Новости за 17.11.2022

US basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a remote Russian penal colony and begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession, her lawyers and agent said Thursday.

The hooker, Argentina's regular captain, was a late withdrawal because of injury, from the side that lost 20-13 to Wales in Cardiff last weekend. But Montoya has now been passed fit and replaces Agustin Creevy as one of four changes to the starting XV, with the skipper joined in a revamped front row by Eduardo Bello, in for Francisco Gomez Kodela. Bautista Delguy is on the wing in place of Mateo Carreras, while centre Matias Orlando comes in for Matias Moroni, who drops to the bench. In July... Читать дальше...

The Barcelona forward, 20, has suffered from injury problems for most of that time but immediately repaid his coach's decision to include him with a convincing display. Fati and Marco Asensio, two of the players whose inclusion in the World Cup squad was questioned in some quarters, combined for the opener in the 13th minute. Real Madrid forward Asensio drove forward and fed Fati, who fired home from inside the area, for his second Spain goal in five appearances. Another Barcelona youngster, Gavi... Читать дальше...

Every year, the Beaujolais Nouveau is released for sale in France on the third Thursday of November. A record-breaking heatwave in the Beaujeu region this year has reduced the quantity of the wine output, but some say the quality is better – fruity, round and "fine in the mouth".

Van Dijk and the rest of the squad met around 20 workers at the end of Thursday's training session in Doha, signing autographs and playing small-sided games of football with them. "It's something we all wanted as a group. That's why we started this process and it was good to meet each one of them and get to know them a little bit," said Van Dijk, the Dutch captain. "You don't have lots of time but you have small conversations and it gives us the energy because they're so positive to meet us. For... Читать дальше...

In a sensational series of events in 2022, Djokovic was detained and deported from Australia over his non-vaccinated status on Covid. He was initially barred by the then-conservative government from returning to Australia until 2025 but Australia's new Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said that with a significant easing in pandemic restrictions, the nine-time champion was now welcome to return. Nadal, who won the event in Djokovic's absence, has a men's record 22 individual Grand Slam titles to the Serb's 21... Читать дальше...

Mendy, 28, is on trial in northwest England, charged with seven counts of rape, one of attempted rape, and another of sexual assault against six young woman. His co-accused, Louis Saha Matturie, 41, faces six counts of rape and three of sexual assault against seven young women. Both men deny the charges. Prosecutor Timothy Kray told a jury at Chester Crown Court that defender Mendy lured young women into "toxic and dangerous" situations at parties. Mendy and Matturie assumed the women were "good for sex" and "never heard the word 'no'"... Читать дальше...

Erasmus, now ruled out of this weekend's Test against Italy in Genoa and next week's match against England at Twickenham, has only just returned from a stadium ban following a World Rugby suspension for his infamous hour-long video criticising referee Nic Berry's performance in the first Test between the Springboks and the British and Irish Lions last year. That did not stop Erasmus from publishing several videos on social media on Sunday and Monday that appeared to question decisions made by referee... Читать дальше...

Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to hold the top role in the US lower house, said on Thursday that she will step down from party leadership to make way for "a new generation" but will remain in Congress.

Head coach Andy Farrell has been boosted by talismanic fly-half Sexton and other key players proving their fitness after they suffered knocks in the 19-16 win over world champions South Africa earlier this month. Farrell hopes Sexton and fellow world player of the year nominee Josh van der Flier - along with James Ryan, Hugo Keenan and Andrew Porter - will add a bit of vim to a team that rarely imposed itself in the 35-17 win over Fiji last Saturday. Keenan's return sees his Leinster team-mate... Читать дальше...

The pair, both now aged 31, first played against each other in the 2011 Under-20 World Cup final in Padova, Italy, which New Zealand won 33-20. But it was a different story when the senior sides last met, with fly-half turned centre Farrell the victorious captain as England won 19-7 in a 2019 World Cup-semi-final in Yokohama, Japan against Retallick's New Zealand. "Owen, I guess he's in a similar spot," Barrett told reporters at New Zealand's hotel in London on Thursday "He's an awesome competitor and the way he's played for England... Читать дальше...

More than 60 percent of respondents in France, Spain and Italy say governments should prioritise fighting global climate change despite competing concerns like inflation, the energy crisis or nuclear threats from Russia, according to a YouGov survey published Thursday.

British finance minister Jeremy Hunt announced a string of tax increases and tighter public spending in a budget plan on Thursday that he said was needed after the blow dealt to the country's fiscal reputation by former prime minister Liz Truss.

An Italian court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing a witness in a 2013 underage prostitution case, giving a boost to the veteran politician weeks after he was re-elected to parliament.

The choice by Paris 2024 Olympics officials to represent the Games with a cuddly Phrygian cap is proving a harder sell than expected, after critics pounced on the fact that French firms will make only a small fraction of the toys.

The Memorandum of Understanding inked at the COP27 stresses the need to rehabilitate the river system which, experts say, has lost roughly half of its biodiversity. Israel's environmental protection minister, Tamar Zandberg, called the pact "an expression of the close relationship... between the two countries". "Cleaning up the hazards, restoring the flow of water and strengthening the natural ecosystems of the Jordan River will ... help us prepare for the climate crisis." Jordan's Minister... Читать дальше...

The family of prominent South African anti-apartheid hero Dulcie September is seeking justice in a Paris court as FRANCE 24's Nadine Theron explains.A

Britain on Thursday unveiled an austerity budget with £55 billion ($65 billion) of tax hikes and spending cuts despite confirming its economy was in recession. Finance minister Jeremy Hunt confirmed the painful measures were needed to bring financial stability after recent turmoil, and insisted they would alleviate rather than aggravate the downturn. FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot reports from London.

With the two-week COP27 conference officially due to finish on Friday, negotiators in Egypt said the talks would likely go on overnight as they scramble to find a compromise over the contentious issue. "We are out of time and we are out of money and we are out of patience," Ralph Regenvanu, minister of climate change for the Pacific island of Vanuatu, said at a news conference. "We must establish at this COP27 a loss and damage finance facility." Regenvanu said walking out of the talks "was discussed... Читать дальше...

Mona Seif said news from the visit was "unsettling," in a message on Twitter. "Alaa deteriorated severely in the past two weeks, but at least they got to see him, and he needed to see the family so much", she wrote. After seven months consuming "100 calories a day," Abdel Fattah escalated his strike to all food, and then water on November 6 to coincide with the start of the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Thursday was the first time the activist's mother Laila Soueif was allowed to visit him in nearly a month... Читать дальше...

India has the world's largest number of certified fact-checking organisations, but many feel outnumbered and outgunned in a country with hundreds of millions of internet users and a climate of growing religious intolerance, hate speech and declining press freedom. BOOM Live is among the organisations methodically debunking some of the tsunami of falsehoods, but their efforts can feel like a drop in the bucket. "It's an unequal fight," Jency Jacob, managing editor of BOOM Live, told AFP in the firm's... Читать дальше...

The patriotic music, fiery rhetoric and adoring crowd were all there as Donald Trump announced another White House bid, but -- in a sign his star has dimmed -- top Republican officials and even family members were no-shows.

Rubbish has been piling up in the streets of Sfax for months, as available dump sites reach capacity with local residents forced to burn their own refuse. Protestors, including refuse collectors, gathered in front of the provincial government headquarters chanting: "Sfax is forgotten, rubbish is eating it in every street". They demanded the resignation of Sfax's governor Fakher Fakhfakh, who the previous day attempted to play down the dangers of a landfill fire near the city's port. On Wednesday... Читать дальше...

A brief statement from FIFA said that Infantino would be the only candidate when the election takes place at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on March 16. "No other candidature has been submitted," the statement said. Infantino's third term follows in the line of previous FIFA presidents -- Joao Havelange was in charge from 1974 to 1998 and Infantino's predecessor Sepp Blatter held office from 1998 to 2015. Infantino was elected in 2016 promising to "restore FIFA's image" after the federation... Читать дальше...

Kazakhstan said Thursday it had prevented a coup attempt by supporters of an exiled opposition figure as it arrested seven people ahead of a presidential election this weekend.