Новости за 30.11.2022

The French president, on a state visit to the United States, highlighted the American lunar program Artemis, whose first uncrewed test mission launched in mid-November with participation of the European Space Agency (ESA). "We are very keen" to participate, he told Harris, adding with a smile: "It's very important for us, as long as you can propose a French leader to fly to the Moon quite rapidly," he said, in a nod to French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who joined Macron for the NASA visit. The two... Читать дальше...

Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran's record 162 -- the highest individual score for the Afghans -- went in vain after he steered the tourists to 313-8 in Pallekele. Sri Lanka were in trouble at 249-6 in the record chase at the venue, but the left-handed pair of Asalanka and Dunith Wellalage put on an unbeaten stand of 65 to steer the team home with two balls to spare. The island nation kept up their hopes of earning a direct entry into next year's ODI World Cup in India with crucial 10 Super League points from the win. Читать дальше...

Airbus and the French financial prosecution office have agreed to settle an investigation related to bribery in Libya and Kazakhstan more than a decade ago, with the planemaker paying a fine of about 16 million euros, the two parties said at a court hearing on Wednesday.

The "Injecting Hope" show at the Science Museum "explores the worldwide effort to develop vaccines at pandemic speed", looking at key moments in their design, trial, manufacture and rollout, says deputy director Julia Knights. Items on display include artworks, notes taken by UK vaccine chief Kate Bingham during early meetings to decide the country's strategy, and the syringe used to administer its first dose. Machines used to manufacture the vaccine are also on show along with personal artefacts... Читать дальше...

"Of course we are disappointed to be going out because we didn't do enough in the first two matches so we are left with a bit of a bitter taste but I think we have made the Tunisian people proud," said Khazri, who scored the only goal of the game in the second half. It is Tunisia's first ever World Cup win against European opposition and it left them with four points in Group D after they started off by drawing with Denmark and losing to Australia. However, it was not enough for them to reach the... Читать дальше...

General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s new military chief, took command this week amid security and economic crises and a deepening political rift between opposition leader Imran Khan and the government. Can the new man on the job stem the chaos, and would that entail the old way of doing military business in Pakistan?

In the latest grim news on the world's biggest rainforest, satellite monitoring showed 11,568 square kilometers (4,466 square miles) of forest cover was destroyed in the Brazilian Amazon from August 2021 to July 2022, according to national space agency INPE's annual deforestation tracking program, PRODES. The figure was a decrease of 11.3 percent from the year before, when INPE detected 13,038 square kilometers of deforestation -- a 15-year high. But it closed out four years of what environmentalists... Читать дальше...

Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran's record 162 -- the highest individual score for the Afghans -- went in vain after he steered the tourists to 313-8 in Pallekele. Sri Lanka were in trouble at 249-6, but the left-handed pair of Asalanka and Dunith Wellalage put on an unbeaten stand of 65 to steer the team home with two balls to spare. The island nation kept up their hopes of earning a direct entry into next year's ODI World Cup in India with crucial 10 Super League points from the win. Asalanka... Читать дальше...

Australia advanced to the round of 16 at the World Cup, beating favored Denmark 1-0 Wednesday on Mathew Leckie’s 60th-minute goal.

The three Nigerian men were found when the Alithini II docked in Las Palmas on the island of Gran Canaria on Monday evening. A photo shared on social media by the Spanish coastguard shows them sitting on the rudder of the oil tanker's stern, their feet just above the waterline. The three had symptoms of hypothermia and received hospital care before being returned to the ship. Spanish officials had said that the ship's operator had the legal responsibility to take them back to Nigeria since they were stowaways. Читать дальше...

Experts hailed full data Wednesday showing a new drug can slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients, but warned improvements were comparatively small and the treatment can have serious side effects.

France this year experienced the hottest year since records began, the country's national weather service said Wednesday, as global warming stokes temperatures globally.

A spirited Tunisia beat France 1-0 after Les Bleus manager Didier Deschamps decided to rest his top talent and field a largely second-choice side, since they had already booked their place in the knockouts. France played a lot of inept football until the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann came off the bench, giving Tunisia a well-deserved win – but Australia's win over Denmark means Tunisia go home. Read FRANCE 24's liveblog below to see how the match unfolded.

The 22-year-old Belgian posted a video on social media from the beach at Amalfi. The 2023 Giro will pass through the resort on stage six, which starts and ends in nearby Naples. "Ciao tutti! I'm in Italy for the moment to do some recons," said Evenepoel, who was wearing a crash helmet and a cycling jersey with the world champion's rainbow on it. "I will ride the Giro in 2023." "It will be special as I will be wearing my rainbow jersey." The head of his Quick-Step team, Patrick Lefevere, had... Читать дальше...

Angolan public prosecutor Helder Pitta Gros told reporters on Monday that Angola had filed an international arrest warrant for dos Santos. A draft of the document, released by the Portuguese media, accuses her of fraud. "There is no doubt that we are in a context of political persecution," dos Santos, 49, said in an interview broadcast late Tuesday on TVI/CNN Portugal. "The prosecutor gets his orders directly from the president." Dos Santos' father, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, handed over power... Читать дальше...

Lawyers in Chad have announced that they will go on strike, ceasing all activity for the duration of the mass trial of 401 people arrested during and after deadly anti-government demonstrations on 20 October.

The killer of South African anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani has been stabbed in jail, days after the country's top court ordered him to be released on parole, the prison services said Tuesday. Walus, a 69-year-old far-right immigrant from then-communist Poland, was due to be released by Thursday, under an order issued last week by the Constitutional Court that ignited angry protests. FRANCE 24's Nadine Theron reports from Cape Town, South Africa.

Joyous crowds celebrated in Senegal's capital Dakar on Tuesday as cheers and car horns rang out in gridlocked streets after the West African country qualified to the knockout stage of the World Cup in Qatar with a 2-1 victory over Ecuador. FRANCE 24's team in Dakar reports.

"No football this year," said Jean Bassil angrily, flicking through channels on his old-fashioned television screen. "They have deprived me of the only fun thing amid all this bad news," the 58-year-old told AFP at his small phone accessories shop in Jounieh, north of the capital Beirut. Lebanon has been gripped by an economic crisis that the World Bank dubbed one of the worst in modern history. Since late 2019, the local currency has lost more than 95 percent of its market value, and poverty... Читать дальше...

Janusz Walus, a 69-year-old immigrant from then-communist Poland, was to be released by Thursday after being controversially granted parole by the Constitutional Court. But the decision has ignited angry protests. On Tuesday, Walus was stabbed inside prison. On Wednesday, the South African Communist Party (SACP), which Hani used to head, said it was petitioning the court to go back on its ruling. "Yesterday we filed our documents with the Constitutional Court as well as with the High Court, and... Читать дальше...

Here are some of the more popular theories: Napoleon's bread of war The oldest tale has the baguette being kneaded by bakers in Napoleon's army. Less bulky than a traditional loaf, the long slim shape of the baguette made it faster to bake in brick ovens hastily erected on the battlefield. France's most famous man of war was preoccupied with getting his men their daily bread. During his Russian campaign in 1812, he toured the ovens daily to sample the day's offering and ensure the crusty batons were being distributed regularly... Читать дальше...

An uneasy calm has returned to the French overseas department of Mayotte after weeks of gang violence. But people still live in fear, as roaming groups of masked youths target motorists at random. They blame the French government, accusing it of abandoning them. FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar reports from Mayotte.

It was – mostly – about football for fans watching the Iran-USA game in the United States on Tuesday, a match played against the backdrop of soaring geopolitical tensions. Scores of supporters packed a restaurant in a part of Los Angeles known locally as "Tehrangeles" because of the large number of Iranians and Iranian-Americans in the area, as FRANCE 24’s Eric Pape reports.

Eighteen people go on trial in Ivory Coast on Wednesday accused of involvement in one of West Africa's bloodiest jihadist attacks -- a machine-gun assault on a beach resort in 2016 that left 19 dead.

Fresh clashes have broken out between police and protesters in a southern Chinese city, part of a wave of Covid lockdown-sparked demonstrations across the country that have morphed into demands for political freedoms.