Новости за 23.12.2022

Tens of millions of Americans endured bone-chilling temperatures, blizzard conditions, power outages and canceled holiday gatherings Friday from a winter storm that forecasters said was nearly unprecedented in its scope, exposing about 60% of the U.S. population to some sort of winter weather advisory or warning.

Kane's missed penalty late on against Spurs team-mate Hugo Lloris was a key moment in England's 2-1 quarter-final loss to France. However, Conte expects his star player to put that disappointment behind him now he's back on club duty, starting with Monday's clash at London rivals Brentford. "No, honestly (I am not worried) because we're talking about a world class striker," Conte told reporters on Friday. "In football you can have exciting moments and you can also have a moment where you are a... Читать дальше...

Burkina Faso has ordered the UN's coordinator in the country to leave by the end of the day, declaring her "persona non grata", the foreign ministry said Friday.

A 69-year-old gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, witnesses and prosecutors said. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert tells us more.

Clashes erupted in Paris on Friday as shocked members of the Kurdish community in Paris demanded justice after a deadly shooting attack killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali tells us more.

A 69-year-old gunman who opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday (December 23) was deliberately seeking out foreigners, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. The man, a retired train driver, "was clearly targeting foreigners", Darmanin told reporters, adding however that it was "not certain" that the man was aiming to kill "Kurds in particular". FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert tells us more.

The 35-year-old, who started the World Cup final win over Croatia in Russia four years ago, had been omitted from Inter Miami's squad for this season. Midfielder Matuidi won Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain and Serie A with Juventus after spending time with Saint-Etienne and Toulouse. He made 84 international appearances, scoring nine times before his final Les Bleus game in 2019. "I've decided to end my career as a professional footballer," he said in a video on YouTube. "I had the chance to play for the biggest European clubs... Читать дальше...

A gunman shot dead three people at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in central Paris on Friday (December 23), prompting scores of protesters to take to nearby streets. FRANCE 24's Clovis Casali tells us more.

Police deployed outside the cultural centre used teargas to disperse the protesters who tried to break through a police cordon protecting Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin who had arrived at the scene, AFP reporters said. Demonstrators threw objects at police in response, set rubbish bins on fire and erected barricades, they said. Several cars parked in the area as well as police vehicles had their windows smashed as protesters threw bricks. Some demonstrators were chanting slogans in support of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)... Читать дальше...

Clashes erupted in Paris on Friday as shocked members of the Kurdish community in Paris demanded justice after a deadly shooting attack killed three people at a Kurdish cultural centre.

The incident occurred in Kafr Qassem, an Arab-Israeli city on the edge of Tel Aviv and just outside the occupied West Bank. Violence has surged in the West Bank since March when Israel began near daily raids following a series of deadly attacks targeting Israelis. In a statement, police said the suspect had called police on the pretext of "a violent incident", which brought them to Kafr Qassem. "When police arrived on the scene he ran at them with a gun, and then got into his car and knocked them down," the police statement said. Читать дальше...

But these colourful revellers celebrating the winter solstice have not come to decorate a tree, but to burn one. After dragging a tree trunk by rope through the streets of the Baltic capital, the wild looking bunch then put it on a bonfire. In mediaeval times, people would put the trees in their homes ahead of solstice before dragging them off to their fiery end. "The tree stump symbolises everything that went wrong this year," said Liga Lukashunas, one of the celebrants and head of Riga's Ritmus cultural centre. Читать дальше...

North Korea has delivered arms to Russia's private military group Wagner, the White House said Thursday (December 22), calling the group a "rival" for power to the defense and other ministries in the Kremlin. FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert tells us more.

The stampede in the Javan city of Malang in October left 135 people dead, including more than 40 children. It has been primarily blamed on an excessive use of tear gas by police, according to a preliminary investigation. The civil lawsuit targets eight parties, including Indonesia's football association, the national police, league organiser PT Liga Indonesia Baru, and the owners of Malang football club Arema FC. Indonesian President Joko Widodo is also listed as a co-defendant. Imam Hidayat... Читать дальше...

France's SNCF railway body said that trade unions' threat to call a strike for the forthcoming New Year holiday weekend had been called off after a deal had been reached with management. Andrew Smith, historian of Modern France, gave his analysis.

The James Webb telescope was launched into space to look further into the universe than we've ever seen before on December 25, 2021, and it has far exceeded expectations with its jaw-dropping images. Ever since the first photos of nebulas and distant galaxies, NASA's most powerful telescope has captivated the public and “amazed” scientists. But the technological jewel is a powerful political tool as well, particularly for the United States. FRANCE 24 reports on this groundbreaking telescope.

Afghan universities were declared off limits to women because female students were not following instructions including a proper dress code, the Taliban's minister for higher education said Thursday (December 22). Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.

Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration said on Thursday (December 22) it had closed universities to women partly due to female students not adhering to its interpretation of the Islamic dress code, in a decision that was condemned globally.

A shooter killed three people and wounded four others in a gun attack near a Kurdish cultural centre in the French capital on Friday, the Paris prosecutor said, adding that a suspect had been arrested and the incident was over.

France's national train operator SNCF said that trade unions had lifted a threat to call a strike for the forthcoming New Year holiday weekend after a deal was reached with management.

DR Congo's M23 rebels, who have seized swathes of territory in the east of the country, pledged Friday to retreat from a strategic frontline position near the city of Goma.

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was freed from a Nepali jail on Friday, an AFP reporter said.

The charismatic conman, 78, was for nearly two decades serving a life sentence in Nepal for killing two tourists in Kathmandu in the 1970s. He was freed from prison on health grounds on Friday, and was due to be deported to France within 15 days. After a troubled childhood and several prison terms in France for petty crimes, he began travelling the world in the early 1970s, befriending and robbing young backpackers as he made his way along the drug-fuelled Hippie Trail from Europe to Southeast Asia. Читать дальше...

The Pelicans, third in the Western Conference, ended a four-game losing streak with the victory, which also featured 16 points and 10 rebounds for Lithuanian center Jonas Valanciunas. The Pelicans led 94-75 at the end of the third and, although they allowed San Antonio to put up 42 points in the fourth quarter, McCollum's shooting, including 7 of 14 three-point attempts, proved to be the difference. New Orleans secured the win, which takes them to 19-12, without key men Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Larry Nance Jr. Читать дальше...

Prayut came to power as army chief in a 2014 coup before cementing his position in a controversial 2019 election, but his popularity has been in the doldrums. The newly-created United Thai Nation Party "has offered to support me in becoming the next PM candidate in the next election," he told reporters outside Government House in Bangkok. "I will make it clear today... that I have decided that I will join the role." Prayut had been widely expected to leave his Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), which leads the ruling coalition. Читать дальше...