Новости за 02.04.2024

DAKAR, SENEGAL — Bassirou Diomaye Faye was sworn in Tuesday in Diamniadio as Senegal’s fifth president, having defeated main rival and ruling party coalition candidate Amadou Ba and winning the delayed election with over 54% of the vote. Following the ceremony in Diamniadio, which is about an hour from the center of the capital, Dakar, Faye reassured the people who elected him that he’s ready to move Senegal forward, saying the election results showed a profound desire for systemic change. The... Читать дальше...

As rocket fire from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group intensified in northern Israel, towns along the Israel-Lebanon border emptied, with no plan for its thousands of residents to return. From Metula, Israel, Pilar Cebrian reports on the ghost towns left behind. Narration by Veronica Villafane.

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Gabon’s National Dialogue, called to pave the way for a return to constitutional order and an end to the 55-year Bongo dynasty, began Tuesday in the central African state. Transitional President General Brice Oligui Nguema opened the dialogue, telling a crowd of several thousand civilians and soldiers that Gabon’s citizens are looking forward to what is billed as the country’s Inclusive Major National Dialogue.  During the ceremony at the Libreville Sports Complex, broadcast live on Gabon state TV... Читать дальше...

Washington — Reported discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians reached a record high in the U.S. in 2023, driven by rising Islamophobia and bias as the Israel-Gaza war raged late in the year, data from an advocacy group showed on Tuesday. Complaints totaled 8,061 in 2023, a 56% rise from the year before and the highest since the Council on American-Islamic Relations began records nearly 30 years ago. About 3,600 of those incidents occurred from October to December, CAIR said. Читать дальше...

An aid convoy from the World Central Kitchen is attacked in Gaza leaving seven dead. The Iranian embassy in Damascus is attacked and a top military official is killed. Shelling continues in Kharkiv, and a new look at the U.S. and NATO as election season ramps up.

Washington — President Joe Biden again warned Chinese President Xi Jinping against meddling in the November U.S. presidential election during the two leaders’ phone call Tuesday. The call is part of U.S. efforts to maintain “open lines of communication to responsibly manage competition and prevent unintended conflict,” the White House said. In various engagements, the U.S. has raised its “continual reinforcement of concern” against Chinese election interference, a senior administration official... Читать дальше...

Paris — He ran as the candidate with a platform of “rupture,” championing greater sovereignty for his homeland — including by leaving the CFA West African Franc currency union, created by France nearly a century ago. The shock victory of new Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has been closely followed in Paris, as questions mount on what the results mean for France’s relations with its former West African colony. Will a Faye presidency stoke simmering anti-French sentiment, or the rising influence of other foreign powers? Читать дальше...

ISTANBUL — A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday left 25 people dead and others badly hurt, officials and reports said. Several people have been detained for questioning. At least eight people were injured, seven of them hospitalized in serious condition, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The nightclub, which was closed for the renovations, was on the ground floor of a 16-story residential building in the Besiktas district on the European side of the city bisected by the Bosphorus. Читать дальше...

Baltimore — A tugboat pushing a fuel barge was the first vessel to use an alternate channel to bypass the wreckage of Baltimore's collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, which had blocked traffic along the vital port's main shipping channel. The barge supplying jet fuel to the Department of Defense left late Monday and was destined for Delaware's Dover Air Force Base, though officials have said the temporary channel is open primarily to vessels that are helping with the cleanup effort. Some barges... Читать дальше...

In Dearborn, Michigan, a new Ford F-150 rolls off the line every 53 seconds

Scientists in Alaska are developing a cloud-based approach to storing and analyzing data about volcanoes to increase the speed with which they can predict eruptions. Phil Dierking has our story in this week’s episode of LogOn.

Tens of thousands of people have fled Ecuador in the last several months amid an unprecedented surge in gang violence. Rising crime, along with lack of economic opportunities, have more Ecuadorians setting their sights on a better life in the United States. For VOA, reporter Austin Landis caught up with a group of Ecuadorian migrants transiting north through Colombia. Videographer: Jorge Calle

It’s suspected that Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in the region. Israel bans Al Jazeera from broadcasting in the country. The U.S. State Department says they “support the work the free press does.” Another day of demonstrations in Israel against the Netanyahu government. Israeli forces have left Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. And a visit with a Cambodian kickboxer in Southern California who has inspired generations of fighters.

Prek Takeo, Kandal Province, Cambodia — Sok Srey is prepared for the Mekong River to rise in June, when its water spills into the Takeo, a small river or prek in Khmer, abutting the land she’s occupied with her family for almost a quarter of a century. She is not prepared for what might happen to her family if a proposed China-funded canal connecting the Gulf of Thailand with inland tributaries of the Mekong River like the Takeo. “I don’t have any clear information yet. I just heard that they are going to build here,” Sok Srey... Читать дальше...