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2024-03-01 08:02 'The Kremlin is worried about what could happen in terms of the number of people who may attend Navalny's funeral'

Fiona McArthur's luxury chocolates will be handed out to Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and other VIPs at cinema's biggest annual night, with each nominee in the main categories to be treated to a box. McArthur, 37, only opened her small chocolate shop in Campbeltown, western Scotland, in 2019 but it soon caught the eye of the company responsible for assembling Academy Awards goody bags. At first she thought it was a hoax. But after verifying the firm online, she realised the offer to help fill... Читать дальше...

Relatives and supporters of Alexei Navalny are bidding farewell to the opposition leader at a funeral Friday in southeastern Moscow, following a battle with authorities over the release of his body after his still-unexplained death in an Arctic penal colony.

"It's a tradition in Iran that the Supreme Leader starts the elections", said FRANCE24's correspondent in Tehran, Iran Catalina Gomez Angel. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a speech earlier inviting people to vote for the "unity and security of the Islamic Republic [. . . ] and in order to send a strong message to the enemies of Iran, added Gomez Angel.

2024-03-01 06:32 'Hamas holds Israel entirely responsible for these deaths'

CO2 emissions from energy rose by 1.1 percent in 2023, increasing by 410 million tonnes to a record 37.4 billion tonnes, slowing down from a gain of 490 million tonnes in 2022, the IEA said in its annual update on emissions. The IEA said that without technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines, nuclear power and electric cars, the global increase in energy-related CO2 emissions over the last five years would have been three times larger the 900 million tonnes registered. Over 40 percent of... Читать дальше...

More than 100 people were killed in landslides and floods in January and February on the country's second-largest island of Mindanao as the northeast monsoon and a low pressure trough brought downpours. A study by the World Weather Attribution group found the unsually heavy rain in eastern Mindanao was not "particularly extreme". But with people living in landslide-prone areas and shortcomings in weather alerts, the rains became "devastating". "We can't just blame the rain for the severe impacts," said Richard Ybanez... Читать дальше...

Curry was red-hot going into the All-Star break but had shot just 31.5 percent in his last three games -- including connecting on just 21.6 percent of his shots from three-point range. After going 0-for-7 in the first half of the Warriors' win over the lowly Washington Wizards on Tuesday, Curry burst out of the gates in this one, tallying 11 points with seven rebounds in the first quarter. He opened the scoring at Madison Square Garden with the first of his eight three-pointers and had 17 points and 10 rebounds by halftime. Читать дальше...

Lancaster's side have slipped to the sixth and final play-off spot in the table after 16 rounds in a run of defeats coinciding with the ongoing Six Nations, having led the league earlier in the campaign. The Parisians will continue to be without France's Gael Fickou, Cameron Woki and Nolann Le Garrec for this weekend’s trip to Stade Chaban-Delmas, as they are rested before next Sunday's trip to Wales. Despite the trio's absence, Lancaster will still be able to call upon South Africa’s two-time... Читать дальше...

Iranians are to vote Friday in elections for parliament and a key clerical body, amid fears of a low turnout and with conservatives expected to tighten their grip on power.

"Voting for the 12th term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament) and the 6th term of the Assembly of Leadership Experts began following an order by the interior ministry," state TV reported. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was the first to cast his ballot on Friday at the Imam Khomeini Hussainia polling station in central Tehran, according to the same source. Since the last elections, Iran has been badly affected by international sanctions that have led to an economic crisis. Читать дальше...

The visitors finished on 13-2 in their second innings with nightwatchman Nathan Lyon not out six and opener Usman Khawaja on five after Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne departed cheaply. Tim Southee bowled Smith with his third ball, then had the out-of-form Labuschagne caught behind by Tom Blundell. However, Southee dropped Lyon in the slips late on from Matt Henry to cap a frustrating day for New Zealand at Basin Reserve. Cameron Green earlier smashed an unbeaten 174 as Australia raced to an imposing first-innings 383... Читать дальше...

Joe Biden and Donald Trump traded blame for America's immigration crisis as they made dueling visits to the US-Mexican border Thursday, putting the hot-button issue at the heart of their race for the White House in November.

Her adoption files contain two different birth dates months apart, which Koed suspects means she may have been exchanged for another baby that did not survive. Experts say even the chubby baby picture sent to her Danish adoptive parents may not have been of her. All the 47-year-old knows for sure is that "I arrived in Denmark on May 17, 1977". Koed's case is far from isolated. The growing scandal over falsified records has prompted South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to look at hundreds... Читать дальше...

Rival rallies were planned as the race heats up for the June 2 vote, including an opposition gathering after midnight in one of the country's most violent states. Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, a close ally of outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known by his initials AMLO, is representing the ruling Morena party. Public opinion surveys show the 61-year-old scientist by training enjoys a significant lead with 63 percent support, according to a poll of polls by the Oraculus research firm. Читать дальше...

Emmanuel Macron expressed his "strongest condemnation" on Friday at the killing of dozens of Palestinians during an aid delivery in the northern Gaza Strip. Read our liveblog for the latest developments.

Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, who made his political mark in the 1980s with the signing of a ground-breaking free trade agreement with the United States that later expanded to include Mexico, died Thursday. He was 84.

More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Lancet medical journal.

A French journalist arrested last week in Ethiopia on suspicion of conspiring to create chaos was released on Thursday, his employer, the specialist publication Africa Intelligence, said.

At least 43 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire blazed through a seven-storey building in an upscale neighbourhood in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday, health authorities said.