Новости за 24.06.2015

French MPs on Wednesday approved a landmark deal with the United States in which France agreed to pay $60 million in overall compensation to foreign nationals deported to Nazi death camps on French trains in World War II.

South Africa celebrated Wednesday winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup, and a star of that team predicted the Springboks can lift the trophy again this year in England.

South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Branden Grace carry confidence into this week's US PGA Travelers Championship after being in title contention during the final round at last week's US Open.

Une vingtaine d'enfants placés sous la responsabilité de l'enseignante auraient été l'objet de brimades et d'humiliations. Âgée de 48 ans, elle avait été placée en garde à vue mercredi. Elle sera jugée prochainement devant le tribunal correctionnel.

Half of Hispanics in the United States may be unaware they have high cholesterol, suggested a study Wednesday that urged better education and treatment of the condition that can lead to heart disease.

L'équipe de France féminine de handball a hérité mercredi d'un groupe à sa portée au premier tour du Mondial-2015 au Danemark (5-20 décembre), avec pour principales rivales les Brésiliennes, championnes du monde en titre, d'après le tirage au sort réalisé à Kolding (sud).

VIDÉO - Les spéculations sur l'avenir de Bertrand Meheut à la tête de la chaîne cryptée vont bon train.

Les députés français ont adopté, mercredi, le projet de loi sur le renseignement. Un texte controversé, car il légalise des techniques d'espionnage, au grand dam des défenseurs des libertés individuelles.

Google on Wednesday announced it will convert a former coal-burning power plant in Alabama into a data center using renewable energy.

Human Rights Watch accused some of Colombia's top generals Wednesday of links to the "generalized and systematic" execution of civilians, who were then presented as felled FARC guerrillas.

She wanted to move to a land where "the laws of Allah apply" but found herself trapped in a world of arbitrary beatings and violence where women are treated as sexual objects.

US stocks followed European equity markets lower Wednesday, dropping sharply on signs of fresh problems in talks between Greece and its international creditors aimed at preventing a Greek debt default.

Les jeunes stylistes australiens de Strateas.Carlucci sont restés fidèles à leur esthétique minimaliste tandis que Valentino a marié le jean aux motifs japonisants et que le Belge Walter Van Beirendonck est retombé en enfance, mercredi, au premier jour des défilés hommes parisiens.

In a startling turn, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rose to his feet and apologized to the victims and their loved ones for the first time Wednesday just before a judge formally sentenced him to death.

The threatened closure of the US Export-Import Bank, which supports American exporters with loan guarantees, could make financing tougher for aircraft maker Boeing, rating firm Standard & Poor's said Wednesday.

Greek negotiators "do not agree" with their creditors' latest proposals for a deal to prevent Athens from defaulting on its massive debts, a Greek government source said Wednesday, but added that talks were continuing.

France passed a controversial new spying law on Wednesday granting sweeping powers to snoop on citizens on the same day that leaked documents caused uproar over US espionage against French leaders.

Microsoft on Wednesday followed through on a promise to release versions of its widely used Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs for smartphones running on Google-backed Android software.

Greece and its creditors struggled to strike a deal on Wednesday before cutting the debt talks short, with euro zone finance ministers set to reconvene on Thursday afternoon.

An IT failure may have triggered a computer systems meltdown at Polish flagship carrier LOT that grounded more than 1,400 passengers at Warsaw's Frederic Chopin Airport at the weekend, Polish prosecutors said Wednesday.

Le rappeur Rick Ross, personnalité du sud des Etats-Unis, dont la vie et les chansons lui ont valu maille à partir avec les autorités, a été arrêté mercredi pour coups et blessures.

A new test that uses blood and saliva to detect head and neck cancers has shown promise in a small number of patients, researchers said Wednesday.

At least 19 Islamic State group fighters were killed on Wednesday in a failed attack on an Alawite village in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said.

France's $3 billion Saudi-funded deal to provide military supplies to Lebanon has not been cancelled, the Saudi foreign minister said Wednesday, despite delays caused by concerns that weapons could end up in the wrong hands.

Scientists said Wednesday they had identified a marker in blood for pancreatic cancer, raising hopes for a test that would allow earlier diagnosis of this deadly disease.