Новости за 06.09.2017

À en croire Duduzane Zuma, Teodorin Obiang ou Julienne Sassou-Nguesso, être fils ou fille de président pourrait bien être la meilleure façon de s'enrichir sur le continent africain. Mais justice et opinion veillent.

Hurricane Irma is of "unprecedented intensity" in the Atlantic, meteorologists said Wednesday, as they advised residents of tiny Caribbean islands to take shelter as the massive storm approached.

Catalonia is expected to pass a law Wednesday laying the groundwork for an independence referendum on October 1 which is fiercely opposed by Madrid, setting a course for Spain's deepest political crisis in decades.

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots set out on their latest quest for immortality on Thursday as the National Football League season kicks off with the Super Bowl champions once again the team to beat.

A movie about the life of a notorious Mumbai mafia don comes out in Indian cinemas this week as Bollywood steps up its long-held fascination with the financial capital's criminal underworld.

Asylum seekers and refugees held in a remote Pacific camp were Wednesday awarded Aus$70 million ($56 million) for being illegally detained and treated negligently, in Australia's largest human rights class action settlement.

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was ordered to serve the entirety of his six-game suspension for domestic violence on Tuesday after an independent arbitrator rejected his appeal, the NFL reported on its website.

Brazil on Tuesday formally charged ex-presidents Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with racketeering for plotting to skim funds from Petrobras, the state oil giant.

Australia's economy has shrugged off a sluggish start to the year, boosted by government and consumer spending with the nation extending its record run of growth, official data showed Wednesday.

Li Minsheng is one of the junior members of the "Old Jazz Band" at Shanghai's ornate Fairmont Peace Hotel. He's 76.

Cough-medicine-flavoured KitKat anyone?

It may not be to everyone's taste, but this is just one of 300 weird and wonderful flavours flying off the shelves in Japan, which has become the world's biggest market for the four-fingered snack.

In true Japanese style, human workers are a rare sight at one KitKat factory in Kasumigaura, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Tokyo.

Instead, dozens of robots manufacture four million bars a day at breakneck speed, from mixing the chocolate paste to wrapping them ready for sale. Читать дальше...

Millions of Syrians have fled their country's war as refugees, but for tens of thousands of people escaping conflict elsewhere, Syria is also a place of refuge.

Brazilian police on Tuesday found suitcases overflowing with millions of dollars worth of cash in an apartment believed to be linked to a former government minister accused of corruption.

Suspended from a large butcher's hook, a prime piece of raw steak glides and then zigzags through the air in a big arena under the watchful eye of Dumi, the lioness.

Dix-huit mois d?emprisonnement ont été requis dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi à Paris à l'encontre de la mère d'un jihadiste présumé mort en Syrie, accusée d'avoir financé son dessein jihadiste en lui envoyant de l'argent, ce dont elle se défend.

L'Argentine de Lionel Messi s'est encore compliqué la tâche dans la course à la qualification pour le Mondial-2018 avec un match nul contre le Venezuela, alors que l'Uruguay s'installe à la 2e place, derrière le Brésil.

Le pape François part mercredi en Colombie en messager d'une paix encore fragile, dans un pays divisé après l'accord conclu l'an dernier, qui a mis fin à plus d'un demi-siècle de guerre civile.

Nicolas Hulot présente mercredi un projet de loi visant à en finir avec la modeste production d'hydrocarbures en France, espérant convaincre d'autres pays de suivre cet exemple.

Barack Obama on Tuesday called the Trump administration's decision to repeal a program protecting young immigrants from deportation "cruel" and "self-defeating." He urged Congress to pass a bill fixing the situation "with a sense of moral urgency."

Colin Trevorrow has left as director of the third installment of the "Star Wars" sequels trilogy, Lucasfilm announced on Tuesday, citing differing visions between the filmmaker and studio executives.

Negotiators overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement said Tuesday they would have "results" by the end of the month, but left some of the stickiest issues hanging as they wrapped up their latest talks.

Daily aspirin use -- known to reduce the risk of colon cancer -- could also make the disease harder to treat if it does occur, researchers reported Wednesday.

Russia asked the UN Security Council on Tuesday to authorize the deployment of a lightly-armed mission to protect OSCE observers dispatched to monitor the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Radamel Falcao scored a second half equaliser as Colombia snatched a 1-1 draw to halt Brazil's remarkable run of nine consecutive World Cup qualifying victories on Tuesday.

Bolivia stunned Chile 1-0 here Tuesday as the South American champions' stuttering 2018 World Cup qualification campaign suffered another setback.