Новости за 27.09.2023

Thitikul defends her title at the 54-hole Northwest Arkansas Championship starting Friday at Rogers, Arkansas, still chasing her first triumph since last year at Pinnacle Country Club. She spent two weeks at world number one last season after wins at the JTBC Classic and in Rogers, also taking the LPGA Rookie of the Year Award. This season, Thitikul has nine top-10 finishes in 15 LPGA starts, her best coming in her homeland when she finished third back in February. "A lot of good things happened last year... Читать дальше...

The French government on Wednesday unveiled an interministerial plan to combat bullying in schools, with Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne promising an "uncompromising fight" against such aggression. The announcement follows the suicide deaths of several teenagers that have sparked widespread indignation in recent years.

ESPN was among multiple media outlets reporting the three-team trade Wednesday, less than a month before the start of the season. Lillard, a seven-time All-Star and the 2013 Rookie of the Year, confirmed the move on the X social media platform. "The casuals won't be addressed but the trailblazers fans and city of Portland that I love truly will be ... and they will be addressed truthfully. Stay tuned "Excited for my next chapter! @Bucks," Lillard wrote. ESPN and The Athletic reported that Lillard... Читать дальше...

Menendez and his wife Nadine Arslanian were greeted outside the Manhattan courthouse by at least one protester holding up a sign demanding in block letters that the 69-year-old from New Jersey "RESIGN." So far, Menendez has defied calls from his own Democratic Party colleagues to leave office, though he "temporarily" stepped down as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after the charges were unsealed Friday. Prosecutors say the senator provided sensitive information to the Egyptian government... Читать дальше...

Namibia led 20-12 at half-time but paid for their indiscipline in the second half as prop Johan Coetzee and captain Tjiuee Uanivi were yellow-carded, while replacement prop Desiderius Sethie saw red. Uruguay could still make the knock-out stages after their first win in three Pool A matches, but it would take a highly improbable victory over New Zealand next week to do so. "It's a first victory for us so job done, I'm proud of the team," Uruguay scrum-half Santiago Arata told British broadcaster ITV. Читать дальше...

"Man, that was a crazy game," Kelce told his brother and co-host, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, on the latest episode of their New Heights podcast that was published on Wednesday. "It was just action-packed." Swift, a 12-time Grammy winner who inspires a legion of fans, caused a sensation when she attended the Chiefs' 41-10 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Sporting a red and white Chiefs jacket, Swift sat in a luxury suite with Kelce's friends and family, including his mother, Donna. Читать дальше...

The 35-year-old former San Francisco 49ers quarterback wrote a letter to Jets general manager Joe Douglas seeking a place on the struggling team's practice squad. "I would be honored and extremely grateful for the opportunity to come in and lead the practice squad," Kaepernick wrote in a letter made public by rapper J Cole on social media. "I would do this with the sole mission of getting your defense ready each week." The Jets were stunned when four-time NFL Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers... Читать дальше...

It will be Pollard's first Bok appearance since playing against Australia in Adelaide before injury forced him out of the subsequent 16 Tests. Four years ago, Pollard scored 25 points across the quarter-final against Japan and the semi-final against Wales before scoring 22 as South Africa beat England 32-12 in the final of the World Cup. The 29-year-old was initially ruled out of this tournament, but returned to competitive action a week ago with his club Leicester before being called up as a replacement for injured hooker Malcolm Marx. Читать дальше...

Thousands of Indonesian residents on Rempang Island, mostly fishermen, are protesting against a multibillion-dollar Chinese-funded megaproject which may see several villages being completely cleared. "The situation has been getting more tense in the past month. The villagers have lost interest in going out to the sea to fish ... The most important thing is to save our village," explains fisherman Sadam Husen.

G7 experts are set to arrive in India on a fact-finding mission this week ahead of the expected announcement of a new embargo on importing Russian diamonds. An EU ban has also been under discussion for months – but imposing new regulations on the global diamond market is no easy feat.

Excited crowds, held back by officers, cheered and shouted the team captain's name Babar Azam, as the Pakistanis arrived at the airport in the southern city of Hyderabad for the ODI tournament which opens on October 5. India and Pakistan are bitter adversaries with longstanding political tensions. The teams only play cricket against each other in international tournaments, and usually, the matches are staged in third countries. Skipper Babar Azam has played down the hype of facing their rivals... Читать дальше...

Both opened with victories over Chile before each stumbled against one of the group favourites. They are tied on five points, nine behind leaders England, who have played one more game, and one more than Argentina who play Chile on Saturday. Japan captain Kazuki Himeno has called this stage of the group the "death zone". Samoa assistant coach Andrew Goodman made a point of side-stepping that sort of phrasing on Wednesday. "Do or die is not the terminology we have used," Goodman told the media. Читать дальше...

France's announced a national action plan to combat bullying in schools on Wednesday following a number of cases of teenage victims committing suicide. France 24's Clovis Casali takes a closer look at the measures.

The chairman of China Evergrande Group has been placed under police surveillance, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, raising more doubts about the embattled developer’s future as it grapples with the mounting threat of liquidation.

France's ambassador to Niger landed in Paris on Wednesday, after weeks of tensions with the post-coup regime in the West African country who demanded his expulsion.

Antony was handed a leave of absence from the Premier League club earlier this month to address the accusations. His former girlfriend Gabriela Cavallin alleged multiple acts of physical aggression from Antony, including headbutting her in a Manchester hotel, via Brazilian news outlet UOL. Antony had been in Brazil since reporting for international duty but was withdrawn from the squad when news of the allegations emerged. The 23-year-old has strongly denied the accusations. "I want to reiterate... Читать дальше...

Fresh clashes have broken out between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and local Arab clans in eastern Syria, leaving at least 25 people dead. FRANCE 24’s terrorism expert Wassim Nasr explains how the fighting is linked to recent clashes – also in northern Aleppo – and why it is considered such a high-stakes game. “The US will be losing very valuable allies in the fight against the Islamic State group," he says.

Fighters loyal to the Syrian government have clashed with Kurdish-led forces in a mainly Arab district of eastern Syria, leaving 25 people dead in two days, a war monitor said Tuesday. It comes amid a flare-up of fighting also taking place in the north of the country. France 24’s terrorism expert Wassim Nasr takes a look at the causes of this new outbreak of violence.

Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut landed back on Earth Wednesday after spending a year at the International Space Station (ISS), Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said.

When Narendra Modi opened the G20 in New Delhi, the world witnessed the Indian Prime Minister introducing himself not as Prime Minister of India, but as Prime Minister of Bharat. Some speculate this could foreshadow an official name change for the country, with supporters of the move arguing the name "India" is a legacy of the colonial past, but opponents fearing it is merely aimed at furthering Modi’s Hindu nationalist agenda.

The Aragon GP, which first took place in 2010, fell off the programme this year while the race in Kazakhstan is back on the list after delays in the construction of the new Sokol circuit led to the cancellation of this season's proposed debut. Kazakhstan's absence means the 2023 schedule boasts a 20-race programme, the same as in 2022. The return of Aragon means there will be four races in Spain, along with Jerez, Barcelona and Valencia. India, which made a good impression at its inaugural meeting... Читать дальше...

Feyenoord striker Santiago Gimenez completed his hat-trick only four minutes after the game was restarted at 55 minutes, the time Sunday's match was called off after Ajax fans hurled flares onto the pitch with their rivals 3-0 up. In reality, nearly three days had elapsed between Gimenez's second and third goals, his hat-trick coming as he bundled in after a goalmouth scramble at a fan-less Johan Cruyff arena. The loss plunges Ajax deeper into crisis, with the four-time European champions suffering... Читать дальше...

With the French government preparing to announce its anti-bullying plan for schools following several student suicides., some schools are following in the footsteps of Denmark which has adopted a preventative approach to school bullying by enhancing social cohesion with dedicated empathy classes.

France's education minister is set to announce plans to combat bullying in schools on Wednesday following a number of cases of teenage victims committing suicide. France 24's international affairs editor Angela Diffley takes a look at what these measures might include.