Новости за 16.01.2024

Around 40 Tunisian migrants attempting to reach Italy by sea have been missing for five days, the Tunisian National Guard said on Tuesday.

The island nation of Nauru’s shock announcement that it was severing ties with Taiwan in favour of Beijing has brought China’s charm offensive across the Pacific into sharp relief – and highlighted the limited options available to micro-states desperate for a way out of economic dead-ends.

French President Emmanuel Macron held a rare prime-time news conference on Tuesday in a bid to breathe new life into his presidency with a promise for a 'stronger and fairer' France.

France's top court on Tuesday annulled a lower court decision to extradite Edgardo Greco, a convicted mafia killer-turned-pizza chef who has been on the run since 2006, to Italy.

Sudan's army-aligned government on Tuesday suspended ties with east African bloc IGAD, accusing it of "violating" the country's sovereignty by inviting a rival paramilitary chief to a summit.

France's highest court on Tuesday rejected a request by French cement maker Lafarge to dismiss charges of complicity in crimes against humanity as part of an investigation over how it kept its factory running in Syria after war broke out in 2011.

Police raided an important synagogue and religious complex in Brooklyn, New York on January 8, arresting nine people. The reason? Members of a fringe messianic faction of the Hasidic Jewish community had dug an illegal tunnel beneath several buildings. When an attempt was made to close up the tunnel, the young radicals resisted. Images of the police raid have been shared worldwide and rumours, especially that the tunnel was being used by child trafficking rings, have emerged online.

Mourinho, whose contract was due to expire in June, would leave the club alongside his technical team "with immediate effect", Roma said. "We would like to thank Jose on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his passion and efforts since his arrival at the club," said owners Dan and Ryan Friedkin. "We will always have great memories of his tenure at Roma, but we believe that an immediate change is in the best interests of the club. "We wish Jose and his assistants all the best in their future endeavours."... Читать дальше...

Mauritius raised a cyclone warning alert to maximum on Tuesday as powerful winds and rains from tropical storm Belal caused havoc in the Indian Ocean island nation.

The chief negotiator for Yemen's Houthis said on Monday the group's stance has not changed since US-led air strikes on its positions, and warned that attacks on ships headed to Israel will continue. He said the group was still demanding an end of the war in Gaza, and humanitarian aid deliveries to the north and south of the Gaza Strip. "We do not want escalation in the Red and Arabian Seas," Abdulsalam said. It was the United States and Britain that were militarizing the Red Sea with their warships, he added. Читать дальше...

France's new Education Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has been accused of lying about why she enrolled her children in a private school, in a row that has overshadowed President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to relaunch his second term with a government reshuffle.

The 13th-seeded Bulgarian, who ended a six-year title drought in Brisbane this month, won 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1), 6-2 on a sun-baked John Cain Arena. The 32-year-old veteran said he had found it difficult to adjust to the punishing conditions but was confident he was in good physical shape. "I knew my game wasn't there but I could count on something else and that was my physicality today," he said. Dimitrov, whose best result in Melbourne is a semi-final appearance, started the match in the worst possible way... Читать дальше...

The Israeli military said on Tuesday its troops killed dozens of Palestinian militants around the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza and also uncovered about 100 rocket launchers. Israel earlier said its operations against Hamas in southern Gaza would soon enter a less intensive phase, after the militant group's health ministry reported the death toll in the territory had surpassed 24,000. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.

In her first major following an 18-month hiatus to give birth, the German fought hard but succumbed to 2022 Melbourne Park finalist Danielle Collins 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. The unseeded Collins will now play world number one Iga Swiatek. Reunited with longtime coach Torben Beltz, Kerber's return from pregnancy leave has been rocky -- she lost four of five matches at the United Cup before her defeat on Tuesday at the tournament she won in 2016. "For sure it is a long way to be back and to play on a high level again. Читать дальше...

For the Australians, the biggest challenge has been deciding on a replacement for veteran opener David Warner, who retired after their win over Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground earlier this month. They have settled on moving Steve Smith up the order and bringing back towering all-rounder Cameron Green to bat at number four, where he slots in for the Western Australia state side. The rest of the team is unchanged from the one that beat Pakistan 3-0 in the just-completed series. Smith said... Читать дальше...

The Polish world number one came through 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 against the player she beat to win her first Grand Slam title, at the French Open in 2020. In-form Swiatek, 22, twice came back from a break down in a gruelling first set lasting 68 minutes but stepped on the gas in the second set, winning the final five games to finish with a flourish. The four-time major winner, now on a 17-match winning streak, next faces unseeded American Danielle Collins, who beat former winner Angelique Kerber 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Читать дальше...

Lamine Camara scored a stunning brace as Senegal began their defence of the Africa Cup of Nations title with a 3-0 win over Gambia on Monday, but fellow heavyweights Algeria and Cameroon were both held in their opening matches.

France's President Emmanuel Macron is to answer questions from the media at a rare press conference on Tuesday as he seeks to turn around his second term with a new cabinet.

It was not easy for the four-time Grand Slam winner against Kenin but she eventually triumphed 7-6 (7/2), 6-2 after a 1 hour 51 minute slog in draining conditions on Rod Laver Arena. It was a replay of the 2020 French Open final that Polish star Swiatek won, and they had not met since. "It wasn't the easiest first round. She played really well. I tried to find my rhythm, especially in the first set," said the world number one, who owns three Roland Garros crowns and another at the US Open. "I'm... Читать дальше...

Donald Trump romped to a landslide victory Monday in Iowa's caucuses – the first vote in the US presidential race – cementing his status as the presumptive Republican standard-bearer to challenge President Joe Biden in November's election.

Iraq condemned an "attack on its sovereignty" on Tuesday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missile strikes on anti-Tehran groups and an alleged Israeli "spy headquarters" in Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.

An estimated 3.5 million Britons living overseas will from Tuesday be eligible to vote in UK general elections, in one of the biggest increases in the country's electoral franchise in a century.

North Korea is formally abolishing a handful of key government agencies charged with promoting cooperation and reunification with the South, state media reported Tuesday.

Heavy flooding hit Mauritius on Monday as a tropical cyclone closed in on the Indian Ocean island nation after battering the French overseas territory of Reunion.