Новости за 14.08.2021

Polish President Andrzej Duda has approved a law effectively stopping victims of the Holocaust and communism from reclaiming property taken from them. The move triggered uproar in Israel, which said it “will not accept” the law.
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German social-media researcher AlgorithmWatch said it was forced to abandon a project monitoring Instagram’s newsfeed algorithm after the Big Tech platform’s parent, Facebook, threatened to take punitive action.
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President Joe Biden has increased the number of US troops heading to Afghanistan to 5,000 and has warned the Taliban of a “swift and strong” response if American interests are attacked during the ongoing US withdrawal.
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Football superstar Lionel Messi has been presented to fans of his new club PSG for a second time this week, as a packed Parc des Princes went wild for the six-time Ballon d'Or winner and Sergio Ramos on matchday.
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A cricket fan was escorted from the iconic Lord's ground on Saturday for invading the pitch during a test match between England and India. Separately, another attendee threw a wine cork at one of the players.
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Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who took gold in the 100m at the Tokyo Olympics, has said that he 'smiled' when he was informed that British sprinter CJ Ujah has received a ban for failing a drugs test.
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Taliban militants have seized the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to local officials. Afghanistan’s fourth-largest city had been the last major location in the north still under government control.
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Radio host Jesse Kelly angered critics and shocked viewers with a meme simultaneously implying that Hillary Clinton “killed” notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and that Kelly himself was planning some Epstein-esque escapades.
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A former professional footballer who was fired for uploading a video of herself drinking champagne while driving has wowed her growing following on social media by posting stunning pictures from her summer holiday.
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Jack Wooley, whose emotional interview after defeat during the Tokyo Olympics went viral online last month, will require plastic surgery after he says he was the victim of a random, unprovoked attack while socializing in Dublin.
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Rwandan president and longtime Gunners fan Paul Kagame has issued a fierce repudiation of Arsenal after Mikel Arteta's side were humiliated by newly promoted Premier League side Brentford on Friday night.
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At least 29 people have died following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti. The death toll is a provisional figure and will likely rise, as buildings in several towns were leveled.
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Police in Florida have released to the press recordings of heart-stopping 911 calls from the co-workers of a woman who was on a conference call earlier this week when her child found a loaded gun and fatally shot her in the head.
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With the dust still settling after a powerful 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti, video footage captured the devastation wrought on the Caribbean nation, as reports claimed hospitals are being overwhelmed with the injured.
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Things got out of control during a nationalist rally in the Ukrainian capital Kiev as demonstrators refused to undergo security checks and clashed with police in an attempt to break through to the president’s office.
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Thanks to a Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes midfield masterclass, Manchester United downed bitter rivals Leeds United 5-1 in the early kick off on Saturday, which was both clubs' debut game of the new Premier League season.
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An unnamed Premier League player, who has been suspended by his club pending the results of an investigation into alleged child sex offences, has been granted a bail extension until October by Greater Manchester Police.
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Opposition to France’s compulsory vaccine regime and its so-called health pass has sparked another weekend of protests across the country. In Paris, residents are marching – but also eating and drinking – in defiance of the rules.
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Russia exported €67.4 billion ($79.5 billion) worth of goods to the countries of the European Union in the first half of 2021, ranking third on the list of EU’s largest exporting countries, statistics agency Eurostat reports.
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FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has again been tipped to become president of his boyhood club one day, and has earned praise for taking a pay cut that will allow them to register new players for the upcoming La Liga season.
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A Beriev Be-200 amphibious firefighting plane has crashed into a mountain during wildfire-extinguishing efforts in Turkey. Everyone on board – the Russian pilots and Turkish officials – has been killed.
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Russian discount food chain Mere, which already has a huge presence in Europe, is seeking to expand to the US market.
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has struck southern Haiti. The major tremor was more powerful than the 2010 quake that devastated the Caribbean nation, and caused significant damage.
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Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has finally secured the defensive reinforcement he has been craving as the Red Devils parade French World Cup winner Raphael Varane before Saturday's Premier League game with Leeds.
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Records obtained by the media have shown that Cameron Burrell - who was the godson of iconic sprinter Carl Lewis - died by suicide after a medical examiner inspected his body this week and listed the cause of death.
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