 10,000 people expected to attend. Truss became Britain's shortest-serving prime minister when she left Downing Street on October 25 after her maiden budget announcement sent markets spiralling. Artist Andrea Deans depicts her alongside Larry the Cat, the Downing Street feline who has now seen off four prime ministers, with a lettuce, which outlasted the leader in a tabloid newspaper stunt... Читать дальше...

A North Korean Missile has landed close to the South Korean sea border for the first time since the two countries split over seventy years ago. The North fired more than ten missiles Wednesday. One landed so close to South Korean waters that President Yoon Suk-Yeol called it 'A Territorial Invasion'. FRANCE 24's Leo McGuinn reports.

The results from the Presidential election in Brazil came out two days ago, but current leader Jair Bolsonaro has still yet to concede -- or even appear in public -- since he narrowly lost to former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Some of Bolsonaro's backers took to the streets in protest, including truckers who blocked roads around the country. FRANCE 24's International affairs commentator Doug Herbert explains the comparisons between Trump and Bolsonaro.

In Israel, people are voting today for the fifth time in less than four years. Former conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vying to oust the current caretaker leader, centrist Yair Lapid. The race this time around could be determined by a far-right party that's risen from the fringe to become the potential coalition kingmaker in the race. FRANCE 24's Jerusalem correspondent Irris Makler tells us more.