Новости за 22.05.2023

Witnesses in the Sudanese capital reported clashes and air strikes minutes after a one-week humanitarian ceasefire took effect Monday night, with the smell of smoke still lingering after gunfire and explosions rocked Khartoum throughout the day.

Sunday's inferno gutted a building housing girls aged 11-12 and 16-17. Guyana Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken said during a press conference Monday afternoon that an "initial investigation suggests... that (the fire) was maliciously set." "Our investigation is continuing," Hicken told reporters, joined by President Irfaan Ali, who declared three days of national mourning. No suspects have yet been identified, Hicken added, though he told AFP he expects to have more information in the next 48 hours. Читать дальше...

Rescue efforts include studying satellite imagery, tossing pamphlets from helicopters and appealing to jungle spirits for help, the presidency said. Satellite images may show hints of a path the children -- aged 13, nine, four, along with an 11-month-old infant -- took after the light plane went down on May 1. The crash occurred between the departments of Caqueta and Guaviare, and took the lives of a pilot, an Indigenous leader and the childrens' mother. More than 160 members of the security... Читать дальше...

Columnist Haythem El Mekki and presenter Elyes Gharbi were interrogated for several hours, after which their case has been transferred to the Tunis prosecutor's office, their lawyer Ayoub Ghdamssi told AFP. The pair on May 15 discussed shortcomings in police recruitment on Gharbi's programme on the private Mosaique FM radio, in the wake of a deadly mass shooting near a synagogue on Djerba island less than a week prior. The segment was subject to a complaint by Tunisia's police union, arguing the discussion had harmed law enforcement officers.

Athletes have joined the clamour of criticism at the high cost of tickets for the 2024 Paris Olympics, decried as undermining organisers' promises of a Games accessible to all.

The French government unveiled a plan on Monday to accelerate cuts to its greenhouse gas emissions, targeting a reduction of 50 percent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels.

Since April, France has deployed hundreds of police officers in Mayotte -- the country's poorest region -- to prepare for a slum-clearing initiative called Operation Wuambushu ("Take Back" in the local language). After weeks of legal delays and diplomatic tensions with the neighbouring Comoros Islands, diggers started destroying sheet-metal shacks in the Talus 2 slum in the Koungou area at around 7:30 am (0430 GMT) on Monday, AFP journalists saw. Police wielding crowbars entered homes to check no one was inside before the destruction began... Читать дальше...

Following the elections in Greece, Gregory Papanikos from Athens Institute for Education and Research comments on what future holds for Greece.

How do two girls go from being typical teenagers, kissing boys, dying their hair blue… to joining the Islamic State (IS) group? "Four Daughters", which premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, explores the true story of how a mother comes to terms with the decision by two of her children to flee to Libya and join the extremist organisation. Oscar-nominated Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania speaks to FRANCE 24 about the extraordinary film mechanism she set up to unveil the story of Olfa and her daughters.

Former EU commissioner for innovation Mariya Gabriel, tasked by the conservative GERB party to lead negotiations, announced the agreement with the anti-graft We Continue the Change (PP). "We all made a lot of concessions," Gabriel told a news conference in the capital Sofia. The 44-year-old ex-commissioner, who resigned from her post in Brussels last week, will initially be deputy prime minister, under the leadership of 60-year-old researcher Nikolay Denkov of the PP-DB coalition. Denkov and... Читать дальше...

Under the proposal, the river basin's states commit to save three million cubic acre feet (3.7 billion cubic meters) of water through the end of 2026, when new guidelines will be needed. "There are 40 million people, seven states, and 30 Tribal Nations who rely on the Colorado River Basin for basic services such as drinking water and electricity," said Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, in a statement lauding the deal that ends decades of squabbling. Of the water savings, 2.3 million acre feet would... Читать дальше...

Anthony, 38, whose last game in the NBA was for the Los Angeles Lakers in April 2022, announced his decision in a video montage of his career posted to his Instagram account. "I remember the days when I had nothing, just a ball on the court and a dream with something more," Anthony said in the video. "But basketball was my outlet. My purpose was strong. My communities, the cities I represented with pride and the fans that supported me along the way. "I am forever grateful for those people and places because they made me, Carmelo Anthony. Читать дальше...

The third-placed contender in the Turkish presidential elections on Monday formally endorsed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the second-round runoff vote to be held on May 28th.

Rayyanah Barnawi, a scientist who became the first Saudi woman to go into space, and Ali Al-Qarni, a trained fighter pilot, are the first two people from their country to go to the orbital outpost. "It was a lovely ride," said mission commander Peggy Whitson, a former NASA astronaut who made the voyage three times in the past, adding: "It was the softest docking I've ever felt." The fourth crew member is American businessman John Shoffner. About two hours after docking, the capsule's hatch will be opened to allow the four to enter the ISS... Читать дальше...

Since the brutal civil war broke out in 2011, it has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and devastated much of the country's infrastructure and industry. AFP looks at Assad's regional rehabilitation and what it means for Syria's rebels, its refugees, reconstruction and the roaring illegal trade in the stimulant drug captagon. How have Arab nations mended ties? Several Arab capitals cut ties with Assad after the Damascus regime's repression of anti-government protests sparked war in 2011... Читать дальше...

Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced on Monday.

The United States and Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced that the ceasefire agreed between the rival camps would take effect at 9:45 pm (1945 GMT) Monday to enable humanitarian assistance to civilians. Desperate residents voiced hopes that the new agreement will stem the brutal warfare that has shaken the capital Khartoum and other parts of the impoverished country. Fighting erupted on April 15 between the army, led by Sudan's de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support... Читать дальше...

A packed house is expected at Chennai's M.A. Chidambaram Stadium and all eyes will be on the 41-year-old Dhoni. Four-time champions Chennai host table-toppers Gujarat in the first play-off of this season's IPL, with the winner going into Sunday's final. The loser goes into another playoff match. Fans have turned up in large numbers at every venue to watch Dhoni, the Chennai skipper and former India captain who is expected to retire from cricket at the end of this campaign. He retired from national duty in 2020. Читать дальше...

Football and beyond rallied around Vinicius Junior on Monday, demanding action against racism, after the Real Madrid star was abused once again in Spain's La Liga.

Kohli scored another century for Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday -- his second in as many matches -- and he now has seven IPL tons, more than any other player. But his 101 not out wasn't enough. Gujarat Titans won by six wickets as they, Chennai, Mumbai and Lucknow went through to the playoffs of the world's biggest T20 tournament. "A lot of people think that my T20 cricket is declining. I don't feel like that at all," Kohli said afterwards. "I think I am playing my best T20 cricket again." That might be so... Читать дальше...

A move by Beijing to bar US firm Micron Technology Inc from selling memory chips to key domestic industries has ramped up tensions in an ongoing trade spat with Washington and lifted shares of firms that could benefit from the move.

The ruling party in Mauritania scored a comfortable victory in last week's legislative and local elections, according to official results on Sunday, a litmus test for the veteran head of state ahead of next year's presidential poll.

New Zealanders have far fewer of the woolly grazers than their Australian rivals, said the government body Stats NZ, despite frequently being the butt of their sheep jokes. The national flock fell by 400,000 sheep -- or two percent -- to 25.3 million in June 2022, said New Zealand's newly released five-yearly census of agricultural production. "The ratio of sheep to people dropped below five to one in 2022, for the first time since the 1850s, when national sheep numbers were first recorded," said Stats NZ analyst Jason Attewell. Читать дальше...

Conservative incumbent Kyriakos Mitsotakis called Sunday's vote a political earthquake. "Citizens want a strong government, with a four year horizon with bolder changes so that we can quickly make up the lost ground that still separates us from Europe", he said. The former primer minister Alexis Tsipras suffered a crushing blow. The most likely outcome is a return to the polls in June

A day after national elections failed to produce a single-party government, Greece on Monday was bracing for a new ballot which vote-winner Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' party is poised to seek in order to govern alone.